(Yahoo) Elon Musk made a bold donation offer to Wikipedia, on one condition.
The Tesla CEO and owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, took to his social media account to offer the online encylcopedia a generous donation if they’re willing to rename their site.
“I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” wrote Musk. “Please add that to the [cow and poop emojis] on my wiki page,” he continued. “In the interests of accuracy.”
Journalist Ed Krassenstein later chimed in to encourage the organization to make the switch. “Do it! You can always change it back after you collect,” wrote Krassenstein. “One year minimum. I mean, I’m not a fool lol,” responded Musk.
Musk’s “offer” stems from an earlier tweet where he criticized the Wikimedia Foundation for wanting so much money. “It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone!” tweeted Musk. “So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know … “
