"This is not the first time Musk has gone after the site. In December, he posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia.” And that wasn’t even his first bad Wikipedia pun. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” he wrote, in an October, 2023, post. It seemed to be an ego thing at first. Musk objected to being described on his page as an “early investor” in Tesla, rather than as a founder, which is how he prefers to be identified, and seemed frustrated that he couldn’t just buy the site. But lately Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that Wikipedia—which, like all encyclopedias, is a tertiary source that relies on original reporting and research done by other media and scholars—is biased against conservatives."

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[–] 119 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Could it be he has issues with freedom of speech/opinion (actually freedom in general) ? Asking for a friend

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  • [–] 86 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Still cracks me up that "fact-checking" is taken to be such an offensive act. "Oh, sorry for correcting your lies! I suppose being exposed as a fraud could interfere with your plans to exploit the public..."

    Anyone that has a beef with sites designed to share objective, factual information is someone who benefits from lying or at very least keeping the truth under wraps

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Their aggressive stance against fact checking betrays their default position of bad faith & lack of empathy because they have been indoctrinated to the point of absolute unwavering certainly, similar to a cult. They abandon objective reality at all of our peril.

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  • [–] 72 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    I should donate to Wikipedia

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    a billion dollars he could fund his own nazipedia.org

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    Holy shit, what a sad website. Just a few random snippets:

    Marijuana is a highly addictive drug that causes (...) violence and violent fits

    Marriage is the divinely ordained covenant between one man and one woman

    The Bible, being the most comprehensive transcendent moral authority

    🤮

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Many vaccines, including the Covid vaccines, are based on aborted fetal tissue, apparently to try to increase public acceptance of abortion.

    I’m not sure if this is Poe’s law in effect or if people are actually this stupid. I’m afraid it’s the latter.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Are we sure this isn't a parody website?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's not. It was created by Andrew Schlafly, son of Phyllis Schlafly a notorious anti-feminist and Christian nationalist.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh boy I see crazy runs in the family.

    Schlafly became an outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) during the 1970s as the organizer of the "STOP ERA" campaign. STOP was a backronym for "Stop Taking Our Privileges". She argued that the ERA would take away gender-specific privileges enjoyed by women, including "dependent wife" benefits under Social Security, separate restrooms for males and females, and exemption from Selective Service (the military draft). She was opposed by groups such as the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the ERAmerica coalition. The Homemakers' Equal Rights Association was formed to counter Schlafly's campaign.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly?wprov=sfla1

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    'which is how he prefers to be identified' ... hmnnn - so he CHOOSES to IDENTIFY as one thing and doesn't like it when people don't allow him to use his preferred identificaiton?

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They're just mad that reality has a left-wing bias.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    Just donated to Wikipedia. Will do every time this fuckers brings it up

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Just donated. You should too.

    I love donating to Wikipedia because there’s so few FREE things anymore, and it’s one that benefits every single person on the planet.

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    “This is not the first time Musk has gone after the site. In December, he posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia.” And that wasn’t even his first bad Wikipedia pun. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” he wrote, in an October, 2023, post.

    You can't buy it, but you can go create a conservative fork called whatever you want, and you can fund its operation. If people think that it's better, they can choose to use it.

    There's a Conservapedia, which I would call pretty off-the-rails; people have tried this before.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia

    Conservapedia (/kənˌsɜː(r)vəˈpiːdiə/; kən-SU(R)-və-PEE-di-ə) is an English-language, wiki-based, online encyclopedia written from a self-described American conservative[2] and fundamentalist Christian[3] point of view. The website was established in 2006 by American attorney and activist Andrew Schlafly, son of Phyllis Schlafly,[4][5] to counter what he perceived as a liberal bias on Wikipedia.[6][7] It uses editorials and a wiki-based system for content generation.

    Examples of Conservapedia's ideology include its accusations against and strong criticism of former US president Barack Obama—including advocacy of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories[8]—along with criticisms of atheism, feminism, homosexuality, the Democratic Party, and evolution. Conservapedia views Albert Einstein's theory of relativity as promoting moral relativism,[9] claims that abortion increases risk of breast cancer, praises Republican politicians, supports celebrities and artistic works it believes represent moral standards in line with Christian family values, and espouses fundamentalist Christian doctrines such as Young Earth creationism.[10][11] Conservapedia's "Conservative Bible Project" is a crowd-sourced retranslation of the English-language Bible which the site says to be "free of corruption by liberal untruths."[12]

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    *has a problem with facts

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Of course he does, the site is filled with objective truths, which always makes him look bad.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Donate. How many times a day do you use Wikipedia? It would be shit if it became another Fandom style wiki. With an ad every 3rd word.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    We use Wikipedia a lot, mostly to understand references from another country or culture, the rest to answer the question: "Who the hell is s/he..." The latter enquiries are often interesting, but rarely resolve the real issue, which is "... and why is s/he famous?" At any rate, we send a goodly annual donation, because without Wikipedia, we'd be even more out of touch than we already are!

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Fascists always have problems with publicly available knowledge.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Started a monthly 3 dollar donation when baby Nazi started shit talking Wikipedia some months ago.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Conservativism is rooted in vibes and feelings, and false narratives to support those feelings. This is why they hate knowledge and people who attain it.

    It's a disease of the mind, it's like they would rather be animal than human

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Donate to wikipedia.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    I miss the times when people like this was seen as mentally ill.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Can't shake the feeling Musk doesn't like Wikipedia because Musk only likes facts he can use.

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  • Enjoy my small donation Wikipedia.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I happily donate to Wikipedia every year :)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    You can download Wikipedia and other stuff for offline access here.

    download.kiwix.org

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Facts don't care about your feelings, Elon.

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