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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. 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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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 1 hour ago

Shit like this is why I donate to Wikipedia.

Fuck off and die, nazi scum.

[–] pseudonaut@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

Enjoy my small donation Wikipedia.

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 hours ago

The fascists want to shut down any information source that can prove they are lying.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 44 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I should donate to Wikipedia

[–] UraniumForBreakfast@lemm.ee 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I should donate to Wikipedia

[–] Kraiden@kbin.earth 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I should donate to Wikipedia

[–] one_fot_mon@lemm.ee 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] gressen@lemm.ee 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ernest314@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

last year was my first time; looking forward to doing it every year now

Not sure that I'll be donating every year, but I also donated for the first time in 2024. Every little bit counts and when I can find the extra money, I'll send it their way. Also, friendly reminder, it's possible to download the entire contents of Wikipedia with less than 100GB. It's just 16GB if compressed.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 50 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] termaxima@jlai.lu 17 points 6 hours ago

Unfortunately, Elon Musk doesn’t know you can’t “identify as a founder”. Your gender is valid ; this is not.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 83 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 50 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

He has an issue with fact checking, and the fact that his bullshit rhetoric is proven false over and over and over on that site.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 hours ago

just like his buddy-in-a-diaper and everyone else in magaland.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 hours ago

Hmmm...you might be on to something, I don't know

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

a billion dollars he could fund his own nazipedia.org

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 33 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] donuts@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

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

🤮

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

People are absolutely that stupid. I unfortunately have to interact with a few of them.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Are we sure this isn't a parody website?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 4 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Nope, it's deadly serious.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Hard to tell honestly. It is poorly maintained as two clicks in and I found a dead page.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

It's like the Incel Bible, King Trump Edition lol

Wtf these people literally live in a different reality

[–] regrub@lemmy.world 23 points 8 hours ago

*has a problem with facts

[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

“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]

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Conservapedia views Albert Einstein's theory of relativity as promoting moral relativism

I just spat out my coffee :D utter lunacy