Although Twitter-X is facing many problems, Elon Musk still regularly targets new competitors. Most recently, Elon Musk is trying to ‘wage war’ with Wikipedia. According to this American billionaire, the free encyclopedia is asking users for excessive funding.
Over the weekend, Elon Musk posted a series of messages about Wikipedia. In it, Elon Musk asked why the Wikimedia Foundation needed “so much money” for Wikipedia. This fund regularly calls for donations from users.
According to Musk, Wikipedia “definitely” doesn’t need to use all that money to maintain operations, and he included a link to Wikipedia’s official financial report and operating budget. Accordingly, the Wikimedia Foundation uses funds according to the following allocation: 43% for “direct support” of its websites, 32% for community support, 13% for management and administration, and 12% for fundraising. fund.
The Wikimedia Foundation provides an explanation through its own Community Notes. Accordingly, Wikipedia is one of the most frequently visited websites, this organization must handle “more than 25 billion page views per month and more than 44 million page edits per month. Therefore, it requires an amount of experience.” significant overhead to get everything running smoothly.
However, Musk seems dissatisfied with the way the Wikimedia Foundation allocates funds. He even proposed the idea of donating $1 billion to the Wales fund if Wikipedia changes its name as Elon Musk wants. Immediately after Musk’s statement, journalist Ed Krassenstein called on the Wikimedia Foundation to agree because it could change its name immediately after receiving money. However, Mr. Musk added his condition: “At least one year. I’m not stupid.”