Elon Musk extends wishes on Wikipedia's 20th birthday, says 'So glad you exist'

Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk on January 15 wished a “Happy Birthday” to Wikipedia that marked 20 years of existence. “So Gl You Exist,” Musk tweeted. X CEO lauded his long-running relationship with website, ding that he was gl that service existed. However, it remains unclear wher Musk sarcastically launched a remark at Wikipedia as he h been blocked off website and has often directed comments at Wikipedia. 

Musk, tech mogul ‘begged’ his 37.9 million followers to “trash him” on Wikipedia, as a result of which, website locked his p from editing. “History is written by victors, except on Wikipedia haha,” Musk h n tweeted. “Please trash me on Wikipedia, I’m begging you,” Musk furr tweeted. In response to his appeal, a user-edited Musk’s bio on Wikipedia as “All major wars, diseases and financial disasters of last century can be directly attributed to Mr. Musk or one of his companies.” However, Musk asked his fans to describe him as a “business magnet” inste of a “business magnate” on Wikipedia. 

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Virtual birthday party

internet encyclopedia held an online birthday celebration on January 15, to commemorate its expansion with respect to accessible information ever since it was founded in 2001 by American-British entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. World’s seventh-most popular website to date has over 55 million articles consulted online at least 15 billion every month, and are available in 309 langus. Wikipedia started in English langu but has also launched in German and Swedish. free access information site exemplified idea that people could collaborate toger and build a robust kwledge portal with volunteers who share ir kwledge, community organizers who host convenings, new editors, dors, developers who make sure that Wikipedia is fast and accessible for reers. 

Wikipedia organized a virtual birthday party with music, trivia, and special guests online for reers in collaboration with NYC Media Lab. Furrmore, site hosted a virtual chat at 1 pm ET with Wikimedia Foundation CEO Karine Maher and host of NPR’s TED Rio Hour, Maush Zomorodi, who spoke about Wikipedia’s role in ongoing fight against disinformation, and “dress some of biggest misconceptions you hear about Wikipedia and discuss how research and kwledge sharing may change over next 20 years.” 

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