[VIRAL] Elon Musk Says "Please Trash Me on Wikipedia" to His Twitter Followers

Jamie P., Tech Times 16 August 2020, 10:08 pm

If you hate the tech billionaire Elon Musk, this is your time to shine! On his official Twitter account, Musk has a special request to all his bashers or even his fans: "Please trash me on Wikipedia, I'm begging you." Yup, its real.

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Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk speaks at an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020.

On Sunday, Aug. 16, Elon Musk Twitter account went viral again after the SpaceX and Tesla CEO tweeted a request for all his fans and critics.

He is begging everyone to vandalize his official Wikipedia page.

Please trash me on Wikipedia, I’m begging you — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 16, 2020

Yup, you've read it right. The Elon Musk is officially asking everyone to open Wikipedia, search his name, and write whatever they want on his page. Of course, it was a fun ride for all people that tried it. Like this one:

roasted pic.twitter.com/tOrdbRHV0C — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) August 16, 2020

Some people are also calling him rapper on Wikipedia adding his qualifications, "Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is an "Engineer," "Industrial designer," "Technology Entrepreneur," "Philanthropy," and rapper."

Elon Reeve Musk, engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and rapper pic.twitter.com/9BADOWPMqW — yunusshhhh (@BetterCallYohn) August 16, 2020

As Tech Times checked on his Wikipedia at 10 PM, Aug. 16, the original articles on the page were back.

When did this start?

(Photo : Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash) [VIRAL] Elon Musk Says "'Please Trash Me on Wikipedia" on His Twitter Followers

Editing Wikipedia pages are okay with the website.

As per their official how-to-guide, "Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit almost any page and improve articles immediately. You do not need to register to do this, and anyone who has edited is known as a Wikipedian or editor. Small edits add up, and every editor can be proud to have made Wikipedia better for all."

However, maybe due to too much people accessing Musk's Wikipedia, his page is now locked saying "This page is protected to prevent vandalism."

The Wikipedia and Elon Musk issue started in 2019 when the tech billionaire fact-checked his own page on the website. One of the top things that Wikipedia made mistake with was that Musk was told investing.

Just looked at my wiki for 1st time in years. It’s insane! Btw, can someone please delete “investor”. I do basically zero investing. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2019

We don't how the whole Musk-Wikipedia issue started again in 2020. But on following his Twitter thread, it was seen that the tech billionaire started criticizing the platform again.