Wokepedia
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌwəʊ.kɪˈpiː.diə/, /ˌwəʊkˈpiː.diə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌwoʊ.kɪˈpi.diə/, /ˌwoʊkˈpi.diə/
- Rhymes: -iːdiə
Proper noun
Wokepedia
- (slang, derogatory, neologism) Wikipedia, perceived as wokeist propaganda.
- 2020 November 22, @VileGrim, Twitter[1]:
- Wokepedia -- sorry, I mean Wikipedia -- showing more than ever they're a group of far-left political fanatics. They don't bother to hide their activism anymore. Such insecure self-serving nerds that they can't even report reality -- only their paranoid delusions.
- 2021 May 27, Andrew Orlowski, “You think the BBC is biased? Check out Wokepedia”, in The Telegraph[2]:
- You think the BBC is biased? Check out Wokepedia [title]
- 2024 December 27, Elon Musk, quotee, “Wikipedia at Elon Musk's crosshairs, slams its $50 million DEI budget, calls it 'Wokepedia'”, in The Economic Times[4]:
- Elon Musk has called on his followers to stop donating to Wikipedia which he derogatorily referred to as Wokepedia due to its significant budget allocation for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, reported New York Post.
- 2025 February 5, Lila Shroff, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia”, in The Atlantic[5]:
- In recent months, he has repeatedly attempted to delegitimize Wikipedia, suggesting on X that it is “controlled by far-left activists” and calling for his followers to “stop donating to Wokepedia.”
- 2025 April 25, Will Oremus, Julian Mark, quoting Elon Musk, “U.S. attorney for D.C. accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda,’ threatens nonprofit status”, in The Washington Post[6]:
- In December 2024, Musk posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia,” resharing a post from the right-wing account Libs of TikTok that claimed the organization spent a chunk of its annual budget on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI — a set of programs the Trump administration has demonized and targeted for cuts.