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Former featured article candidateElon Musk is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.
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Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
June 4, 2021Good article nomineeListed
July 24, 2021Peer reviewNot reviewed
August 23, 2022Featured article candidateNot promoted
November 1, 2022Good article reassessmentKept
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 15, 2021.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Elon Musk lost $16.3 billion in a single day, the largest in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index?
Current status: Former featured article candidate, current good article

Leader of DOGE

I know the RfC just finished but most comments were before the court ruling, which I believe is critical and is precisely what was being discussed in the RfC. To quote the infobox on the DOGE page: On March 18, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland determined that Elon Musk was "the leader of DOGE" and was exercising the authority of its lawful administrator on a de facto basis.[1][2][3] Yeshivish613 (talk) 19:38, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Lee, Ella (March 18, 2025). "Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID". The Hill. Retrieved March 18, 2025. It marks the first time a judge has ruled that Musk is likely exercising enough independent authority to require him to be confirmed by the Senate under the Appointments Clause. "The record of his activities to date establishes that his role has been and will continue to be as the leader of DOGE, with the same duties and degree of continuity as if he was formally in that position,'" wrote Chuang, an appointee of former President Obama. Chuang rejected the Trump administration's argument that Musk is not the DOGE administrator and is instead merely a senior adviser to the president who has no independent authority.
  2. ^ Shalal, Andrea; Bose, Nandita (2025-02-20). "Trump appears to contradict White House, says Elon Musk in charge of DOGE". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2025-02-20. 'I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge,' Trump told an audience of investors and company executives in Miami.
  3. ^ Picchi, Aimee (February 18, 2025). "Musk is not an employee of DOGE and "has no actual or formal authority," White House says". CBS News. Retrieved 2025-03-01. Like other senior White House advisers, Mr. Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself.

Public image --> Second paragraph --> Incorporate into Lead

Every day more and more people realize who actually has all the power in Washington right now. The article's reference to this is buried deep within. I'm glad it is there, but I think it would be better to rewire that 2nd paragraph into the lead section, specifically in the last paragraph about his political activity. We need to at least allude to how he's basically the POTUS right now. For example:

He has engaged in political activities in several countries, including as a vocal and financial supporter of Trump. Musk has been described as an American oligarch due to his extensive influence over public discourse, social media, industry, politics, and government policy in the United States. Musk was the largest donor in the 2024 U.S. presidential election and is a supporter of global far-right figures, causes, and political parties. After Trump's re-election, Musk's influence and actions during the transition period and the second presidency of Donald Trump led some to call him "President Musk", the "actual president-elect", "shadow president" or "co-president". Ee100duna (talk) 03:40, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We need a lot more than these to make such a claim. Slatersteven (talk) 11:08, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Evidence of his influence:
[1] Trump holds Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk in attendance
[2] Trump and Musk appear together in the Oval Office to defend the work of DOGE
Sources specifically saying "President Musk"
[3] Elon Musk is President (opinion piece)
[4] Trump himself has jokingly referred to this
[5] Press release from Democrats' house page
[6] Ad by the Lincoln Project Ee100duna (talk) 15:03, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I might not have clarified in my initial post. The example I provided is the wording that is already in the article and it is appropriately sourced and formatted already. All I'm saying is to move that into the lead section because it is relevant to what he is currently doing. Ee100duna (talk) 15:05, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am unsure (given we are only 3 months in) that this is anything moremthan recentism. Let's wait and see if this is a lasting influence or if he will be rthreown under a bus like everyone else by Trumpy. Slatersteven (talk) 10:36, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: Vivian's rejection of Elon's inclining to far-right views

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Hello, does anyone append a short sentense using this Vivian's recently published interview? https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth

In "Views" seciton, there is the sentense of Isaacson's assumption:

> Isaacson's biography of Musk argued that some of his far-right views were "partially triggered" by the transition of his daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson.

I'd like to see a sentense like this after that: "But Vivian rejected such narrative". shuuji3 (talk) 15:10, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inclining to? Rejected such narrative? I might want some clarification as to exactly what you're asking. Anyway:
  1.  Done — I added the content you asked for; let me know if you believe it needs any corrections.
  2. The content may be removed. There's a enough information about Musk to fit into the intro that other editors might find that information inappropriately placed or irrelevant, in which case it can be moved deeper into the article — or to Wilson's page instead.
1101 (talk) 09:54, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the edit. The new edit looks good to me. shuuji3 (talk) 10:35, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've moved the content to Wilson's article instead per #2. Isaacson makes a claim, Wilson disputes the claim; that back-and-forth doesn't belong on Musk's BLP. Some1 (talk) 11:57, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Role as inventor missing

Search-engine results on the subject's name deliver this page with a readout that the subject is an "inventor", among other descriptors.

Screenshot of Elon Musk's Wikipedia page summary, from search results

AI results ("may contain inaccuracies") say he has 28 patents. None are solely held by him. My question - should the subject's 'inventions'/'discoveries' be included/mentioned in this article? The words "patent" or "invent/invented/inventor/invention" appear nowhere in the main article or in the "business" child article.

here is one source to back up the "inventor" claims -- https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/01/fact-check-elon-musk-philip-low-patents.html Dano67 (talk) 16:53, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd just like to point out that the "inventor" comes from the Wikidata short description for his Wikidata entry. ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:01, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Political party

Is there any source behind him being a registered independent? If the most recent source is from before 2022, would it be possible to find more up to date sources that either still support him being a registered independent or support him changing political affiliations? CY223 (talk) 00:05, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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