Fact check: The Tesla, Inc. article on Wikipedia had to be locked because people kept adding Elon Musk as the founder.

1. Summary of the results

The provided analyses do not support the claim that the Tesla Wikipedia page was locked due to people adding Elon Musk as the founder. While there are instances of Wikipedia pages being locked and Musk criticizing Wikipedia ^{[1] [2]}, none of the sources confirm this specific claim about the Tesla article.

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original statement overlooks several crucial facts about Tesla's founding:

• Tesla was officially founded on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California ^[3]
• Elon Musk joined the company in February 2004 as an investor, contributing $6.5 million and becoming chairman of the board ^[3]
• Musk became CEO much later, in October 2008 ^[4]
• A 2009 lawsuit settlement resulted in an agreement that recognizes five individuals as co-founders: Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Ian Wright, and J.B. Straubel ^{[3] [5]}

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The statement appears to be spreading misinformation in several ways:

• It fabricates a controversy about Wikipedia page locking that isn't supported by any of the sources
• It oversimplifies the complex history of Tesla's founding, which involved legal disputes and eventual settlement ^[5]
• The statement seems designed to perpetuate confusion about Tesla's founding, possibly to:
• Diminish the roles of original founders Eberhard and Tarpenning
• Overemphasize Musk's early involvement in the company
• Create controversy where none exists regarding Wikipedia's content management

While Musk has indeed criticized Wikipedia ^{[2] [6]}, and Wikipedia has locked pages due to edit disputes ^[1], combining these separate facts to create a false narrative about the Tesla page being locked is misleading.