Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2015-03-11

Special report

An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.

News and notes

WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".

In the media

Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.

In focus

WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.

Traffic report

Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).

Featured content

Here they come, the couple plighted –

Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.

Op-ed

Why the Core Contest matters

I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.

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