MyWiki:Wikipedia Signpost/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.