Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-03-11

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|1|2015-03-11|Special report|An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey|sub=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.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|2|2015-03-11|News and notes|WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign|sub=The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month". }}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2015-03-11|In the media|Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West|sub=ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2015-03-11|In focus|WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"|sub=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.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2015-03-11|Traffic report|Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time|sub=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).}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|6|2015-03-11|Featured content|Here they come, the couple plighted –|sub=Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.}}

{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|7|2015-03-11|Op-ed|Why the Core Contest matters|sub= 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.}}