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11 March 2015
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Special report
An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey
The Wikimedia Foundation gave the
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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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