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.
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.
