Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators
Welcome to the discussion area of the Military history WikiProject's coordination department! This page is mostly used by the project coordinators, but everyone is welcome to participate! If you have a question, concern, or suggestion for the coordinators, please feel free to leave us a note! |
Handbook
- Please see the Academy course for coordinators for general information and advice.
Coordinator tasks
- These tasks should be done as often as needed—ideally, on a daily basis.
- Assessment
- Monitor the daily assessment log. The main things to look for:
- Articles being removed. This is usually legitimate (due to merges or non-military articles getting untagged), but is sometimes due to vandalism or broken template code.
- Articles being moved to "GA-Class" and higher quality. These ratings need to correspond to the article's status in the GA and FA lists or the A-Class project review.
- Deal with any new assessment requests and the backlog of unassessed articles.
- A-Class review
- For each ongoing A-Class review:
- Determine whether the review needs to be closed and archived, per the criteria here.
- If a review has been open for a month without at least three editors commenting, leave a reminder note on the main project talk page, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/A-Class review alert|Name of article}} ~~~~
- If an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, follow the procedure below for creating an A-Class review or reappraisal. This will make way for the normal A-Class review initiation process, so advise the nominator to initiate per the instructions.
- Quarterly Reviewing Awards
Quarterly Reviewing Awards - manual process
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Quarterly reviewing awards are posted on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Awards page by the MilHistBot. As with other awards, change the status from "nominated" to "approved" to approve the award.
- Member affairs
- Invite editors to join the project, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:MILHIST/MILHIST Invitation|signed=~~~~}}
- Welcome anybody who joins the project, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Welcome|~~~~}}
- Miscellaneous
- Vote on any open proposals to award the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves and approve any A-Class medal or A-Class cross nominations.
- Update the monthly newsletter with new developments within the project.
- Verify entries in the monthly article writing contest, hand out prizes, and update the monthly scoreboard and the newsletter accordingly.
- Fix the {{WPMILHIST}} invocation syntax on any articles in Category:Military history articles needing attention to tagging.
How to...
Create a new task force |
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Before a task force can be created, it is necessary to decide on a name for it. The process requires both a full name (e.g. "French military history" or "American Civil War") and a one- or two-word or acronym shorthand used for some template parameters (e.g. "French" or "ACW"). The instructions below use the "Fooish military history" task force (shortened to "Fooish") as an example; when creating an actual task force, remember to substitute the correct name, rather than actually creating the example pages.
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Creating an A-Class review or reappraisal | ||
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Creating a new A-Class review or reappraisalIf an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, a new version has to be created manually. Find the archive page
Find the last review
Move the review page
Update the talk page
Update the archive
Create the new review
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Establish coordinator election pages | ||
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Under the current system used by the Military history Wikiproject, coordinators are tasked with handling certain project-specific operations such as closing A-Class reviews. Because coordinators are held accountable to the project an election is held once a year to determine who among the community's members will serve as a coordinator. While the election itself is a simple approval vote, creating the pages needed for the election can be tricky. Therefore, this Academy page will serve as a walk-through on how to correctly set up the election pages. Before the electionBefore any election pages are created, the matter of the coordinator election must be brought up with the current coordinator tranche. Ideally, this should be done sometime between mid-July and early August. The reason that the coordinators must first discuss the matter of the election is to settle on the finer details of the upcoming election. Three key aspects should be decided. The first detail relates to the project's activity level: as the activity level in the project rises or falls, the number of coordinators judged to be needed to effectively run the project increases or decreases. Accordingly, then, the coordinators need to establish how many slots should be opened to the project members. In general, the project currently operates efficiently with roughly 8–11 coordinators, although the exact number settled on for the upcoming tranche must understandably be decided based on the workload and the efficiency of the current coordinator tranche. The coordinators must also decide if the total number should include or exclude the Lead Coordinator, which can cause the total settled on to fluctuate by one. The second factor that needs to be discussed is the election format. Historically, when the system was introduced, the format was 14 days for nominations followed by 14 days of election, which worked well for the community but created an illusion that the process was "slow". As a result of this perception the community approved a change in the process that now sees the election format using a 10-day nomination period followed by a 10-day voting period. This process is marginally faster than the older two week system, which helps speed the process up. While the coordinators have used this option for several years, they also have the option of introducing or implementing a new nomination/voting scheme if one is judged to be needed. Accordingly then, the coordinators will need to settle on which of the three options they feel will work the best for the upcoming election. The final matter that must be discussed is the exact date of the election. Ideally, the entire election should take place in the month of September, but as there are 30 days in September the coordinators will need to officially designate a starting day for the nomination period. Once this day is decided, the format the coordinators have agreed upon can be used to determine when the nomination period will end, and by extension when the voting period will start and end. Collectively, these three points once settled will provide the information needed to establish the election pages. Creating the election pagesOnce the above three factors have been settled on an editor can move to create the election pages. The first page that should be created is the election page proper. (A completed example can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2017.) This page should be created asWikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)replacing the MONTH and YEAR with the month and year in question. Once you have the correct red link the following information should be added to the page verbatim: {{WPMILHIST Navigation|no-banner=yes}} {{/Tally}} {{TOC limit|3}} == Overview == This election is to appoint the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|project coordinator team]] for one year, from (ADD THE DATE OF THE INCOMING TRANCHE HERE USING DAY MONTH YEAR FORMAT) to (ADD THE ENDING DATE OF THE UPCOMING COORDINATOR TRANCHE HERE, USING DAY MONTH YEAR FORMAT). Coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project. All of the coordinators, and especially the lead coordinator (or lead coordinators), serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues and focus on specific areas requiring special attention. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers. === Responsibilities === From [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators]]: <blockquote>The primary responsibility of the project coordinators is the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course—in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process—but, since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group. <br/><br/> The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.</blockquote> Practical information on coordinating may be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|here]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Being a coordinator|here]]. The current coordinators are: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Position ! Standing for re-election? |- | Add the name of the first current coordinator as shown on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinator's page]] | The current position the above named editor holds. By virtue of the currently used system, this slot will always be "Coordinator" with the exception of the editor who holds the position of lead coordinator, whose position box should be filled in as "Lead Coordinator" | This slot MUST be added to for each coordinator and should be left blank since only the listed coordinator can decide if he or she wants to stand for reelection. |} === Election process === * '''Nomination period''': (Add the day and month the nomination will begin and the UTC time, day, and month the nomination will end here. For example, "8 September to 23:59 UTC 18 September") * '''Voting period''': (Add the day and month the election phase will begin and the UTC time, day, and month the election period will end here. For example, "19 September to 23:59 UTC 29 September") * Any member of the project may nominate themselves for a position by adding their statement in the [[#Candidates|"Candidates" section below]] by the start of the election. The following boilerplate can be used: <pre> === Name === {{user|Name}} : Statement goes here... ==== Comments and questions for Name ==== *''What have been the achievements of which you are most proud within the Military history WikiProject?'' ** *''What skills/qualities can you contribute as a coordinator?'' ** ==== Votes in support of Name ==== # </pre> * The election will be conducted using simple [[approval voting]]. Any member of the project may support as many of the candidates as they wish. The candidate with the highest number of endorsements will become the lead coordinator (provided he or she is willing to assume the post); this position may be shared in the event that multiple candidates receive the highest number of endorsements. The remaining candidates with twenty or more endorsements will be appointed as coordinators to a maximum of eleven appointments (including the lead coordinator). The number of coordinators ''may'' be increased or reduced if there is a tie or near-tie for the last position. * Both project members and interested outside parties are encouraged to ask questions of the nominees or make general comments. == Candidates== {{/Status}} <!-- As per long standing consensus both new candidates and returning coordinators are listed alphabetically below, so add your user name accordingly. Thank you for your cooperation. --> }} Create the status templateThe second page that will need be created will be the status template. (A completed example can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2017/Status). This template uses a set of established parameters to inform editors, readers, and other interested parties when the nominations will open, when the voting will open, and when the elections have concluded. The template itself resides at the top of the Candidates section, and will be present in the page you just created by virtue of the its presence in code copied from the preceding section. To access the template, add/Statusto the current election page so that the election page looks like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/StatusIt should give you a red link, click it and then add the following to the status page: ;{{#switch:{{CURRENTYEAR}} |2015={{#switch:{{CURRENTMONTH}} |8=<big>The election has not started yet. Please do not edit this page.</big> |9={{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} < 8|<big>The election has not started yet. Please do not edit this page.</big>|{{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} < 19|<big>Please <big style="color: red;">DO NOT VOTE</big> yet; the voting phase of the election will open at 00:01 (UTC) on 19 September.<br>If you wish to run, please sign up by 23:59 (UTC) on 18 September.</big>|{{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} <= 29|<big>Voting is now open; project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September.</big><br>(This is a [[approval voting|simple approval vote]]; only "support" votes should be made. All other votes will be discounted.)|<big>Voting is now concluded.</big>}}}}}} |#default=<big>Voting is now concluded.</big> }} |#default=<big>Voting is now concluded.</big> }} Current time is '''{{CURRENTTIME}}, [[{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}]] [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]''' (UTC) Once the above has been added take care the you change the year and the days to match the current election year and the days for the nomination and voting periods. Once the information has been updated save the page, this will result in the template on the election page being created and if done correctly should automatically switch messages to notify interested parties when the nomination and election phases open and when the election concludes.
Tally BoxThe final page that must be created is the Tally Box. This table tracks the number of editors in the election and the number of votes that each has received, respectively. To create the Tally Box, add/Tallyto the current coordinator election page so it looks like this: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/Tallytaking care to replace the MONTH and YEAR tabs with the current election month and year. Once you have the red link, add the following to the page verbatim, taking care to not that MONTH and YEAR in the example below will already reflect the current election month and year: {| class="plainlinks sortable" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" style="width: 200px; background: whitesmoke; margin-left: 15px; float: right; border: 1px black dotted; " |- |+ <big>'''Tally'''</big> <br/> <small>[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/MONTH YEAR/Tally|action=edit}} edit]</small> |- ! Candidate !! Votes |- |} After adding the section save the page, this will result in the Tally Box being created and added to the election page proper. With this done all three pages for the coordinator election should be created and no further action should be required on your part. With all three pages now live, the current coordinators and the editors of the Military history Wikiproject will be able to edit the pages to announce their candidacies or their decision not to seek reelection. Notify the projectSee Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message. Suggested form is: Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Becoming a coordinator|here]]. If you are interested in running, please sign up '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2024|here]]''' by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|current coord team]]. After the electionClose the voting{{archivetop|The election is now closed. ~~~~ }} to the top of the election page and {{archivebottom}} to the bottom of the page. Notify the winnersFor the newly elected coordinators, a suggested form is {| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;" |rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:US-O11 insignia.svg|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}} |Coordinator stars]]''''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! ~~~~ |} For the lead coordinator, a suggested form is: {| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;" |rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:US-O12 insignia.svg|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}} |Lead Coordinator stars]]''''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your re-election to the position of Lead Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Lead Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! ~~~~ |} For a coordinator emeritus, a suggested form is: {| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;" |rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:Milhist coordinator emeritus.svg|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}}#Nomination for Coordinator Emeritus (<editor>)|Coordinator Emeritus stars]]''''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | It is with immense pleasure that I pass on the unanimous decision of the members of the WikiProject Military History that as a mark of the great esteem in which they hold you and your judgement you be appointed a Coordinator Emeritus of the Project for as long as you should choose to remain one. Congratulations and many thanks for all that you have done for the Project. ~~~~ |} Update the coordinators listEdit the lead of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators to reflect the current list. Update the notification templateEdit Template:@MILHIST to reflect the current list. Update the categoryEdit the coordinators' user pages to add Category:WikiProject Military history coordinators and remove it from coordinators who are no longer active. Update the BugleAdd the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2024/Project news |
Establish military historian and newcomer of the year election voting | ||
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Under the current system used by the Military history Wikiproject, coordinators are tasked with handling certain project-specific operations. This Academy page will serve as a walk-through on how to correctly set up the election pages for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year elections. AboutThese elections are conducted between 1 and 30 December each year. Before the electionCreate the election pagesSubstitute the following on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history page before 1 December: {{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military historian of the year}} ~~~~ {{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military history newcomer of the year}} ~~~~ Notify the projectSee Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message. Suggested form is: Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Nominations for military history newcomer of the year for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} are open!|here]] and [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Nominations for military historian of the year for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} are open!|here]] respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. {{subst:Currentuser}} via ~~~~ After the electionClose the voting{{archivetop|Voting is now closed. ~~~~ }} to the top of the election page and {{archivebottom}} to the bottom of the page. Notify the winners on their talk pagesFor the winners of the Military History Newcomer of the Year, a suggested form is: {{tmbox | image = [[File:Goldenwiki 2.png|60px]] | style = background-color: #fdffe7; | text = '''{{font|text=The Golden Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected as the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the coveted '''Golden Wiki'''; we hope to see more of you in the years to come. ~~~~ }} For runners-up, a suggested form is: {{tmbox | image = [[File:WikiprojectBarnstar.png|60px]] | style = background-color: WhiteSmoke; | text = '''{{font|text=The WikiProject Barnstar|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} You have been selected as a runner-up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], please accept this token of gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the project; we hope to see more of you in the years to come. ~~~~ }} For winners of the Military Historian of the New Year: {{tmbox | image = [[File:Goldenwiki 2.png|60px]] | style = background-color: #fdffe7; | text = '''{{font|text=The Golden Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected as the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the coveted '''Golden Wiki'''. ~~~~ }} For second place: {{tmbox | image = [[File:Silverwiki 2.png|60px]] | style = background-color: WhiteSmoke; | text = '''{{font|text=The Silver Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected in second place for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the esteemed '''Silver Wiki'''. ~~~~ }} For third place: {{tmbox | image = [[File:Bronzewiki 2.png|60px]] | style = background-color: NavajoWhite ; | text = '''{{font|text=The Bronze Wiki|size=x-large|color=maroon}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected in third place for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the esteemed '''Bronze Wiki'''. ~~~~ }} Update the winners listsThese are located at
Update the BugleAdd the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/January 2025/Project news The suggested form is: The [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2024_are_open!|Military Historian of the Year]] awards have been distributed, the Golden Wiki going to {{u|gold}} for third year in a row. The Silver Wiki was awarded to {{u|silver}} and the Bronze wiki jointly to {{u|bronze}} and {{u|bronze}}. {{u|runner up}} and {{u|runner up}} were runners-up. The [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2024_are_open!|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] awards have also been handed out, with {{u|gold}} receiving the Golden Wiki and {{u|runner-up}} and {{u|runner-up}} the WikiProject Barnstar. Congratulations to all members of the project on your achievements last year, and best wishes for 2025! |
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Open tasks
Topics for future discussion
- Collaboration with galleries, libraries, archives, museums, universities, and various other institutions (e.g. Wikipedia:GLAM/NMM)
- Article improvement drives
- Notability guideline for battles
- Naming convention guideline for foreign military ranks
- Using the "Results" field in infoboxes
- How far milhist's scope should include 'military fiction' (possible solution, see scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Military fiction task force)
- Encouraging member participation in the various review processes (peer, GAN, ACR etc)
- Recruiting new members (see User:The ed17/MILHIST, etc.)
- Improving/maintaining popular pages
- Motivating improvement from Stub to B-Class
- Enabling editors to improve articles beyond B-Class (possibly utilising logistics dept, also see WP:FAT for related ideas)
- Helping new members (possibly involving improving/deprecating welcome template; writing Academy course)
- Recruiting copy-editors to help during ACR
- Recruiting editors from external forums/groups/etc.
- Simplifying ACR instructions (old discussion)
Missing academy articles
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using different reference formats (partially written/needs expansion)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Image restoration (partially written)
- Using supporting materials (possibly not needed/covered by other topics)
- Image quality and accuracy (possibly not needed/covered by other topics)
Open award nominations
Nominations for awards are made and voted on by coordinators at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards. An A-Class Medal nomination needs at least two coordinators' votes to succeed, and the Chevrons with Oak Leaves a majority of coordinators' votes. All coordinators are requested to review the following:
ACRs for closure
All A-Class reviews are eligible for closure 28 days after they were opened, or 5 days if there is a clear consensus for either promotion or non-promotion, by any uninvolved coordinator. The closing coordinator should check the review page carefully to ensure that there are three general supports and supports (or passes) for both the image and the source reviews, and that there are no outstanding points to be addressed. A guide to manually closing A-Class reviews is available, but normally the closing coordinator just needs to change A-Class=current in the {{WPMILHIST}} banner to A-Class=pass or A-Class=fail.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)should be good to go. Hog Farm Talk 20:06, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- And done. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:02, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Soviet cruiser Vasily Chapayevhas three supports + source and image reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:35, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germanylooks good to go. Hog Farm Talk 00:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Al-Wathiqhas three supports plus image and source reviews. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:34, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Maurice Sucklinghas four supports plus source and image reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:34, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/William Y. Slacklooks done to me. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:21, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/French battleship Justicehas three supports + source and image reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:09, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:54, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/French battleship Charlemagnehas three supports + source and image reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:33, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- And done. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:43, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Grand Gulflooks ready (my nom) Hog Farm Talk 17:38, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:57, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fort Phantom HillThree supports, source and image review. My nom. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 22:40, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- I don't see an actual support from Indy beetle. I have already queried them about it. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:04, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
MILHIST CCI cases
The following open CCI cases contain MILHIST articles (some usernames are omitted from the case titles because they are real names):
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Dawkeye
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20130819
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Degen Earthfast
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/America789
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Buster40004
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/$1LENCE D00600D
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Kprtqrf06
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Mztourist
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20190125
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210418
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Bluecountrymutt
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DaWulf2013
Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Hary1mo- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DeltaSquad833
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20230508
Assistance with these cases is requested, but the work is tedious. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 20:25, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
- I've been working on #9 above, and it is a very messy ACW one. Hog Farm Talk 20:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Updates
An eleventh case has opened: Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DaWulf2013. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 21:53, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
And another one: Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Hary1mo. Involves a bunch of commons images, so any help from those who speak licensing or Commons would be appreciated. Hog Farm Talk 18:58, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Discussion
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ACR to-do list for June 2023
Seven reviews open since March:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Al-WathiqHas three supports + source and image reviews. Ready for close.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Central America under Mexican rule Has one support. Needs reviewers.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fort Phantom Hill Has one support. Needs reviewers.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Grand Gulf Needs one more review.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Radoje PajovićHas three supports + image review. Needs source review.- Now has source review, looks GTG. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:36, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/French battleship JusticeHas two supports + image review. One more review in progress. Needs source review.- Done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:59, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/William Y. SlackHasone Twothree supports.
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:10, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
ACR to-do list for July 2023
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fort Phantom Hill Needs one more support.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Central America under Mexican rule Has two supports. Needs reviewers.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Cane Hill Just needs one further general support.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics Needs further input and reviews.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909) Needs reviewers.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany Needs reviewers.
Gog the Mild (talk) 19:04, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
AutoCheck report for June
The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:
173rd Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)174th Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)176th Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)186th Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)2023 Ukrainian counteroffensiveB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Acehnese conquest of PasaiB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Alfred MordecaiB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Allegations of CIA assistance to Osama bin LadenAmerican premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7- Is this article in scope? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Andrew S. BurtBartolome CabangbangB1&B2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Battle of DayrabunB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Battle of Perlis RiverB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Betty ClementsB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Bucharest Army ArsenalB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Capo DanielB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Charles S. CottonB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Des CorcoranB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)French cruiser FleurusB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Gilbert C. WiltseB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)History of military logisticsB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)HMS Minion (1915)B-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)HMS Nepean (1916)B-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)HMS NugentB-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)HMS Scout (1918)B-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)HMS Searcher (1918)B-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Invasion of Surinam (1804)B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Joachim de ChâteauvieuxB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Jurate KazickasB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Kakhovka DamOut of scope.--Catlemur (talk) 02:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al SaudB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Marusya SokolovskaB2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Marusya SokolovskaDuplicate of above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Mongol conquest of KhorasanB2, B3 = no, incomplete (eg Battle of the Indus) and some material in the lead is not in the main body. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:59, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Next-Generation Offshore Patrol VesselB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Nistar-class diving support vesselB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Operation Bui CleanB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Operation Violettes ImperialesB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Operation White GiantB-class.--Catlemur (talk) 02:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Paul RicheyOne of my new articles that was assessed as B-class at the assessment request page. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Polttoainehankintaconfirm as B-class. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Raid of KompoltB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Rallou KaratzaB class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Ronald Berry (RAF officer)One of my new articles that was assessed as B-class at the assessment request page. Zawed (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)Ronald Reagan- @Hawkeye7: - This is a FA - something seems to have gone wrong with the bot here. Hog Farm Talk 02:12, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- This is about the new Template:WikiProject banner shell. We will update our project banner. I might get the bot to handle this situation. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:17, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Hawkeye7: - This is a FA - something seems to have gone wrong with the bot here. Hog Farm Talk 02:12, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Rowland Mainwaring (Royal Navy officer)B3 = no, lead is too brief, too much quoting. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Roxani SoutzosB2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Ruggero BonomiB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Sack of Mecca (930)B class. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Samuel McDowell Tateb1=no, almost entirely reliant on a single source from 1905. Hog Farm Talk 03:30, 1 July 2023 (UTC)SMS G132B2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)SMS G192B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)SMS G193B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)SMS G195B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)SS Benlomond (1922)B1&B2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Târgoviște Army ArsenalB class. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:10, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Ted BradenB2&B3=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Ugo ButtàB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Usra Hendra HarahapB1=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Wagner Group rebellionB2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Walt Nauta- Is this article in scope? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:04, 2 July 2023 (UTC)- I think so. His time in the White House was as a member of the military and is, IMHO, notable. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:31, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
- B class. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
William Peleg RogersB2=no. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
GAN and ACR
We have an article currently nominated at both GAN and ACR. This seems odd, but I can't find any prohibition. Is there one? Gog the Mild (talk) 19:14, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- I immediately thought "of course there is!", only to find no mention of such a rule. Featured Article candidacy states "An article should not be on Featured article candidates and Peer review or Good article nominations at the same time.", and if ACR doesn't have a similar rule hiding somewhere already I would advocate that we create one. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 19:38, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- I went through the same process, and concluded that I was just being blind. I would agree that in the absence of such a rule one should be introduced. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:23, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- Perhaps because we've been through this multiple times before, most recently in 2021. I would favour adding a rule that says:
- I went through the same process, and concluded that I was just being blind. I would agree that in the absence of such a rule one should be introduced. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:23, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
An article may not nominated for an A-Class review and be a Featured article candidate, undergoing Peer review, or a Good article nomination at the same time.
- Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- Works for me. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:59, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- Agreed. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 18:17, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
- Done Changed the instructions. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:43, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
How to start A-class reappraisal
I can't seem to find specific instructions to start an A-class reappraisal (I want to open a discussion about demoting a current A-class article.) How is this done? WP:MHR just says to leave a message here. The article in question is Panzer IV. Schierbecker (talk) 22:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Schierbecker: - essentially, you just move the original ACR page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Panzer IV/archive1 or something like that, fix the link in the article history template so that the link to the old A-class review links to the proper old page, and then create a new ACR like if you were creating a regular nomination, just make sure to clearly indicate that it's a reassessment nomination. Hog Farm Talk 19:21, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
- People had trouble with the procedure, so the instructions were commented out and replaced with one to request the coordinators handle it. I've nominated it for you. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:10, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll take a look this weekend. Schierbecker (talk) 03:16, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
- People had trouble with the procedure, so the instructions were commented out and replaced with one to request the coordinators handle it. I've nominated it for you. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:10, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
Majestic Titan
I was wondering whether anyone has any opinions on the current status of OMT. It isn't a project that I've involved myself in, but I've found myself wondering at its progress. Is it stagnating, or are people still churning away in the background? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Pickersgill-Cunliffe: - at least from my observation, it seems to have stagnated a bit. Several of the earliest articles there have required additional work - Wikipedia:Featured article review/Armament of the Iowa-class battleship/archive1, Wikipedia:Featured article review/USS Missouri (BB-63)/archive1, and the still-open Wikipedia:Featured article review/USS Wisconsin (BB-64)/archive2. Hog Farm Talk 03:25, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
AutoCheck report for July
The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:
- 1976 Sudanese coup d'état attempt
- 1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown incident
435th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal ArtilleryB class. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:55, 1 August 2023 (UTC)4th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery/Royal Malta ArtilleryB3 = no, lead is too brief. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:53, 1 August 2023 (UTC)51st Engineer Battalion "Simeto"B class. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:55, 1 August 2023 (UTC)78th Searchlight Regiment, Royal ArtilleryB3 = no, lead is too brief. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)- Africa–Soviet Union relations
- Alberto Mannerini
- Alfonso Ollearo
- Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191)
- Anne de Joyeuse
- Aras War
- Archangelo Arcano
- Assured Scots
Babylonian–Assyrian War of 1235 BCB2, B3 = no, lead is too brief, article has almost nothing on the actual war. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:01, 1 August 2023 (UTC)- Battle of Bir Tabraz
- Battle of Goris
- Battle of Ledra Palace
- Battle of Letenye
- Battle of Mombasa (1505)
- Battle of Mombasa (1528)
- Battle of Socotra
- Beqir Sadiku
- Bertram Evans
- Byzantine–Hungarian War (1149–1155)
- César de Saint-Lary
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, Lord Settrington
- Chattenden and Lodge Hill Military Camps
- Chios expedition (1599)
- Diptendu Choudhury
- Edgar P. Putnam
- Edward Gracie
Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)B2 = no, needs updating. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:05, 1 August 2023 (UTC)French expedition to SardiniaB class. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:08, 1 August 2023 (UTC)Ganteaume's expedition of 1795B class. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:08, 1 August 2023 (UTC)- General Galusha Pennypacker Memorial
- HMC ML Q055
- HMS Mansfield (1914)
- HMS Nereide (1910)
- HMS Ruby (1876)
- HMS Seawolf (1918)
- HMS Serapis (1782)
- HMS Turquoise (1876)
- Issah Adam Yakubu
- Jacques, Duke of Nevers
- James Boyd (engineer)
- Janeen L. Birckhead
- John O'Neill (lighthouse keeper)
- Jolo expedition (1602)
- Karl-Heinz Becker (pilot)
- Koli Rebellions
- Mario Ajmone Cat
- Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
- Pajštún Castle
- Paul E. Funk
- Paul Stevenson (Royal Marines)
- Post-World War II Romanian war crime trials
- PSR-A Pilica
- Radu Golescu
- Raymond Thorold-Smith
- Roy Earl Parrish
- São Paulo Revolt of 1924
- Siege of Belvoir Castle
- Siege of Malacca (1551)
- Siege of Shimabara Castle
- SS Koningin der Nederlanden
- SS Westerdijk
- Stanley Connors
- SW1C
- United States militarism
- University of Tennessee Air Force ROTC
- USRC Algonquin
- Vincenzo Dapino
- Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict
MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
ACR to-do list for August 2023
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Central America under Mexican rule Needs one more general support and a source review.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Cane Hill Just needs one further general support.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics Needs further input and reviews.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909) Needs reviewers.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany Needs a source review.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Puketutu Needs reviewers.
That's the oldest eight noms, bar one also nom'ed at GAN and one all but finished. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:43, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Upcoming Coordinator Elections
@WP:MILHIST coordinators: We need to start putting together our plan for the forthcoming coordinator elections if we want to get them off the ground in a timely manner in September. Do we want to retain the current number, the 14/14 election format for nominations and voting, and have it run entirely in September? TomStar81 (Talk) 19:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC)