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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIX (July 2008)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXIX (July 2008)
- Project news
- The criteria for Military history A-Class reviews have been overhauled. The new standard is deliberately set higher than before, and is much closer to featured article quality. The new criteria are:
- A1. The article is consistently referenced with an appropriate citation style, and all claims are verifiable against reputable sources, accurately represent the relevant body of published knowledge, and are supported with specific evidence and external citations as appropriate.
- A2. The article is comprehensive, factually accurate, neutral and focused on the main topic; it neglects no major facts or details, presents views fairly and without bias, and does not go into unnecessary detail.
- A3. The article has an appropriate structure of hierarchical headings, including a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections, and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents.
- A4. The article is written in concise and articulate English; its prose is clear, is in line with style guidelines, and does not require substantial copy-editing to be fully MoS-compliant.
- A5. The article contains supporting visual materials, such as images or diagrams with succinct captions, and other media, where appropriate.
- The timescale for A-Class articles has also been changed to give more editors an opportunity to participate.
- The six-monthly Coordinators' election has been moved back a month to avoid clashes with the holiday period. The sign-up period will run from 1–15 September and the elections themselves from 16–30 September.
- The military land vehicles task force has been created.
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Concepción
- Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
- Battle of Tory Island
- Early life and military career of John McCain
- Grass Fight
- Leopard 2E
- Operation Varsity
- Roman–Persian Wars
- Uriel Sebree
- USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290)
New featured portals:
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- Input wanted from people who didn't participate in Tag & Assess '08. Please comment at the Tag & Assess workshop so we can improve future drives.
- Awards and honors
- The Contest department has completed its sixteenth month of competition, which saw 22 entries. The top scorer this month is new entrant Bellhalla with 41 points, followed by Blnguyen with 33 points. Cam, Ed!, David Underdown, and Ferbess also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 226 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Blnguyen gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election
[edit]The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on September 14!
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXX (August 2008)
- Project news
- The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is underway, to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 14 September! Voting starts at 00:01 (UTC) on 15 September and runs until 23:59 (UTC) on 30 September.
- A new barnstar specifically encouraging and recognizing excellence in Milhist article creation and development has been introduced. Any editor who has made a significant contribution to three or more Milhist A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008 under the new A-Class criteria is eligible. Nominations for the medal should be made here; should list the three A-Class articles for which the medal is sought; and must be subsequently supported by three or more project coordinators, who will be responsible for making the award. Editors may nominate themselves or any other qualifying editor.
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
New featured lists:
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- A new discussion about whether Milhist should adopt C-Class is underway. All comments are welcome.
- The 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop is still open, seeking input on ways to improve the efficiency, user-friendliness and organization of future Milhist drives. All comment is welcome, especially from people who didn't participate in the drive!
- Awards and honors
- Durova has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of her exemplary work on military history featured pictures, sounds, and articles.
- JonCatalán has been awarded the new Milhist A-Class medal for his work on three newly-promoted tank-related articles: Panzer I, TAM and AMX-30E.
- The new Milhist A-Class medal also goes to Bellhalla for his three ship-related articles: USS Mercy (AH-4), SS Pennsylvanian and SS Dakotan.
- The Contest department has completed its seventeenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 54 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with a record 120 points, followed by JonCatalan with 56 points. Abraham, B.S., Cam, Ed!, Woody, David Underdown, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and Kyriakos also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 226 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and JonCatalan gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
- Thanks go to Abraham, B.S., Bedford, Benedict of Constantinople, Borg Sphere, Canglesea, Climie.ca, Dashiellx, Ejosse1, El Greco, Fusionmix, Geoff Plourde, Jim Sweeney, Judgesurreal777, MBK004, Mifter, Parsecboy, Red4tribe, Rosiestep, Suyogaerospace, and TomStar81 for their help with the 2008 Tag & Assess Workshop.
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Military history WikiProject coordinator election
[edit]The September 2008 Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of fourteen candidates. Please vote here by September 30!
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Discussion on Talk:Second Sino-Japanese War that may be of interest
[edit]Hi, Miborovsky. I know you're a frequent editor of the article, so I wanted to hear your input on the discussion Paul Siebert and I have been having over the "result" section of the infobox. I'd like to achieve a wider consensus than just Paul and I. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 22:55, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey Mib, long time no see, you been pretty busy lately? Looks like our wiki output has dropped quite a bit, yours even more so than mine! Just dropping by man. Blueshirts (talk)
- Yeah man, been really busy too. It'd be cool to expand the site. But I think the priority should be here on wikipedia, because that's what the great majority of people would visit if they want to know about SSJW. But I have to agree that the new wiki would not attract that many vandals and detractors. Blueshirts (talk) 05:07, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Translating
[edit]hey i just joined and i want to work on translating all english articles in wikiproject china into chinese wikipedia. i tried using google translator but it sucks because i have to do one section at a time, because when you copy and paste a whole bunch of irrelevant garbage gets picked up, and i cant read chinese so i dont know how to make new articles at zh.wikipedia.黄帝 (talk) 02:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXI (September 2008)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXXI (September 2008)
- Project news
- The sixth project coordinator election has now concluded. The following editors have been elected to serve as project coordinators until 31 March 2009: Bedford, Cam, Eurocopter, JonCatalán, MBK004, Nick Dowling, Roger Davies (lead), TomStar81, and Woody. Kirill Lokshin has been appointed coordinator emeritus for as long he wants the position. Congratulations to those elected, and thanks to everyone who participated!
- Following a successful RfA, Buckshot06 has been promoted to administrator. We wish him every success in his new role!
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
New featured lists:
New featured topics:
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- The W1.0 Editorial Team have selected 1133 Military history articles for inclusion in the W0.7 test release. For convenience, these are broken by task force and you'll find a list on each task force headed "Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for [task force name]" on the task force talk page. You may nominate extra articles for inclusion or existing ones for removal. If you can improve any of the articles on the list, by adding references, or copy-editing, or cleaning up generally, please do so.
- A new discussion has started about naming articles on Soviet WWII operations. All contributions are welcome as we hope to resolve this longstanding issue once and for all.
- The debate over whether Milhist should adopt C-Class is continuing. All comments and suggestions are welcome.
- Awards and honors
- Bellhalla has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his exemplary work on military history articles and DYK entries.
- For their work improving articles through the Military history review process, Borg Sphere, Cla68, Eurocopter, Nick Dowling, TomStar81, Woody, JonCatalán, Brad and Cam, have been awarded the Content Review Medal.
- The Contest department has completed its eighteenth month of competition, which saw 45 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with a record 151 points, followed by Abraham, B.S. with 27 points. Woody, Cam, YellowMonkey, Piotrus, David Underdown, Borg Sphere, Tartarus, Ed!, and Out also fielded entries. Bellhalla is now the overall leader, with 300 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Abraham, B.S. gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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Long time no see.....
[edit]Hi Miborovsky just dropping by to say hi. I see that you haven't been on wikipedia lately but if you ever get the chance to, another editor and I are having trouble with another editor who is insisted on engaging in an edit war to post up his Islam template in the Religion of China article, see [1], this user has vandalized this same article in the past to insert his own POV (ie. that China has a Muslim of 100 million). I have no idea why that guy is so obsessed with Chinese Islam, out of curiosity I've asked him several times what is his background with Chinese Islam (ie. Are you of Chinese Muslim background? Are you of Chinese background? Are you fluent in Mandarin? etc...), only to be ignored. From what I've gathered, I can only assumed the guy has little to no background in the Chinese language (I've made corrections to his pinyin in his articles in the past), from his most recent article Yeheidie'erding which I might add was created out of copying and pasting information out of the Islam during the Yuan Dynasty article that I posted in the past (in fact the title is a pinyin correction I made on his behalf). Abstrakt (talk) 23:46, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Facebook group
[edit]Hi, I am a sysop in vi.Wikipedia and I confirm that my Facebook name is Nha Hoang. I have just put a request to join the sysop group there. Thanks. Avia (talk) 08:06, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Chinese biographies rewards
[edit]I saw your message on the reward board, and you might want to get in touch with User:Nlu, who does extensive work on Chinese historical figures. —Politizer talk/contribs 21:03, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXII (October 2008)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXXII (October 2008)
- Project news
- Following a lengthy discussion, three new coordinators – EyeSerene, Maralia and the_ed17 - have been coopted. The purpose of the appointments is partly to fill the place left by the retirement of TomStar81 and partly to provide increased/improved coordinator capacity to cover existing coordinator absences and to help with upcoming major projects. As a reminder, coordinators are merely editors who have committed to go the extra mile for the project and that there are very few processes that require coordinator input. Specifically these are closing A-Class reviews, and endorsing two project award nominations. Any editors who wish to help with the nitty-gritty of this busy project (cross-posting A-Class review, peer review and featured article candidate alerts; responding to member questions and queries, helping with drives) are positively encouraged to do so.
- A workshop has been set up to redesign and improve the newsletter. In our recent competition, a new name was chosen – The Bugle. All editors are welcome to participate, especially those with graphic and design skills!
- Administrator and Milhist coordinator, Nick Dowling, has changed his user name to Nick-D.
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Albert Speer
- Anglo-Zanzibar War
- Operation Epsom
- Operation Tractable
- SMS Von der Tann
- TAM
- USS Nevada (BB-36)
New featured lists:
- List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service
- List of New Zealand Land Wars Victoria Cross recipients
- List of Second Afghan War Victoria Cross recipients
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- Adoption of C-class remains firmly on the Milhist agenda with discussions approaching their fourth month of debate. More views are sought on this.
- Awards and honors
- Kyriakos has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and distingushed service as a Coordinator of the Military history WikiProject from February 2007 to September 2008.
- LordAmeth has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and distingushed service as a Coordinator of the Military history WikiProject from August 2006 to September 2008.
- EyeSerene has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his diligent and excellent copyediting of vast quantities of Military History articles—notably his work on multiple Featured Article Candidates.
- TomStar81 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of both his long and distinguished service as a coordinator of this project from August 2007 to October 2008, and of his exemplary contributions to articles on the vessels of the U.S. Navy.
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for his six ship-related articles: SS Montanan, SS Ohioan (1914), SS Panaman, MS West Honaker, SS Iowan, and USS West Bridge (ID-2888).
- Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for his three biographies on Australian First World War Victoria Cross recipients: Percy Herbert Cherry, Blair Anderson Wark, and Joseph Maxwell.
- The Contest department has completed its nineteenth month of competition, which saw 35 entries. The top scorer this month is the_ed17 with 39 points, followed by Bellhalla with 38 points. David Underdown, Abraham, B.S., Woody, Piotrus, Rosiestep, Tartarus, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and Harland1 also fielded entries. Bellhalla is now the overall leader, with 338 points in total. The Chevrons go to the_ed17 and Bellhalla gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: The Bugle
Issue XXXIII (November 2008)
- Project news
- The Lebanese military history task force has been created.
- The recent promotion of Tom Crean (explorer) brings the number of featured articles within the scope of the Military History Project to 300.
- Following a lengthy discussion, a new section - Personal libraries - has been added to the Logistics Department. The aim is to make sourcing and citation checking easier by sharing information about editors' personal book holdings. If you have half an hour to spare, why add a list of your Milhist reference books?
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Lipantitlán
- Battle of Khafji
- Richard Williams (RAAF officer)
- Tom Crean
- Third Battle of Kharkov
- SS Mauna Loa
- SS Montanan
- SS Ohioan (1914)
- USS Constitution
New featured lists:
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- Adoption of C-class remains firmly on the Milhist agenda with discussions approaching their fifth month of debate. More views are sought on this.
- What is a Pyrrhic victory? There's an interesting and lively discussion on this here. (And the short answer is: follow what the sources say.)
- Can you design logos? We're looking for a snappy new logo to go with the new title of the newsletter. See the ideas so far at the newsletter workshop.
- Awards and honors
- The Contest department has completed its twentieth month of competition, which saw a record 78 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 143 points, followed by Catalan with 42 points. Georgejdorner, Ian Rose, Abraham, B.S., the_ed17, Skinny87, Rosiestep, ERcheck, David Underdown and Gaia Octavia Agrippa also fielded entries. Bellhalla remains the overall leader with 481 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Catalan gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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Happy Birthday!
[edit]The Diary
[edit]Hi,sorry, but I've nominated your article The Diary (film) for deletion. I could find no sources suggesting that principle photography had begun, and the most recent news article on the film was from over a year ago stating only vaguely that Tong was still working on the film. Tryptofeng (talk) 23:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: The Bugle
Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
- Project news
- Appearing on the main page on 8 December 2008, Ivan Castro's DYK drew 71,300 page views in a single day - now the all-time high for DYK views.
- As a result of the 2008 Arbitration Committee elections, Lead Coordinator Roger Davies is the fourth coordinator of the project to be appointed to the Arbitration Committee. The others are Kirill Lokshin (2007-2009), FayssalF (2008-2010) and YellowMonkey (2007-2008).
- This month saw 14 military history-related articles promoted to featured status, the highest number for a single month since the project's establishment in October 2002. Congratulations all round!
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 13th Airborne Division (United States)
- 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
- Action of 13 January 1797
- Akutan Zero
- AMX-30
- Arena Active Protection System
- Blair Anderson Wark
- British Empire
- Frederick III, German Emperor
- Phan Dinh Phung
- Rheinmetall 120 mm gun
- SS Dakotan
- SS Washingtonian
- Tanks in the Spanish Army
New featured lists:
New featured topics:
New A-Class articles:
- Current proposals and discussions
- Design competition Editors with design skills urgently needed to design an eyecatching logo for this newsletter. The logo needs to incorporate a bugle motif as well as the newsletter's title, "The Bugle". Fame and honour (a barnstar) guaranteed for the successful design. Submit entries here please.
- Who will be the three "2008 Military historians of the Year"? There are 13 candidates so far and the number is rising rapidly. The winning editors will receive the Gold, Silver and Bronze Wikis; and all other nominees the WikiProject barnstar. To nominate editors you admire, or to cast your votes, please visit here!
- A new drive has been started to identify the core topics of World War I with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014.
- A discussion is underway regarding flag icons and whether to rewrite the current guidelines to reflect the Manual of Style.
- Awards and honors
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for three ship-related articles: SS Black Osprey, SS Mauna Loa, and SM U-5 (Austria-Hungary).
- JonCatalán has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Battle of Khafji, Rheinmetall 120 mm gun, and AMX-30.
- The Contest department has completed its twenty first month of competition, which saw 58 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 113 points followed by Abraham, B.S. with 32 points. Ed!, Chamal_N, JonCatalan, Skinny87, Rosiestep, the_ed17, David Underdown, Maralia and Terrakyte also fielded entries. Bellhalla remains the overall leader with 594 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Abraham, B.S. gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXV (January 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXV (January 2009)
- Project news
- Don't forget the six-monthly Coordinator elections will take place in March for the April-September term. If you want to become more involved in the project, now's the time to start thinking about it!
- Upon the improvement of World War I or Alexander the Great to featured article, Lead Coordinator Roger Davies has pledged to donate US$250 per article to the Wikimedia Foundation. This pledge is listed at the bounty board and will expire on 31 December 2009. The two articles are both listed at the Special Projects Department as the second and ninth most frequently-read MILHIST articles.
- Following extensive discussion, the structure of the A-Class Medal System has been changed to include three new medals: The A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves, the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves and Swords, and the A-Class Medal with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds, each of which is respectfully awarded after 5, 10, and 20 groups of three A-Class Articles.
- The number of our A-Class articles grew by more than 25% during this month, compared to the total number of A-Class articles existent at the end of December.
- Following a successful RfA, Cam has been promoted to administrator.
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Alaska class cruiser
- Bruce Kingsbury
- Fred Moosally
- Isaac Shelby
- Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
- Operation Brevity
- Operation Uranus
- SS Minnesotan
- Stanley Goble
- Tetrarch (tank)
- USS Iowa (BB-61)
- USS Iowa turret explosion
- Woodes Rogers
New featured lists:
New featured topics:
New A-Class articles:
- Battle of Aachen
- Battle of Grand Port
- Battle of Kaiapit
- Bob Chappuis
- Dreadnought
- Elmer Gedeon
- George Alan Vasey
- George Julian Howell
- Heinrich Bär
- James Newland
- John S. McCain, Jr.
- Landing at Saidor
- List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War
- M249 squad automatic weapon
- Military history of Australia during World War II
- Neil Hamilton Fairley
- North Yemen Civil War
- Operation Cobra
- Operation Winter Storm
- Operation Totalize
- Percy Statton
- Port Chicago disaster
- SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary)
- SS Timothy Bloodworth
- Tom Derrick
- U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
- U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
- William Bostock
- Willie Gillis
- Yamato class battleship
- Current proposals and discussions
- A drive is underway to identify the core topics of World War I with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014.
- A Survey is currently underway to determine how MilHist's processes, logistics, and management can be improved.
- Awards and honors
- "Military historian of the Year": the winners of the gold, silver and bronze wikis are: in first place, JonCatalán; in second place, Cla68; and in joint third place, TomStar81 and Skinny87. The runners-up in alphabetical, who each receive the WikiProject Barnstar, are: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Dreamafter, Durova, Ian Rose, Nick-D, Saberwyn, Woody, YellowMonkey and Ynhockey.
- For their work improving articles through the Military history review process during the fourth quarter of 2008, Joe N, JonCatalán, Skinny87, The_ed17, YellowMonkey, Abraham, B.S., Cam, Woody, Roger Davies, Redmarkviolinist, Jim Sweeney, and Nick-D, have been awarded the Content Review Medal.
- Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to the project as an active reviewer, a thoughtful contributor to military history discussions, a fine content contributor, and a gentleman.
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for three ship articles: SS Washingtonian, SS Minnesotan and SS Timothy Bloodworth. He is the first editor to receive the Oakleaves.
- Abraham, B.S. has also been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Clarence Smith Jeffries, George Ingram, John Whittle, Harry Murray, James Newland and George Julian Howell.
- Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, Operation Lüttich, and Yamato class battleship.
- JonCatalán has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Panzer IV, Third Battle of Kharkov, Tanks in the Spanish Army, Arena Active Protection System, Operation Winter Storm and List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War.
- Cla68 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Ke, Guadalcanal Campaign and USS Iowa turret explosion.
- Eurocopter has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Epsom, Operation Cobra and Battle of Berlin.
- Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal twice for Neil Hamilton Fairley, Edmund Herring, Admiralty Islands campaign, Battle of Kaiapit, Landing at Saidor and George Alan Vasey.
- The_ed17 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for USS Nevada (BB-36), Alaska class cruiser and Lexington class battlecruiser.
- TonyTheTiger has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell), Bob Chappuis and Elmer Gedeon.
- The Contest department has completed its twenty second month of competition, which saw 62 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 93 points followed by Abraham, B.S. with 52 points. Cam, Georgejdorner and 11 other editors also fielded entries. Bellhalla remains the overall leader with 687 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Abraham, B.S. gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXVI (February 2009)
- From the Coordinators
- This month has been interesting for MILHIST, as we reorganized a few departments. The Outreach Department has been replaced by the tabs at the top of our totally redesigned project page; thanks to Kirill for the design and Bellhalla for the logo. We also created the Academy, a hub for practical advice about creating, editing, and reviewing quality content. All project members are cordially invited to fill in some of the red links, and new ideas are always welcome.
- As you can see on the right, our A-class and featured content is growing quite rapidly; these numbers have now gone up by 45 for the second straight month! Great work! In addition, thanks go out to those who recently helped in reducing the A-class nominations backlog. Reviewers are still needed; if you feel up to it, please stop by and leave comments on an article—every review helps!
- Lastly, the contest results for the month: Bellhalla took the cake again with 77 points and gets the Chevrons, while Ian Rose gets the Writer's Barnstar for his 60 points. Other participants included Bryce (49 points), Cam (25), David Underdown (11), Kirk (5), Parsecboy (20), Piotrus (?), Rosiestep (3), the_ed17 (27), Wild Wolf (6), and YellowMonkey (35). 51 total articles were improved as part of this.
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Dreadnought
- Edmund Herring
- John Whittle
- Murray Maxwell
- SS Kroonland
- United States Military Academy
- USS Connecticut (BB-18)
- William Bostock
New featured lists:
New featured pictures:
- 1917 surrender of Jerusalem
- WWI Canadian war bond poster (french)
- WWI Canadian war bond poster (english)
- Lexington class battlecruiser
- Battle of Ticonderoga attack plan, 1759
- Military College of Chapultepec, c. 1847
- Machine gun corps, Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917
- First Battle of Manassas map
- Aftermath of Wounded Knee, January 1891
- Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba, WWI
- Japanese archer with targets, 1878
New featured topics:
New A-Class articles:
- Battle of Sio
- Battles of the Kinarot Valley
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Clare Stevenson
- Edgar Towner
- Falaise pocket
- Frank Hubert McNamara
- Japanese battleship Musashi
- Japanese battleship Yamato
- Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
- Keith Miller
- Lee-Enfield
- Military career of Keith Miller
- Operation Mole Cricket 19
- Powder Alarm
- SMS Moltke (1910)
- SM U-66
- SM U-68
- Sydney Rowell
- U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary)
- U-20 class submarine
- USS Texas (BB-35)
- Walter Nowotny
- Project news
- On 22 February, four military history articles—all of them on battleships—appeared on the Main Page: USS Connecticut (BB-18) was the day's featured article, Japanese battleship Haruna and Brazilian battleship Minas Gerais appeared as part of the DYK section, and French battleship Danton (1909) was one of the in the news items.
- Six articles in our scope appeared on the main page this month: Woodes Rogers (1 February), Action of 13 January 1797 (6 February), 300 (film) (13 February), Theramenes (17 February), Third Battle of Kharkov (19 February), and USS Connecticut (BB-18) (22 February).
- The main project page has been redesigned.
- Article alerts are now available both for the entire project (on the status page) and for each task force (on the task force page).
- The Military history coordinator elections, to appoint coordinators for the period April–October 2009, take place this month. If you are thinking of standing as a candidate, the schedule is as follows:
- Nomination period: 00:01 Sat 7 March - 23:59 Fri 13 March
- Voting period: 00:01 Sat 14 March - 23:59 Sat 29 March
- Awards and honors
- Ian Rose has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Australian military history articles (including four Featured Articles, an A-Class article, and four Good Articles), his highly civil and collaborative editing, and his willingness to provide advice and assistance to other editors.
- MisterBee1966 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to seven featured lists on German military awards during the Second World War, and for contributing to four good articles and being instrumental in promoting three of them to A-Class status.
- Raul654 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his contributions to six current Military History Featured Articles, his flexibility in managing the "Today's featured article" list to accommodate relevant main-page appearances, and his generosity in providing many images for our visual library.
- The Land has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his significant contributions to the area of maritime warfare, as he has authored six of the seven articles in the "history of the battleship" series, with four of them now being featured.
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oak Leaves twice for six ship articles: U-1 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-3 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary), U-5 class submarine (Austria-Hungary), U-20 class submarine, and SM U-68.
- Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Percy Statton, Tom Derrick and List of Australian George Cross recipients.
- Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Operation Totalize, Japanese battleship Yamato and Japanese battleship Musashi.
- Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Stanley Goble, William Bostock and Frank Hubert McNamara.
- Nudve has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for North Yemen Civil War, Battles of the Kinarot Valley, and Operation Mole Cricket 19.
- TomStar81 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for United States Naval Gunfire Support debate, USS Iowa (BB-61) and USS Texas (BB-35).
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXVII (March 2009)
- From the coordinators
The big news of course was the seventh project coordinator election covering the period ending 30 September. The quality of the candidates was extremely high, with some of the project's top content builders running alongside highly experienced backroom people. Of the eighteen candidates, sixteen were finally appointed, giving us probably the most rounded coordination team so far.
Those elected were: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, Ian Rose, Jackyd101, Joe N, Lordoliver, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Roger Davies (lead), Skinny87, The ed17 and TomStar81. Kirill Lokshin continues in his role as coordinator emeritus. Thanks must go to the departing coordinators – Bedford, JonCatalán and Woody – for helping make the project what it is today
The C-class referendum, held at the same time, produced a slight majority of votes for introduction, but was insufficient to demonstrate a clear consensus. So, for the time being at least, therefore, the project will continue without C-class. Otherwise, focus is likely be on the Academy and the development of courses to develop reviewing, copy-editing and article-building skills. Some review of our task forces is also probable, perhaps consolidating some of the smaller, quieter, ones. As ever, input from everyone is not only welcomed but positively encouraged.
The coordinators' gratitude goes not only to those who participated in the election and referenda but also to everyone who works quietly and conscientiously away to make participation in this project rewarding, successful and productive. Milhist is very fortunate in its membership! Thank you all, Roger Davies talk 16:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Byzantine navy
- Falaise Pocket
- Frank Hubert McNamara
- Heinrich Bär
- Juan Davis Bradburn
- Operation Cobra
- Port Chicago disaster
- SM U-66
- SMS Moltke (1910)
- Surrender of Japan
- Tom Derrick
- William Henry Harrison
New featured lists:
- List of United States Naval Academy alumni
- List of United States Naval Academy alumni (astronauts)
- List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Chiefs of Naval Operations)
- List of United States Naval Academy alumni (legislators)
New featured pictures:
New A-Class articles:
- 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
- Ba Cut
- Battle of Artemisium
- Battle of Fort Washington
- Battle of Morotai
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Battle of Wau
- Design 1047 battlecruiser
- Fountain of Time
- Frank Horton Berryman
- Gia Long
- Henry Wells (general)
- Hill 262
- Hue chemical attacks
- Japanese battleship Haruna
- Jon Burge
- Nassau class battleship
- Operation Freshman
- SM UB-43
- SM UB-45
- Stanley Savige
- Xa Loi Pagoda raids
- Project news
- With 12 entrants working on 63 articles, March was another good month for our article improvement contest, entering in April its third year of operation. The coveted Chevrons go to Bellhalla for his outstanding 127 points, with YellowMonkey bagging the Writer's Barnstar for his highly commendable 65 points. Lordoliver came third with a very respectable 57 points. Our thanks go to our other stalwart article builders: Abraham, B.S. (34), Parsecboy (31), Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus (17), Cam (15), Ian Rose (12), David Underdown (12), the ed17 (10), Backslash Forwardslash (6), and Wild Wolf (1).
- Three articles in the project's scope appeared on the Main Page as today's featured article this month: Lazare Ponticelli (12 March), 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt (17 March) and Operation Varsity (24 March).
- Awards and honors
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for three ship articles: SM U-66, SM UB-45, and SM UB-43.
- Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Battle of Sio, Sydney Rowell, and Battle of Wau.
- Parsecboy has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for SMS Von der Tann, SMS Moltke (1910) and Nassau-class battleship.
- Skinny87 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for 13th Airborne Division (United States), Tetrarch (tank), and Operation Freshman.
- TonyTheTiger has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Willie Gillis, Jon Burge, and Fountain of Time.
- YellowMonkey has been awarded two Milhist A-Class medals this month; the first for Military career of Keith Miller, Keith Miller, and 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; the second for Hue chemical attacks, Ba Cut and Xa Loi Pagoda raids.
- The following editors received the WikiProject Barnstar for their help coordinating the project during the past six months: Bedford, Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, JonCatalán, Kirill Lokshin, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Roger Davies, the_ed17 and Woody.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVIII (April 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXIX (May 2009)
- From the coordinators
- With end of year exams beckoning for many members, this has been a quiet month on the talk pages for Milhist. (If you are facing exams yourself, we all wish you the very best of luck!) During this quieter period, some of our most active reviewers are busy revising so it would be really appreciated if you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your userpage.
- This month sees our first newsletter editorial. The idea is to provide regular tips and hints to help editors get up to speed with our large (and sometimes complicated) project. This month's piece, by EyeSerene, explains the workings of the project's main template, which is at the core of the project's tagging and assessing activities. Roger Davies talk 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
- Arthur Henry Cobby
- Battle of Barnet
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Fountain of Time
- Neil Hamilton Fairley
- Operation Perch
- SMS Seydlitz
- SS Pennsylvanian
New featured lists:
- List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)
- List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)
New featured topics:
New featured pictures:
New A-Class articles:
- Albert Kesselring
- Frank Bladin
- Henry Burrell (RAN officer)
- List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine
- List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service
- List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service
- Midshipman
- SM UB-14
- SM UB-16
- SS American (1900)
- Teddy Sheean
- Tucker class destroyer
- Yorktown-class gunboat
- Project news
- The Contest department has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is Bellhalla with 123 points followed by Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to Ian Rose (38), Ed (28), Abraham, B.S. (15), the_ed17 (12), Amore Mio (11) and Kirk (11). Thanks also go to Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus, DPdH, Lordoliver, Belissarius, Wild Wolf, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and mynameinc, who also fielded entries.
- In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the Pakistani military history task force, which hits the ground running with 11 participants.
- In another task force development, please help recruit members for some of our smallest and quietest task forces. If you know anyone who may be interested, or are interested yourself, please see the drive discussion. The affected task forces are (with numbers of particpants in brackets): Taiwanese military history (2); Polish military history (4); Dutch military history (6); Military historiography (6); New Zealand military history (7); Baltic states military history (8); National militaries (8); Southeast Asian military history (8); War films (8); Early Muslim military history (9); Intelligence (9); Lebanese military history (9); South American military history (9); and Spanish military history (9).
- Awards and honours
- Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for SM U-10, SM UB-14 and SM UB-16.
- MisterBee1966 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine, List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service, and List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service.
- Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Arthur Henry Cobby, Frank Bladin and Henry Burrell (RAN officer).
- Editorial: "How to use the Milhist template"
Welcome to a new occasional feature of The Bugle, where over coming issues we'll be exploring some of the roles, tasks, and technical functions that go into creating what archivist and researcher Simon Fowler has described as the best general resource for military history on the internet.† As a project we can rightly be proud of that accolade, and we gratefully acknowledge the debt we owe to those dedicated editors from across Wikipedia that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what it is today.
Many editors' first inkling of milhist's existence is when they spot our project banner on an article talk page. The banner can be easily added to appropriate articles by any editor, by typing {{WPMILHIST}} at (or near) the top of the talk page on a new line, and saving the page with an appropriate edit summary. This short form of the template will add the article to our project, and also flag the article as needing assessment and assignment to a task force by automatically adding it to the unassessed articles and articles with no associated task force categories.
As with many templates in use on Wikipedia, additional parameters can be specified. Possibly the most useful to include is the class parameter, because this will help out any editors who come along later to assess the article. To add the class parameter, edit the template markup to look like {{WPMILHIST|class=}}... and if you wish, have a read through the assessment guidance on milhists's quality scale and assign a rating from Stub- to B-Class yourself. A banner template with, for example, a Stub-Class article rating will look like {{WPMILHIST|class=stub}}. Because B-Class is assessed against a checklist it has some additional parameters, so when adding the project banner to an article talk-page, even if you don't intend to assess the article yourself it can be a real help to subsequent editors to include these too. This version of the template can be entered as {{WPMILHIST|class=|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=}}. For detailed guidance on exactly what the five B-Class criteria are, see the B-class checklist.
Finally, when adding the milhist banner it's useful to assign the article to one (or more) of our task forces. This will help to bring it to the attention of those editors most likely to be interested in, and knowledgeable about, the subject. As with assessment, task force assignment is accomplished by adding a parameter to the template—in this case, simply the name of the task force followed by =yes (or =y). For example, to assign a Start-Class article to the Second World War and Canadian task forces, the template should read {{WPMILHIST|class=start|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=|WWII=yes|Canadian=yes}}.
For a full list of all the banner template parameters and more detailed usage instructions, see Template:WPMILHIST; if you are unsure as to whether or not an article belongs with milhist or what task force(s) might be appropriate, or if you have any other questions, you are welcome to ask at our main project talk page. Happy templating! EyeSerenetalk
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XL (June 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XL (June 2009)
- From the coordinators
- The big news this month is the launch of the Academy content drive (see below if you want to help). But otherwise it has been a very busy month for both reviewing and contest department entries, surprisingly so considering the wind down of the academic year.
- If you'd like to do some wiki-gnoming over the holidays, please help with the huge backlog (currently 54 articles) at Category:Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists. Roger Davies talk 11:31, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes
- Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
- Military history of Australia during World War II
- Otto Becher
- Moltke-class battlecruiser
- Yamato-class battleship
New featured lists:
- List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz)
- List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients
- List of United States Military Academy alumni (athletic figures)
- List of United States Military Academy alumni (engineers)
New featured pictures:
- Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines
- Test Baker, Operation Crossroads
- Tuskegee airmen
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- The Cold War task force has been created. New members are welcome!
- Congratulations go to Patar knight and Cool3, who have both successfully passed RfA.
- Feel free to chime in on the longrunning discussion about the firearms article structure.
- The Contest department has completed its twenty-seventh month of competition, with 54 articles entered by 10 editors. Sturmvogel 66 placed first this month with 64 points, followed by Parsecboy on 49 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Ed! commendably came third with 44 points, with honorable mentions going to AustralianRupert (38), Mynameinc (11) and The ed17 (10). Thanks also go to Gaia Octavia Agrippa, Bernstein2291, Piotrus and Wild Wolf, who also fielded entries.
- The Academy content drive
- Introduced in February, The Academy is an online school for new members. This month, we're launching a drive to increase the breadth and depth of its content. If you can help, by writing four to six paragraph articles, please do so! Barnstars galore to be won!
- Awards and honours
- Our top Peer and A-Class reviewers over the last quarter are: Joe N (38), The ed17 (38), YellowMonkey (24), Cla68 (22), Jim Sweeney (22), AustralianRupert (21), Nick-D (19), TomStar81 (19), Abraham, B.S. (15) and Ian Rose (12) who each receive the WikiChevrons. The following editors received the Content Review Medal of Merit for their help: Patar knight (9), Piotrus (7), Patton123 (6), Sturmvogel 66 (6), Bellhalla (5), Skinny87 (5), Ed! (4), Magicpiano (4), Maralia (4), Wandalstouring (4), Cool3 (3), Hawkeye7 (3), IceUnshattered (3), Jackyd101 (3), MBK004 (3), Simon Harley (3), and Vantine84 (3). Thanks also go to: EnigmaMcmxc, Kyriakos, Saberwyn, Brad101, Dhatfield, Kirill Lokshin, Kirk, Mm40, Admiral Norton, Askari Mark, Benea, Binksternet, Brianboulton, Btphelps, Cam, Cuprum17, Geoff Plourde, Guyinblack25, Hartfelt, HLGallon, Juliancolton, La Pianista, Nosedown, Ost316, Parsecboy, Redtigerxyz, Rosiestep, Ruhrfisch, Socrates2008, Sumanch, TechOutsider and Xatsmann.
- Editorial: How to prepare an A-Class Review
Perhaps the most important—and, indeed, most respected—aspect of the Military History project is our rigorous A-Class Review (ACR) system, which puts articles through the most robust review outside of WP:FAC. Although reviewing might seem daunting to newcomers, this article will give you an outline of three popular reviewing methods so you can actually start contributing yourself.
- General nit-pick - this is one of the easiest - and one of the most common - reviewing styles seen throughout Wikipedia. It is a similar approach to that you would see in proofreading and classroom marking. Basically, it is a general overview of the article, not getting too specific on aspects of the prose. The most common statements include This article could benefit from a light copyedit before going to FAC or You might want to check the endash and emdash placement in the article. It's a style that is incredibly easy to manage, and one that requires little-to-no experience in previous reviewing.
- Specialization - it often is the case that those who have been reviewing articles for a long time will move away from the general review towards more specific areas of articles. As an example, Tony usually stays within the realm of prose and copyediting while reviewing Featured Article Candidates, Tom used to focus almost entirely on external links and disambiguations, while others specialize their focus exclusively on copyediting, reference formatting, dashes, punctuation and flow, image licensing, and a host of other areas. This is a review method that is not nearly as time-consuming as other methods, as it allows you to quickly scan an article, spot the things that you work on, and how they need to be fixed.
- Sectional - My preferred style of reviewing, this is one of the most informative styles. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most time-consuming and exhaustive styles. Essentially, it involves going through the entire article, section by section, and pointing out every major (and often many of the minor) flaws present within each section. Everything from prose to reference formatting to content. It is a reviewing style that is exhausting, and often takes two or three goes through the article to get everything (sometimes even more), but it gives the article's main contributors two benefits. First, everything is well organized, mostly under section headers like this one, and it often makes finding individual sentences or refs much easier, as they are within that section. Secondly, it points out a lot of the problems from a lot of the areas.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLI (July 2009)
- From the coordinators
Don't forget that the next Military history coordinator elections take place in September. You might like to start thinking about whether you are interested in standing. More information to follow in the next edition of The Bugle. In the meantime, enjoy the remainder of the holiday season and come back refreshed and raring to go! Roger Davies talk 02:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Albert Kesselring
- Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)
- Ba Cut
- Battle of Bosworth Field
- Battle of Corydon
- Edgar Towner
- Helgoland class battleship
- Maiden Castle, Dorset
New featured lists:
- Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Commandant of the Marine Corps
- List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients
- List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients
- List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
- Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
New featured pictures:
- Burning of the United States Capitol
- Charge of the Light Brigade
- Vice Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, USN
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- We current have an astonishing fifty articles within our scope up for promotion to Good Article and it's a bit backlogged. Can you help with reviewing to speed up the process?
- The Military history Academy content drive is underway with nearly twenty new essays so far. More contributions are welcome. Just click on the one of the redlinks here and start writing!
- Are you missing out on an A-Class medal? These are for editors who have significantly contributed to three or more military history A-Class articles promoted since 1 August 2008. Alternatively, perhaps you can help with reviewing? For more information, see here.
- More eyes would be welcome on the ten articles currently being peer reviewed. It doesn't take long to peer review an article and your perspective is appreciated!
- Contest department
- The Contest department has completed its twenty-eighth month of competition, with 77 articles entered by 9 editors. Sturmvogel 66 was placed first again this month with an amazing 94 points, closely followed by Ed! at 91 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 76 points, with honorable mentions going to Woody (29), Wild Wolf (25), Ian Rose (21), and AustralianRupert (16). Thanks go to Starstriker7 and Piotrus, who also fielded entries.
- Awards and honours
- Congratulations go to Parsecboy, who has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves for bringing almost all of the WWI-era German battleships up to GA, A, or FA class. His single-minded determination in this field has helped immeasurably with the project's WWI Centennial Drive.
- The A-Class Medal goes to MisterBee1966 for List of German World War II jet aces, Werner Mölders and List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross; and to Parsecboy for Helgoland class battleship, Kaiser class battleship and SMS Blücher. Well done!
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLII (August 2009)
- From the coordinators
- The voting phase of the eighth coordinator elections, for the October–March term, started on 13 September and will run until 23:59 Sat 26 September.
Each candidate garnering twenty or more endorsements will be appointed, to a maximum of fifteen. This election has a strong field of sixteen candidates running, offering many skills and representing all aspects of the project.
- The Contest Department is going from strength to strength and drew a massive number of entries in August (see the results below). If you haven't fielded any entries yet, please think about doing so. It's great fun! Roger Davies talk 14:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Convoy GP55
- George Koval
- HMS Endeavour
- James Newland
- John Lerew
- Kaiser class battleship
- Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)
- König class battleship
- Siward, Earl of Northumbria
- Unification of Germany
- Victoria Cross for Australia
New featured lists:
- List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
- List of Victoria Cross recipients by campaign
- Marine Corps Brevet Medal
- Order of battle at the Battle of San Domingo
New featured pictures:
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- People with an interest in clearly presenting battle information, and First World War buffs, will find the discussion about a new campaign box for the Battle of the Somme interesting.
- With the recent increase in enthusiasm, Wikipedia-wide, for creating "outline" articles, there's an ongoing discussion here. The idea is to produce guidelines for overview articles for Milhist editors and reviewers.
- Proposals have been made to introduce a new self-scoring "honour" system for Contest Department entries. Contributions, especially from regular nominees, are welcome.
- Contest Department
- The Contest department has completed its twenty-ninth month of competition, with 145 articles entered by 13 editors. Sturmvogel 66 was placed first again this month with an amazing 101 points, closely followed by Georgejdorner at 98 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 88 points, with honorable mentions going to AustralianRupert (68), Kumioko (66), Ed! (32), Ian Rose (26) and radek (11). Our thanks go to AM, David Underdown, Work permit, Yellow Monkey and Wild Wolf, who also fielded entries.
- Awards and honours
- The Milhist A-Class medal goes to: Parsecboy for König class battleship, SMS König, and Derfflinger class battlecruiser; and to Ed! for 7th Infantry Division (United States), 24th Infantry Division (United States) and I Corps (United States).
Well, it’s official. Milhist articles have a much better than average chance of success as featured article candidates. MBK004 has done some useful number-crunching following the fortunes of the 97 Milhist featured article candidates submitted between January and July this year. The research shows that 70% of Milhist articles were promoted against an overall average of 51%.
- Editorial: Getting to FAC via A-Class - some interesting new facts
Looking behind the figures, some other interesting facts emerge. First, 84% of our promoted articles had successfully passed a Milhist A-Class Review before going on to FAC. Second, of the 29 Milhist articles that failed, less than half (41%) had had an A-Class Review. Third, the 97 Milhist articles accounted for 16% of all FACs submitted between January and July of this year.
The clear lesson is that if you want a string of featured articles to your credit, you may find Milhist's A-class Review process to be of benefit to you! Roger Davies talk
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[edit]Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIII (September 2009)
- From the coordinators
Greetings to all members of the Military history WikiProject, and to those outside the project who receive this news letter as well! My name is TomStar81, and it with a great sense of pride that I assume the position of lead coordinator for the project. On behalf of all the coordinators, both new and returning, we wish to thank those of you who participated in the September elections, and we look forward to working to advance the goals of the project for the next six months.
With the elections concluded, there are two changes. First, Roger Davies has been appointed a coordinator emeritus, joining our first coordinator emeritus Kirill Lokshin. Secondly, for the first time ever, the lead coordinator for the Military history WikiProject will be taking a lengthy wikibreak. For those who were unaware of this, I am an undergraduate student, and will be taking a leave of absence, effective end September, to focus on graduating in December. However, with fourteen coordinators, and two coordinators emeritus, I am confident the needs of the project will be well taken care of. For the VIII coordinator tranche, TomStar81 (Talk)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of Grand Port
- Derfflinger class battlecruiser
- Fredonian Rebellion
- Hermann Detzner
- Henry Wells (general)
- Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)
- Simon Bolivar Buckner
- SMS Hindenburg
- Werner Mölders
New featured lists:
New featured topics:
New featured pictures:
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
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- Awards and honours
- The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Roger Davies for his outstanding leadership of the Military history WikiProject, including his introduction of the logistics department, his dedication to the Tag and Assess 2008 & B-class Assessment Drive efforts, and his astute advice and never-ending support and encouragement as both a coordinator and lead coordinator.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLIV (October 2009)
- From the coordinators
- There's a long running discussion about consolidating various task forces ("TF"). Those affected are: consolidate Taiwanese TF into Chinese TF; merge Australian TF and New Zealand TF to form either Oceania or Australasia TF; consolidate Lebanese TF into Middle Eastern TF; merge Military science with Military technology and engineering to form a Military science and technology TF; and merge Indian TF with the Pakistani TF to form a South Asian TF, which would also include Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Please comment here to help us reach consensus.
- A discussion about a possible military biography notability guideline could also use input. Views from all editors here are welcome!
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
- Amagi class battlecruiser
- Battle of the Alamo
- Brazilian cruiser Bahia
- Ellis Wackett
- Inner German border
New featured lists:
New featured portals:
New featured pictures:
- A synagogue in New York City remained on D-Day
- Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- Journée du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1855
- The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- The Henry Allingham World War I International Contest is starting on 11 November! If you would like to participate, sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here!
- Contest department
- The contest department has completed its thirty-first month of competition; its second month under the new and improved scoring system. A total of 53 articles were entered by nine editors. Sturmvogel 66 came in first with 96 points, followed by Auntieruth55 on 80 points. They are presented the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Ian Rose (38), Abraham, B.S. (33) and Parsecboy (10). Our thanks go to Cuprum17, Ed!, The ed17 and Piotrus, who also fielded entries. All editors are encouraged to submit any articles that are working on for next month's contest.
- Awards and honours
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Abraham, B.S. for his work on Otto Becher, Teddy Sheean and Lewis McGee.
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has also been awarded to Parsecboy for his work on SMS Lützow, SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Tosa class battleship.
- The A-Class medal has been awarded to Brad101 for his work on USS Constitution, USS Congress (1799) and USS President (1800).
- The A-Class medal has also been awarded to Ian Rose for his work on John Lerew, Ellis Wackett and John Lloyd Waddy.
- The A-Class medal has also been awarded to Nick-D for his work on Take Ichi convoy, Convoy GP55 and Operation Teardrop.
- The A-Class medal has also been awarded to The_ed17 for his work on North Carolina class battleship, Brazilian cruiser Bahia and Tosa class battleship.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLV (November 2009)
- Project news
- The Academy Content Drive concluded on 31 October. The first place Golden Wiki went to TomStar81 for 13 entries; the Silver Wiki was awarded to YellowMonkey for 11 entries, and Patar knight was presented with the Bronze Wiki for 3 entries. All other entrants were awarded the WikiChevrons or a barnstar for their contributions. Thank you to everyone who fielded an entry! All editors are encouraged to check out the newly expanded Academy.
- A discussion about the notability of military people has resulted in an update to our in-house style guide. Prompted by some recent "articles for deletion" discussions, members felt that we should provide clearer guidance on the types of person that are most likely to meet Wikipedia's biographical notability criteria. The resulting advice, which you can see here, should be very helpful in both future deletion discussions and in deciding where best to focus article-writing efforts.
- Our Task Force housekeeping discussion is now coming to a close. In October a number of proposals were made for rationalising our extensive list of Task forces. Although a few areas remain to be decided, project members have approved the changes summarised here. These will be enacted shortly, so if you haven't yet had your say, now's the time!
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Cologne War
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Operation Teardrop
- SMS Derfflinger
- SMS Lützow
- John Lloyd Waddy
- Ton That Dinh
New featured pictures:
New A-Class articles:
- Contest Department
- The contest department has completed its thirty-second month of competition; its third month under the new scoring system. A total of 52 articles were entered by seven editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 168 points, followed by Ian Rose on 51 points. They are presented the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Auntieruth55 (31), Ed! (26), Abraham, B.S. (26), The ed17 (17) and Piotrus (7). All editors are encouraged to submit any articles that are working on for next month's contest.
- Awards and honours
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Hawkeye7 for his work on Albert Kesselring, Rupert Downes and Battle of Bardia.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLVI (December 2009) Happy New Year to all! I shall take this opportunity to reflect upon the past year. In 2009 our project grew impressively, adding nearly 100 new featured articles and doubling the total number of featured lists. Overall the total number of articles within our scope surpassed 95,000 in 2009, and if these numbers hold steady we will surpass 100,000 articles in 2010. Thank you all for your outstanding efforts.
- From the coordinators
We are currently working on several proposals to improve the project for 2010. These include bringing the Milhist Academy up to full operational status, as well as spicing up and streamlining the task force structure. Also, any help you can offer to clear the current backlog of Military History good article nominations would be appreciated.
For the Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 11:10, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
New featured lists:
- List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross
- List of World War I aces credited with more than 20 victories
New featured pictures:
- After the War a Medal and Maybe a Job
- Lincoln assassination conspirators execution
- National Fund for the Welsh Troops
- USS Annapolis in the Arctic
- Yiddish World War I poster
New A-Class articles:
- Project news
- The Henry Allingham World War I contest has entered its second phase with the following users qualifing: Abraham, B.S., Backslash Forwardslash,Carcharoth, Dana boomer, Durova, Eurocopter, Hawkeye7, Ian Rose, Labattblueboy, Redmarkviolinist, Sturmvogel 66 and XavierGreen.
- Coordinator Emeritus Kirill Lokshin has been re-elected to the Arbitration Committee for a two-year term in the 2009 elections. Kirill is one of four present or former coordinators of the project to be appointed to the Arbitration Committee; he was originally elected to a three-year term in 2007. The others are YellowMonkey (2007–2008), FayssalF (2008–2010), and Roger Davies (2009–2011).
- The Contest Department has completed its thirty-second month of competition; and its fourth month under the new scoring system. A total of 45 articles were entered by seven editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 82 points, followed by Auntieruth55 with 74 points. They receive the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Ian Rose (51), Abraham, B.S. (21) and Parsecboy (16). Ed! and Binksternet also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for the January contest.
- Awards and honours
- The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to Auntieruth55 in recognition of her excellent work on three featured articles, detailed A-Class reviews, high levels of participation, and for always helping other contributors. She also receives the A-Class medal for her work on Hermann Detzner, Cologne War and Battle of Ostrach.
- MisterBee1966 receives the A-Class medal for his work on Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Waffen-SS and Helmut Lent.
- Hawkeye7 and Ian Rose both receive A-Class medals with Oak Leaves for their work on Iven Giffard Mackay, James Harold Cannan and James Whiteside McCay, and on Frederick Scherger, Henry Wrigley and Charles Eaton (RAAF officer) respectively.
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German-Japanese relations
[edit]Hi there. I noticed that you've put a bit of effort in the article on German-Japanese relations. Over the past weeks I majorly expanded it and really need people to scan over my contributions. I want to set a high quality standard since I'd love to have it featured some day ;) Meanwhile, I'd really appreciate if you could participate in its nomination for a Good Article - Talk:German–Japanese_relations :-) --Gliese876 (talk) 14:38, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLVII (January 2010)
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XLVII (January 2010)
- From the coordinators
- It's only a month into the New Year, and we've already made changes to the project's infrastructure, merging and improving several task forces (see below). Much content within the project's scope has also been improved: eleven new featured articles, two featured lists, two featured pictures, a featured sound, and seventeen A-class articles. Thanks and congratulations to all editors who contributed and/or nominated these items.
- In other news, the elections for new project coordinators are coming up in March. Think about whether you would like to run or not, and self-nominations will be coming up at the beginning of next month.
- Lastly, our project's A-class review process is desperately in need of new reviewers. Please consider looking at least one and leaving comments, no matter how small or trivial. It will be greatly appreciated by the article's nominator(s).
- For the coordinators, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 03:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Battle of the Nile
- Bodiam Castle
- Charles Eaton (RAAF officer)
- Frederick Scherger
- Helmut Lent
- James Whiteside McCay
- Johann von Klenau
- Peter Heywood
- The Battle of Alexander at Issus
- Thomas Baker (aviator)
- Walter Peeler
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New featured pictures:
New featured sounds:
New A-Class articles:
- Alexander Pentland
- Battle of Osan
- Battle of Winterthur (1799)
- Cedric Howell
- CFM International CFM56
- Florida class battleship
- Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
- HMS Lion (1910)
- List of battlecruisers of Germany
- List of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves recipients: 1940–1941
- Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
- Operation Windsor
- Petlyakov Pe-8
- Robert Peverell Hichens
- Smedley Butler
- USS Hawaii (CB-3)
- Vernon Sturdee
- Project news
- Congratulations go to Abraham, B.S., Nick-D, and Durova, who placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively, in our annual Military Historian of the Year contest! Thanks to all who voted, and congratulations to our runners up: Auntieruth55, BilCat, Hawkeye7, Ian Rose, MBK004, MinisterForBadTimes, Parsecboy, Sturmvogel 66, and The ed17.
- Our thanks go to all editors who participated in our recent task force housekeeping discussion and to EyeSerene who implemented the technical side of the approved changes. The new line up is as follows:
- The Military science and the Military technology and engineering task forces have been merged to form the Military science and technology task force.
- The Indian and Pakistani task forces have been merged, and re-scoped, to form the South Asian military history task force.
- The Taiwanese task force has been merged into the Chinese military history task force.
- The Lebanese task force has been merged into the Middle Eastern military history task force.
- The Romanian task force has been merged into the Balkan military history task force.
- Contest department
- The Contest Department has completed its thirty-third month of competition; and its fifth month under the new scoring system. A total of 91 articles were entered by ten editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 152 points, followed by Kumioko with 98 points. They receive the Chevrons and Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Auntieruth55 (87), Abraham, B.S. (48), Parsecboy (41), and Ian Rose (41). Binksternet, Radeksz, Ed! and D2306 also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for the February contest.
- Awards and honours
- The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
- Auntieruth55 for her work on Johann von Klenau, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze and Battle of Winterthur (1799).
- Sturmvogel 66 for his work on Sd.Kfz. 10, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 and Petlyakov Pe-8.
- The_ed17 for his work on Design A-150 battleship, Dutch 1913 battleship proposal and USS Hawaii (CB-3).
- The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
- Abraham, B.S. for his work on Walter Peeler, Thomas Baker (aviator) and Cedric Howell.
- Parsecboy for his work on SMS Nassau, Florida class battleship and List of battlecruisers of Germany.
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue LIV (August 2010)Front page
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The Milhist election has started!
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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The Bugle: Issue LXIV, June 2011
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[edit]Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of the article List of army groups of the National Revolutionary Army know that it will be appearing as the main page featured list on December 9, 2013. You can view the TFL blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/December 9, 2013. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured list directors Giants2008 (talk · contribs), Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs) or SchroCat (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. Thanks! © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 23:19, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
The army groups of the National Revolutionary Army (flag pictured) were the largest conventional mobile formations in the organization of the army of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first army groups were established immediately after the Japanese attack at Marco Polo Bridge on 7 July 1937, and new army groups continued to be formed throughout the war. During the war, the only military formations larger than the army group were the military regions, which were defined by geographical boundaries, and the army corps, of which only four were formed and only during the Battle of Wuhan. In effect, the army group was the largest fighting unit of the National Revolutionary Army, and usually exercised command over two or more field armies or several corps, and assorted lesser units. By the end of the war with Japan, 40 army groups were in existence. The civil war saw three additional army groups being formed, even as they were gradually being replaced by newly-formed army corps, by then a largely analogous formation.
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March Madness 2017
[edit]G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
[edit]As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:36, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
User group for Military Historians
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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
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The article Ding Delong has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
[edit]Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)