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The contest department of the Military history WikiProject aims to motivate increased quality in military history articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them. The primary contest available is a simple rolling competition that awards points for improving articles, as originally developed by the LGBT studies WikiProject.

General contest[edit]

How it works[edit]

Instructions for contestants

The contest is simple in structure and administered by the project coordinators. The following instructions apply:

  1. The contest runs from the first to last day of each month. At the start of the month, editors may pre-emptively nominate the articles they intend on improving (and then have until the end of the month to make the improvements), or they may simply list the articles that they have worked on at the end of the month.
  2. Points are awarded based on an article progressing up the assessment scale. To be eligible, articles should be re-assessed within the scoring period.
  3. The claiming editor must have made a meaningful change to an aspect of the article that leads directly to an increase in its assessment rating. Such improvements can be focused on one or more aspects of the B-class criteria. For instance, adding references, improving structure or grammar, adding images, or expanding content; these changes should be significant and incidental changes should not be claimed. The claiming editor will be the main contributor (or co-contributor) to the article for the month.
  4. As articles are improved throughout the month, contestants should list their articles at WP:MHA for independent re-assessment, although it is acceptable to self-assess up to C-class.
  5. Once an article has been re-assessed, contestants are expected to update the entries subpage with the improved assessment class and the claimed points, based on the points table (see below).
  6. At the end of the month, no new entries should be added to the entries subpage until it has been reset by a project coordinator as part of the closing process (detailed separately in the instructions to coordinators).
Instructions for coordinators

Detailed instructions for coordinators can be found here.

Prizes
  1. Each month, the participant with the highest number of points will be awarded the WikiChevrons, while the second place-getter will be awarded the Writer's Barnstar.
  2. The editor who has the highest accumulated total of points over the course of the entire year of contests (January to December inclusive) will be awarded the Military History Writers' Contest Cup.
Points table
Ending class
Start
/List
C/
CL
B/
BL
GA A/
AL
FA/
FL
Beginning
class
None/Stub +1 +3 +6 +11 +21 +26
Start/List +2 +5 +10 +20 +25
C/CL +3 +8 +18 +23
B/BL +5 +15 +20
GA +10 +15
A/AL +5


Contest entries[edit]

The beginning class of the article is the classification at the beginning of the month. Please add entries in alphabetical order by user name in the following form:

| [[User:Username|]] || [[Talk:Article name]] || Entry class || End class || Points || Checked
|-

Nominees should track their own entries, updating the table with the new classes and points claimed/earned as articles are reclassified (to avoid month-end congestion). This is self-scoring (but not self-assessing) so requests for assessments should be made through the normal channels (i.e. at WP:MHAR up to and including B-Class), although nominees may self-assess articles up to C-class at discretion. Experienced members may check entries for the significance of a nominees contribution and the points they have claimed; if they are satisfied they should sign the "checked" box. Entries may be progressively checked through the scoring period. If a "checked" nomination is upgraded, the nominator must remove a notation that the nomination has been checked. At month end, the closing coordinator will check the total points claimed and update the yearly scoreboard.


Cumulative scoreboard: Military History Writers' Contest Cup 2023[edit]

  • Note: Entrants should not update this during the contest scoring periods. The co-ordinator who closes the contest will update the scoreboard at the end of each month once entries have been verified.
  • Updated as of: 31 August 2023
Contestant Articles Points
Catlemur 7 39
Djmaschek 20 106
Donner60 2 10
Dofftoubab 4 24
Gog the Mild 15 182
Harrias 2 18
Hog Farm 26 204
Kges1901 29 180
Pickersgill-Cunliffe 19 120
Simongraham 35 221
Sturmvogel_66 45 301
Zawed 56 337

For the scoring period ending 30 September 2023[edit]

Current contest scoreboard[edit]

  • Entrants should update this during the contest scoring periods when adding entries.
Contestant Articles Points
Djmaschek 2 10
Donner60 1 5
Sturmvogel_66 3 20
Zawed 4 23
Nominee Article Entry class End class Points Checked
Djmaschek Talk:Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau Start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 07:57, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Djmaschek Talk:Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi Start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 01:43, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Donner60 Talk:Blakely rifle Start B 5
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:French submarine Z C GA 8 Donner60 (talk) 01:43, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:Aviatik C.VI stub B 6 Donner60 (talk) 21:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:Aviatik D.II stub B 6 Donner60 (talk) 21:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Athol Forbes none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 20:55, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Bunny Currant start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 07:49, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:James Storrar none B 6 Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:07, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:No. 1697 (Air Despatch Letter Service) Flight RAF none B 6 Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:07, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For the scoring period ending 31 August 2023[edit]

Current contest scoreboard[edit]

  • Entrants should update this during the contest scoring periods when adding entries.
Contestant Articles Points
Djmaschek 3 16
Hog Farm 6 56
Kges1901 18 112
Pickersgill-Cunliffe 3 21
Simongraham 6 39
Sturmvogel_66 4 29
Zawed 8 45
Nominee Article Entry class End class Points Checked
Djmaschek Talk:10-pounder Parrott rifle B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 05:40, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Djmaschek Talk:Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky Start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 22:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Djmaschek Talk:Siege of Maastricht (1794) none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 06:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:1st Iowa Infantry Regiment start GA 10 Donner60 (talk) 07:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:Battle of Cane Hill GA A 10 Donner60 (talk) 09:28, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:CSS Beaufort start GA 10 Donner60 (talk) 09:23, 27 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:CSS Squib start GA 10 Donner60 (talk) 02:39, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:CSS Winslow none B (bot assess) 6 Donner60 (talk) 05:40, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hog Farm Talk:First Battle of Springfield start GA 10 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Mikhail Mikeladze None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:32, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Arkhip Ruchkin None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Dmitry Zherebin None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Filipp Braylyan None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Grigory Panchenko None GA 11 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Aleksey Vlasenko None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Kuzma Parfyonov None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Savva Fomichenko None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Aleksandr Ivanovich Lisitsyn None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Ivan Kosobutsky None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Semyon Monakhov None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Aleksandr Maykov None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Yury Novoselsky None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Konstantin Kulikov None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Stepan Sgibnev None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 03:42, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Hazi Aslanov Start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 03:42, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Sergey Fomenko None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 03:42, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kges1901 Talk:Pyotr Sakseyev None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 06:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pickersgill-Cunliffe Talk:Andrew Pilkington B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 10:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pickersgill-Cunliffe Talk:Sir Richard Hughes, 1st Baronet B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pickersgill-Cunliffe Talk:Stafford Lightburne none GA 11 Donner60 (talk) 10:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:HMS Menace (1915) None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:HMS Noble (1915) None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:HMS Nonsuch (1915) None B 6 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:HMS Tourmaline (1875) None GA 11 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:HSwMS Tapperheten (1901) B GA 5 Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:01, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
simongraham Talk:Italian frigate Alpino (F 580) B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 02:49, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944) stub GA 11 Donner60 (talk) 04:25, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:German torpedo boat T3 B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 00:02, 1 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:French submarine Y C GA 8 Donner60 (talk) 03:38, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sturmvogel_66 Talk:Soviet submarine K-85 B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 07:53, 25 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Robert Boyd (RAF officer) none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 22:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:James Hayter (RAF officer) B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 21:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:James Leathart none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Arthur Clowes none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Kenneth Tait B GA 5 Donner60 (talk) 10:38, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Lionel Gaunce none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 10:38, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:Gordon Raphael none B 6 Donner60 (talk) 04:10, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Zawed Talk:A. R. H. Barton start B 5 Donner60 (talk) 22:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Past contests[edit]

Older logs (April 2007–August 2009) may be viewed here. Other logs, featuring the new scoring system (September 2009 to 2016), are located here and here. The latest archive (2023–onwards) is here.