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Sockpuppetry case
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Stamps featuring theme of World War II
I am interested in beginning to catalog all stamps ever issued anywhere in the world that feature a World War 2 theme. Please contact me if you are interested in contributing to this effort. (I am estimating at least two years of continuous, daily work will be required, though your time may vary.) Azx2 01:49, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Just spotted this and it made me remember my Pop, who collected some stamps, though not military-themed ones. Your project sounds cool, if really ambitious, but good luck! lol...maybe you should concentrate more on pro cycling though, first, since you seem to be pretty passionate about that? Regardless, good luck!! joepa T 21:02, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Greg LeMond
Hi - thanks for your feedback concerning our effort to improve the Greg LeMond article. It's only one of many that I'm interested in making the best on wikipedia, including Lance Armstrong's entry as well. I think they're both pretty fascinating characters, though LeMond's entry needs our attention now, since it's suffered inadequate editing for so long, imo. I wish I could include Alexander Vinokourov in the list of articles I will make a big effort on, but I don't think I'll be going back to edit that ever again. But if you feel inclined to edit the LeMond article more, please - you're welcome to...we can use the assistance! user:Gunbirddriver is helping as well and is my equal and more in that project. We're trying to get it to the point of "good article" status. Anything you can do to help is appreciated. Cheers. joepa T 20:59, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * sure thing. I'm maybe to edit on Greg LeMond now, but if not have a special "gift" (tho not really a gift, per se) to present you today!! Feliz Navidad! Azx2 20:18, 25 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Jesus cristo! Wow! Thanks (for the barnstars)! I'm going to have to figure out how to display all of them on my user page now! lol... Really appreciate the recognition, though, as we put a lot of hard work into that article. Cheers, and Happy New Year! joepa T 21:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * You both earned them. Good luck with the article ongoing if you continue to work on it. And Happy New Year to you as well. Azx<b style="color:#000">2</b> 07:53, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Michele Merkin
I just love this photo of Michele Merkin, which I recently discovered, and wanted to share it with todos! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 06:57, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Why, thanks Self! That's IS a great pic! lol <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 06:58, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Even now it still is great! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 19:31, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Wringer
Thanks for your comments. I have no plans to let me get squeezed. Any suggestions? (Nice girl, BTW.) --Jdemarcos (talk) 16:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Wish I could take some credit for the girl - cowabunga! As for the relentless criticism being directed your way, I'm afraid I don't know much about the intricacies of Wikipedia policies and dispute resolution mechanisms, but I would counsel you to continue your level-headed, rational, direct and consistent approach to dealing with the thugs. If you haven't already, it is probably also good to cultivate some allies who do understand the mechanisms that might be available to you, such as whatever exists to cite someone for disruptive editing, which I've definitely seen directed towards you (that is to say, which you've been a victim of). Anyway, good luck!! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 02:17, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The CoI allegation has been archived with no further action from the administrators. I think this closes the case, at least for the time being. And thanks for the advice! --Jdemarcos (talk) 12:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome, though really it was my pleasure to support and encourage someone who seemed to be caught-up in a frustrating situation. Good luck with all of your on-going and future projects!! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 19:01, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Kash
No problem, choose the one you like best! Personally I'd go with a Lampre one. Cheers.--Leptictidium (mt) 19:15, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback - I'm definitely leaning towards the Lampre one as well. I'll give some time for others to reply, as I contacted a few others who'd contributed to the article in recent years, but if no other comments are forthcoming, I'll just switch the image to the Lampre one. Thank you again for taking the time to reply. Cheers! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 19:18, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The only other editor who responded also suggested this Lampre image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andrey_Kashechkin-IMG_1814.jpg), though they also thought it should be cropped. I'd be fine with that. Do you know if I want to crop the image, would I upload it to commons to replace the original, or as an entirely new image, and if so, how? Thanks! <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b> 18:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

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Bikini
Looks nice, though I'm still not sure about the choice of the lead image. About the images I have three observations: (1) the images don't need hard coding as the default size is generally the preferred size; (2) the controversy section may have a beach volleyball image instead of a wrestling image as the former sport has drawn more controversies; and, most importantly (3) are you sure we need the gallery section? My strong recommendation is to get rid of the gallery outright. It's not adding much encyclopedic value apart from the Roman mosaics, and even those belong more to the History of the bikini article. And, before I forget, would you also take a look at the see also section? Because, I believe Burqini, Mankini, Monokini and Tankini are being overemphasized here (they already belong to the Bikini variants article), while White bikini of Ursula Andress looks like a fanboy inclusion. Haven't looked as closely as to find more hitches. Once again, the article definitely looks more encyclopedic now. Aditya (talk • contribs) 17:45, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Aditya - thanks for the quick response. I'll delete the gallery now (yours is the first feedback I've been able to get in months, so I'm happy to delete it as I was genuinely ambivalent). Will also look at substituting the wrestling image w/ one from beach volleyball. W/ respect to the lead image, I'll leave it in place now, but I was reading MOS:images and it says there the main image should be no wider than 300px so I guess I should scale that back, too? If I understand you correctly, are you saying that there are other images that should also just be size-defaulted to "thumb" that aren't currently? I'll also make the changes to the See Also section. Thanks for your feedback!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  18:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

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Re:Bikini
Two responses to two different posts:
 * 1) The section doesn't "conclude". Encyclopedia articles don't conclude, editorial writing does. But, the sentence is so convoluted and is so scantily covered by the source that the best course of action would be to remove it altogether.
 * 2) I have made some changes to the etymology section. Please, check.  Aditya (talk • contribs) 09:51, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Aditya! Thanks for getting back to me. Re. #1/conclude - sorry if I gave the wrong impression, but in using "conclude" I wasn't trying to draw any distinction b/w editorializing and encyclopedic writing. I just meant "conclude" like 'come to an end.' I appreciate your taking the time to clear that up for me though, the diff b/w editorial conclusions and the ending of an encyclopedia article. But at least we both are on the same page in thinking that last sentence is convoluted. Re. #2 - I'll take a look at your edits now! :) Cheers!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  22:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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CWGC
You nominating the article served as nice kick in the butt and reminded me that improving this article was something that needed to be done. Still clean-up required, and a memorials section really is required but see no reason it would fail GA if those elements are addressed. I'll likely address any of to comments presented by the reviewer. I could use a bit more time to clean things up so the faith that no one ha jumped on to conduct the review is ok by me.--Labattblueboy (talk) 03:11, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking in with me, Labattblueboy. Really appreciate hearing from you, and great to know that you're committed to making that article the best it can be!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  19:20, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Opinion
Hi Azx2, please if you could kindly spare some time and drop in your thoughts on the new steps, moderated by admin Nick-D, that are being taken to resolve the dispute regarding blitzkrieg on the Battle of Kursk article. EyeTruth (talk) 17:20, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi EyeTruth. Thanks for checking in w/ me. I am taking a look at the most-recent discussion now, and will leave a comment/suggestion w/ my response on the talk page, and hopefully it will be seen by you, Nick-D, GBD, and anyone else interested...  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  20:37, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks for nominating
Thanks for nominating the Battle of Prokhorovka for GAC. Ever since I got the article to B-calss after the massive rework in late-May to early-July, I have been thinking of nominating the article for GAC or FAC but the whole thing looked too much extra work, and I wasn't even sure if the article was ready. I would have never overcome my inertia to nominate it for GAC. Thanks EyeTruth (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, EyeTruth. I'm glad the nomination was well-received and that it will be a source of motivation to you to make a final push to ensure the article meets GA criteria. Not sure how long it will be until someone starts the GA-review, but whenever that happens, please take the lead in responding to any issues or suggested changes/improvements cited by the reviewer. If there are any issues in their eyes, they may put the review "on-hold" for 7 days, for example, to allow time to make the requested enhancements, after which they'd either pass or fail the article. And w/ you taking the lead in responding, I would expect the article to pass! Of course, by the time the review comes around there might not be anything left to do to the article and it could be a question of a simple pass. Cheers.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  18:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, Sturmvogel 66. I will advise EyeTruth as well so he can keep an eye out for any edits you might request before you award the article GA-status.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  17:54, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Battle of France
I think G.A is very ambitious at this point. I have contributed to the bulk of the article in a substantial re-work a couple of years ago. Most of the sources I have - so if you get stuck I can help. Good luck. Dapi89 (talk) 22:22, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I am sorry, the article is not ready for the submission yet. Please add the requested citations, and then resubmit. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:07, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * I don't understand your apparent two-faced approach to communicating with me, Piotrus. While you are polite and enthusiastic in this comment here on my talk page, on the talk page of the Battle of France article your comments can be interpreted as hostile, dismissive and uncouth (ex. raging that you are "fed up" with my actions, when I have no idea who you are even and to the best of my knowledge have never interacted with you). Will this be your standard means of communicating with me in the future, because if so, I'd prefer to have no contact with you whatsoever, as your lack of civility is off-putting to say the least!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  20:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I am sorry if I my comment was too abrasive; the fed up is related to a general trend that your submission was just a part of. I can AGF that it is the first time you submitted a GA nomination, so please keep up working on articles, but read Good Article criteria, and do not submit articles until you are think they are not going to be quickfaile. If you are not sure if the article is close to a GA or not, you can ask for a WikiProject B-class review, Peer review, or just ping an experienced GA writer/reviewer (such as me) for a quick comment. As for the "two-faced communication" - an expression IMHO about as uncivil as anything I've said, "dude" - blame the GA bots which leave automated messages. Cheers,--<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:53, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Vote
So this time around Nick-D has suggested that a poll on the suggested wordings would be the best way to avoid the whole drama and reach a conclusion. All you need to do this time around is to place your vote for whichever version you think is preferable. The LINK. EyeTruth (talk) 17:13, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi EyeTruth. Thanks for the heads up, which I saw after leaving a very long comment and question on the article's talk page.
 * I'm going to CC Gunbirddriver on this, and Nick-D too, because I'm very seriously concerned with the neutrality of the presentation of the poll choices. While I recognize your preference for the second option (which I contributed significantly to the development of, for full-disclosure lol), I think you've presented it in such a manner (w/ positive comments that equate to obvious advocacy, whilst the first option is presented with a "blank" comment, that makes it appear as if there's nothing to recommend it as a choice!) as to introduce unintentional but undeniable bias into the poll that could make it impossible to have sufficient confidence in the results until the issue is addressed. At the very least, voting should be suspended until such time as you've modified the first choice to include a comment that summarizes the proposed edit and highlights its attributes, as you've done for the second choice. And if you're not able to provide a comment for #1 that is the equal of #2, then I still think voting should be suspended until another editor like Gunbirddriver could provide the comment for #1 in your place.
 * I also think those editors who've already expressed a preference for #2 should have the chance to revise their votes once the first option is summarized and its attributes highlighted in a comment appended to the poll.
 * I think this is a very serious issue in the context of the article in question and it demands our immediate attention (although I repeat that this is not a personal criticism of you or an insinuation that you've intentionally done anything inappropriate). Thanks.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  21:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


 * As already stated on Nick-D's talkpage, I intentionally left it blank since I didn't want Gunbirddriver to eat me raw for making an assessment in his place. If it were an intended bias, then there would be no conspicuously blank space left for the comment. Frankly, anyone can go ahead and provide a comment there. But for the meantime, "pending" or anything else anyone prefers can go there. EyeTruth (talk) 22:32, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying, EyeTruth. I appreciate your taking the time to provide more detail and assuage my concern, and can understand why now you intentionally left it blank. I will add "Pending" now, if someone hasn't already. Also good on you for not reacting defensively. Cheers.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  23:28, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * That's great, Hawkeye7! I'm sure some other editors will be very excited, too, and eager to address any issues you might discover inhibiting the GA status.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  17:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for the update.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  09:02, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * The feedback is here. You need to start working on them. Otherwise it will fail. Aditya (talk • contribs) 10:14, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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Energetically Modified Cement
Thank you for the civility barnstar! I don't deserve it. I guess you missed the bit, deleted by 213 as libelous, where I said that he comes across as a snake oil salesman. Maproom (talk) 18:46, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Be that as it may (btw: you're welcome!), if 213 had any interest in actually improving the effectiveness of their contribution to the project, they would've taken on board your accurate, constructive feedback of how they come across and consider what they might've done to mitigate that for the future. Honestly, even "Karl" could reasonably merit award of civility barnstar in comparison to 213, who seems to have set the mark for incivility! :o Cheers!!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  19:36, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Rape Culture
Thanks for the support and kind words. Scarlettail has really dug his/her heels in, so I guess he's never going to see the error of his ways, and will probably wonder why he/she gets into so many scrapes with others, but will always think its their faults. I've seen it many times before. Oh well. 198.0.82.2 (talk) 14:13, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Zoe Quinn
I've deleted and redacted the commentary you posted on the talk page. Do not restore that material or the link. Gamaliel ( talk ) 05:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I don't appreciate your extremely aggressive and hostile tone, User:Gamaliel, and wonder if you manifest this confrontational, threatening style with all your interlocutors?
 * Secondly, I don't appreciate having a legitimate enquiry of mine deleted from a talk page to an article without any explanation or justification on the part of the censor.
 * Thirdly, who are you, exactly, to come here and command me not to restore legitimate material taking the form of a legitimate enquiry - nevermind the fact that there was no "link" present in the first place.
 * Fourthly, others (quotes reproduced below - original statements near bottom of this section) have already commented upon the unreasonable censorship taking place on that article talk page:

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 * I don't believe you've acted appropriately or civilly and, in fact, I find your censorious behavior and seemingly hostile message left for me here to be so implicitly threatening and intimidating that I, an editor of Wikipedia for many years, do not feel I can safely continue contributing to the Project, absent some apology from you and an explanation for your seemingly questionable and intimidating conduct. Note to User:Citation Needed and Titanium Dragon that I cite here on my talk page statements you made elsewhere but have tried to make it clear by de-wikifying the signature text that you did not sign these here, that I'm simply quoting.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  22:42, 2 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Sorry that you've chosen to leave the project. Do you wish me to delete your user page now that you will no longer be contributing?  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 23:58, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

you said
Gregkaye ignores the consensus. Please explain.

Gregkaye ✍ ♪  19:48, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Gregkaye. I honestly don't recall what this might be in relation to, in which case it probably wasn't a big deal. I've been working on Bataillon d'Infanterie légère d'Outre-Mer primarily right now, so forgive me for not having more to say. Good luck w/ your work ongoing. Cheers!  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  20:21, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * It was on the Talk:ISIL page where you joined in another editors unjustified criticism and where I pinged you asking you to strike. Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  20:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I understand what your motivation is, or more seriously, why you would ask me to delete my comment. Presenting a victim's narrative to me here, Gregkaye, and requesting that I strike a comment made in good faith to support the view of another editor on an article's talk page doesn't resonate... So while I acknowledge your request "to strike", I politely decline. || Respectfully yours,  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  22:06, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * There was nothing polite or justified here. Gregkaye ✍ ♪  00:25, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Are you accusing me of incivility? That's an incredibly serious accusation, Gregkaye, and if it's not your intent to make, then I would respectfully request...that you strike.  <b style="color:#F50">Az</b><b style="color:#600">x</b><b style="color:#000">2</b>  01:50, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

email
Hi Azx2 - I just tried to email you, but received an automated response that your email account does not exist! It might well be my end, but it is probably worth checking in your settings you have the right address. Pedro : Chat  10:48, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

MarkBernstein
Our lovely friend MarkBernstein has began attacking you on his website for  you wanting to MFD his userpage. Just giving you a heads up. Best regards Avono (talk) 21:43, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Voting for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year now open!
Nominations for the military historian of the year and military newcomer of the year have now closed, and voting for the candidates has officially opened. All project members are invited to cast there votes for the Military historian and Military newcomer of the year candidates before the elections close at 23:59 December 21st. For the coordinators,

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Nomination of Joe Lydic for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joe Lydic is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Joe Lydic until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Wizardman 15:05, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history coordinator election
Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!
On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Kelly hi! 17:27, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway, and as a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 23 September. For the Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Voting for the Military history WikiProject Historian and Newcomer of the Year is ending soon!
Time is running out to voting for the Military Historian and Newcomer of the year! If you have not yet cast a vote, please consider doing so soon. The voting will end on 31 December at 23:59 UTC, with the presentation of the awards to the winners and runners up to occur on 1 January 2017. For the Military history WikiProject Coordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:01, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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March Madness 2017
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:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military history WikiProject Coordinator election
Greetings from the Military history WikiProject! Elections for the Military history WikiProject Coordinators are currently underway. As a member of the WikiProject you are cordially invited to take part by casting your vote(s) for the candidates on the election page. This year's election will conclude at 23:59 UTC 29 September. Thank you for your time. For the current tranche of Coordinators, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:39, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
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) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

User group for Military Historians
Greetings,

"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.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
 * updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next 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 here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Have your say!
Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards
Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:16, 16 December 2018 (UTC)