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Epithets
Hi Samsam22, welcome to Wikipedia! I do appreciate your contributions to the articles regarding the Mamluks, namely adding epithets. But I think your last changes decreased the readability of the introductions of the related articles. Now I will make some changes on the article Qalawun in order to increase the readability of the introductory section. Please let me know what you think about it. If it suits you too, you can go on like that. Thank you. --Chapultepec 20:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

reply epithets
Hi Chapultepec, thank you for your message. I think no problem as long as the royal epithets is quoted. Many people are confused from the names as many sultans had same epithets. quoting the orginal name then adding the royal names might help. In the case of Qalawun as I was not editing but only adding epithets, some things changed because orginal editor added lines for various ways to spell the name. I think the best is to quote the orginal name first then add the epithets so that it be clear and standared in all articles. Samsam22 21:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

So let's decide here, I have given some specimens infra:


 * 1:

Epithet: al-Malik al-Mansour Saif al-Din Qalawun al-Alfi al-Salihi al-Najmi al-Ala'i (Arabic: الملك المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون الألفى الصالحى النجمى العلاءى)

Qalawun al-Alfi (also Qala'un or Kalavun) (Arabic: قلاوون الألفى) (c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt. He was in the Bahri line and ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290.


 * 2:

Qalawun al-Alfi (also Qala'un or Kalavun) (Arabic: قلاوون الألفى) (c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) (Epithet: al-Malik al-Mansour Saif al-Din Qalawun al-Alfi al-Salihi al-Najmi al-Ala'i (Arabic: الملك المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون الألفى الصالحى النجمى العلاءى)) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt. He was in the Bahri line and ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290.


 * 3:

Qalawun al-Alfi (also Qala'un or Kalavun) (Arabic: قلاوون الألفى) (c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt. He was in the Bahri line and ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290.

Epithet: al-Malik al-Mansour Saif al-Din Qalawun al-Alfi al-Salihi al-Najmi al-Ala'i (Arabic: الملك المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون الألفى الصالحى النجمى العلاءى)

Which one is approprate in your opinion?

Dear samsam,, i have no idea how to use wikipedia to connect with other users ! but i really need to talk to you about one of the historical figures that you wrote an article about..i might be one of his descendants. my email is m.elzane@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Talkinshadow (talk • contribs) 06:18, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

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I think #2 looks good.


 * Ok then, let's go on with #2. Thank you. Happy edit. --Chapultepec 22:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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ok fine. What do you think about article Shajarat al-Durr. her name was shajar al-Durr not shajarat al-Durr. is it possible to change the title ? thanx Samsam22 22:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Let me search for that. I'll be back again. --Chapultepec 22:39, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Not sure exactly, a brief search gave results from both names. I will make a detailed search, then I will be able to reply. Thanks. --Chapultepec 22:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Even if I have found serious sources citing her Sahajarat al-Durr, the sources naming her Shajar al-Durr seemed more plentiful to me. Besides, in an article at Britannica Online her name is given as "Shajar al-Durr". And I think that's enough. --Chapultepec 23:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * But I think "Shajar al-Durr" article already exists and redirects to the "Shajarat al-Durr" article. In this case, an administrator can realize the requested move. --Chapultepec 23:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

- yes that is right. but I just was wondering whether title of page could be corrected not only redirecte. But thanx.


 * Ok, I'm gonna make a request for that. But seeing the results may require a couple of days. --Chapultepec 23:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok Chapultepec, thank you. good job.

Shajar al-Durr
Hi again, there is an ongoing discussion in the talk page of Shajarat al-Durr article. The url is Talk:Shajarat al-Durr. So you can have your comments there. Thanks. --Chapultepec 20:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hi Chapultepec, thank you. I added comment in discussion. regards Samsam22 09:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

baibars
hello,did you add the scans from the book serat al-zahir beibars yet??pls let me know.thanxGrandia01 16:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

== Hi Grandia01, no I did not yet. I havn't been on internet for a few days. I will scan soon. Thank you. Samsam22 17:15, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Barakah
I'm gonna add the dates too, thank you. --Chapultepec (talk) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, I merged a duplicate sentence regarding his marriage with Ghaziyah, and corrected his death category as per your changes. Now it's your turn in the article :) --Chapultepec (talk) 22:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Of course, no problem, this can be mentioned later within the context of the article. --Chapultepec (talk) 22:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I think a sub-section titled "rise to power" can be suitable for that paragraph, so we can divide the biography section into major sub-sections like "early life", "rise to power" etc. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

It seems great, thank you ! --Chapultepec (talk) 22:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I made minor edits only. Good job in a short period of time. --Chapultepec (talk) 09:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I've just seen the article. It seems a whole lot better now. We can do a small article for Salamish too, no problem. Shoukran ghazilan ! --Chapultepec (talk) 19:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

That's great, I'm gonna make some minor edits for Solamish article now, thank you. --Chapultepec (talk) 11:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, I think you're right about the name of Solamish, I added my comments in the discussion page as well, and thanks a lot for the article. --Chapultepec (talk) 22:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Solamish is ok, no need to change the name of the article, this way is better. Best regards. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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Arabic names
Hi again! I've been condensing Arabic names at the beginning of articles - rather than have, for example "Baibars al-Bunduqdari, known as al-Malik etc etc", I thought it would be easier to say "al-Malik etc...Baibars..." all at once. I know most of the words are not actually part of his name, but are rather his name and titles, but it seems more appropriate to put them all in the first sentence. Also, I've been changing English transliterations to something that appears more standard, at least to my eyes. So, instead of "Abu Alfitooh" I put "Abu al-Fituh", which looks more like transliterated Arabic to me and matches the actual Arabic better. I wanted to mention this because I assume you are a native Arabic speaker, so you would know better than me! Adam Bishop (talk) 20:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The ultimate form in Baibars article is also nice. We should keep it as short as possible to augment readability. But in fact, you're right at one point, royal names of Mamluk sultans start with al-Malik, so all the sultans will seem to bear the same name. I'm not sure of what to do about that. Best regards. --Chapultepec (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm, well, we could assume that the reader will be wise enough to figure out that "al-malik" is part of a title; for me, it was one of the first Arabic words I learned, but I suppose not everyone will be interested in learning Arabic words. Or, we could translate the whole title in each article, since it is interesting to know what all the honorific titles mean. I remember User:Striver used to create a separate section at the beginning of Arabic articles to include the entire name and a translation. I didn't like the idea of a separate section, but translating the whole thing is a good idea, I think. Adam Bishop (talk) 02:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * In fact good idea, but it will grow the introduction section longer. This can also raise trouble for the user to get to essential information within the crowd of titles and translations. Current revision seems ok even if we can't find a better way. Best regards. --Chapultepec (talk) 15:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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Hello
Assalamualaikum

I went through many sites to know details of El-Mansoura (Egypt).Unfortunately I was not avale to find nice informations.

If you can provide me some information including size of the city with maps of Mansoura,I will Be thankful.

Regard user:classicbanna (talk) 17:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Classicbanna

For maps see :

http://mansura.net/portal/default.asp?id=13&mnu=1

There are some pictures here :

http://www.ul10.com/Profile.aspx?id=16012&Page=2&bid=1490

Size : ca. 120km2

Distance from cairo : ca. 120 km

Population : including suburbs ca. 1,252,415

RegardsSamsam22 (talk) 00:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Lajin
Thank you for your contributions. I will have a look at the article for now. Best regards. --Chapultepec (talk) 20:21, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Seems superb for the moment, thank you... --Chapultepec (talk) 20:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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I have nominated Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Gary King (talk) 00:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * You had my answer. Thank you for your interest. Samsam22 (talk) 17:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr
Hi, to my mind, to be a Mamluk sultan is fair enough to be mentioned in a separate article. If the same thing happens again, we can express our thoughts in the related discussion page. Best regards. --Chapultepec (talk) 22:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Kujuk
Thank you for your creating the article. I will try to edit for the moment. Best wishes. --Chapultepec (talk) 07:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Shihab ad-Din Ahmad
Hi Samsam, I will have a look at the article. You're doing a good job, thanks a lot. --Chapultepec (talk) 12:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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 * Hi Wandalstouring, I am glad you have been reelected coordinator. I wish you all success. As you notice I am busy at this moment with expanding the history of the Mamluk Sultans. But I will be glad to help. Please let me know what is needed. Regrards Samsam22 (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

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Images and maps
Hi, Samsam. I will have a look around to the articles. Thanks for your contributions. Meanwhile, the article Khalil has no references, it can raise some problems in the future. Would you add some references if you have? Happy editing. --Chapultepec (talk) 01:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Tamam abi, yavash yavash... =) --Chapultepec (talk) 02:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Khalil
Hi Samsam, yes, I wrote the original article, but that was many years ago and it probably was not a very good article. I see you have been improving it, along with many other Mamluk/crusade articles, which is very much appreciated! Adam Bishop (talk) 06:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi all, yes I saw the sentences you mentioned in the article, but I could not find any supporting references either. Maybe we can make further research involving those, then take action accordingly. Thank you. --Chapultepec (talk) 12:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, ok I started to fix the article and found a nice image :) Please try to find about these 2 points + about Khalil was called new Alexander. so we can keep it if there is ref. Thank you. Samsam22 (talk) 20:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The info about the conflict with the Circassians comes from "The Age of the Crusades" by P.M. Holt (page 105-106). Ibn al-Salus is mentioned on page 105 as well. I can't find the reference about him being another Alexander, but I will keep looking. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * About his being a new Alexander, I could only find this source. I'm gonna attach it as a reference, but the sentence may be re-worded accordingly. Thanks. --Chapultepec (talk) 13:40, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Tamam, the Alexander sentence is also ok, by the way you made a great job in the article. If you don't mind I will make some minor edits on it for two minutes. Thanks a lot. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Mazbut, I've finished. You can continue. Again thanks a lot for bringing the article to such a condition. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Samsam, I will have a look at the article for the moment. Thank you. --Chapultepec (talk) 05:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again, yes I finished editing the article. It was indeed a very good job. Thanks a lot for your contributions. Until then. --Chapultepec (talk) 06:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've edited the article as well. For now I just fixed spelling and grammar, and I removed all the italics around Arabic names, since we don't need to do that in English. I think there are still a few problems though. First of all, I don't think it is necessary to have so much detail about the Siege of Acre. There is a separate article where that information would be more useful. Also, I should note that the crusaders controlled Acre for over 80 years before 1191; it was held by Saladin for a few years, but it was a crusader city long before 1191. That is a minor complaint though! I think we will also have to work on the references. There are too many of them, and they are distracting. Some of the information included in the references should be incorporated into the text. Otherwise, they need to be more specific - it is good to quote al-Maqrizi or the Geste des Chiprois, but what page number is the quote from? Who edited the book? When was it published? We need to include that as well. Adam Bishop (talk) 09:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem, you're welcome. We're all here to help each other. Best wishes. --Chapultepec (talk) 20:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I understand and of course I agree - I like to write neutrally about the crusades as well. I do not think they were good or bad, I just think they were interesting. But it would still be helpful to include page numbers in the footnotes, so we can see where the information is coming from. Adam Bishop (talk) 06:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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Baibars
Hi, Samsam. Thank you, I'm ok. I hope everything is alright with you too. Yes, I know that guy. He sometimes visits the article for the last two years :) Anyhow, thanks for adding the references. I hope it will dissuade him from trying to add his point of view. --Chapultepec (talk) 03:17, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Aybak
Hi, Samsam. Yes, I have seen the changes you made in the Aybak article. You made a great job again. Thank you. As for the Shajar al-Durr article, in the sources I have read so far, she was always mentioned as a Turkic origined ruler. If the other possibility (that she was of Armenian origin) is not so weighty, is it ok for you to change the word in the introduction from probably to most probably? Again, thanks for your contributions, you're doing a good job. --Chapultepec (talk) 16:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

That's also alright, thank you Samsam, mazbut. For the moment I will try to edit Aybak article, if you left something to do for me in there :) --Chapultepec (talk) 17:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Samsam, I finished editing Aybak article. Those were minor edits. Please let me know when you finish editing the article of Shajar al-Durr. Thanks a lot. --Chapultepec (talk) 18:08, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem abi, when you're ready, just e-mail me your address, I will send you baklavas at my earliest convenience :) --Chapultepec (talk) 19:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

The article is more than ready Samsam, I think it's half the weight of all Wikipedia :) Joke apart, thanks for your contributions. You did a good job as usual. I will try to edit at my earliest convenience. --Chapultepec (talk) 20:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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Greetings! I noticed that you are exerted much effort in articles pertaining to the Mamluks and Bahris. I too have begun exerted some work on articles concerning Baibars and the Crusades. I believe that the articles relating to the Crusades are somewhat one sided and slanted toward the European version of events. In any event, I hope I can find the time to contribute more. Scythian1 (talk) 20:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I have often been guided to avoid the passive voice generally, when writing, though your suggestion for the Baibars article is fine as well. Scythian1 (talk) 15:52, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, sounds good brother.Scythian1 (talk) 18:18, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * That is true, I am glad that you are positing information that is either hardly conveyed or often overlooked.Scythian1 (talk) 18:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

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With many thanks in advance for your participation from the coordinator team,  Roger Davies  talk 19:35, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

An-Nasir Yusuf contradiction
This is the first time I have ever tried to report a problem with Wikipedia, but I noticed a contradiction in the An-Nasir Yusuf article. His birth year is listed as 1228, yet the section on "Relations with Crusaders" suggests he signed a treaty with them in 1224. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.35.255.44 (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LVI, October 2010
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The Bugle: Volume LVIX, January 2011
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Military Historian of the Year
Nominations for the "Military Historian of the Year" for 2011 are now open. If you would like to nominate an editor for this award, please do so here. Voting will open on 22 January and run for seven days. Thanks! On behalf of the coordinators, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC) You were sent this message because you are a listed as a member of the Military history WikiProject.

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Military history coordinator election
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election
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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, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!
The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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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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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] 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:35, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

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)

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) 06:01, 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) 05:02, 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) 11:30, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
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 WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive and create a worklist at 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) 17:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)