Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Establishing military historian and newcomer of the year election pages

Under the current system used by the Military history Wikiproject, coordinators are tasked with handling certain project-specific operations. This Academy page will serve as a walk-through on how to correctly set up the election pages for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year elections.

About
These elections are conducted between 1 and 30 December each year.

Create the election pages
Substitute the following on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history page before 1 December:

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Notify the project
See WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message.

Suggested form is:

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for ! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. via ~

Close the voting
to the top of the election page and

to the bottom of the page.

Notify the winners on their talk pages
For the winners of the Military History Newcomer of the Year, a suggested form is:

For runners-up, a suggested form is:

For winners of the Military Historian of the New Year:

For second place:

For third place:

Update the winners lists
These are located at
 * WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY and
 * WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY

Update the Bugle
Add the election results to The Bugle at WikiProject Military history/News/January /Project news The suggested form is:

The Military Historian of the Year awards have been distributed, the Golden Wiki going to for third year in a row. The Silver Wiki was awarded to and the Bronze wiki jointly to  and. and were runners-up.

The Military History Newcomer of the Year awards have also been handed out, with receiving the Golden Wiki and  and  the WikiProject Barnstar.

Congratulations to all members of the project on your achievements last year, and best wishes for !