Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/April 2020/Project news

Welcome to the fourth Bugle for 2020!

We hope that this issue provides a welcome break from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our annual edit-a-thon March Madness was once again a great success. Twenty-two editors participated and managed to: tag 2,457 articles as falling under MilHist's remit; add relevant task force tags to 3,310 articles; and assess or check the assessment of 1,796 articles, including 39 Good Article or A class assessments. As part of this, 619 Milhistbot B-class assessments were checked, reducing the backlog at User:Hawkeye7/Sandbox6 by a third. In the usual spirit of friendly competition, awards were handed out for those who finished with the top three scores at the end of the month. was awarded the Golden Wiki for an impressive 3,712 points, was awarded the Silver Wiki, and  was awarded the Bronze Wiki. Well done to them, and thanks to everyone who participated! Special thanks go to who set up the drive, tallied the points and handed out the gongs!

recently passed the milestone of 80 Featured Articles, well done on your sustained efforts creating quality content for Wikipedia! He is placed third amongst members of the project, and sixth across the whole of Wikipedia. In terms of reviewing milestones,, who many will know from their work on American Civil War articles, recently passed 50 GANs. Nice work!

The results of the January to March 2020 Milhist reviewing are in. headed the tally with an impressive 42 reviews, followed by and. Four more editors also received the WikiChevrons, and a total of 21 editors contributed towards the 259 reviews completed in the quarter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, your efforts are greatly appreciated and make a significant contribution to the stream of quality content Milhist produces.

Turning to this issue of The Bugle, the regular article news section highlights the large number of articles promoted to featured status in March. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including a medieval king, a madcap helicopter escapade which ended in gunfire on the grounds of the White House, and the Australian military's struggle to supply a major deployment to a neighbouring country.

The book review section includes two reviews by of a book on the logistical effort behind the Crusades and another work on the USAF's nuclear forces during the early stages of the Cold War.

Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk)


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Peacemaker67 for Arthur Sullivan (Australian soldier), Ba Congress, and Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb.


 * The A-Class cross has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for Frank Borman, INTERFET logistics, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Charles Duke, and Operation Black Buck.


 * The third month of the 2020 Military History Article Writing Contest attracted eight participants. First place was taken by with a 131 points from 13 articles to take the WikiChevrons, followed by  with 58 points to receive the Writer's Barnstar. Also scoring were Gog the Mild, Djmaschek, Peacemaker67, Catlemur, Robinvp11 and Harrias. Congratulations and thanks to all participants. You can self-assess up to C-class for the contest, but B-class assessments need to be done by another editor. This is best organised by posting at WP:MHAR. Make sure to add your entries for the March contest as soon as they are promoted, this allows the coords to check them progressively.