Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2017/Project news

Welcome to the eighth edition of the Bugle for 2017!

The article news section includes a wide range of articles. All but one of the six featured articles promoted last month belong to long-running series whose subjects span three continents. Likewise, eight of the nine new A-class articles form part of a series, with the ninth being the nominator's second A-class article on related topics.

For the benefit of northern hemisphere editors enjoying summer holidays, the book reviews section features three in-depth reviews and a larger-than-typical number of external reviews. covers two new works on the 1917 Battle of Messines and recent leaders of the Australian Army, and assesses a work on South African armoured fighting vehicles of the country's Border War. Nick has also contributed an op-ed giving his advice on taking photographs for military history articles, and TomStar81 continues his regular World War I coverage in our timeline section.

In other news, the MilHist FA, A-class, GA and peer reviews for April–June have been tallied. and headed the list, with 31 and 26 reviews respectively. You can find the names of everyone who contributed here, and we thank them all for their efforts.

A quick note that voting for the XVII Coordinator Tranche will open in September. All project members are encouraged to participate either by voting for coordinators or by running for one of the open positions. The project has two academy essays that may be of use to you: becoming a coordinator and advice from former coordinators. Please feel free to ask questions of the current coordinators as well.

Finally, congratulations to on their first A-Class medal!

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


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for Tube Alloys, Project E, and Ernest Titterton
 * Peacemaker67 for Yugoslav torpedo boat T5, Kaiman-class torpedo boat, and Yugoslav destroyer Beograd


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Kges1901 for Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand), Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (general), and 15th Tank Corps


 * The contest department has completed its 121st round of competition in July. A total of 61 articles were submitted by eight editors. Kges1901 took out the competition with a staggering 227 points from 38 articles, while came second with 79 points from eight articles. Kges has been awarded the Chevrons for their achievement, and Parsecboy has received the Writer's Barnstar. Auntieruth, AustralianRupert, Djmaschek, Historical Perspective 2, Iazyges, and Peacemaker67 also contributed entries. Points will go towards the 2017 Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which will be decided at the end of the December contest. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now.