Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2018/Project news

Welcome to the eighth edition of the Bugle for 2018!

The article news section includes an extensive range of content. All but one of the ten new featured articles passed an A-class review on the way to achieving the bronze star; the one exception underwent a formal peer review beforehand. While ACR and PR are no guarantee of success at FAC, this does tend to underscore the adage that the more eyes you get on an article before assessment, the better.

The book review section features 's appreciation of an elderly but still-relevant official history of the US Army in World War II. TomStar81 contributes an op-ed on the sometimes opportunistic manner in which various nations declared war on the Central Powers late in World War I, and continues his coverage of centenary of the conflict in his regular 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 41, 27 and 23 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 XVIII 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, the Arbitration Committee has recently completed a case covering editor conduct during editing and discussions of Wikipedia's coverage of the German war effort in World War II. Members of the project who are interested in reading the final decision can find it here.

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


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * Cplakidas for Junayd of Aydın, Battle of Halmyros, and 19th Mechanized Division (Greece).
 * Nick-D for Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom, Western Australian emergency of March 1944, and Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945).


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * HJ Mitchell for Civil Service Rifles War Memorial Royal Naval Division War Memorial, and Tower Hill Memorial.
 * Zawed for Henry James Nicholas, Reginald Judson, and Harry Laurent.


 * The contest department completed its 133rd round of competition in July 2018. A total of 83 articles were submitted by 14 editors, the highest number of articles since December last year. Parsecboy came first with 134 points from 12 articles, and Kges1901 came in second with 124 points from 21 articles. Parsecboy has been awarded the Chevrons and Kges1901 has received the Writer's Barnstar. 47thPennVols, Auntieruth55, AustralianRupert, Catlemur, Chetsford, Djmaschek, Gog the Mild, Ian Rose, Iazyges, Peacemaker67, Sturmvogel_66 and Zawed also fielded entries.