Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/August 2023/Project news

Welcome to the eighth Bugle for 2023!

has contributed an excellent op-ed on sourcing, using and improving images for use in Wikipedia articles. Adam is among the most prolific featured picture contributors and describes the article as potentially a "five-article series that all got published at once", so it's well worth a read.

Turning to the regular sections, the article news section includes five new featured articles, two new featured pictures and a pair of new A-class articles. The book review section includes the usual round up of interesting reviews published on other websites.

Lastly, the project's Coordinator Elections are coming up next month. All members of the project are encouraged to participate either by nominating for one of the positions or voting. The project has two academy essays that may be of interest: becoming a coordinator and advice from former coordinators. Please feel free to ask questions of the current coordinators as well.

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


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Pickersgill-Cunliffe for Charles Richardson (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Hardy (Royal Navy officer, died 1732), and Maurice Suckling..

The July edition of the contest department's article writing contest saw and  tie for the top spot in the contest, both with 68 points from eleven articles. They both claim the Wikichevrons as their prize. Other entries were submitted by Djmaschek, Hog Farm, Pickersgill-Cunliffe, Sturmvogel 66, and Zawed. Monthly totals are applied to the overall 2023 writer's cup, which will be decided at the end of December.

The August edition of the contest is now open, consider submitting your current article projects as entries into the competition.