Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/December 2022/Project news

Welcome to the twelfth and final edition of The Bugle for 2022 and, excitingly, the 200th edition of this newsletter!

The Bugle began in March 2006 and hasn't missed an issue since then. This makes it one of the English language Wikipedia's oldest, and most regularly published, newsletters. As noted in the first edition, the main purpose of The Bugle is to keep members of the Military History Wikiproject up to date with recent developments. This has included showcasing content that has been promoted to featured and A-class standard, as well as highlighting the achievements of project members. Over time we've branched out to also include a range of features, such as op-eds, book reviews, interviews and occasional review essays.

We are very pleased to present a bumper edition to mark this milestone that includes something from each of these sections. The interview section features a group of editors who have made contributions to The Bugle over the years; they reflect on their motivations for doing so and their views on the newsletter's history and current format. All editors are very welcome to contribute to this discussion by leaving comments in the talk section on that page.

The article news section features a smaller-than-usual number of new featured articles (three) and A-class articles (only one), but includes four new featured pictures. Many thanks to for helping put this together.

The book review section includes a review by of a book covering a genuinely forgotten aspect of World War I: the deployment of 50,000 British reservists to India. The section also features the usual round up of recent military book reviews published elsewhere.

Following on from an initiative last year, several project coordinators have contributed to a 2022 reading list based on their personal recommendations, and we bring it to you as a review essay in this month's Bugle. This might be of particular interest for those of us who are taking a holiday over the Christmas period.

Last, but not least, following up from the last two issues of The Bugle, two more of the project coords tell us about themselves in the op-ed section.

A reminder that voting is open for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Voting closes at 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2022, so vote for your choices of the outstanding Milhist members now!

We'd like to thank all The Bugle's readers and contributors over the years. If you're interested in contributing to future editions, you can post directly via the Newsroom or discuss potential contributions (including material drafted in user space) with the editors.

All the best for the festive season and here's to a great 2023!

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


 * There were no awards last month.

The MilHist article writing contest ended its November edition with first place going to Zawed, with five entries accumulating a total of 28 points. Zawed is entitled to the WikiChevrons for his efforts. The runner-up position went to Djmaschek, who earned 18 points from three entries and therefore gets the Writer's Barnstar. Catlemur, Hog Farm and Pickersgill-Cunliffe also participated with entries into the competition. The December edition of the contest is now open, to enter just submit those articles currently in progress!