Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/February 2019/Project news

Welcome to the second Bugle edition of 2019!

We're off to a great start to 2019, with 10 FAs and 16 A-class articles promoted last month. Three of the new A-class articles were nominated by editors who had not previously developed articles to this status - congratulations to them. Two photos were also promoted to featured status, including the iconic image of Marines raising the US flag over Iwo Jima. The article news section has all the details.

This edition also includes a review essay, in which Nick-D discusses his somewhat disappointing recent visit to the preserved Japanese battleship Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan. The regular book reviews section includes some recent external reviews.

The results are in on the most prolific Milhist reviewers of 2018, and Nikkimaria took out first place with an incredible 143 reviews! The runners-up were Peacemaker67 with 121 reviews and AustralianRupert with 109 reviews. Thanks to everyone who reviewed Milhist articles in 2018. Our amazing throughput is down to you!

In other news, Parsecboy had another 22-article Good Topic promoted last month, Ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire, and Peacemaker67 had the existing four-article 1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) Good Topic expanded by a further six articles. Well done to both editors!

Finally, congratulations to Indy beetle on being awarded their first A-Class Medal, we're sure it will be the first of many!

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


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Sturmvogel 66 for French battleship Courbet (1911), Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943), and Soviet destroyer Nezamozhnik.


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * Cplakidas for Arab–Khazar wars, Ottoman conquest of Lesbos, and Battle of Azaz (1030).


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Zawed for William Edward Sanders, James Crichton (soldier), and Samuel Frickleton.


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Gog the Mild for Battle of Auberoche, Gascon campaign of 1345, and Siege of Aiguillon.
 * Indy beetle for Operation Grandslam, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, and Fall of Kampala.


 * The contest department completed its 139th round of competition in January 2019. A total of 78 articles were submitted by 9 editors. Sturmvogel came first with a phenomenal 230 points from 32 articles, followed by with 56 points from 9 articles. Sturmvogel has been awarded the Chevrons and L293D the Writer's Barnstar. Parsecboy, Zawed, Kges1901, Gog the Mild, Peacemaker67, Ian Rose, and Djmaschek also contributed entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now. The monthly totals cumulatively go towards the 2018 Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which will be awarded at the end of the December 2018 contest.