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

Welcome to the first Bugle edition of 2018!

Our bumper articles section highlights content promoted to featured or A-class status last month; December's total of 18 A-class articles was easily the highest monthly tally for 2017, and one of the highest of all time. Special congratulations to, whose British hydrogen bomb programme article, which he developed from scratch, is his 100th to achieve A-class status! Hawkeye figures heavily in other regular sections: the book reviews section features a pair of his reviews, covering a recent anthology concerning Operation Market Garden in 1944, and a book on the Australian military's efforts to protect its personnel from tropical disease; he also contributes this month's op-ed on US Army doctrine prior to and during World War I. Meanwhile, TomStar81 brings us his regular timeline concerning events of World War I one hundred years ago this month.

The MilHist FA, A-class, GA and Peer Reviews for October–December 2017 have been tallied. and headed the list, closely followed by. You can find the names of everyone who contributed reviews here, and we thank them all for their efforts.

The 2017 Military Historian and Newcomer of the Year vote has also just concluded. In the 2017 Military Historian of the Year (MHOTY) contest, congratulations go to: Auntieruth55 and Peacemaker67, joint recipients of the Golden Wiki; Kges1901 who took the Silver Wiki; and Parsecboy and TomStar81, who both took the Bronze Wiki. Congratulations also to HerodotusTheFraud, who took the Golden Wiki in the 2017 Military History Newcomer of the Year (MHNOTY). All other nominees have been awarded the Wikichevrons for their contributions to the project over the past year.


 * The project's A-class review process had another productive year in 2017. Indeed, there was significant increase in our throughput, which is fantastic to see. This year, there were 114 articles completed Milhist's A-class review process, one of which was a re-appraisal. Of these, 17 were not promoted to A-class, while 96 were successfully promoted, and the single re-appraisal enabled the article to maintain its A-class status. This compares to a total of 95 completed A-class reviews last year, of which 83 were successful. 2018 is already off to a flying start with a total of 20 articles currently undergoing an ACR. Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this process throughout 2017.
 * If you are interested in getting involved, either as a reviewer, or wish to submit articles for review, but are unsure where to start please know that every little effort counts, whether it is a full review, or limited to images, sources, copy editing etc. The coordinators are always happy to help with any questions about the process and there are also many experienced editors out there to approach for advice.


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * for Operation Grapple, British hydrogen bomb programme, and Project Emily
 * for First Battle of Dernancourt, Momčilo Đujić, and Waterloo Bay massacre


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * for Mells War Memorial, Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial, and Equestrian statue of Edward Horner
 * for Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Battle of Emmendingen, and Rhine Campaign of 1796


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Sp33dyphil for STRAT-X, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, and Sukhoi Su-37
 * for Empress Matilda, Edward II of England, and North-West Mounted Police


 * The contest department has completed its 126th round of competition in December. A total of 110 articles were submitted by 12 editors. The Bushranger came first with an amazing 229 points from 53 articles, while Kges1901 came second with 133 points from 22 articles. The Bushranger has been awarded the Chevrons for his achievement, and Kges has received the Writer's Barnstar. Auntieruth, AustralianRupert, Catlemur, Djmaschek, Euryalus, Ian Rose, Iazyges, Parsecboy, Peacemaker67, and Zawed also contributed entries. Points go towards the 2017 Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which has now been decided (see below).


 * 2017 saw the third edition of the Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which seeks to award consistency across all 12 months of the year. A field of 23 editors submitted a total of 708 articles. At the conclusion of the December 2017 contest, the co-ordinators take great pleasure in announcing as the winner for 2017 with an incredible 932 points from 173  articles. Congratulations! An honorable mention also goes to  with 638 pts from 70 articles. The contest scoreboard from this year, and past years, can be found here.


 * The 2018 contest has begun, so if you are interested in participating, please do not hesitate. Good luck!