Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/January 2020/Project news

Welcome to the first Bugle for 2020!

December saw many varied articles promoted to featured and A-class standard. The regular article news section provides a summary. A particular highlight is a rare three-person nomination for the Battleships of Japan featured topic. This is yet another outcome of the very successful Operation Majestic Titan project.

The book review section includes an assessment by of a disappointing autobiography, as well as the usual round up of military history book reviews published elsewhere.

In more A-class news, was awarded his first A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves in December, making him one of only 22 editors to have ever received that award. With his workrate, we're sure there will be many more to come. The quarterly reviewing awards have been handed out, and took out first place with an impressive 65 reviews, followed by  and Gog the Mild with 46 and 44 reviews respectively. Another four editors also received the WikiChevrons for doing 14 or more reviews in the quarter.

This is probably a good time to post a reminder for how readers can contribute to the Bugle. Submissions can be posted directly via the newsroom, or can be drafted in user space. The editors are happy to provide feedback on drafts, and move user space material into the next edition.

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

The Military Historian of the Year awards have been distributed, with the Golden Wiki going to Gog the Mild, the Silver Wiki to and the Bronze Wiki to CPA-5. The Military History Newcomer of the Year awards have also been handed out, with receiving the Golden Wiki and  receiving the WikiProject Barnstar. Well done to all, we look forward to seeing more of your work in 2020!

While we have no annual awards for reviewing, a total of 1,756 reviews were done in 2019, and at the top of the table were Peacemaker67 (281 reviews), CPA-5 (244 reviews) and (207 reviews). Thanks to the reviews throughout 2019 more than 100 FAs, 140 A-class articles and almost 40 FPs were promoted! Thanks to all who reviewed project articles during 2019, you make an important contribution to our amazing throughput of quality articles and lists!


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * KAVEBEAR for Prince Romerson, Curtis P. Iaukea, and Teriitaria II.
 * EnigmaMcmxc for 45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), and 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division.


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Gog the Mild for Battle of Sluys, Battle of Calais, and Battle of Lagos.

The fourth annual Military History Article Writing Contest which ran through 2019 was won by Sturmvogel 66 with a record-breaking 1,413 points gained by making a staggering 209 article upgrades. Hearty congratulations. An honourable mention to Parsecboy who placed second with 804 points for 104 upgrades.

The December 2019 Military History Article Writing Contest attracted eight participants. First place was taken by Parsecboy with 63 points for which they were awarded the WikiChevrons; they were followed by Gog the Mild with 40 points, for which they were awarded the Writer's Barnstar. Also scoring were AustralianRupert, Djmaschek, Harrias, Peacemaker67, Sturmvogel 66 and Zawed. Congratulations and thanks to all participants.