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

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Bugle for 2023!

The first thing eagle-eyed readers might notice is that we're no longer using Roman numerals for the issue number. Nick and Ian discussed this a couple of months ago and decided we're getting too old to count in Roman without the risk of errors (and there have been a couple already!) so we decided that the first issue of 2023, and the first after our historic 200th issue, was the perfect time to make the change. If anyone is offended by this executive decision we'll be happy to consider going back to the old method, but will take it as read that the complainants are volunteering to do the numbering for us each month...!

The regular article news section showcases ten new featured and A-class articles, four new featured pictures, and a newly promoted featured topic. In this month's book review section, takes a look at a new work on two Australian scientists associated with some key developments during the Second World War. We also have a review essay by, providing a detailed report on the museums, memorials and other military sites he visited during a recent trip to the UK.

The Military Historian of the Year awards have been distributed, the Golden Wiki going jointly to and, the Silver Wiki jointly to ,  and , and the Bronze Wiki to.

The Military History Newcomer of the Year awards have also been handed out, receiving the Golden Wiki and  and  the WikiProject Barnstar.

Congratulations to all members of the project on your achievements last year, and best wishes for 2023!

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


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Hog Farm for Duckport Canal, CSS Missouri, and Battle of Helena.
 * Iazyges for Theodosius III, Eucherius (son of Stilicho), and Constantine (son of Basil I).


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * Cplakidas for Battle of the Blacks, Excubitors, and Sayf al-Dawla.


 * The A-Class cross with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign, American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign, American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign, Freddie de Guingand, and Harry Crerar.

The final round of the 2022 edition of MilHist's article improvement contest finished with taking out the victory and the WikiChevrons, with 52 points from six entries. was the runner-up with 46 points from seven entries earning them the Writer's Barnstar. Djmaschek and Zawed also submitted entries.

With the December results in, this concluded the 2022 competition and so, after a drum roll of an appropriate duration, the Military History Writers' Contest Cup went to Hog Farm, who scored a cumulative total of 488 points from 61 MilHist articles, including a number created this year and taken all the way to Featured Article status. Congratulations to Hog Farm and to all the other participants in the year's competition. The full results for all editors who submitted entries for the past year can be found here.

The 2023 contest has commenced so for a bit of friendly competition, consider submitting the articles you are currently working on. Remember – you too could win barnstars!