Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/March 2014/Project news

Welcome to the March 2014 edition of the Bugle!

The February–March 2014 backlog reduction drive, targeting articles on World War I, finished on 15 March. Several categories showed a marked improvement, including articles needing attention to grammar and to supporting materials, unassessed articles, and articles with incomplete B-Class checklists or no associated task force. The Gold Wiki for top score during the drive was awarded to Sturmvogel 66, and the Silver and Bronze Wikis for second and third place went to Wild Wolf and Dana Boomer, respectively. You can see the full list of participants and their awards here, and the worklist of articles improved or assessed here. Congratulations and thanks to all who organised and/or took part.

In other big news, we congratulate Parsecboy on Wikipedia's largest-ever good topic, the 71-article Light cruisers of Germany. An interview with Parsecboy was recently published by the Signpost (and former Bugle) editor The ed17.

Congratulations are also in order for Hchc2009, our latest recipient of the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves, for his great work on medieval history.

As always, this issue's article news section includes a wrap-up new Featured Content and A-Class articles; while an unusually small number of articles were promoted to Featured status last month, there were no less than five new Featured Pictures, including a rather controversial recent mission patch. In our other regular department, we bring you new three book reviews by Hawkeye7 and Nick-D.

Don't forget that the Bugle's editors are always on the look out for op-eds to run in future editions, so anyone with something to published is warmly encouraged to post their submission at the Newsroom, or to contact Ian or Nick.

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


 * The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Hchc2009 in recognition of his exemplary work over the years on medieval history, biographies and fortifications, as evidenced by many successful GA, A-Class and FA nominations, and also for his consistent efforts as a reviewer


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for Silverplate, Paul Tibbets, and Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * Ian Rose for No. 34 Squadron RAAF, Elwyn Roy King, and No. 90 Wing RAAF
 * Parsecboy for SMS Mecklenburg, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, and SMS Wörth


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * Sturmvogel 66 for Japanese battleship Asahi, Russian battleship Retvizan, and Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū
 * Nick-D for No. 38 Squadron RAAF, Operation Tungsten, and Operation Mascot


 * The contest department completed its 81st round of competition last month. A total of 35 articles were submitted by 8 editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 108 points from 16 entries to receive the Chevrons, followed by Parsecboy who earned the Writer's Barnstar with 55 points from 7 entries. Honorable mentions go to Djmaschek and Lineagegeek (each 30 points). Cuprum17, Ian Rose, Tomobe03 and Zawed also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's contest now.