Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/May 2012/Project news

Welcome to the May 2012 edition of the Bugle! From the amount of participation on the main talk page, it looks like the Military History Project is still growing at a relatively rapid rate! With the increased traffic, however, more eyes are needed to respond to the amount of posts. We encourage you to go to the page and assist at least one person, in the hope that everyone will get at least one response! As ever, we also encourage you to visit the MILHIST Announcements page and help out with some of the many article reviews and work requests listed there.

In our Interview section, this month's Bugle features the opening salvo in a new series, the "Article writer's guide." We will be looking into different topic areas related to Milhist by bringing in leading editors from those fields, both Milhist and non-Milhist, and asking them penetrating questions about how they started in those fields. We will also look into their best practices and ask for their advice on preparing a quality article in that field. We hope that these will be helpful for those looking to start writing or those looking to switch topics. This month's feature is biographies, and the next few months will tentatively see battles, fortifications, military formations, ships, and vehicles. If you have a topic you would like to see here, please do not hesitate to leave a message on our talk page and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Your editors, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] and Ian Rose (talk).


 * The A-Class medal was awarded last month to:
 * Constantine for Thomas the Slav, Bardanes Tourkos and Priscus (general)
 * Acdixon for James B. McCreary, John Sherman Cooper and Charles Scott (governor)
 * HJ Mitchell for Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, Iranian Embassy siege and List of field marshals of the British Army


 * The contest department completed its fifty-ninth round of competition last month. A total of 33 articles were submitted by 6 editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 54 points from 10 entries, followed by AustralianRupert with 33 points from 8 entries. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar, respectively. Honourable mentions go to Parsecboy (30 points) and Djmaschek (29 points). The Bushranger and Ian Rose also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's contest now.