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

Welcome to the 150th edition of The Bugle, and the ninth for 2018!

To mark the 150th edition of this newsletter, we've interviewed three former editors of The Bugle. We'd also really really appreciate your reflections on this milestone, and suggestions for how The Bugle could be further developed.

brings us two articles this month: an op-ed covering the downfall of European monarchies at the end of World War I, and what must be one of the final instalments of his vast timeline of the war.

Turning to our regular features, the article news section covers four FAs and seven A-class articles promoted in September. The book reviews section includes an assessment of a book on how militaries have used "substandard" manpower, as well as some recent reviews of military history books published elsewhere.

In other news, the MilHist FA, A-class, GA and peer reviews for July–September have been tallied. , and  headed the list with 50, 38 and 24 reviews respectively. Five other editors reviewed 15 or more articles. You can find the names of everyone who contributed here. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to keep our assessment processes moving, and to all who helped tally the reviews.

Elections for the XVIII Coordinator Tranche concluded on 29 September. Peacemaker67 was elected as Lead Coordinator, his first time at the helm after serving four terms as a Coordinator. Nine other Coordinators were also elected, including two editors new to the job: and. Congratulations to all the new tranche, and thank you to everyone who voted!

was unanimously appointed as our third Coordinator Emeritus as part of the Coordinator election. He joins and, who were appointed in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

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

All members of the project are very welcome to contribute to The Bugle. If you're interested in contributing to a future edition, material can be posted directly via the newsroom. If you'd prefer to draft material in your user space, the editors would be pleased to copy it across when it's ready. Contributions can be entire articles (for instance, an op-ed), or shorter material such as an entry for the project news page or a review.

Please contact either of the editors if you'd like to discuss an idea for an article, seek feedback on a draft, or have any questions. If you're looking for inspiration or models of previous articles to base a contribution on, there's lots of ideas in previous editions which can be accessed via the archives.


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Peacemaker67 for Yugoslav coup d'état, 32nd Infantry Division Triglavski, and 42nd Infantry Division Murska.


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Iazyges for Gordian dynasty, Marcian, and Glycerius.


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Kges1901 for 57th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), Soviet cruiser Admiral Isakov, and South Australian Mounted Rifles.


 * The contest department completed its 135th round of competition in August 2018. A total of 68 articles were submitted by 10 editors. came first with 161 points from 27 articles, while  came in second with 124 points from 22 articles. Sturmvogel has been awarded the Chevrons and 47thPennVols has received the Writer's Barnstar. Parsecboy, Kges1901, Zawed, Gog the Mild, Peacemaker67, Ian Rose, Auntieruth55 and Eddie891 also contributed articles. Points will go towards the 2018 Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which will be decided at the end of the December contest. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now.