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

Welcome to the tenth Bugle for 2023!

Elections were held for the project coordinator team for 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024. Our coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining the procedural and administrative aspects of the project. All of the coordinators, and especially the lead coordinator (or lead coordinators), serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues and focus on specific areas requiring special attention. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.

Occasionally, a motion to appoint a former lead coordinator as a coordinator emeritus is made for endorsement during an election. The objective is that the project may continue to benefit from their help and experience. The position has no special responsibilities and is held for as long as the coordinator emeritus wishes.

This year, was elected coordinator emeritus. Except for a one-year break, Peacemaker67 was a coordinator of this project from September 2013 to September 2022, the last four years as lead coordinator. In that time, he has made significant contributions to the project in many areas. Highlights include: the award of the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in 2022; the Editor of the Week award; successfully nominating 78 Featured Articles (and three featured lists); and one of only four editors to have received our A-Class Cross award. Peacemaker67 is a former Australian Army officer, a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who served with the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Yugoslavia. He has been particularly active in work on the articles related to the former Yugoslavia.

In the other election results, was re-elected as lead coordinator and,  ,  and  were re-elected as coordinators. Special congratulations to and, our two new coordinators.

The article news section showcases two newly promoted featured articles and four featured pictures but unfortunately no new A-class articles, as none were promoted last month. Quite a few nominations are open, and members of the project are encouraged to contribute a review.

The book reviews section contains two reviews by of works covering an American World War II general and the first six women selected by NASA for astronaut training. has also contributed a review of a book on Roman fortifications in the UK.

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

There were no awards last month.

The September edition of the contest department's article writing contest saw take the top spot in the contest with 30 points for 4 articles. He claims the Wikichevrons as his prize. Other entries were submitted by Djmaschek, Donner60 and Zawed. Monthly totals are applied to the overall 2023 writer's cup, which will be decided at the end of December.

The October edition of the contest is now open. Consider submitting your current article projects as entries into the competition.