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

Hello and welcome to the September 2012 issue of the Bugle. This issue is brought to you by Nick-D (standing in for Ian Rose while he's traveling) and The ed17. This will be Ed's last edition, so that he can focus on the Signpost and other tasks. He plans to write an op-ed on the experience for next month's edition. Nick will fill his shoes from October onwards, partnering with Ian to continue bringing you the best project newsletter on Wikipedia.

As a reminder, all editors are very welcome to contribute material to the Bugle, and can do so via its newsroom.

The annual military history coordinator election was conducted during late September, and resulted in 13 editors being elected to these positions. For the first time, the project has three lead coordinators, with AustralianRupert, Dank, and Nick-D receiving an equal number of votes. It is proposed that they will each serve as the primary lead coordinator for a four month period, with AustralianRupert taking the first four months followed by Nick and Dank. The other coordinators for the year commencing 1 October are: Anotherclown, Cplakidas, Grandiose, Hawkeye7, HJ Mitchell, Ian Rose, MarcusBritish, Nikkimaria, The ed17 and TomStar81. In addition, Arius1998, Johnsc12, Knight of Gloucestershire and RoslynSKP also stood for election, but were not successful. The next coordinator election will be held in September 2013.

Comments on the election are very welcome, and should be made here.

Your editors, Nick-D (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan]


 * The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * Constantine for Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782), Battle of Solachon, and Siege of Constantinople (717–718)


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * Ed! for Jesse L. Brown, John F. Bolt and 45th Infantry Division (United States)


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * AustralianRupert for Battle of Milne Bay, Reg Saunders, and 2/18th Battalion (Australia)
 * Crisco 1492 for 1740 Batavia massacre, Java War (1741–1743), and Oerip Soemohardjo


 * The contest department has completed its 63rd round of competition last month. A total of 50 articles were submitted by nine editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 65 points from 12 entries, followed by Cuprum17 with 60 points from 11 entries. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar, respectively. Ian Rose,  Arius1998, Zawed, PunkyNZ, The Bushranger, Parsecboy and Djmaschek also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's contest now.