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

Welcome to the September 2014 edition of the Bugle!

The annual election for the project's coordinators has begun. Nominations closed at midnight on 14 September, with 13 candidates having put their names forward. Voting closes at midnight on 28 September, so all project members are encouraged to stop by the election page and support their preferred candidates, as well as comment or ask questions. Good luck to all!

Following on from his recent op-eds, TomStar81 is contributing a brand-new section in the Bugle, a timeline of the events of World War I that took place during the month 100 years ago. The first installment takes in August and September 1914; future issues will deal with events on a month-by-month basis. In our usual departments, this edition includes a review of a recent book on the somewhat little-known military history of Austria-Hungary during World War I, contributed by Hawkeye7, and we round up the articles within the project's scope that were promoted to Featured or A-Class status last month. A particular highlight is the conclusion of MisterBee1966's remarkable project of developing comprehensive lists summarising all of the approximately 7,000 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Don't forget that we're always on the lookout for op-eds and book reviews, and anyone with something to be published is warmly encouraged to post their submission at the Newsroom, or to contact Ian or Nick directly.

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

Looking for a way to contribute further to the project? English Wikipedia may have 4.5 million articles but believe it or not there are still many articles that have not been written yet. Why not check out the list of MILHIST "Articles to be created" in our "Open tasks" list at WikiProject Military history/Open tasks? There are literally hundreds of redlinks divided by Task Force. Are you aware of a notable topic that does not yet have an article but are not in a position to write the article yourself? Why not add it to the list so that one of our other volunteers can start it?

A new backlog reduction drive is under way. Commencing on 1 September, the purpose is to reduce the backlog of articles within the project's scope which have been tagged as needing particular improvements or which have an incomplete B-class checklist. The drive will run until 15 October, and participants will receive awards in recognition of their efforts (aside from the fun of fixing up these articles!). Further information on the drive is available here.

The 2014–2015 GA Cup starts on 1 October. Given the number of outstanding GA reviews we have it would be good to have some MilHist participation in the effort. If you are interested you can sign up here: WikiProject Good articles/GA Cup. Entries close 15 October.


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * MisterBee1966 for Hans Philipp, List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Sa–Schr) and List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Schu–Sz)


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * Dudley Miles for Æthelstan, Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians and Æthelwold ætheling


 * The contest department completed its 87th round of competition last month. A total of 25 articles were submitted by 7 editors. Ian Rose came first with 36 points from 4 articles to receive the Chevrons, followed by Tomobe03 who earned the Writer's Barnstar with 30 points from 6 entries. Honourable mentions go to Lineagegeek (27 points), Catlemur (16 points) and Djmaschek (12 points). Peacemaker67 and Zawed also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's contest now.