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

Welcome to the eighth edition of the Bugle for 2018!

We're pleased to present a bumper edition this month. The number, scale and importance of the events of September 1918 summarised by TomStar81 in his World War I timeline are huge in their own right. Tom has also provided an op-ed on two major treaties signed in September 1918, which ended the war for the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The regular book reviews section includes reviews by Indy beetle and of recent books on under-recognised military history topics.

Continuing the 'big' theme, the article news section includes no less than 14 new A-class articles and 9 new featured articles promoted in August, as well as a new featured picture. These include Attar-Aram syria and Fitzcarmalan's first FAs and HueSatLum's first A-class article: congratulations to all three editors!

Congratulations also to on their first A-Class Medal!

Last, but not least, nominations for the project coordinator election are underway, with voting to take place during the second half of September. It's always good to have a mix of experience and fresh blood on the coordinator team, and all members of the project are strongly encouraged to consider nominating. Further details on the election are provided below.

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

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team.


 * The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * for his long service as a coordinator of WikiProject Military history, including four years as lead coordinator, for his prodigious reviewing work, especially at A-Class, and his solid and collaborative content work.


 * The A-Class Cross has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for Neil Armstrong, Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, Polaris (UK nuclear programme), Trident (UK nuclear programme), and MAUD Committee.


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Parsecboy for List of ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire, List of torpedo cruisers of Italy, and List of ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary.


 * The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
 * White Shadows for List of battleships of Austria-Hungary, List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire, and List of ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary.


 * The contest department completed its 134th round of competition in August 2018. A total of 103 articles were submitted by 12 editors. came first with 189 points from 28 articles, and  came in second with 139 points from 25 articles. Sturmvogel has been awarded the Chevrons and Gog has received the Writer's Barnstar. 47thPennVols, Auntieruth55, Catlemur, Chetsford, Djmaschek, Ian Rose, Kges1901, Parsecboy, Peacemaker67 and Zawed also fielded entries.