Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/September 2021/Project news

Welcome to the ninth Bugle for 2021!

First of all, voting has begun in the 2021/2022 coordinator election. Voting ends at 23:59 UTC, 28 September, so please stop by. There is also a nomination for Coordinator Emeritus.

Turning to this edition of the Bugle, the regular article news section features many new FA and A-class articles. The book reviews section includes two entries by on the history of the British Army and so-called 'niche wars', as well as the usual round-up of reviews published elsewhere. has contributed a very topical op-ed on the perils of defence procurement which includes some tips on writing Wikipedia articles on the topic.

Welcome to the new members who joined the project during August:, , , , , , , , , , , , and.

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


 * The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * for near-tirelessly working through creating detailed divisional histories of large numbers of Red Army Second World War rifle divisions, greatly contributing to making this material accessible beyond those who can afford to buy expensive library subscriptions or books such as those by David Glantz.
 * for his continuing work on Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces subjects, especially biographies.


 * The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
 * for 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, List of British divisions in World War II, and 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom).


 * The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
 * for Thomas Cooke (soldier, born 1881), Edgar Kain, and 20th Battalion (New Zealand).

In another tightly contested round of the article improvement contest Gog the Mild again squeaked into first place in August with 43 points from four entries. Zawed and Hog Farm tied for the second place spot with 36 points each. Tomobe03 and Djmaschek also submitted entries. This means that in the overall contest the three leading scorers are only 13 points apart. As always, ensure the articles you work on are entered for the current edition of the contest.