Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2017/Project news
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From the editors |
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Welcome to the tenth edition of the Bugle for 2017!
The regular
While on the subject of FAs, the project has recently passed the milestone of 1000 featured articles under the MilHist banner—thanks to all the content creators, copy editors, image checkers and reviewers over the years who have made this goal a reality! According to our calculations, it appears that the honour of being the 1000th FA most likely belongs to the above-mentioned Baltimore railroad strike of 1877—so congratulations again Timothyjosephwood! This achievement continues the project's long-standing track record as one of the most prolific sources of featured articles.
Our book reviews section includes assessments of two new books on the Australian Army by Hawkeye7 and Nick-D, as well as a large range of recent external reviews. TomStar81 returns to the op-ed page this month, providing an interesting overview of the Soviet seizure of power in Russia during October 1917. Tom has also provided his regular timeline of World War I, this month's article covering a series of battles in which the Allies became bogged down in France as well as the engagements which marked the beginning of the end of the war on the Palestine front.
In other news, the MilHist FA, A-class, GA and peer reviews for July–September have been tallied. Nikkimaria, Peacemaker67 and AustralianRupert headed the list, with 29, 26, and 24 reviews respectively. You can find the names of everyone who contributed here, and we thank them all for their efforts.
Lastly,
Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk)
Awards and honours |
- The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
- The A-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
- Vitalian (general), and Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
Contest department |
- The contest department has completed its 123rd round of competition in September. A total of 38 articles were submitted by nine editors. Kges1901 took out the competition with 65 points from 12 articles, while Parsecboy came second with 42 points from five articles. Kges has been awarded the Chevrons for his achievement, and Parsecboy has received the Writer's Barnstar. Auntieruth, AustralianRupert, Iazyges, Lord Ics, Peacemaker67, The ed17, and TeriEmbrey also contributed entries. Points will go towards the 2017 Military History Writers' Contest Cup, which will be decided at the end of the December contest. Please submit any articles you are working on for the next round of the competition now.
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