Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/Newsletter December 2008

Project news

• Appearing on the main page on 8 December 2008, Ivan Castro's DYK drew 71,300 page views in a single day - now the all-time high for DYK views.
• As a result of the 2008 Arbitration Committee elections, Lead Coordinator Roger Davies is the fourth coordinator of the project to be appointed to the Arbitration Committee. The others are Kirill Lokshin (2007-2009), FayssalF (2008-2010) and YellowMonkey (2007-2008).
• This month saw 14 military history-related articles promoted to featured status, the highest number for a single month since the project's establishment in October 2002. Congratulations all round!

Articles of note

New featured articles:

1. 13th Airborne Division (United States)
2. 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
3. Action of 13 January 1797
4. Akutan Zero
5. AMX-30
6. Arena Active Protection System
7. Blair Anderson Wark
8. British Empire
9. Frederick III, German Emperor
10. Phan Dinh Phung
11. Rheinmetall 120 mm gun
12. SS Dakotan
13. SS Washingtonian
14. Tanks in the Spanish Army

New featured lists:

1. Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814

New featured topics:

1. Spanish Tanks

New A-Class articles:

1. Battle of Salamis
2. Bruce Kingsbury
3. Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)
4. George Ingram
5. Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)
6. John Whittle
7. Lexington class battlecruiser
8. Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment
9. SM U-5 (Austria-Hungary)
10. Tetrarch (tank)
11. USS Iowa turret explosion
12. Zanzibar Revolution

Current proposals and discussions

• Design competition: editors with design skills urgently needed to design an eyecatching logo for this newsletter. The logo needs to incorporate a bugle motif as well as the newsletter's title, "The Bugle". Fame and honour (a barnstar) guaranteed for the successful design. Submit entries here please.
• Who will be the three "2008 Military historians of the Year"? There are 13 candidates so far and the number is rising rapidly. The winning editors will receive the Gold, Silver and Bronze Wikis; and all other nominees the WikiProject barnstar. To nominate editors you admire, or to cast your votes, please visit here!
• A new drive has been started to identify the core topics of World War I with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014.
• A discussion is underway regarding flag icons and whether to rewrite the current guidelines to reflect the Manual of Style.

Awards and honors

• Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for three ship-related articles: SS Black Osprey, SS Mauna Loa, and SM U-5 (Austria-Hungary).
• JonCatalán has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Battle of Khafji, Rheinmetall 120 mm gun, and AMX-30.
• The Contest department has completed its twenty first month of competition, which saw 58 entries. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 113 points followed by Abraham, B.S. with 32 points. Ed!, Chamal_N, JonCatalan, Skinny87, Rosiestep, the_ed17, David Underdown, Maralia and Terrakyte also fielded entries. Bellhalla remains the overall leader with 594 points in total. The Chevrons go to Bellhalla and Abraham, B.S. gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as entries.

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