Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/November 2015/Project news
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Welcome to the November 2015 edition of the Bugle!
This edition is brought to you by both the project coordinator team and Ian and Nick, who have recently returned from their holidays. Regular programming will return from next month!
TomStar has contributed two articles on the First World War: his timeline of events in November 1915, and an op-ed on the defeat of Serbia and the national Army's epic retreat in late 1915.
The regular article news section features a varied collection of new featured and A-class content, including three new featured pictures. Hawkeye has also reviewed a recently released book on the Battle of the Bulge.
As always, all editors are very welcome to contribute items for future editions. If you're interested in contributing, content can be posted directly in the Newsroom or by contacting either of the editors.
Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk)
In memoriam |
Piotr Domaradzki, who edited Wikipedia as Belissarius and was a long-standing member of this project, passed away on 4 November. As well as playing an important role on the Polish-language Wikipedia, he made a wide range of contributions on military history articles on this Wikipedia between 2007 and September this year. Away from Wikipedia, he was a member of Poland's Solidarity movement and editor-in-chief of the Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News) between 2009 and 2013. A short obituary of Belissarius is available here, and editors can leave condolences on the Polish-language Wikipedia.
Awards and honours |
- The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
- Ian Rose for the second time: for his pretty incredible run as a coordinator of WikiProject Military history from March 2009 to September 2015, including a year as lead coordinator; for his excellent and consistent content work; and for his major contribution to the quality and longevity of the Bugle since at least September 2011.
- HJ Mitchell for his four years as a coordinator of Milhist (2011–2015); being a great ambassador in the UK for our project through his involvement with Wikimedia events in the UK, such as Wikimania 2014; for fighting vandals; for being incredibly patient and always being willing to lend a hand; and his excellent Featured Articles and Featured Lists.
Contest department |
 
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- The contest department completed its 100th! round of competition last month. A total of 29 articles were submitted by six editors. First place went to Parsecboy, with 65 points from 10 entries to receive the Chevrons, followed by Lineagegeek, who earned the Writer's Barnstar with 25 points from seven entries. An honourable mention goes to Djmaschek (23 points). Auntieruth55, AustralianRupert and Peacemaker67 also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's 101st round of competition now.
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