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[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXVI (April 2008)
Project news
  • Tag & Assess 2008 launched on 24 April and will run until 4 July. We have around 60,000 articles to check, so all assistance is very welcome. As usual, there are barnstars galore and service awards for contributing editors.
  • The project scope has been amended to include specific reference to historically accurate video games. Songs and music with long military associations are also now included.
  • The Contest department has completed its thirteenth month of competition, which saw 27 entries. The top scorer this month is Ed! with 37 points, followed by Cam with 22 points. Woody, Howard C. Berkowitz, Redmarkviolinist, Nousernamesleft and Outdawg also fielded entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
  • The coordinators have "adopted" task forces to act as prime point of contact. A list of which coordinators have adopted which task forces is here.
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
  2. 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
  3. Lazare Ponticelli
  4. Maximian
  5. Peterloo Massacre
  6. The Third of May 1808
  7. USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
  8. USS Siboney (ID-2999)

New featured lists:

  1. List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients
  2. Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island

New featured portals:

  1. Portal:American Civil War

New A-Class articles:

  1. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (United States)
  2. Battle of Bonchurch
  3. Battle of Tassafaronga
  4. Early thermal weapons
  5. HMS Cardiff (D108)
  6. USS Comfort (AH-3)
  7. USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
Current proposals and discussions
  • An interesting proposal to set up teams to deal with specific tasks, like taking the Top Ten most frequently read military history articles to featured articles status is here.
  • The coordinators are exploring ways of developing and improving our fifty or so task forces. More information is here.
  • All editors are invited to contribute to a discussion about the naming of military operations in an endeavor to reach consensus.
Awards and honors

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[edit] A-class review proposal

You may wish to shepherd this proposal through yourself. If so, I suggest you (1) add "normally" so it reads "Reviews will normally be closed by one of the project coordinators ..." and (2) decide how many days "n" should represent. It is also probably best in a new section (say "A-class review proposal"?) with a short explanation. If you need any help, just ask! Good luck, --ROGER DAVIES talk 12:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Propose it initially in /coordinators, perhaps? A yes/no type proposal focuses the mind wonderfully :) And let's see how it goes from there, --ROGER DAVIES talk 12:18, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
You may want to add y/n under points 1–3 too :) Proposing something doesn't stop you having an opinion :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 12:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Kalka River

Excuse me, but for the MILHIST contest you put this article as a Start-class, but it was indeed a GA. Please explain. ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ Drop me a line§ 19:11, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, no problem. I truly have no idea, you may just want to ask Woody. Cheers, ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ Drop me a line§ 22:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I have adjusted it back to start class now and have clarified that the beginning class is the start of the month. See the thread above yours on Redmark's talkpage. I think that way is fairer, hopefully meaning that editors will be rewarded for their work. It is a fairly loose system so that it can accomodate issues like this along the way. Say if an FAC passed on May 1/2 and I hadn't tallied April up yet, then I would include that in Aprils tally. Regards. Woody (talk) 22:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Kyriakos, you may remember me from when you were reviewing the article entitled 'Battle of Bonchurch' when it was being considered for GA status. I would like to ask for your input again regarding some work I am doing. I hope I will not trouble you with my request.

I am completely re-writing an article entitled 'Battle of Coleto'. It was a very poor article, and one I intend to bring up to GA status. This is one of the sources of information I am using for the article:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/qec1.html

I would like to know, before I use this source more, if it can be considered reliable by Wikipedia standards. I have looked through the relevant policies, but I want to make absolutely sure that I can use this source. Since you know your stuff, and you have looked at my work before, I would like to make absolutely sure courtesy of you. I hope my request is ok.EasyPeasy21 (talk) 22:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for checking the website, and thanks for offering assistance whilst I am editing the article.EasyPeasy21 (talk) 15:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVII (May 2008)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue XXVII (May 2008)
Project news
  • Editors needed for Tag & Assess 2008. To coincide with the summer holidays, it will be gearing up from 15 June. As usual, barnstars galore!
  • Partner peer reviews: for a thirty-day trial period, we'll be running joint peer reviews with Wikiproject Video Games. The idea is simple: we help with their reviews; they help with ours. This way both wikiprojects benefit from new reviewers and new ideas!
  • We're notable: A new book, Simon Fowler's 2007 Guide to Military History on the Internet (UK:Pen & Sword, ISBN 9781844156061) rates Wikipedia as "the best general resource" for military research (p. 7). Of the military pages, he says: "The results are largely accurate and generally free of bias" (he also suggests people join the wikiproject). When rating WP as the No. 1 military site (p. 201) he says "Wikipedia is often criticised for its inaccuracy and bias, but in my experience the military history articles are spot on."
  • A-Class reviews: the usual four-day review period may now be extended by up to three days (ie seven days in total) in the following circumstances:
  1. the article has no opposes but has insufficient support for promotion or
  2. the article's nominator requests more time to resolve matters arising during the review.
The full text is here.
Articles of note

New featured articles:

  1. Battle of Tassafaronga
  2. Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
  3. HMS Cardiff (D108)
  4. Krulak Mendenhall mission
  5. Le Quang Tung
  6. Operation Passage to Freedom
  7. Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi

New featured lists:

  1. List of Texan survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
  2. List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
  3. List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army

New A-Class articles:

  1. Battle of the Kalka River
  2. Battle of Verrières Ridge
  3. Brian Horrocks
  4. Byzantine navy
  5. Erich Hartmann
  6. Montana class battleship
Current proposals and discussions
  • A discussion has been opened into the structuring of top level operational categories, starting with Category:World War II. All interested editors are invited to help establish a consensus.
Awards and honors

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