The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIII (January 2008)
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- Project news
- The project coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14!
- The contest department has completed its tenth month of competition, which saw an unprecedented 44 entries. The top scorer this month is Dreamafter, with 95 points, followed by Cla68, with 42 points, and Ed! and Woody, with 21 points each. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 182 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries.
- A new auxiliary infobox, {{operational plan}}, is now available.
- A new page for military history essays has been created; project members are encouraged to post their own advice and opinions on matters within the project's purview.
- New guidelines concerning precision and ship pronouns have been added to the style guide.
- Featured picture candidates and picture peer reviews are now accessible through the project's review department.
- An effort to convert deprecated infoboxes has begun; any assistance is welcome!
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
- Battle of Musa Qala
- George Jones (RAAF officer)
- Italian War of 1542–1546
- Jim Bowie
- Józef Piłsudski
- Matanikau Offensive
- Offa of Mercia
- Suleiman the Magnificent
- USS Illinois (BB-65)
New featured lists:
- List of Knight's Cross recipients
- Order of battle at the Glorious First of June
New A-Class articles:
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- Cold War
- Hans-Joachim Marseille
- Krulak Mendenhall mission
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- Current proposals and discussions
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- Awards and honors
- Bwmoll3 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his superior contributions to a variety of articles about the United States Air Force, including a great number of those dealing with wings and installations.
- Bedford has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made to the project's organization by going above and beyond the call of duty in tagging, assessing, and classifying a massive number of articles during the 2007 assessment drive.
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