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WikiCup Newsletter

21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Delivered for the WikiCup by GARDEN at 21:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.[reply]

Operation Charnwood

I passed Operation Charnwood's GAN; congrats on getting another step closer to an Overlord GT/FT! (an aside: did you see my comment on the work group's talk?)
Could I ask you to review Design 1047 battlecruiser for FAC in return? :-) Thanks! the_ed17 : Chat 03:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Food for further thoughts:

what makes [1] reliable?
reference standardizing to "Author (year), p. 000" or "Author, p. 000" (pp.'s for page ranges though) the_ed17 : Chat 03:18, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVII (March 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXVII (March 2009)

From the coordinators

The big news of course was the seventh project coordinator election covering the period ending 30 September. The quality of the candidates was extremely high, with some of the project's top content builders running alongside highly experienced backroom people. Of the eighteen candidates, sixteen were finally appointed, giving us probably the most rounded coordination team so far.

Those elected were: Abraham, B.S., Bellhalla, Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, Ian Rose, Jackyd101, Joe N, Lordoliver, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Roger Davies (lead), Skinny87, The ed17 and TomStar81. Kirill Lokshin continues in his role as coordinator emeritus. Thanks must go to the departing coordinators – Bedford, JonCatalán and Woody – for helping make the project what it is today

The C-class referendum, held at the same time, produced a slight majority of votes for introduction, but was insufficient to demonstrate a clear consensus. So, for the time being at least, therefore, the project will continue without C-class. Otherwise, focus is likely be on the Academy and the development of courses to develop reviewing, copy-editing and article-building skills. Some review of our task forces is also probable, perhaps consolidating some of the smaller, quieter, ones. As ever, input from everyone is not only welcomed but positively encouraged.

The coordinators' gratitude goes not only to those who participated in the election and referenda but also to everyone who works quietly and conscientiously away to make participation in this project rewarding, successful and productive. Milhist is very fortunate in its membership! Thank you all, Roger Davies ^talk 16:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles of note

New featured articles:

New featured lists:

New featured pictures:

USS Texas (1892)

New A-Class articles:

Project news

With 12 entrants working on 63 articles, March was another good month for our article improvement contest, entering in April its third year of operation. The coveted Chevrons go to Bellhalla for his outstanding 127 points, with YellowMonkey bagging the Writer's Barnstar for his highly commendable 65 points. Lordoliver came third with a very respectable 57 points. Our thanks go to our other stalwart article builders: Abraham, B.S. (34), Parsecboy (31), Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus (17), Cam (15), Ian Rose (12), David Underdown (12), the ed17 (10), Backslash Forwardslash (6), and Wild Wolf (1).
Three articles in the project's scope appeared on the Main Page as today's featured article this month: Lazare Ponticelli (12 March), 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt (17 March) and Operation Varsity (24 March).

Awards and honors

Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for three ship articles: SM U-66, SM UB-45, and SM UB-43.
Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Battle of Sio, Sydney Rowell, and Battle of Wau.
Parsecboy has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for SMS Von der Tann, SMS Moltke (1910) and Error: {{sclass}} invalid format code: 6. Should be 0–5, or blank (help).
Skinny87 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for 13th Airborne Division (United States), Tetrarch (tank), and Operation Freshman.
TonyTheTiger has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Willie Gillis, Jon Burge, and Fountain of Time.
YellowMonkey has been awarded two Milhist A-Class medals this month; the first for Military career of Keith Miller, Keith Miller, and 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing; the second for Hue chemical attacks, Ba Cut and Xa Loi Pagoda raids.
The following editors received the WikiProject Barnstar for their help coordinating the project during the past six months: Bedford, Cam, Eurocopter, EyeSerene, JonCatalán, Kirill Lokshin, Maralia, MBK004, Nick-D, Roger Davies, the_ed17 and Woody.

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian National Vimy Memorial

I am in the midst of an edit on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial article. We have come across a pleasant surprise, with contributor up-loading some beautiful images of the memorial. We are faced with a bit of a problem though. The vimy memorial has numerous distinct statues and we are faced with the difficultly in presenting them properly in the vimy memorial sub-section without sufficient space to mention them all. I have suggested the use of either multiple image templates or a gallery. I could really use some help on how to pull this one off given the images contributed by Tango7174 are awesome. Some admin help would REALLY be appreciated on this one for direction/ see: Talk:Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial#Vmy memorial sub-section. --Labattblueboy (talk) 07:12, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XI

Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 21:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

Crisis

An unexpected development on Wikipedia that concerns us has been brought to our attention by Moonriddengirl. Please follow this link for more information. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

		The WikiChevrons
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews, I am delighted to award you this WikiChevrons. Roger Davies ^talk 13:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XII

Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 16:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

RfA Thankspam

Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to take part in my RfA whether support, oppose or neutral. All comments are valued and will be considered carefully in the coming weeks. Feel free to add more advice on my talk page if you think I need it. SpinningSpark 21:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In case you're wondering, the image is a smiley, just a little more aesthetic, but not as serious as the Mona Lisa

Deployment of PzLehr & 2ndSSPzDiv

Greetings Climie; do you know of any sources which can add detail to the comment in Copp (Fields of Fire) that these divisions were very depleted before the move. Bearing in mind that they had been refitted before the invasion how much of their fighting power remained when they were moved west? Keith-264 (talk) 12:07, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup Newsletter XIII

Delivered for the WikiCup by ROBOTIC GARDEN at 09:25, 20 April 2009 (UTC). To report errors see the talk page.[reply]

Re Op Charnwood

Will do (apologies for late reply; been away) EyeSerene^talk 08:12, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

		The Military history A-Class medal
		For excellent work on Japanese battleship Haruna, Moro River Campaign and Operation Charnwood, all promoted to A-Class between March and April 2009, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. Cheers, Eurocopter (talk) 16:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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+|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | For excellent work on [[Japanese battleship Haruna|Japanese battleship ''Haruna'']], [[Moro River Campaign]] and [[Operation Charnwood]], all promoted to A-Class between March and April 2009, by order of the coordinators of the [[WP:MILHIST|Military history WikiProject]], you are hereby awarded the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards#A-Class_medals|Milhist A-Class medal]]. Cheers, [[User:Eurocopter|Eurocopter]] ([[User talk:Eurocopter|talk]]) 16:24, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
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