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Welcome to the discussion area of the Military history WikiProject's coordination department! This page is mostly used by the project coordinators, but everyone is welcome to participate! If you have a question, concern, or suggestion for the coordinators, please feel free to leave us a note! |
Handbook[edit]
- Please see the Academy course for coordinators for general information and advice.
Coordinator tasks[edit]
- These tasks should be done as often as needed—ideally, on a daily basis.
- Assessment
- Monitor the daily assessment log. The main things to look for:
- Articles being removed. This is usually legitimate (due to merges or non-military articles getting untagged), but is sometimes due to vandalism or broken template code.
- Articles being moved to "GA-Class" and higher quality. These ratings need to correspond to the article's status in the GA and FA lists or the A-Class project review.
- Deal with any new assessment requests and the backlog of unassessed articles.
- A-Class review
- For each ongoing A-Class review:
- Determine whether the review needs to be closed and archived, per the criteria here.
- If a review has been open for a month without at least three editors commenting, leave a reminder note on the main project talk page, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/A-Class review alert|Name of article}} ~~~~
- If an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, follow the procedure below for creating an A-Class review or reappraisal. This will make way for the normal A-Class review initiation process, so advise the nominator to initiate per the instructions.
- Quarterly Reviewing Awards
Quarterly Reviewing Awards - manual process
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Quarterly reviewing awards are posted on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Awards page by the MilHistBot. As with other awards, change the status from "nominated" to "approved" to approve the award.
- Member affairs
- Invite editors to join the project, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:MILHIST/MILHIST Invitation|signed=~~~~}} - Welcome anybody who joins the project, using the following boilerplate:
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Welcome|~~~~}}
- Miscellaneous
- Vote on any open proposals to award the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves and approve any A-Class medal or A-Class cross nominations.
- Update the monthly newsletter with new developments within the project.
- Verify entries in the monthly article writing contest, hand out prizes, and update the monthly scoreboard and the newsletter accordingly.
- Fix the {{WPMILHIST}} invocation syntax on any articles in Category:Military history articles needing attention to tagging.
How to...[edit]
| Create a new task force |
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Before a task force can be created, it is necessary to decide on a name for it. The process requires both a full name (e.g. "French military history" or "American Civil War") and a one- or two-word or acronym shorthand used for some template parameters (e.g. "French" or "ACW"). The instructions below use the "Fooish military history" task force (shortened to "Fooish") as an example; when creating an actual task force, remember to substitute the correct name, rather than actually creating the example pages.
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| Creating an A-Class review or reappraisal | |
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Creating a new A-Class review or reappraisal[edit]
If an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, a new version has to be created manually.
Find the archive page[edit]
- Go to Special:WhatLinksHere
- Put the name of the old review page into the upper text box. It will look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name>
- Set the namespace in the lower dropbox to "Wikipedia"
- One link should be found. It should look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<Year>/<Outcome> where <Outcome> will be Promoted, Kept, Failed or Demoted
- eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/2023/Promoted
- Click on the link of that archive page, which transcludes the review.
Find the last review[edit]
- On another tab or window, go to the talk page of the article and look in the {{article history}} template for any past reviews. They will have the form Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name><number>.
- If there are any, we will be creating an archive with a number one greater than the last one. Otherwise, we will be creating archive1
Move the review page[edit]
- On another tab or window go to the review page
- Move the page from <review page> to <review page>/archive<number> without redirect
- eg. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics/archive1
This requires page mover privileges (bundled if you are an admin). If you don't have page mover, you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover.
Update the talk page[edit]
- Go back to the talk page tab and edit the {{article history}} template and change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>
Update the archive[edit]
- Go back to the archive page tab and edit it to change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>
Create the new review[edit]
- The editor can now create a new review or reappraisal by following the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review#Instructions
Warning Do not create a new WAR article history entry. This will be created by the Bot when the review is closed.- Warning Do not remove the class=A from the banner shell or the project banner. This will be done by the Bot if the review determines that the article should be delisted.
| Establish coordinator election pages | |
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Under the current system used by the Military history Wikiproject, coordinators are tasked with handling certain project-specific operations such as closing A-Class reviews. Because coordinators are held accountable to the project an election is held once a year to determine who among the community's members will serve as a coordinator. While the election itself is a simple approval vote, creating the pages needed for the election can be tricky. Therefore, this Academy page will serve as a walk-through on how to correctly set up the election pages.
Before the election[edit]
Before any election pages are created, the matter of the coordinator election must be brought up with the current coordinator tranche. Ideally, this should be done sometime between mid-July and early August. The reason that the coordinators must first discuss the matter of the election is to settle on the finer details of the upcoming election. Three key aspects should be decided.
The first detail relates to the project's activity level: as the activity level in the project rises or falls, the number of coordinators judged to be needed to effectively run the project increases or decreases. Accordingly, then, the coordinators need to establish how many slots should be opened to the project members. In general, the project currently operates efficiently with roughly 8–11 coordinators, although the exact number settled on for the upcoming tranche must understandably be decided based on the workload and the efficiency of the current coordinator tranche. The coordinators must also decide if the total number should include or exclude the Lead Coordinator, which can cause the total settled on to fluctuate by one.
The second factor that needs to be discussed is the election format. Historically, when the system was introduced, the format was 14 days for nominations followed by 14 days of election, which worked well for the community but created an illusion that the process was "slow". As a result of this perception the community approved a change in the process that now sees the election format using a 10-day nomination period followed by a 10-day voting period. This process is marginally faster than the older two week system, which helps speed the process up. While the coordinators have used this option for several years, they also have the option of introducing or implementing a new nomination/voting scheme if one is judged to be needed. Accordingly then, the coordinators will need to settle on which of the three options they feel will work the best for the upcoming election.
The final matter that must be discussed is the exact date of the election. Ideally, the entire election should take place in the month of September, but as there are 30 days in September the coordinators will need to officially designate a starting day for the nomination period. Once this day is decided, the format the coordinators have agreed upon can be used to determine when the nomination period will end, and by extension when the voting period will start and end. Collectively, these three points once settled will provide the information needed to establish the election pages.
Creating the election pages[edit]
Once the above three factors have been settled on an editor can move to create the election pages. The first page that should be created is the election page proper. (A completed example can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2017.) This page should be created asWikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)replacing the MONTH and YEAR with the month and year in question. Once you have the correct red link the following information should be added to the page verbatim:
{{WPMILHIST Navigation|no-banner=yes}} {{/Tally}}
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== Overview ==
This election is to appoint the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|project coordinator team]] for one year, from (ADD THE DATE OF THE INCOMING TRANCHE HERE USING DAY MONTH YEAR FORMAT) to (ADD THE ENDING DATE OF THE UPCOMING COORDINATOR TRANCHE HERE, USING DAY MONTH YEAR FORMAT). Coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project. All of the coordinators, and especially the lead coordinator (or lead coordinators), serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues and focus on specific areas requiring special attention. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers.
=== Responsibilities ===
From [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators]]: <blockquote>The primary responsibility of the project coordinators is the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course—in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process—but, since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group. <br/><br/> The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have (highly informal) roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive.</blockquote>
Practical information on coordinating may be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|here]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Being a coordinator|here]].
The current coordinators are:
{| class="wikitable"
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! Name
! Position
! Standing for re-election?
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| Add the name of the first current coordinator as shown on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinator's page]]
| The current position the above named editor holds. By virtue of the currently used system, this slot will always be "Coordinator" with the exception of the editor who holds the position of lead coordinator, whose position box should be filled in as "Lead Coordinator"
| This slot MUST be added to for each coordinator and should be left blank since only the listed coordinator can decide if he or she wants to stand for reelection.
|}
=== Election process ===
* '''Nomination period''': (Add the day and month the nomination will begin and the UTC time, day, and month the nomination will end here. For example, "8 September to 23:59 UTC 18 September")
* '''Voting period''': (Add the day and month the election phase will begin and the UTC time, day, and month the election period will end here. For example, "19 September to 23:59 UTC 29 September")
* Any member of the project may nominate themselves for a position by adding their statement in the [[#Candidates|"Candidates" section below]] by the start of the election. The following boilerplate can be used:
<pre>
=== Name ===
{{user|Name}}
: Statement goes here...
==== Comments and questions for Name ====
*''What have been the achievements of which you are most proud within the Military history WikiProject?''
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*''What skills/qualities can you contribute as a coordinator?''
**
==== Votes in support of Name ====
#
</pre>
* The election will be conducted using simple [[approval voting]]. Any member of the project may support as many of the candidates as they wish. The candidate with the highest number of endorsements will become the lead coordinator (provided he or she is willing to assume the post); this position may be shared in the event that multiple candidates receive the highest number of endorsements. The remaining candidates with twenty or more endorsements will be appointed as coordinators to a maximum of eleven appointments (including the lead coordinator). The number of coordinators ''may'' be increased or reduced if there is a tie or near-tie for the last position.
* Both project members and interested outside parties are encouraged to ask questions of the nominees or make general comments.
== Candidates==
{{/Status}}
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As per long standing consensus both new candidates and returning coordinators are listed alphabetically below, so add your user name accordingly. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Create the status template[edit]
The second page that will need be created will be the status template. (A completed example can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2017/Status). This template uses a set of established parameters to inform editors, readers, and other interested parties when the nominations will open, when the voting will open, and when the elections have concluded. The template itself resides at the top of the Candidates section, and will be present in the page you just created by virtue of the its presence in code copied from the preceding section.
To access the template, add/Statusto the current election page so that the election page looks like
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/StatusIt should give you a red link, click it and then add the following to the status page:
;{{#switch:{{CURRENTYEAR}}
|2015={{#switch:{{CURRENTMONTH}}
|8=<big>The election has not started yet. Please do not edit this page.</big>
|9={{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} < 8|<big>The election has not started yet. Please do not edit this page.</big>|{{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} < 19|<big>Please <big style="color: red;">DO NOT VOTE</big> yet; the voting phase of the election will open at 00:01 (UTC) on 19 September.<br>If you wish to run, please sign up by 23:59 (UTC) on 18 September.</big>|{{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTDAY}} <= 29|<big>Voting is now open; project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September.</big><br>(This is a [[approval voting|simple approval vote]]; only "support" votes should be made. All other votes will be discounted.)|<big>Voting is now concluded.</big>}}}}}}
|#default=<big>Voting is now concluded.</big>
}}
|#default=<big>Voting is now concluded.</big>
}}
Current time is '''{{CURRENTTIME}}, [[{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}]] [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]''' (UTC)
Once the above has been added take care the you change the year and the days to match the current election year and the days for the nomination and voting periods. Once the information has been updated save the page, this will result in the template on the election page being created and if done correctly should automatically switch messages to notify interested parties when the nomination and election phases open and when the election concludes.
Tally Box[edit]
The final page that must be created is the Tally Box. This table tracks the number of editors in the election and the number of votes that each has received, respectively. To create the Tally Box, add/Tallyto the current coordinator election page so it looks like this:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/Tallytaking care to replace the MONTH and YEAR tabs with the current election month and year. Once you have the red link, add the following to the page verbatim, taking care to not that MONTH and YEAR in the example below will already reflect the current election month and year:
{| class="plainlinks sortable" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" style="width: 200px; background: whitesmoke; margin-left: 15px; float: right; border: 1px black dotted; "
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|+ <big>'''Tally'''</big> <br/> <small>[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/MONTH YEAR/Tally|action=edit}} edit]</small>
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! Candidate !! Votes
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After adding the section save the page, this will result in the Tally Box being created and added to the election page proper. With this done all three pages for the coordinator election should be created and no further action should be required on your part. With all three pages now live, the current coordinators and the editors of the Military history Wikiproject will be able to edit the pages to announce their candidacies or their decision not to seek reelection.
Notify the project[edit]
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message.
Suggested form is:
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Becoming a coordinator|here]]. If you are interested in running, please sign up '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2024|here]]''' by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|current coord team]].
After the election[edit]
Close the voting[edit]
{{archivetop|The election is now closed. ~~~~ }}
to the top of the election page and
{{archivebottom}}
to the bottom of the page.
Notify the winners[edit]
For the newly elected coordinators, a suggested form is
{| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:US-O11 insignia.svg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}} |Coordinator stars]]'''''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! ~~~~
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For the lead coordinator, a suggested form is:
{| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:US-O12 insignia.svg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}} |Lead Coordinator stars]]'''''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your re-election to the position of Lead Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Lead Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! ~~~~
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For a coordinator emeritus, a suggested form is:
{| style="border: 2px solid lightsteelblue; background-color: whitesmoke;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[File:Milhist coordinator emeritus.svg|100px]]
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{CURRENTYEAR}}#Nomination for Coordinator Emeritus (<editor>)|Coordinator Emeritus stars]]'''''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid lightsteelblue;" | It is with immense pleasure that I pass on the unanimous decision of the members of the WikiProject Military History that as a mark of the great esteem in which they hold you and your judgement you be appointed a Coordinator Emeritus of the Project for as long as you should choose to remain one. Congratulations and many thanks for all that you have done for the Project. ~~~~
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Update the coordinators list[edit]
Edit the lead of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators to reflect the current list.
Update the notification template[edit]
Edit Template:@MILHIST to reflect the current list.
Update the category[edit]
Edit the coordinators' user pages to add Category:WikiProject Military history coordinators and remove it from coordinators who are no longer active.
Update the Bugle[edit]
Add the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2024/Project news
| Establish military historian and newcomer of the year election voting | |
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Under the current system used by the Military history Wikiproject, coordinators are tasked with handling certain project-specific operations. This Academy page will serve as a walk-through on how to correctly set up the election pages for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year elections.
About[edit]
These elections are conducted between 1 and 30 December each year.
Before the election[edit]
Create the election pages[edit]
Substitute the following on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history page before 1 December:
{{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military historian of the year}} ~~~~
{{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military history newcomer of the year}} ~~~~
Notify the project[edit]
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message.
Suggested form is:
Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Nominations for military history newcomer of the year for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} are open!|here]] and [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Nominations for military historian of the year for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} are open!|here]] respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. {{subst:Currentuser}} via ~~~~
After the election[edit]
Close the voting[edit]
{{archivetop|Voting is now closed. ~~~~ }}
to the top of the election page and
{{archivebottom}}
to the bottom of the page.
Notify the winners on their talk pages[edit]
For the winners of the Military History Newcomer of the Year, a suggested form is:
{{tmbox
| image = [[File:Goldenwiki 2.png|60px]]
| style = background-color: #fdffe7;
| text = '''{{font|text=The Golden Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected as the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the coveted '''Golden Wiki'''; we hope to see more of you in the years to come. ~~~~
}}
For runners-up, a suggested form is:
{{tmbox
| image = [[File:WikiprojectBarnstar.png|60px]]
| style = background-color: WhiteSmoke;
| text = '''{{font|text=The WikiProject Barnstar|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} You have been selected as a runner-up for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], please accept this token of gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the project; we hope to see more of you in the years to come. ~~~~
}}
For winners of the Military Historian of the New Year:
{{tmbox
| image = [[File:Goldenwiki 2.png|60px]]
| style = background-color: #fdffe7;
| text = '''{{font|text=The Golden Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected as the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the coveted '''Golden Wiki'''. ~~~~
}}
For second place:
{{tmbox
| image = [[File:Silverwiki 2.png|60px]]
| style = background-color: WhiteSmoke;
| text = '''{{font|text=The Silver Wiki|size=x-large}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected in second place for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the esteemed '''Silver Wiki'''. ~~~~
}}
For third place:
{{tmbox
| image = [[File:Bronzewiki 2.png|60px]]
| style = background-color: NavajoWhite ;
| text = '''{{font|text=The Bronze Wiki|size=x-large|color=maroon}}''' {{hr}} Congratulations! You have been selected in third place for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|Military Historian of the Year]] by a popular vote of your peers in recognition of your contributions to the English Wikipedia's coverage of military history. On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|coordinators]] of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|WikiProject Military history]], it is my pleasure to present the esteemed '''Bronze Wiki'''. ~~~~
}}
Update the winners lists[edit]
These are located at
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY and
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY
Update the Bugle[edit]
Add the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/January 2025/Project news The suggested form is:
The [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2024_are_open!|Military Historian of the Year]] awards have been distributed, the Golden Wiki going to {{u|gold}} for third year in a row. The Silver Wiki was awarded to {{u|silver}} and the Bronze wiki jointly to {{u|bronze}} and {{u|bronze}}. {{u|runner up}} and {{u|runner up}} were runners-up.
The [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2024_are_open!|Military History Newcomer of the Year]] awards have also been handed out, with {{u|gold}} receiving the Golden Wiki and {{u|runner-up}} and {{u|runner-up}} the WikiProject Barnstar.
Congratulations to all members of the project on your achievements last year, and best wishes for 2025!
Boilerplate and templates[edit]
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Open tasks[edit]
Topics for future discussion[edit]
- Collaboration with galleries, libraries, archives, museums, universities, and various other institutions (e.g. Wikipedia:GLAM/NMM)
- Article improvement drives
- Notability guideline for battles
- Naming convention guideline for foreign military ranks
- Using the "Results" field in infoboxes
- How far milhist's scope should include 'military fiction' (possible solution, see scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Military fiction task force)
- Encouraging member participation in the various review processes (peer, GAN, ACR etc)
- Recruiting new members (see User:The ed17/MILHIST, etc.)
- Improving/maintaining popular pages
- Motivating improvement from Stub to B-Class
- Enabling editors to improve articles beyond B-Class (possibly utilising logistics dept, also see WP:FAT for related ideas)
- Helping new members (possibly involving improving/deprecating welcome template; writing Academy course)
- Recruiting copy-editors to help during ACR
- Recruiting editors from external forums/groups/etc.
- Simplifying ACR instructions (old discussion)
Missing academy articles[edit]
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using different reference formats (partially written/needs expansion)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Image restoration (partially written)
- Using supporting materials (possibly not needed/covered by other topics)
- Image quality and accuracy (possibly not needed/covered by other topics)
Open award nominations[edit]
Nominations for awards are made and voted on by coordinators at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards. An A-Class Medal nomination needs at least two coordinators' votes to succeed, and the Chevrons with Oak Leaves a majority of coordinators' votes. All coordinators are requested to review the following:
ACRs for closure[edit]
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- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Tinian: looks ready for closure. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:35, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of La Haye-du-Puits also has three supports + image review. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
@WP:MILHIST coordinators: Could someone provide source reviews for these two?
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Saipan has three supports + source and image reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:33, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
MILHIST CCI cases[edit]
The following open CCI cases contain MILHIST articles (some usernames are omitted from the case titles because they are real names):
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20130819
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Degen Earthfast
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/America789
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Buster40004
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/$1LENCE D00600D
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Kprtqrf06
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Mztourist
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20190125
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210418
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Bluecountrymutt
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DaWulf2013
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DeltaSquad833
- Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20230508
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AutoCheck report for April[edit]
The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:
2024 Israeli strikes on IranAnother child article of the recent conflict. B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)30.5 cm MRK L/35B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Ambush near the Bay of ManilaTitles like this are always a red flag for notability, but given a B. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Attack in HooghlyB class. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 04:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1443)B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Battle of DodderiComment: Written by a sockmaster before discovery; administrator declined a speedy deletion request by an interested user. Has a template showing "may require copy editing." Donner60 (talk) 07:30, 1 May 2024 (UTC) Deleted May 12, 2024. Donner60 (talk) 04:02, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Battle of RomicB class. It is connected enough to the preceding civil war under a broad definition of military history. "Battle" may be appropriate due to the number of casualties. Several red links. Donner60 (talk) 23:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Battle of Te PōrereB class. Donner60 (talk) 05:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Battle of VirserumB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Carl-Gustaf StåhlC class. Dates of rank section is unreferenced. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)CortainB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Crusade of the Infants of AragonB class. The title could be misleading because the venture was led by "Infantes." Excluding a change to "infantes", the alternatives in the footnote don't seem better. I did a little research and found little more on this topic and nothing that gave any formal name. Donner60 (talk) 07:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Dení Prieto StockB class for other projects. Left military history project banner and bot B class. IMO a tenuous connection to military history and not notable as a Mexican guerrilla. Radical teenage girls in training to be a Mexican opposition guerrilla in 1973; killed in an attack on the house where she and a few other trainees were stationed. Has become famous as a sort of cult hero. Open to banner removal as far as I am concerned. Donner60 (talk) 03:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israel–Hamas warAppears to be technically B class. Donner60 (talk) 06:58, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Foreign involvement in the Myanmar civil war (2021–present)B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Hassan Pasha al-IskandaraniOnly two sources, but will give it a B. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Hector De ClaireB class, but out of scope: mere service in the military, even during a conflict, is insufficient: the service must contribute to the subject's credible claim of significance. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)HMS Renard (1909)B class. Donner60 (talk) 07:38, 1 May 2024 (UTC)HMS Solebay (1711)B class. Donner60 (talk) 07:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Hwasong-16bB c;lass. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Ilie PurcaruB class. Dubious about it being in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)J. G. GreigB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)James Keith FraserC class. Edit summary: reassess as C class, fails b2, looks more like start but technically meets b3-b5, may not even be properly defined as a military history article since it shows only grades held, no operations and only one duty as an embassy attache. Donner60 (talk) 23:19, 5 May 2024 (UTC) Further note: He was a lieutenant general, served at least 36 years. Even the duration is not stated definitely but based on mentioned dates of assignment and promotion. Assuming listing in Burke's peerage prompted the article. Close call at best but leaving the article under project banner due to long service and reaching a high grade. Donner60 (talk) 05:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)James Redmond (artist)Left as B class. Removed project banner; notability is based on career as artist/painter not for service in WWII as a corporal and death in combat. Donner60 (talk) 05:57, 6 May 2024 (UTC)José Pellicer GandíaB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Llapusha-South Drenica FrontB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)March on Rome (88 BC)B class. Comment: Appears to me that a more descriptive title could be devised about Sulla's (first) coup; apparently lacked comprehensive coverage previously. Donner60 (talk) 07:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)Mikołaj SkrzetuskiB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Military history of LiechtensteinB class. Donner60 (talk) 04:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Mohamad Tony HarjonoB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Murad EbrahimB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Naoki HyakutaB class although somewhat short. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Navy Department LibraryB class. Comment: This is a reworked older article which has a few older dated sentences. Somewhat short but seems to be sufficient and meets technical criteria. Sending note to most recent editor about older sentences and perhaps adding U.S. or United States. Donner60 (talk) 04:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)Pashtunistan conflictDeleted by an administrator using XFD closure. Donner60 (talk) 05:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Pietro BruzziB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:55, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese coloniesB class. Comment: Title somewhat ambiguous. Just over the line after a few copy edits. Donner60 (talk) 06:06, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Saint-Barthélemy MutinyReassess as C class, mainly due to one-sentence lead. Donner60 (talk) 05:32, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Shahed dronesB class. Donner60 (talk) 03:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)Shivaji's invasions of JanjiraB class. Donner60 (talk) 01:49, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Siege of Mount TaborB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Siege of Nagyvárad (1660)B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Siege of PondaB class. Improvements were made by a sockpuppet and disruptive editor now indefinitely banned. A source is online and at least some of the text is verifiable. Donner60 (talk) 06:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)SMS G133B class. Donner60 (talk) 04:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)SS Pisa (1896)B class. Donner60 (talk) 06:10, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Stanley CassonB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Teddy WynyardB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)The Holocaust and the NakbaRemoved the project banner, still left as B class. Yet another technically B class article of the same tenor of other recent ones on the broader topic. I see no mention of military operations or actions or any real connection to military history. Donner60 (talk) 06:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC) User:Buidhe has reverted my removal of the project banner. Checking and removing the banner or even downgrading these types of articles is fruitless; debating anyone as to this type of article isn't going to be time well spent either. Donner60 (talk) 06:55, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 April 2024 – present)B class. Similar to earlier timelines also assessed B class. Donner60 (talk) 05:33, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Willem Leyel's siege of DansborgB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Zapad 2013B class. Donner60 (talk) 04:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
ACR to-do list for May 2024[edit]
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Plum Point Bend: Open since December 2023! Has two supports + sources and image reviews. Needs one more review.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Henry Biard: Open since January. No supports so far.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Saipan: Open since February. Needs one more review.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of La Haye-du-Puits: Open since March. No supports so far.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Tinian: Open since March. Needs one more review + source and image reviews.
- Henry Macandrew: Open since March. Open since March. One support. Needs one more review + source and image reviews.
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:22, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- Three reassessment nominations (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Sihanouk Trail, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/T-26, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fort Corcoran) could also use further attention. Hog Farm Talk 20:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
AutoCheck report for May[edit]
The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:
19th Flak DivisionB class. Seems good enough for B but not much on second deployment; perhaps the unit did not do much other than move around during that deployment. Donner60 (talk) 07:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the Netherlands
Alexandru TalexComment: This is a rather long article about a Romanian "Journalist editor translator politician trade unionist." Activist could be included. I don't see a single sentence that connects him to military history. The article doesn't say he even reported about it, but that may be implied, I suppose. I would remove the military history project banner but I will leave it for further comment because I have had such change reverted a time or two. It does appear to be B class. Donner60 (talk) 05:16, 3 June 2024 (UTC)- Seconded, I've removed the template. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 07:04, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Antoine Martinez
- Background of the Rafah offensive
Battle in the Liakhvi GorgeB class. Donner60 (talk) 05:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Battle of GiedraičiaiB class. Almost all citations are to foreign language sources. Donner60 (talk) 08:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Battle of MorbihanB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:36, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Dago-class torpedo boatB class. Donner60 (talk) 03:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)De itinere navaliB class. First sentence of article: "De itinere navali ('Of the Seaborne Journey') is an anonymous Latin account of the siege and capture of Silves in 1189, one of the expeditions of the Third Crusade." Donner60 (talk) 07:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945B class. Donner60 (talk) 08:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)George W. KirkmanB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)HMS Falcon (1704)Thin article, changed to C class with this edit summary: "reduced to C class, failing b2 as incomplete; BusterD rated as start in 2022, nothing has changed since then except adding a category and correcting 2 typos." Donner60 (talk) 07:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)HMS Stonehenge (1919)B class. Donner60 (talk) 07:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Hvalen incidentLeaving the B class assessment after further consideration of comment about ambiguous sentence, my first comment now removed here. The sentence may be clear enough and there very well might not be any further information. Message was updated; earlier comment here removed. Donner60 (talk) 08:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)INS Keshet (1982)Changed to C class with this edit summary: "changed to C class for military history project failing b2, nothing about the history of the ship, deployments etc.; same rating as sister ship INS Romach, that article is nearly identical." Donner60 (talk) 07:22, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Jean Ébrard, Seigneur de Saint-SulpiceB class. Donner60 (talk) 05:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Joe IervasiB class. Donner60 (talk) 05:51, 4 June 2024 (UTC)John VillaB class. Donner60 (talk) 05:55, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Mary Rose (1623)B class. Thin article. Struck a questioned sentence from lead to preserve B class assessment. Donner60 (talk) 04:06, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Milldam BarracksB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Mirabello CastleB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)MV Kota Pinang (Reconnaissance ship)B class in form. I am on the fence for this one and am leaving the B assessment. Short article with some interesting history. Characteristics are described only in infobox. I think a downgrade, at least to C, would be justifiable if anyone would prefer to change it. It is rated start in banner shell. Donner60 (talk) 08:53, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Operation Alpha 29B class. I have asked a recent editor who has a user box about knowing Indonesian to clarify one or two sentences if possible. Donner60 (talk) 22:40, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Operation Tidal Wave IIB class. Donner60 (talk) 23:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1563)B class. Donner60 (talk) 23:34, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Raymond de Rouer de Pavie de Beccarie, Baron de FourquevauxB class. Quite long. Donner60 (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Robert PooreB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Siege of ThaneGirth Summit deleted article by banned or blocked user. Donner60 (talk) 07:49, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Siege of Tre KronorB class. Donner60 (talk) 00:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Sir Hervey Bruce, 5th BaronetB class. Donner60 (talk) 07:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)SMS G134B class. Donner60 (talk) 07:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Soviet submarine S-3B class. Main sources are in Russian. Donner60 (talk) 04:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Soviet submarine S-4B class. Main sources are in Russian but a little more reliance on Uboat.net. Donner60Soviet submarine S-55B class. Same comment. Donner60 (talk) 04:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC)SS NyassaB class. Donner60 (talk) 04:23, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Sten Sture's war against the TottsB class. Donner60 (talk) 08:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Surindra Nath SharmaB class. Donner60 (talk) 23:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Swedish expedition to LivoniaB class. Donner60 (talk) 06:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)The Blue Angels (film)B class. Donner60 (talk) 08:18, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Zapad 2009Changed to C class with this edit summary: "reduce military history project bot assessment to C class, failing b2 because too much speculation; user who wrote much of the article rated it as start (which might be fair) the day before the bot rated it B class" Donner60 (talk) 07:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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