Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators

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

Please see the Academy course for coordinators for general information and advice.

Coordinator tasks

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:
  1. Determine whether the review needs to be closed and archived, per the criteria here.
  2. 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

• At the end of each quarter, all editors that complete at least one A-Class review receive a Milhist reviewing award. Create a new thread on the Coordinators' talk page and paste the following boilerplate into the body, leaving the subject line empty:{{subst:MILHIST Quarterly Reviewing Table}}. Save the thread, reopen it and change the months and year in the subject line and table, add a comment under the table, sign and save the thread again. Then tally the qualifying reviews:
  1. Tally A-Class Reviews. As only those editors who complete at least one Milhist A-Class review receive an award, start by tallying them. Go to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/201X]] (inserting the correct year) and click on the links to check all the A-Class articles that were promoted, failed, kept or demoted in the relevant quarter. Tally the number of articles reviewed by each editor. One suggested method is to use a simple pen-and-paper tally of usernames as you scroll through the relevant archive; another is to save the relevant reviews into a word processor and delete all content except the usernames of the reviewers, then tally from there. Regardless of which method is chosen, it can be time consuming so you may need to do it over several sessions. Once done, add each editor who completed an A-Class review to the User column of the Quarterly Reviewing Table, and add one point to the ACR column for each article that editor reviewed.
  2. Tally Good Article Reviews. Methods are to go to Wikipedia:Good articles/Warfare revision history for the quarter and tally the articles added by each editor listed in the Quarterly Reviewing Table or to use the Pages Created tool to isolate GA nomination pages created by a specific user. Add one point to the GA column for each MilHist article that those editors reviewed. Note that the accuracy of this method relies upon reviewers listing GAs per instructions.
  3. Tally Peer Reviews. Go to Wikipedia:Peer review/Archive and click on the links to open the archive pages for the relevant quarter. Check the talk page of each article to determine whether it falls under MilHist. For each article that does, check whether it was reviewed by an editor listed in the Quarterly Reviewing Table. If so, add one point to the PR column for each MilHist article that editor reviewed.
  4. Tally Featured Article Reviews. Go to Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Featured_log and Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Archived_nominations, and click on the links to open the archive of review pages for the relevant quarter. Check the talk page of each article to determine whether it falls under MilHist. For each article that does, check whether it was reviewed by an editor listed in the Quarterly Reviewing Table. If so, add one point to the FAC column for each MilHist article that editor reviewed.
• Tally the total number of points for each editor and add them to the Total column of the Quarterly Reviewing Table.
• Award all reviewers in accordance with the following schedule (the award templates are all available under "Military history awards" below):
  1. 15+ points – the WikiChevrons
  2. 8–14 points – the Content Review Medal of Merit (Military history)
  3. 4–7 points – the Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes)
  4. 1-3 points – the Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe)
• Sign the Awarded column of the Quarterly Reviewing Table for each editor to signify that the award has been presented.

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...

Create a new task force

N.B.: Creating a task force involves a great deal of work, and is very time-consuming to reverse if an inappropriate or misnamed group is created. It is generally inadvisable to create task forces without prior discussion—particularly regarding the name and scope—on the project's main talk page. 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. Create the task force page: Create the main task force page (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Fooish military history task force) with {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/Toolbox/Task force boilerplate|Fooish military history|Fooish}} as the content. Fill in descriptions of the task force scope where indicated on the new task force page. Add support for the task force to {{WPMILHIST}}: Select an image to use as the task force icon. The image should be recognizable at a small size and reasonably representative of the topic of the task force. Add the task force display code to the task force section of {{WPMILHIST}}, in correct position among the task force parameters, by copying one of the existing task force blocks and replacing the task force name and image where needed. If the name of the task force does not begin with a capitalized term—in other words, where the name would be lowercase if it were not a page title (e.g. "military aviation" or "maritime warfare")—an altname= parameter containing the lowercased version of the name must be passed to {{WPMILHIST/Task force categories}}. Add {{{Fooish-task-force|}}}{{{Fooish|}}} to the appropriate conditional statements in the template. Update the project banner instructions: Add "|Fooish=" to the example syntax, in correct position among the task force parameters. Add "* '''Fooish-task-force''' (or '''Fooish''') – "''yes''" if the article is supported by the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Fooish military history task force|Fooish military history task force]]." to the instructions, in correct position among the task force parameters. Set up the task force assessment infrastructure: Create the main task force category (Category:Fooish military history task force articles) with {{WPMILHIST Task force category|Fooish military history}} as the content. Create the main task force assessment category (Category:Fooish military history articles by quality) with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment category|Fooish military history}} as the content. Create the assessment level sub-categories: Category:FA-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|FA}} as the content. Category:FL-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|FL}} as the content. Category:A-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|A}} as the content. Category:GA-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|GA}} as the content. Category:B-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|B}} as the content. Category:C-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|C}} as the content. Category:Start-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|Start}} as the content. Category:Stub-Class Fooish military history articles with {{WPMILHIST Task force assessment level category|Fooish military history|Stub}} as the content. Create the main task force checklist category (Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention) with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist category|Fooish military history}} as the content. Create the checklist item sub-categories: Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist item category|Fooish military history|1}} as the content. Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist item category|Fooish military history|2}} as the content. Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention to structure with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist item category|Fooish military history|3}} as the content. Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention to grammar with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist item category|Fooish military history|4}} as the content. Category:Fooish military history articles needing attention to supporting materials with {{WPMILHIST Task force checklist item category|Fooish military history|5}} as the content. Add the task force's statistics table ({{WPMILHIST Task force assessment|Fooish military history}}) to the task force statistics table in the assessment department. Set up the task force's open tasks listing: Create the task force's open task template ({{WPMILHIST Announcements/Fooish military history}}) using the syntax shown on {{WPMILHIST Announcements/Task force}} as the content. At a minimum, the name= parameter must be set to "Fooish military history"; optionally, some initial tasks should be located and added to the listing. Set up the task force's userboxes: Create the task force userbox (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/User WPMILHIST Fooish military history task force) with the following content, using the same image as was used in {{WPMILHIST}} above: <div style="float: left; border:solid #C0C090 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8EABA;" |- | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: wheat; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | [[Image:Fooish_image.png|45x45px]] | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: #000000;" | This user is part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Fooish military history task force|'''Fooish military history task force''']]. |}</div> Add the following to the userbox listing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/Banners, in proper order among the other task force userboxes: |- | <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/User WPMILHIST Fooish military history task force]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> | {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/User WPMILHIST Fooish military history task force}} Add the task force to the project's navigation system: Add a link to the task force to the main listing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history (the task force listing is in a drop-down box at the bottom of the page). Add a link to the task force to the appropriate task force section of {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Navigation}}; the stripe colors may need adjusting to maintain the alternating-stripe pattern.

Creating an A-Class review or reappraisal

Creating a new A-Class review or reappraisal 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 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> eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics 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 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 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 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 Go back to the archive page tab and edit it to change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number> Create the new review 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

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 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, the format was a fortnight days for nominations followed by a fortnight of election. 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. 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 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 as Wikipedia: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}} {{TOC limit|3}} == 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" |- ! Name ! Position ! Standing for re-election? |- | 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?'' ** *''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 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}} <!-- 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. --> }} Create the status template 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 /Status to the current election page so that the election page looks like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/Status It should give you a red link, click it and then add the following to the status page: ;{{#switch:{{CURRENTYEAR}} |{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}={{#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 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 /Tally to the current coordinator election page so it looks like this: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/(MONTH) (YEAR)/Tally taking 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; " |- |+ <big>'''Tally'''</big> <br/> <small>[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/MONTH YEAR/Tally|action=edit}} edit]</small> |- ! Candidate !! Votes |- |} 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 that nominations are open See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message. The relevant list should be Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/Active, as this ensures everyone active within the project is alerted. Suggested heading is: Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! Suggested message form is: Nominations for the upcoming [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history]] 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 2026|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]]. ~~~~ Notify the project that voting is open Two weeks later. Suggested heading is: Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! Suggested message form is: Voting for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history]] coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. You can vote '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2026|here]]'''. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on 29 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|current coord team]]. ~~~~ Edit the project talk page to add this announcement to the top: {{Quote box |title={{big|Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!}} |quote= A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. You can vote '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September 2026|here]]'''. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on 29 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators|current coord team]]. ~~~~ }} After the election Close the voting {{archivetop|The election is now closed. ~~~~ }} to the top of the election page and {{archivebottom}} to the bottom of the page. Notify the winners 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 {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} |Coordinator stars]]'''''  |- |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! ~~~~ |} 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 {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} |Lead Coordinator stars]]'''''  |- |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! ~~~~ |} 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]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators/September {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}#Nomination for Coordinator Emeritus (<editor>)|Coordinator Emeritus stars]]'''''  |- |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. ~~~~ |} Update the coordinators list Edit the lead of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators to reflect the current list. Update the notification template Edit Template:@MILHIST to reflect the current list. Update the category 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 Add the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2026/Project news

Establish military historian and newcomer of the year election voting
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 These elections are conducted between 1 and 30 December each year. Before the election Create the election pages Substitute the following on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history page on 1 December: {{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military historian of the year}} ~~~~ {{subst:WPMILHIST Nominations for military history newcomer of the year}} ~~~~ Notify the project See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Using MassMessage for Project Notification for details on how to send a mass message. The mass message tool can be found here. On 1 December, notify the project that nominations are open. Suggested subject is: Nominations are now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025! Suggested form is: Nominations now open for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History|]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|newcomer of the year]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|military historian of the year]] awards for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Nominations are open [[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. The nomination period closes at 23:59 on 14 December {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} when voting begins. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. {{subst:Currentuser}} via ~~~~ On 15 December, notify the project that voting is now open. Suggested subject is: Voting is now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025! Suggested form is: Voting is now open for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History|]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|newcomer of the year]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY|military historian of the year]] awards for {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! 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 ~~~~ Add the following to the newcomer of the year section: ===Voting=== Nominations for this year's[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY|newcomer of the year award]] have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, all the runners up will also be acknowledged. The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done below by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (~~~~) to nominee's sections. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated. All project members are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of '''three''' candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (UTC) on 30 December {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, ~~~~ Along with subheadings for each candidate. Add the following to the military historian of the year section: ===Voting=== Nominations for this year's "Military History Newcomer of the Year" award have now closed, and it is time to vote for who you think deserves this honour. As with the awards for previous years, all the runners up will also be acknowledged. The nominees for this award and the statements given in support of these nominations are provided above. Voting can be done by adding a hash sign (#) followed by the four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) to the nominee's section below. As the awards process is one of simple approval, opposes are deprecated. All editors are welcome to vote, but are asked to vote for a maximum of '''three''' candidates. The winner will be the editor who receives the most 'support' votes by the time voting closes at 23:59 (UTC) on 30 December {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}. Good luck to all the nominees! For the coordinators, ~~~~ Along with subheadings for each candidate. After the election Close the voting {{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 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'''. ~~~~ }} For runners-up: {| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};" |rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:WikiprojectBarnstar.png|100px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" |<font color="maroon">'''{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} Military Historian of the Year awards'''</font> |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the WikiProject Barnstar for being nominated for the {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts throughout the year. ~~~~ |} Update the winners lists These are located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHOTY and Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards/MHNOTY Update the Bugle Add the election results to The Bugle at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/January 2027/Project news The suggested form is: The [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Nominations_for_military_historian_of_the_year_for_2026_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_2026_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 2027!

Boilerplate and templates

Public boilerplate notices

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Military history awards

{{subst:WPMILHIST A-Class medal|[CITATION per nomination] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST A-Class medal (Oakleaves)|[CITATION per nomination] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST A-Class medal (Swords)|[CITATION per nomination] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST A-Class medal (Diamonds)|[CITATION per nomination] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service 1 stripe|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service 2 stripes|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service 3 stripes|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service (review) 1 stripe|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service (review) 2 stripes|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service (review) 3 stripes|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST Service (review) Content Review Medal of Merit|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:The Writer's Barnstar|[TEXT] ~~~~|2=alt}} {{subst:WPMILHIST WikiChevrons|[TEXT] ~~~~}} {{subst:WPMILHIST WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves|[CITATION per nomination] ~~~~}}

Coordinator userboxes
Lead Coordinator: {{WPMILHIST Lead}} This user is the lead coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. Coordinator: {{WPMILHIST Coordinator}} This user is a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. Coordinator Emeritus: {{WPMILHIST Emeritus}} This user is a coordinator emeritus of the Military history WikiProject.

Open tasks

Topics for future discussion

• 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

• 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

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

All A-Class reviews are eligible for closure 28 days after they were opened, or 5 days if there is a clear consensus for either promotion or non-promotion, by any uninvolved coordinator. The closing coordinator should check the review page carefully to ensure that there are three general supports and supports (or passes) for both the image and the source reviews, and that there are no outstanding points to be addressed. A guide to manually closing A-Class reviews is available, but normally the closing coordinator just needs to change A-Class=current in the {{WPMILHIST}} banner to A-Class=pass or A-Class=fail.

MILHIST CCI cases

The following open CCI cases contain MILHIST articles (some usernames are omitted from the case titles because they are real names):

1. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20130819
2. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Degen Earthfast
3. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/America789
4. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Buster40004
5. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/$1LENCE D00600D
6. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Kprtqrf06
7. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Mztourist
8. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20190125
9. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210418
10. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Bluecountrymutt
11. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DaWulf2013
12. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/DeltaSquad833
13. Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20230508

Discussion

Archived two project page talk pages; correctly?

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have manually moved two threads about the December backlog reduction drive and military historian/newcomer of the year nominations and voting from active talk page to Archive 178. The threads were completed near the end of the year. I put them after a December 31 completed thread in the archive. They were taking up considerable space on the active page. If I did that incorrectly or otherwise messed up the archiving, please let me know so I won't repeat any mistake. Also, please tell me how to correct the problem and I will do so, or correct it along with any reply to me here. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 03:28, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Dec 2025 contest results

Hi guys, could someone add the results to the Jan 2026 Bugle pls? Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:00, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Working on it now. I started on it earlier this month but seem to have gotten distracted and forgot to finish it (groan). Donner60 (talk) 23:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ian Rose: Done. Donner60 (talk) 00:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Military aviation task force

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: @Hog Farm, Sturmvogel 66, and Zawed: I have updated the list of participants in the military aviation task force to eliminate blocked users and links to removed user accounts. I have hidden users that have not edited for more than three months - almost all are much longer. This has removed or hidden 48 of the 75 previously listed active participants. I think that links to these inactive or disappeared users are a hindrance and time waster for anyone looking to contact current editors on topics within this large category. As it now stands, even a few of the remaining participants do not edit very often. The warning on the page about inactive users is still well taken.

Articles on these topics appear to be coming up for assessment or reassessment more often than for some other topics, which is the reason that I did these updates.

It appears that I made a spacing error that reduced the margins on later sections. It may relate in some way to the table in the next section. This may or may not make much difference to the reader or length of the page in general. Nonetheless, I think it would be good for someone to look at this to see if it is a problem of any sort and, if so, to adjust the margins if you know how to do it.

I also made an update to the maritime task force but do not appear to have altered the layout of the page in any way, which I find puzzling. In line with the text on the page, I did not remove any user who had edits within the last year. Perhaps I will look at other task forces later but it took considerable time today to review just these two. (I updated some, but not near all participant lists, about this time last year.) Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 04:09, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

There were some unclosed comment brackets that were preventing the div style tag from closing (and hence carrying over the column width to the rest of the page). I've fixed it. I wonder if this is something a bot might be able to do; periodically comment out editors from the list if they haven't edited in a year and readd them if they return? No idea if this is technically possible or, if it is, how arduous it would be to code - Dumelow (talk) 06:23, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I am totally unfamiliar with how to code bots. Hawkeye7 is the bot expert and I think he would be best able to comment on that. Donner60 (talk) 03:07, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Sure it's possible! It is what we already do with the main members list! I will have to file a Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:38, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Dumelow: I've coded and tested the bot. I will submit a BRFA. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:11, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Excellent news, well done Hawkeye7! - Dumelow (talk) 06:39, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Adding my thanks as well. Donner60 (talk) 08:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Jan 2026 contest results

Hi guys, could someone add the results to the Feb 2026 Bugle pls? Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:50, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Contest results added. I deserve a trouting (spell check says it isn't a word, however). Second month in a row that I drafted it early in the month and forgot to transfer it later in the month. Donner60 (talk) 11:35, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

It's okay, how often have I done 80% of my stuff on the issue in the first week or so and then let it sit while getting on with other things...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:08, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Bots cluttering WT:MILHIST

There seems to be several new bots that are posting a new threads at WT:MILHIST each time an article within the project's scope is nominated for a move. These are User:TarnishedPath/MovePlus, User:TheTVExpert/rmCloser and User:BilledMammal/Move+. Given the huge scope of the project, this is cluttering up our discussion page with low priority stuff. Is there a way to block or opt out of these messages? Nick-D (talk) 00:39, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

These, and similar messages, should be posted to the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Requests for project input sub-page; I try to move them there when I can (Donner60 has done the honours for the most recent batch). Boilerplate templates tend not to get any interaction, but maybe people do click through and comment at the linked article; doing this leaves the main talk clearer for those topics actually generating discussion - Dumelow (talk) 06:41, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

A-class reviews, again

We have a large backlog of A-class reviews once again, with none having passed since January. I think that there's a need for much more active management by the coordinator team to try to rebuild momentum. Quite a few of the nominations date from last year:

• I have just closed Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Bertrand Clauzel as unsuccessful as it has been open since October and stalled since December
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/1931 Salvadoran coup d'état has also been stalled since December
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/HMS Lizard (1757) - I have pinged the nominator, who has not addressed my review left about a month ago
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Edington appears stalled
• I have closed Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/2001 Biggin Hill Airshow disasters as unsuccessful given two of the three reviews noted that it needed considerable further work, which does not appear to have occurred.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of 42nd Street appears stalled.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Scharnhorst-class cruiser might progress
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Transocean Air Lines Flight 942 seems stalled
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Richard Thomas Glyn is progressing very slowly

@WP:MILHIST coordinators:

Marked A-class=pass on article talk page. Donner60 (talk) 23:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/USS Anzio (CVE-57) is progressing

I am assuming that as a coordinator emeritus it is uncontroversial for me to close ACRs in cases like those above, but please let me know if I should not do this again. Nick-D (talk) 06:56, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Nick-D, thanks for the nudge. I am more than happy for you to take whatever coord actions you like, we are very short on the ground this year. I've been a bit busy elsewhere recently but will try to get some reviews in to help out - Dumelow (talk) 10:02, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Dumelow. As I interpret the general remarks about emeritus coordinators, those coordinators can do the same tasks as current coordinators. They should feel no obligation to do anything in particular, however. They can do as much or as little as they wish and have time or interest in doing. Another step would be to post on notice on the project talk page asking experienced users to help with A-class reviews. A few do already. As Dumelow notes, there are not many active coordinators this year so additional help is needed even more than in the past few years. Donner60 (talk) 23:30, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I've certainly always interpreted the guidelines as being that an emeritus is as good (or bad!) as a current coord, and have closed the odd ACR accordingly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:24, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Nick, it is quite appropriate for you to close ACRs in your capacity as a coordinator emeritus. We have fewer coordinators than hitherto and your pitching in is most welcome. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:30, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

ACC issue

Hey, I got my latest A-class award, but it gave me a 6th regular cross, when this should have been an ACC with oak leaves. Can somebody fix it? Not sure if it's as simple as moving the line, or if the bot will get mad because the nom was for a regular ACC. Thanks! Parsecboy (talk) 12:02, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

I will fix it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:45, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, appreciate it! Parsecboy (talk) 23:55, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Having investigated, I think that it is okay now. The award was based on the template, which was incorrect, but the error has since been fixed. I have manually upgraded your award. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:16, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I approved it. I checked the five articles were promoted and had not been listed against previous award but didn't think to check if the level of award itself was correct; one to remember for the future. Many congratulations Parsecboy, there's not many of these given out! - Dumelow (talk) 12:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Not your fault; it should have been correct and the Bot was in error. The next big test will be when I can rack up another nomination, for this will be the first A-Class Cross with Swords and the Bot will have to execute a new set of instructions. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:33, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

AutoCheck report for March

The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:

• 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état B class. Donner60 (talk) 02:29, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• 2025 Russian railway sabotage in Poland B class. But IMO barely adequate lead and barely within scope. Except for Polish military reactions sabotage was apparently carried out by Soviet security agents, not necessarily military - within context of war in Ukraine. Donner60 (talk) 02:34, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• 2026 Iran war regional mobilizations Start class. One sentence run on sentence lead. Added See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Writing an effective article introduction and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section for more information to edit summary via dummy edit after closed summary explaining change without it. Donner60 (talk) 02:45, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• 2026 Lebanon war B class - in form. Article now exceeds 12,000 words which is too long to more than skim over considering the backlog of bot reviews. Donner60 (talk) 02:57, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• 2026 Ramlet al-Baida airstrike B class. Barely adequate lead but article is short and probably suffices. Donner60 (talk) 02:59, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• A. P. Humphry B class. Donner60 (talk) 03:08, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• Abd al-Rahman ibn Udays B class. Donner60 (talk) 03:11, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Larende Start class. Lead too short. Donner60 (talk) 03:36, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Lențești B class. Leaving as b class despite three sentence lead. Article is quite short though B class in form. So lead can be considered sufficient due to article length. (I think) Donner60 (talk) 03:42, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Pathankot (1775) Leaving as B class for now. A relatively short article. Asked editor, same as for February Mughal articles, to expand lead. Donner60 (talk) 03:49, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:36, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Saint-Martin-Lalande Start class. Editor has 231 edits and none since March so not directly asking editor to add to article. Edit summary: reduced to start class for military history project and in banner shell, fails b3 due to lead too short to be an adequate summary; see See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Writing an effective article introduction and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section for more information. Donner60 (talk) 03:58, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of the Samara River

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:37, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of the Vodna River

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:38, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza Removed project banner. Not within the scope. This book by an author with an apparent agenda and point of view mentions the Gaza War in passing but is not really about the war. It is about Jewish attitudes concerning the aftermath of the October 2024 terrorist attack on Israel and his disagreement with them. Apparent from the outset by the title. Edit summary: "removed military history project banner; not a military history topic despite mention of Gaza War." Donner60 (talk) 22:39, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
• Ch'oe Munbyŏng

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:42, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Chŏng Sea

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:47, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 04:00, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• Copacabana Fort revolt

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:56, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Too long at 10,699 words IMO but doesn't affect B class rating. Donner60 (talk) 01:58, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Creation of Yugoslavia

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:24, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Later promoted to GA. Donner60 (talk) 02:25, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Derek France

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:28, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Desmond Sheen B class. Checked and confirmed for contest. Donner60 (talk) 22:55, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
• Eugene Cary Edit summary: removed military history project banner; simply served as a captain in staff positions, no notable accomplishments shown, military service does not contributed to notability, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history#What topics do we cover? item 2, note 3
• Flora Sanhueza

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:38, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Brief article so not downgrading due to 2 sentence lead. Donner60 (talk)

• French blockade of Algiers

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:43, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• George Wikoff

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:44, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• German–Hungarian War (1030–1031)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:50, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Guen massacre

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:53, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• HNLMS Triton (A828)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:56, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• HNoMS Eskdale

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:58, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Horn of Africa conflict
• Hungarian–Moldavian War

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:00, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Jhanda Singh's western Punjab campaign

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:01, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Jim Boy

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:08, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Joint Operations Force

  Assessed Start-class. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:59, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• Killing of Bani Odeh family Note: started by a long time editor. IMO it is nowhere near a neutral point of view but not sure whether anything can be done about it. Donner60 (talk) 08:19, 1 August 2026 (UTC) Otherwise it meets B class criteria. Donner60 (talk) 04:07, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
• L 9531-class landing craft

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:09, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Lina Ódena

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:11, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Possible should be downgraded due to 2 sentence lead? Donner60 (talk) 03:12, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Louise Lykes-class freighter

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:15, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Martin Algai

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:18, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Mohongo-class gunboat

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:57, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• Monuments (exhibition)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:31, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• MV Ocean Trader

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:56, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:56, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• NATO open door policy

  Assessed C-class. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:59, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West Book. Deals with Hamas attacks on Israel. B class. Donner60 (talk) 03:22, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
• Øresund drone incident

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:33, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Otis Leader

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:37, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Robert Dalzell (British Army officer, born 1662)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:39, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Sassacus-class gunboat

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:41, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Siege of Alamut B class. Donner60 (talk) 03:27, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Alexandria (297–298)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:43, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Siege of Dannemarksnagore (1707)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:45, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Siege of Laholm Castle

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:45, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Siege of Viborg (1599)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:51, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Sigunting War

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:56, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Comment: "Further battles" section has a needs expansion tag. Perhaps so, but I think article can maintain B. If any other assessor thinks it should be downgraded, please do so. I intend to finish the last two checks but will not archive the month immediately to give a little time for further comment. Donner60 (talk) 04:00, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Sikh invasion of South-Western Punjab

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 04:01, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Comment: Brief article but appears to meet criteria. Donner60 (talk) 04:02, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• USAMP General Royal T. Frank

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 04:04, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

MilHistBot (talk) 23:40, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have finished checking this month's assessments. I did not strike through one. However, I think nothing can be done about non-neutral view, IMO, as part of the assessment. Otherwise, B. I have commented on a few others that someone else may wish to consider. Otherwise, I think this section (at last) can be archived/removed soon. Donner60 (talk) 04:15, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

AutoCheck report for April

The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:

• 2026 Mali attacks B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• 2nd Czechoslovak Paratrooper Brigade in the Soviet Union B class. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 18:02, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
• Alfred E. Bates B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Alfred Henry Furlonger B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Anzac Strike Wing B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Bint Jbeil (2026)

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 07:45, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Čierny Balog Comment: Problem article; not certain how to handle this. Author of the article has been blocked due to AI (LLM) use. B class in form. Page remains "unreviewed" as well. This needs further attention from someone more familiar with LLM handling and blocked users. Donner60 (talk) 07:53, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Econfina River B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Feldioara Brief. B class in form but not much detail. As with some old battles, some detail appears to be uncertain. Probably needs to remain B class. Donner60 (talk) 07:59, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Ješkovo B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Peshkopi
• Battle of Ratanpur (1720) Reported this to administrator Explicit, due to LLM template, possibly same editor as Battle of Peshkopi. Donner60 (talk) 12:25, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Explicit has replied, not the same editor, article was tagged by another user but without explanation. Explicit referred to the guide for checking AI if further examination is warranted. No mention of editor of this article continuing to edit while having posted a retired banner. I suggested this may be due to early cautions and criticisms which the user may not wish to listen to. Oddly, the user was recently granted rollback rights. Up to the administrators from here unless there are other problems with future milhist articles. Donner60 (talk) 07:16, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Rinnebäck Ravine B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of the Sula river B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Bayezid I's Anatolian campaigns
• Borša Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Brad Cooper (admiral) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Branč Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Charles L. Hodges B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Charles L. Scott (U.S. Army general) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Charles W. G. Rich B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Čičava Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Clarence Howard-Johnston B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Daniel W. Hand B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Digboi War Cemetery
• Duane W. Martin B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• East Shanxi Operation

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 23:28, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Eben Eveleth Winslow B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Edward C. Peter II B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Ernest Tacon B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Fiat 18 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Franklin Guest Smith B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Frederic J. Brown II B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Frederic J. Brown III B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Frederick Emil Resche B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
• Gelu Voican Voiculescu B class, but second opinion sought as to whether this article is in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  Comment: removed project banner with this edit summary: "kept B class assessment; removed military history project banner, not in scope of project, not a military person, no notability for any connection to military, words like "soldier" in quotation marks are seen here and there but not in a strict sense". Donner60 (talk) 11:26, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• George A. Porterfield B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Gordon T. Gould B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Gordon's Flank Attack B class, but has an LLM tag. PROD-ed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Gýmeš Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Henry Godwin (British Army officer) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• HMS Solebay (1785) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• HMS Victor (1913) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• HSwMS Västervik B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Jan Talafús B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Jeffrey Trail B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• John E. Woodward B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• John M. K. Davis B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• John W. Bowen (U.S. Army general) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• John W. Gulick B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Joseph C. Hutchinson B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Killing of David Ben Avraham B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Likava Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Lloyd E. Jones B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Ľubovňa CastleB class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Mary Reford Gooderham B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Milton Hanna (Medal of Honor) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
• Misinformation during the 2026 Iran war Removed project banner as not within scope. Edit summary: "removed military history project banner; if there is misinformation, it is a media issue and also can't be true military history; as an aside, questionable sources in some instances and does not account for "fog of war" where initial reporting can be wrong, but not intentionally so, and needs later correcting."
• Nakhsa

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 23:24, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Some text seems to be speculative but it is a shadowy group, probably paramilitary and within scope, all Persian script sources, so can't be checked, meets B class criteria. 23:27, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Nikolai Mikhaylovich Belyaev B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Paul Brandt (pilot) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Raid on the New York Battery B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Robert Dudley Beeston B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Roy Dutton B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Biak-na-Bato B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Hammershus B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• SMS S178 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Solidarity Collectives

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 23:31, 27 September 2026 (UTC) Thought this might be outside scope but consider it inside scope because of providing military equipment. Another this month with almost all foreign language sources. Donner60 (talk) 23:33, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Stanton R. Musser

  Assessed C-class: reduced to C class; one sentence lead is insufficient for B class, fails b2; See Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Writing an effective article introduction and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section Donner60 (talk) 12:33, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Steven N. Wickstrom B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Thomas James (soldier) B class. Donner60 (talk) 05:43, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
• Topoľčany Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Viniansky Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• Wendell P. Bowman B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• White jihad - @WP:MILHIST coordinators:

Not sure this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

• I'm going to say not in scope. At best it's a terrorism article that may eventually grow to being a counterterrorism article but it doesn't directly have any MilHist nexus. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 17:15, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

• William A. Beiderlinden B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• William Bryden B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
• William P. Duvall B class. Donner60 (talk) 00:03, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• William Smith (Paymaster general) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have finished checking this month's assessments. I made a few comments that another assessor may wish to look at to confirm my assessment. Easily spotted since they are separated from the article line. After some short period of time, this too can be archived. Donner60 (talk) 00:03, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Apologies for my prolonged absence here

...these last so many months have seen me focus on my health - physical and mental - but it hasn't much left time for Wikipedia. Trying to change that, hopefully in the next so many weeks I should be back on here a little more. Sorry for any inconvenience my absence may have caused. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

It's always great to see you around Tom, but obviously your health comes first. I'm glad to see that you're feeling a bit better. Nick-D (talk) 10:15, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Nick-D. Your health comes first. I am glad you feel up to working on Wikipedia again. Certainly you should do as much or as little as you are up to. We are all volunteers, after all. Donner60 (talk) 19:10, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes. Hope you are feeling better. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:50, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Just to echo the others with my best wishes for your health and appreciation for any Wikipediaing you are ready and able to do Much appreciated - Dumelow (talk) 09:42, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

A class reviews for attention

Some of these just need a little extra.

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Landing at Scarlet Beach: Has three supports. Could use source and image reviews.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Savannah River Site: Has two supports + source review. Could use an image review. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:03, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/MIT Radiation Laboratory: Has two supports and an image review.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Noemvriana: Has two supports + source and image reviews.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Menéndez's revolution: Has one support
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Savannah River Plant: Has one support

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:03, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Turkish Land Forces

Dear Coordinators, Shadow4dark and I are counselling a fervent Turkish believer on this page, but this user is getting a little excited and is engaging in repeated personal attacks. If any Coord has a little time to spare, advice and/or action after a review of the last talkpage comments would be much appreciated. Kind regards and many thanks, Buckshot06 (talk) 12:05, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I see the user has been blocked for personal attacks. That should take care of the problem which you have noted. Although three coordinators (one of whom is ill) and two emeritus coordinators are administrators, this type of problem (personal attacks) is best handled at the administrator notice board where more administrators will see it. If you are asking about the merits of the issue which led to the personal attacks, coordinators (and former coordinators if watching this page) may be able to offer comments. For wider coverage, such review requests should be made on the project talk page where it may attract more attention to the merits and perhaps even lead to mediation in some case.

I am not suggesting this type of question or request for review might not also be raised here as well if you think it appropriate or you think help from experienced current coordinators and emeritus coordinators in particular might be especially able to help. I make the suggestion for putting the question or request on the project talk page in particular this year because there are fewer coordinators and emeritus coordinators to respond than in previous years and the usual volume of review work to be done. Thanks for seeking third party opinions and resolution. It is much better than edit warring, of course. Donner60 (talk) 05:09, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, FWIW not that you can't raise the issue here, or that AN(/I)is not the "correct" place, but I would be able to respond faster with (and do not mind) a direct ping on my talk page; the user was already blocked by the time I saw this.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 18:51, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

AutoCheck report for May

The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:

• 1854 expedition to Coulan B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Abdul Ahad's Patiala campaign

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 00:11, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Ala Singh's war against Bhattis

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 00:14, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Albert C. Guidotti B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Andrew Bethea B class but not in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Assault on Christianspris B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Autocar Type XXI B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Haddatha B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Khiam (2026)

  downgraded -- format needs work, and it's missing dates, has some questionably POV sections and some awkward writing. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 19:00, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Moyale (1940) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Nørresundby B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Shangshak B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Boko Haram–ISWAP conflict C class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• California Rangers C-class. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 23:34, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
• Calista Robinson Jones B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Carol Jean B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Casperius Aelianus B class, confirming strike through probably by Swatjester using Adjutant. Donner60 (talk) 00:31, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• Charles G. Sawtelle B class, confirming strike through probably by Swatjester using Adjutant. Donner60 (talk) 00:31, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• Daniel B. Jernigan Although the USPHS is a uniformed service, I do not think this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  Gonna say out of scope on this one, as while a uniformed service, his service was not military in nature.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:38, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

• Davila entrada B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Dennis A Type B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Desecration of Christian statues in Debel B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Foreign involvement in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• French cruiser Hirondelle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• French submarine Agosta (S620) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Gage Sise B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• George Getz Shumard B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Golconda Civil War

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 00:07, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–1972)
• James S. Cothran B class. Not sure that this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:36, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

• John Dinsdale B class. Donner60 (talk) 00:23, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• John W. Huston B class, confirming strike through probably by Swatjester using Adjutant. Donner60 (talk) 00:31, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• Joseph Humphrey Sloss B class. Not sure that this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:36, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

• Llywelyn Fychan ap Gruffudd GA class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Majed Faraj B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Malingkote B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Mirza Shafi's campaign against Sikhs

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 00:36, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Montejo expedition B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Multifunctional Reconnaissance Company B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Multipurpose company B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Nan Macpherson Smith B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Nils Brahe the younger B class, confirming strike through probably by Swatjester using Adjutant. Donner60 (talk) 00:31, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
• Observatorio 1873 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Pandasan Affair B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Plan Bleu B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Qizbech the Great

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 00:20, 28 September 2026 (UTC) All sources appear to be foreign language. Donner60 (talk) 00:23, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• RAF Yeadon B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Raïs Hadj Embarek C class. Mixed up references. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Russian military contingent in Kosovo B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Siamese occupation of Germany B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Aalborghus B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Bohus Fortress (1564) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Snoghøj B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• SMS D1 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• SMS G174 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• SMS G175 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• SMS S179 B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• The Grand Burstin Hotel B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Thomas Hart Ruffin B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Thomas William Sadler B class. Not sure that this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:35, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

• USS Kerkenna B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• USS Kermoor B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• USS Kerowlee B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• USS Pandemonium B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Vlad the Impaler's expedition across the Danube B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• Wang Zhen'e B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• William Bramwell Smith Jr. B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
• William M. Robbins B class. Not sure that this article is in scope. Second opinion sought. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  Confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:29, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

• Zossen documents B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Comment: Some articles on American politicians. Second opinion sought as to whether their military service was sufficiently defining to warrant being in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

• For the ones with military service that we had records of their career, I kept as I lean towards that being in-scope. Albeit brief, a couple of sentences with the service record of X having fought in Y campaign, listing some promotions and units, is sufficiently historically relevant for us to consider it in scope. Importance would of course be "Low", but still non-zero. The USPHS guy, I excluded as his service was non-military in nature. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 18:56, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have finished checking this month's assessments without additional comments. Donner60 (talk) 00:37, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Trying to start an A-class review

It's been a few years, but I've finally done something better than GA quality. I moved the old review page for HMS Duke of York (17) as instructed but I can't get the new review page started. I think that I may have left a redirect behind when I moved it. If that's truly my mistake, then the instructions need to say not to do that. Thanks in advance! Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:18, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi Sturmvogel 66, I've deleted the redirect. Can you try and see if you can create the review page now? - Dumelow (talk) 11:37, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

No joy. The additional information section still just shows the failed nom--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:30, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

@Sturmvogel 66: I've bravely gone and deleted a bit of template - does that solve your issue? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:40, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Indeed it does, bless you and your temerity!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:54, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: I don't know if you have any idea why Duke of York still refuses to join the ACR list? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:54, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I has to be transcluded manually, although I could get the bot to do it. I have added it to the ACR list. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:59, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Re-appraisal of Smedley Butler

Smedley Butler was listed as A-Class in 2010, and it seems due for re-appraisal - see Talk:Smedley Butler#Sourcing in "Business Plot" section. Looks like the article should be checked for balance and strength of sourcing in general. Dreamyshade (talk) 18:35, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Nominated for GA review: Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Smedley Butler/1. Dreamyshade (talk) 00:43, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

AutoCheck report for June

The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:

• 109th United States Colored Infantry Regiment B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• 1972 People's National Convention Not in scope - Dumelow (talk) 04:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
• Alec Ingle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Ali Musa Daqduq B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Almon Case B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Assault on Düna Redoubt B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Suthul B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Betliar Mansion B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Coker Fifield Clarkson B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Combat of the Alva River B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Commer RC B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
• Croatian National Youth B class but consider this as not in the scope and removing project banner accordingly. This was a political group which sometimes used violence to accomplish its goals, similar to a criminal or terrorist group. Donner60 (talk) 01:08, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

  Not striking through yet to leave a little time for a second opinion. Donner60 (talk) 01:08, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• End Zone Militia

  Not in scope.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:43, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

• Headquarters Battalion United States Army

  Assessed C-class: C-class: needs more coverage of history of both the BN and CO to satisfy B2 criteria. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:41, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

• Henry Davidson (RAF officer) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Hisae Sawachi B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Holstein Castle B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Hurqus ibn Zuhayr as-Sa'di

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:17, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• Iron Bridge, Lucknow Not in scope. Edit summary: "Remove military history project banner; article is about a bridge, mostly its engineering and construction. A few battles were fought near the bridge or combatants moved across it. These battles of actions are cover by other cited main articles. Keeping B class assessment." 01:27, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
• Jasrota campaign

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:35, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• Jassa Singh Ramgarhia's conquest of Shivalik Hills

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:40, 30 September 2026 (UTC) B class. More political than military but just enough brief military action description to be within scope in my opinion. Donner60 (talk) 01:42, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• John R. Thornton (Arkansas politician) Not sure this is in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

  John R. Thornton was not a general in the Confederate States Army. He is not on Wikipedia's list of Confederate generals (which I wrote). An online article at the "Civil War Talk" web site, from 2021, has a follow up comment: "The best compiled list of Confederate general officers, that I have found is Wikipedia, with photos and biographies." I decided to look up the last surviving Confederate general in writing this comment (John McCausland, in 1927, about 7 years after the second longest surviving general). It was the first time I saw that comment on the web site.

  Thornton also is not mentioned in any capacity or for any military accomplishment in Wright, Marcus J., General officers of the Confederate Army: officers of the executive departments of the Confederate States, members of the Confederate Congress by states. New York: The Neale Publishing Company 1911. OCLC 795106013; Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN. Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1; Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988; Faust, Patricia L., ed. Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6; Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 978-0-393-04758-5 and Long, E. B. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. OCLC 68283123. I could go probably go on if I looked at books specifically about the Army of Tennessee but the definitive general works just mentioned should be more than enough to prove the point, I am sure.

  The contemporary Arkansas biography written while Thornton was still alive and which is cited in the article states that Thornton was an assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Hardee and wrote a regimental newspaper. I suspect he remained a lieutenant or was perhaps a captain at some later date. I assume the author of the article had no real knowledge about the United Confederate Veterans organization or about the armies in general. (For example, brigadiers were not commanding regiments, the only units to which Thornton belonged before joining Hardee's staff after recovering from his wounds).

  The program for the United Confederate Veterans reunion program for 1908, cited in the article, lists the officers of the UCV. The overall president (for that is what he really was) was called a "general." In fact, the founder and some of the later leaders were Confederate States generals but I surmise they did not have enough left to fill these all these organizational posts by 1908.

  Regional heads of the UCV representing groups from major armies were "lieutenant generals" State organization heads were "major generals." State area heads, about four per state for each major army were "brigadier generals." These were not high ranking officers but were chosen by their various groups. The state areas were further divided into local "camps." I assume these also had an honorific title, perhaps "colonels" but I did not look it up further. The organization, founded in 1889, was quite large, with many "camps" around the south (and if memory serves me correctly rather than info from the article), a few were eventually established in the north.

  Far more that you needed to know, I assume, but as I note next, it may need to be explained with sources on the talk page of the article. That is the principal reason I researched and wrote this long comment.

  The bottom line is that Thornton was not notable as a high ranking officer or for anything he did during the war, according to sources. Getting wounded before becoming an assistant adjutant general would not seem to make him notable for military service. As a politian, I assume he used it in his campaigning, however. I would say not in the scope. The article needs to be corrected where it states he was promoted from lieutenant to brigadier general and an explanation on the talk page probably needs to be posted, along the lines of the above, to prevent any controversy about the change and removal of the project banner. I can do that if you agree. Donner60 (talk) 07:01, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

• John Ross (RNZN officer) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Jørgen Lunge B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Lodi–Sharqi War

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 01:53, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• Malaya Force B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• March 1988 in the Troubles B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Moldavian–Wallachian War B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Ng Muk Kah B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Patapsco Guard

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 02:03, 30 September 2026 (UTC) Made four edits to keep B class assessment. Donner60 (talk) 02:04, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• Radu Cioculescu Comment: Long B class article. Leaving open for second opinion if within scope. Brief participation as a boy scout in WWI, does not appear to have done much of military value. Participated for a short time as a captain of artillery in WWII. Mentioned in the two sections on the World Wars. Service may not contribute to notability. I think it may just be within scope but leaving open for possible second opinion. Donner60 (talk) 02:26, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
• Riau War B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Sahara Thunder

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 03:00, 30 September 2026 (UTC) Keeping inside scope; owned by Iranian Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics; is a defense contractor so in some respects even more in the scope than other companies such as McDonnell Douglas. Donner60 (talk) 03:02, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

• Sikh Invasion of Jammu B class. Donner60 (talk) 03:19, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
• SS Malakoff B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Thomas B. Turley Not sure this one is in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Agreed and untagged - Dumelow (talk) 05:37, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Trinity House Pilot Station Out of scope - Dumelow (talk) 04:39, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
• USS Kermanshah B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• USS Teresa B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have reviewed the June articles. I have made a few comments and left a few titles without strike throughs for possible second opinions. If no one further comments or completes these, I will close them as suggested after a brief time. Only one July item appears to need closure, presumably after Hawkeye7 considers Swatjester's comment. That brings the reviews up to date (except for a few open items for possible second opinions). May is finished. August and September should be posted after Hawkeye7 returns from out of town and reviews a template problem for August. Donner60 (talk) 03:19, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Good job on reviewing all these, it's important but unsung work. I agree with your position on the Croatian National Youth and John R. Thornton articles (the latter should be amended to state that he was not a brigadier-general in the army). I think Radu Cioculescu might just be within scope for his roles in the Second World War - Dumelow (talk) 06:00, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Invitation to beta test Adjutant

Hi there coordinators and past coordinators.

I'd like to invite you all to help beta-test "Adjutant", a user script I've been working on that's a tool to assist with MILHIST clerking activities and provides one-click options for automating a lot of repetitive manual tasks.

At the moment, the primary features are: 1-click assessment for B-class articles, 1-click moving of threads to "Requests for Project Input" or other locations. There are some A-class clerking tools around notifications for stale reviews, but they're untested and I might strip them back out to focus on areas with better ROI.

You can find the documentation and install page at WP:ADJUTANT -- installation is the same as any other user script (import to your common.js). The script is available for anyone to use, however I expect that the main audience are coordinators, past coordinators, prospective coordinators, and folks active with MILHIST clerking. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 15:37, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

This looks really interesting! Always nice to make the minutiae of clerking simpler. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:51, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Missing 2026 contests

Where can I find the January to May 2026 contest pages? The latest archive ends with December 2025. I wanted to check whether the Battle of Piacenza article that was assessed as B class in March 2026 was submitted to the contest page. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 03:26, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest/Log/2026 A.Cython(talk) 03:30, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

I am afraid I have never had anything to do with the contest but is there an award for the overall 2025 winner missing from the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards. Was it ever made? - Dumelow (talk) 05:45, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes. I made the award to Sturmvogel_66 on January 2. I did not add it to the awards page, probably because I forgot - or simply did not realize I should do it. I have now added it to the awards page. Thanks for catching this. (I had to educate, or re-educate, myself on how to find the diff to link to, but finally found the key - right click will bring it up. It can't be found by left clicking anything on the page history. Something you probably know but I had to search for the instructions to add that to the post.) Donner60 (talk) 08:58, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@Djmaschek, A.Cython, and Dumelow: As A.Cython has noted, there is a new archive page starting with 2026 which is linked above. The older archive page was getting a little too long, quite a few bytes. Donner60 (talk) 07:32, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@Djmaschek, A.Cython, and Dumelow: Adding a new ping in the event one of you read the earlier one posted a short time ago. There is a contest log for 2023-2025. In February 2025, I set up a contest log page for 2025. I decided not to use it and added 2025 to the 2023-2024 log, then renamed it 2023-2025. (There are several earlier logs for previous years.) Unfortunately, the 2025 log page still exists but now has no content. I just deleted the captions, which were the only content. The page probably needs to be deleted to avoid confusion. I will look up how to tag it for speedy deletion, which I have done infrequently. As I have understood it previously, non-administrators can only delete an article under very limited circumstances which may or perhaps may not apply to this situation. The article needs to be tagged for at least seven days even for speedy deletion, if memory serves me correctly. Donner60 (talk) 09:11, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Donner60, I've presumed it was Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest/Log/2025 and went ahead and deleted it for you - Dumelow (talk) 21:11, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Great! Thanks much. Donner60 (talk) 14:54, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

About demoting an A-class article

Hey everyone, I noticed that Bijeljina massacre was delisted at GAR last year but still has its MILHIST A-class status from 2014. I have no comment on the quality of the article, but it seems like this may need to be reassessed (as should other A-class articles that are delisted at GAR or FAR). Let me know if you have any questions! —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 03:16, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

AutoCheck report for July

The following articles were rated as B class by automatic assessment:

• 2026 Penza Oblast mobilisation B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

• 2026 Ukrainian counteroffensive

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:23, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Angitis B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Battle of Masti

  confirmed. Donner60 (talk) 06:56, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Taro (1814) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• BK Nirwair Not sure this is in scope. B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

  I removed the project banner. Edit summary: "Removed military history project banner, service is not shown to be notable or contribute to BK Nirwair's notability, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history#What topics do we cover? Point 2, note 3." A modern religious leader who served in the military without high grade or notable accomplishments mentioned. This should finish July. If no one soon reviews my comments for months other than June, that will finish the checks for all other months. I plan to look at June in the next few days. Donner60 (talk) 07:10, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Bombardment of Bohus Fortress B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Capture of Gallabat (1940) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Cossack collaboration with Nazi Germany B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Deng Hua B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• First assault on Pernau B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Freikorps Roßbach B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Italian invasion of Tripolitania B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Ivan Kononov B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• James Bazin B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Matthew Wilson (patriot)

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:54, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• Menides B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:28, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

• Nathan George Shelley B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Nicolae Moromete
• Peter W. Grayson Not sure this is in scope. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

  Just barely IMO -- he did raise a unit and served as aide-de-camp to Austin. The question is going to be do enough sources exist to get coverage of that period of his life. For our purposes, I don't think the coverage is there for B-class if we say it's in scope; but I'm not sure it's fair to the article for someone whose service was politically appointed and short-term in nature (even if somewhat high-profile at the time) to artificially have the assessment be lesser because it's missing deeper coverage on a tiny portion of his overall life (but the only portion relevant to our WP). So this one may be a case where the sources determine if it makes sense to be in scope or not.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:42, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

• Pizza Cat

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:51, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• Second assault on Pernau B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Siege of Naples (958) B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Skirmish of Narsapur Road B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Western Iran clashes (2026–present)

  Assessed C-class: Significant prose-line issues in the timeline section, some with less than stellar sourcing ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:32, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

• William B. Ochiltree B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• Women drone operators in the Ukrainian military

  confirmed. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:53, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

MilHistBot (talk) 00:10, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Sept 2026 coord elections

Anyone feel like setting up the relevant page? Like to link to it in this month's Bugle... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:27, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Has the start date been agreed on? Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:05, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Well for the past 4-5 years (at least) the agreed nomination period has been 00:01 UTC 1 September to 23:59 UTC 14 September, so I think we can safely go with that again. The voting period has always started immediately after, meaning at 00:01 15 September, and ended at 23:59 UTC on either 28 or 29 September -- I would suggest going with 28 September as it means exactly 2 weeks each for noms and for voting. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:39, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

At some point we decided to reduce the time from fourteen days to ten. The Academy page says: 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.

I have created the relevant page using the instructions with nomination from 1 to 10 September and election from 11 to 20 September. We still have two weeks for discussion and correction before nominations open. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:43, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators:

Monday, September 7 is "Labor Day", a national holiday in the United States. (First Monday in September.) Some people take an end of the summer vacation during the week before or the week of Labor Day or both. Some school districts start classes on the day after Labor Day, although others start earlier. I am not sure whether having nominations during this period would keep many people away from Wikipedia during most or all of this period, of course. (In the past, though not recently, we would take a vacation week before and/or after this date.) I acknowledge that this may not be enough of a concern to have a 14 day opening period. The four day extension would add a Friday through a Monday for additional nominations.

I am somewhat indifferent but lean toward using a 14 day opening for possible additional participation. This holiday week time consideration would not apply later in the month and as far as I know, does not apply in any other countries. I think a 10 day period for election need not be extended. I add this for consideration and discussion. I also hope, for the continued smooth running of the project and some relief for Hawkeye7 who does so much of the work with few additional helpers, that we get a few more coordinators this year. Donner60 (talk) 03:12, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for setting it up Hawkeye. Yes I see the instructions say 10 days each for noms and voting but although that goes back to at least 2021 we've been making it 14-15 days each for the past few years in actual fact. I suggest we make it 14 days each for this election as it seems our de facto standard (and gives us more time to attract nominees and deal with the concern Donner raises) and update the instructions accordingly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done Set to 1-14 September for nominations, 15-28 September for voting. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:17, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Cheers Hawkeye! Ian Rose (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

The MilHistBot pinged me when it created the election status page. 😀 I had completely forgotten that it did that. It should update the status page regularly until the end of September. I have sent out the message informing the project of the election. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Good work all, I agree with increasing the period for nominations. Sorry, I have been unable to find time to contribute here at all in August. Hopefully have a bit of time now though - Dumelow (talk) 07:06, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Well, I will be away in September. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:50, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi guys, I've archived the election page but don't have time to hand out the stars and so on. Congrats all, and thanks to the retirees! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

January and February autochecks

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I have finished and removed the January and February autochecks. I proceeded to finish with the open ones, especially in January. I had looked at these earlier but had left some open for possible comment or second looks. As I recall, the March authocheck was posted late and now has more reviews needed than those still needed for later months. I will work on these as promptly as I can after working on March. Thanks to the tireless work by Hawkeye7 with help from SwatJester, the reviews of articles for the following months are mostly completed. With any luck (a little more effort on my part, actually), a low backlog on these reviews, as has been usual in the past, may soon be reached again. Donner60 (talk) 19:57, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

As a quick reminder, if you're using WP:ADJUTANT, the autochecks will have a "Confirm" or "Downgrade" option for each entry, and the tool will handle the appropriate talk page template updates for you as well (downgrading gives you the option to select which criteria it failed and will set the class to C or Start accordingly). And if you have suggestions as to how I could improve the tool to make this experience easier/more streamlined please let me know. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 22:34, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I needed the reminder to give it a try. Donner60 (talk) 01:24, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@Swatjester: The ways of templates are usually beyond my understanding. At first, I thought I had it set up. But it wasn't appearing. Now it has showed up. I definitely need to leave templates to you, Hawkeye7 and anyone else who is skilled with editing or inventing templates. Thanks. Addendum after double check: I jumped the gun on this one. It has showed up for assessment requests but not for bot reviews. So I have still missed a step. I had been having some trouble with entering the special page addition and that is probably the problem. I have done it before and looked at the information page but I must be in some sort of fog right now (or some excuse) for not being able to complete it. I'll get it done eventually. Donner60 (talk) 06:06, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

July contest results for the Bugle

Hi guys, if anyone could update this month's draft newsletter that'd be great. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:57, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Draft of contest results entered. Donner60 (talk) 21:02, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Addition of New Project: Mtn Warfare

To open a new discussion pertaining to : USMC and US Army Mountain Warfare.

History: Mission: Scope: Objectives: Chain of Command:. Training Directives: Program of Instruction:

Training Facilities: Tasking & Objectives:

Directives per; Training Facility,

Table of Organization & Billet assignments per;

Instructor Teams/ Specialty Schools/ Unit Training:

Elements of Support:

Table of Equipment:

Facility Training Support Elements (out sourse)

Historical references of: Mountain Warfare Involvements

Within the degree of discription and identification acceptable in accordance with DOD Directives , US Army & US Marine Corps.

User: Ja Huston57/ Ja Huston 57 User talk: Ja Huston57 / talk (talk) 19:47, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

It's not at all clear what you're referring to here I'm afraid. Wikipedia is not part of the US military, so US military references carry no particular weight beyond what is appropriate per WP:NPOV and WP:RS. Nick-D (talk) 10:32, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

It's merely an outline with areas of the titled subject listing the eareas of interest not in order of importance only order of command structure. Not a areas need explained or the workings that comes under tha5 heading..

If There's a requirement to produce a shortened version.of the this list it would not be a problem. And at the same time prioritize thre headings of subject matter that has a difinitive roll. I will edit it with that direction. in priority re-entering for approval.

My idea to enter this subject matter was initiated from the subject of the History of ~2026-50475-07 (talk) 15:46, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

I’ll remove and cease and desist ~2026-50475-07 (talk) 13:58, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Late further comment below considers at least some aspects of this and better pages for any discussion. Donner60 (talk) 07:56, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Late comment: Articles exist on Mountain warfare, Army Mountain Warfare School, Mountain Warfare Training Center and Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor. Expansion and improvement are needed. Mountain warfare has mostly brief history sections covering the topic in various wars from the Punic Wars to modern times. There are also main articles on these wars. While some interested editors may wish to expand and improve these articles, it is not obvious to me that a project is needed. Also, discussion could be opened for a time on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history to provide for project members in general (not just coordinators) to comment and discuss any expansion or improvements needed in these articles and whether any new articles are needed. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator where proposals can be made and discussed and to see if there is interest in working on the proposed project and whether the start in the incubator should be continued. Donner60 (talk) 07:43, 30 September 2026 (UTC)