The backlog reduction drive conducted during June was highly successful. The targets for three of the categories (requested photographs of military history, articles with incomplete B-Class checklists and articles needing expert attention) were exceeded, and solid progress was made against the other goals. The final results broken down by participating editor is available
here.
Wild Wolf placed first, followed very closely by
Peacemaker67, with
PINTofCARLING in third. Editors interested in following up on the project's backlogs will find lots to keep them busy in the
military history articles needing attention and
military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists categories.
In our regular departments this month, the
book review focuses on
Australian frontier wars, and
article news showcases a record number of Featured and A-Class articles so far for 2013. There is no op-ed this month, but we have brought you one of our semi-regular
interviews, which this month features a trio of MilHist editors discussing their experiences with their respective
Wikimedia chapters.
The
contest department completed its 73rd round of competition last month. A total of 55 articles were submitted by 11 editors.
Parsecboy came first with 204 points from 22 entries to receive the Chevrons, followed by
Ian Rose, who earned the Writer's Barnstar with 121 points from 17 entries. Honourable mentions go to
Tomobe03 (60 points),
Zawed (58 points) and
Peacemaker67 (44 points).
Cdtew,
Inkbug,
RoslynSKP,
Djmaschek and
Arius1998 also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for
this month's contest now.
About The Bugle
First published in 2006, the Bugle is the monthly newsletter of the English Wikipedia's Military history WikiProject.