Your military history newsletter –Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013 Front page •Project news •Article news •Book reviews •Interview •

Welcome to the July 2013 edition of theBugle!

Thebacklog 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 availablehere.Wild Wolf placed first, followed very closely byPeacemaker67, withPINTofCARLING in third. Editors interested in following up on the project's backlogs will find lots to keep them busy in themilitary history articles needing attention andmilitary history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists categories.

In our regular departments this month, thebook review focuses onAustralian frontier wars, andarticle 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-regularinterviews, which this month features a trio of MilHist editors discussing their experiences with their respectiveWikimedia chapters.

Your editors,Ian Rose (talk) andNick-D (talk).

• TheA-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
  • Hawkeye7: forEnrico Fermi,Niels Bohr, andRobert Bacher

• TheA-Class medal with Swords has been awarded to:
  • Ian Rose: forNo. 86 Wing RAAF,No. 81 Wing RAAF, andNo. 78 Wing RAAF
  • Sturmvogel 66: forUSS Saratoga (CV-3),Conte di Cavour-class battleship, andHMS Warrior (1860)

• TheA-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
  • Nick-D: forMcDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk,Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in Australian service andLockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service.

• TheA-Class medal has been awarded to:
  • HJ Mitchell: forOperation Barras,British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War andList of sieges of Gibraltar.

• Thecontest 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 theChevrons, followed byIan Rose, who earned theWriter's Barnstar with 121 points from 17 entries. Honourable mentions go toTomobe03 (60 points),Zawed (58 points) andPeacemaker67 (44 points).Cdtew,Inkbug,RoslynSKP,Djmaschek andArius1998 also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on forthis month's contest now.

AboutThe Bugle First published in 2006,the Bugle is the monthly newsletter of the English Wikipedia's Military history WikiProject. » About the project » Visit the Newsroom » Subscribe tothe Bugle » Browse the Archives + Add a commentDiscuss this story These comments are automaticallytranscluded from this article'stalk page. To follow comments,add the page to your watchlist. If your comment has not appeared here, you can trypurging the cache. Great job as usual team! Thanks,Peacemaker67 (send... over)09:06, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply] Belated thanks, mate! Cheers,Ian Rose (talk)07:24, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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