Welcome to the May 2012 edition of theBugle! From the amount of participation on themain talk page, it looks like the Military History Project is still growing at a relatively rapid rate! With the increased traffic, however, more eyes are needed to respond to the amount of posts. We encourage you to go to the page and assist at least one person, in the hope that everyone will get at least one response! As ever, we also encourage you to visit theMILHIST Announcements page and help out with some of the many article reviews and work requests listed there.
In our Interview section, this month'sBugle features the opening salvo in a new series, the "Article writer's guide." We will be looking into different topic areas related to Milhist by bringing in leading editors from those fields, both Milhist and non-Milhist, and asking them penetrating questions about how they started in those fields. We will also look into their best practices and ask for their advice on preparing a quality article in that field. We hope that these will be helpful for those looking to start writing or those looking to switch topics. This month's feature isbiographies, and the next few months will tentatively see battles, fortifications, military formations, ships, and vehicles. If you have a topic you would like to see here, please do not hesitate to leave a message onour talk page and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Thecontest department completed its fifty-ninth round of competition last month. A total of 33 articles were submitted by 6 editors.Sturmvogel 66 came first with 54 points from 10 entries, followed byAustralianRupert with 33 points from 8 entries. They receive theChevrons and theWriter's Barnstar, respectively. Honourable mentions go toParsecboy (30 points) andDjmaschek (29 points).The Bushranger andIan Rose 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.
