Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/May 2026/Project news
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Welcome to the fifth Bugle for 2026!
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From the editors |
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This month's article news section includes two new featured articles and a featured picture. Pleasingly, five articles were promoted to A-class last month.
The book review section includes entries by Hawkeye7 on German logistics in World War II and a brief history of innovation, Hog Farm on a famous general of the American Civil War and Nick-D on the factors that determine the outcomes of wars.
Hawkeye has also kindly contributed the regular this month in military history section.
Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk)
Awards and honours |
- The A-Class medal has been awarded to:
- Dumelow for Zungeni Mountain skirmish, John Cecil Russell and Richard Thomas Glyn.
- GGOTCC for HNLMS Kortenaer (1927), USS Missouri (1841) and USCGC Dione.
Contest department |
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The April 2026 edition of the contest department's article writing-and-improvement contest saw A.Cython take the top spot with 8 articles, all 8 brought to GA class, for 40 points. A.Cython received the WikiChevrons. Zawed finished second with 3 for 17 points. Zawed received the Writers Barnstar. Djmaschek entered 2 articles for 12 points.
Monthly totals are applied to the overall 2026 Writers Cup, which will be decided after the close of the December contest.
The May edition of the contest is now open. Please consider submitting your current article projects as entries into this friendly competition.
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