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== The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008) ==
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[[Image:Waricon.svg|36px|left]] <big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|Military history WikiProject]] Newsletter''': '''''The Bugle'''''</big><br/> Issue XXXIV (December 2008) <br/>

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; <big><span style="color:steelblue;">Project news</span></big>
* Appearing on the [[main page]] on 8 December 2008, [[Ivan Castro (soldier)|Ivan Castro's]] DYK drew 71,300 page views in a single day - now the all-time high for DYK views.
* As a result of the [[WP:ACE2008|2008 Arbitration Committee elections]], Lead Coordinator [[User:Roger Davies|Roger Davies]] is the fourth coordinator of the project to be appointed to the Arbitration Committee. The others are [[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill Lokshin]] (2007-2009), [[User:FayssalF|FayssalF]] (2008-2010) and [[User:YellowMonkey|YellowMonkey]] (2007-2008).
* This month saw 14 military history-related articles promoted to [[WP:FA|featured]] status, the highest number for a single month since the [[WP:MIL#Project history|project's establishment]] in October 2002. Congratulations all round!

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; <big><span style="color:steelblue;">Articles of note</span></big>

New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history#Featured articles|featured articles]]:
# [[13th Airborne Division (United States)]]
# [[2nd Canadian Infantry Division]]
# [[Action of 13 January 1797]]
# [[Akutan Zero]]
# [[AMX-30]]
# [[Arena Active Protection System]]
# [[Blair Anderson Wark]]
# [[British Empire]]
# [[Frederick III, German Emperor]]
# [[Phan Dinh Phung]]
# [[Rheinmetall 120 mm gun]]
# {{SS|Dakotan}}
# {{SS|Washingtonian}}
# [[Tanks in the Spanish Army]]

New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history#Featured lists|featured lists]]:
# [[Timeline of the Adriatic campaign, 1807–1814]]

New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history#Other_featured_content|featured topics]]:
# [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Spanish Tanks|Spanish Tanks]]

New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history#A-Class articles|A-Class articles]]:
# [[Battle of Salamis]]
# [[Bruce Kingsbury]] 
# [[Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)]]
# [[George Ingram]]
# [[Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)]]
# [[John Whittle]]
# [[Lexington class battlecruiser|''Lexington'' class battlecruiser]]
# [[Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment]]
# {{SMS|U-5|Austria-Hungary|sub=y}}
# [[Tetrarch (tank)]]
# [[USS Iowa turret explosion|USS ''Iowa'' turret explosion]]
# [[Zanzibar Revolution]]

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; <big><span style="color:steelblue;">Current proposals and discussions</span></big>
* '''[[WT:MILHIST#Nomination and voting|Design competition]]''' Editors with design skills urgently needed to design an eyecatching logo for this newsletter. The logo needs to incorporate a bugle motif as well as the newsletter's title, "The Bugle". Fame and honour (a barnstar) ''guaranteed'' for the successful design. Submit entries [[WT:MILHIST#"The Bugle" design competition|'''here''']] please.
* Who will be the three '''[[WT:MILHIST#Nomination and voting|"2008 Military historians of the Year"]]'''? There are 13 candidates so far and the number is rising rapidly. The winning editors will receive the Gold, Silver and Bronze Wikis; and all other nominees the WikiProject barnstar. To nominate editors you admire, or to cast your votes, please visit [[WT:MILHIST#Nomination and voting|here]]!
* '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/World War I task force/Centenary drive|A new drive]]''' has been started to identify the core topics of [[World War I]] with the aim of improving their quality before the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014. 
* '''[[WT:MILHIST#Flag icons guidelines|A discussion]]''' is underway regarding flag icons and whether to rewrite the [[WP:MILMOS#FLAGS|current guidelines]] to reflect the [[WP:MOSICON|Manual of Style]].

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; <big><span style="color:steelblue;">Awards and honors</span></big>
* [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] has been awarded the [[WP:MILHIST#ACM|Milhist A-Class medal]] for three ship-related articles: {{SS|Black Osprey}}, {{SS|Mauna Loa}}, and {{SMS|U-5|Austria-Hungary|sub=y}}.
*[[User:Catalan|JonCatalán]] has been awarded the [[WP:MILHIST#ACM|Milhist A-Class medal]] for [[Battle of Khafji]], [[Rheinmetall 120 mm gun]], and [[AMX-30]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest|Contest department]] has completed its twenty first month of competition, which saw 58 entries.  The top scorer this month is [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] with 113 points followed by [[User:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]] with 32 points. [[User:Ed!|Ed!]], [[User:Chamal_N|Chamal_N]], [[User:Catalan|JonCatalan]], [[User:Skinny87|Skinny87]], [[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]], [[User:the_ed17|the_ed17]], [[User:David Underdown|David Underdown]], [[User:Maralia|Maralia]] and [[User:Terrakyte|Terrakyte]] also fielded entries.  [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] remains the overall leader with 594 points in total.  The [[Wikipedia:MILHIST#Awards|Chevrons]] go to [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] and [[User:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]] gets the Writer's Barnstar. You are encouraged to submit any articles you are working on as [[WP:MILCON|entries]].

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== Republic of Ireland ==

Thanks for catching my gaffe over the [[Nursing in Ireland]] article!  I'm afraid I don't know that part of the world well enough, and so just used the existing subheading as the page title.  Cheers, [[User:Basie|Basie]] ([[User talk:Basie|talk]]) 12:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
== HMS Inflexible (1876) ==

Back in December 2006 you worked on the above article for HMS Inflexible. I have been trying to trace the origin of the caption on the image at the top of that article, which says the original masts were removed in 1885. As far as i can see, this comment appeared somewhere in the middle of your edits. Anyway, there is a picture of a painting of the battle of Alexandria, 1882, which shows  the ships masts pretty much as they are after the supposed 1885 changes.  The picture appears p. 80 in the the book, 'the life of lord fisher of Kilverstone' by Admiral R h bacon,  supposedly painted by the Chevalier de Martino. Of course, it is entirely possible the chevalier was not present and obtained a picture of the ship after its alterations, but still this is an anomaly. Wondered if you know anything about it? [[User:Sandpiper|Sandpiper]] ([[User talk:Sandpiper|talk]]) 20:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)