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DYK for Dutch East Indies campaign

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FYI

Just a "by the way"... I'm with you on the bickering that's going on at the Help Desk talk page. Geesh! Maybe we should set up a boxing ring and let them have at it. ;) (by the way, I appreciate your work there too - lot's of good stuff you've provided) — Ched : ? 16:59, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

LOL yeah... :D Thanks for the compliment too, but you're way ahead of me there. Chamal ^talk 10:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Help Desk: How do I?

Trout? ... naaaaa.... at the very most:

Plip!

(although I know your not new - a trout was simply too big ;)). — Ched : ? 06:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Heh :D Thanks. Chamal ^talk 10:34, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Nissanka Malla of Sri Lanka

On April 22, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nissanka Malla of Sri Lanka, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 08:29, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

check my response and update

Hey Chamal, I jumped the gun. Check this page: User:Riotrocket8676/hidenote for what I was trying to say. Thanks. --Riotrocket8676 ^{You gotta problem with that?} 03:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Your input is missed. Un school 01:49, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, Unschool. I really don't have the time now. Well, maybe just once :) I'll drop in if I can find some time to spare. Chamal ^talk 02:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Four sights

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVIII (April 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXVIII (April 2009)

From the coordinators

Once again, this month, we have a bumper crop of featured and A-class content, and our heartfelt thanks go to editors who have worked so hard to write these. But with our growth in quality content comes increased demand for reviewers. Which is where you can help.

Reviewing is easy and rewarding. You don't need any prior experience and you don't need to write a full review. Any input is helpful so you initially can just comment on what you're comfortable with. Most reviewers start off by focusing one or two things – say, the historical context, or the text, or the references, or the layout, or the images – and as they gain experience, they broaden the scope of the review. You can easily keep up to date with which articles need review, by copying this text – {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} – to your userpage or talkpage. Thanks in anticipation, Roger Davies

Articles of note

New featured articles:

New featured lists:

New featured topics:

Lists of United States Naval Academy alumni

New featured pictures:

New A-Class articles:

Project news

Our top Peer and A-Class reviewers over the last quarter are Joe N (55), The_ed17 (49), Cla68 (38), TomStar81 (37), Nick-D (34), Abraham, B.S., Wandalstouring, YellowMonkey, Cam, Ian Rose and Woody: who each receive the WikiChevrons. The following editors received the Content Review Medal of Merit for their help: Catalan, Skinny87, Bellhalla, Jim Sweeney, Jackyd101, Patar knight, Hawkeye7, EyeSerene, Harlsbottom, MBK004, The Land, Piotrus, Binksternet, GraemeLeggett, IceUnshattered, Lazulilasher and Parsecboy. Thanks also go to: Eurocopter, Hlj, Lawrencema, MisterBee1966, Nudve, Patton123, Tpbradbury, AdjustShift, Amore Mio, AshLin, Bachcell, Buckshot06, Ceedjee, Cool3, Dapi89, EnigmaMcmxc, Fnlayson, Giordaano, John Smith's, Kevin Myers, Kyriakos, LinguistAtLarge, Maralia, Mjroots, Nigel Ish, NuclearWarfare, Perseus71, Piotr Mikołajski, Randomran, Redmarkviolinist, Saberwyn, Stepshep, Shimgray, Sniperz11, Tartarus and Una Smith.
The Contest department has completed its twenty-fifth month of competition, with 78 articles entered. The top scorer this month is Bellhalla with 103 points followed by Sturmvogel 66 with 95 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Cool3 commendably came third with 33 points, with honorable mentions going to Abraham, B.S. (32); Ian Rose (26); the_ed17 (25); YellowMonkey (25); Cam (20); Parsecboy (20); Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus (17); and David Underdown (12). Thanks also go to Wild Wolf, Belissarius, Kirk, and Lordoliver, who also fielded entries.

Awards and honors

JonCatalán has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, his thorough article reviews, and his exemplary contributions to 14 featured articles, one featured topic, and many A-Class and good articles.
Abraham, B.S. has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for Edgar Towner, Henry Wells (general) and Raymond Brownell.
Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for Landing at Nadzab, John Northcott and Landing on Emirau.
Cam has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Japanese battleship Haruna, Moro River Campaign and Operation Charnwood.
Eurocopter has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Falaise pocket, Hill 262 and First Battle of Târgu Frumos.
Hawkeye7 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Frank Horton Berryman, Stanley Savige and Samuel Burston.
Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Clare Stevenson, Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer) and Adrian Cole (RAAF officer).
Magicpiano has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Powder Alarm and Fort Ticonderoga.
MisterBee1966 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Heinrich Bär, Walter Nowotny and Wolfgang Lüth.
Nick-D has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Military history of Australia during World War II, Battle of Morotai and Australian light destroyer project.
Parsecboy as been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Moltke class battlecruiser, Amagi class battlecruiser and SMS Seydlitz.
The_ed17 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Design 1047 battlecruiser, Amagi class battlecruiser and Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes.
YellowMonkey has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Gia Long, Keith Johnson (cricket administrator) and Ton That Dinh.

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Saw this and thought of you

End of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Cheers dude, —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 07:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

MOTD

Would be gatreful if you have any ideas for mottos. Please help at WP:MOTD/N. Also see Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Archive 5#Archival Simply south (talk) 21:26, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXXIX (May 2009)

From the coordinators

With end of year exams beckoning for many members, this has been a quiet month on the talk pages for Milhist. (If you are facing exams yourself, we all wish you the very best of luck!) During this quieter period, some of our most active reviewers are busy revising so it would be really appreciated if you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your userpage.
This month sees our first newsletter editorial. The idea is to provide regular tips and hints to help editors get up to speed with our large (and sometimes complicated) project. This month's piece, by EyeSerene, explains the workings of the project's main template, which is at the core of the project's tagging and assessing activities. Roger Davies ^talk 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Articles of note

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New featured lists:

New featured topics:

New featured pictures:

New A-Class articles:

Project news

The Contest department has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is Bellhalla with 123 points followed by Sturmvogel 66 with 101 points. They receive the Chevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Parsecboy commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to Ian Rose (38), Ed (28), Abraham, B.S. (15), the_ed17 (12), Amore Mio (11) and Kirk (11). Thanks also go to Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus, DPdH, Lordoliver, Belissarius, Wild Wolf, Gaia Octavia Agrippa and mynameinc, who also fielded entries.
In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the Pakistani military history task force, which hits the ground running with 11 participants.
In another task force development, please help recruit members for some of our smallest and quietest task forces. If you know anyone who may be interested, or are interested yourself, please see the drive discussion. The affected task forces are (with numbers of particpants in brackets): Taiwanese military history (2); Polish military history (4); Dutch military history (6); Military historiography (6); New Zealand military history (7); Baltic states military history (8); National militaries (8); Southeast Asian military history (8); War films (8); Early Muslim military history (9); Intelligence (9); Lebanese military history (9); South American military history (9); and Spanish military history (9).

Awards and honours

Bellhalla has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves for SM U-10, SM UB-14 and SM UB-16.
MisterBee1966 has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine, List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service, and List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service.
Ian Rose has been awarded the Milhist A-Class medal for Arthur Henry Cobby, Frank Bladin and Henry Burrell (RAN officer).

Editorial: "How to use the Milhist template"

Welcome to a new occasional feature of The Bugle, where over coming issues we'll be exploring some of the roles, tasks, and technical functions that go into creating what archivist and researcher Simon Fowler has described as the best general resource for military history on the internet.^† As a project we can rightly be proud of that accolade, and we gratefully acknowledge the debt we owe to those dedicated editors from across Wikipedia that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what it is today.

Many editors' first inkling of milhist's existence is when they spot our project banner on an article talk page. The banner can be easily added to appropriate articles by any editor, by typing {{WPMILHIST}} at (or near) the top of the talk page on a new line, and saving the page with an appropriate edit summary. This short form of the template will add the article to our project, and also flag the article as needing assessment and assignment to a task force by automatically adding it to the unassessed articles and articles with no associated task force categories.

As with many templates in use on Wikipedia, additional parameters can be specified. Possibly the most useful to include is the class parameter, because this will help out any editors who come along later to assess the article. To add the class parameter, edit the template markup to look like {{WPMILHIST|class=}}... and if you wish, have a read through the assessment guidance on milhists's quality scale and assign a rating from Stub- to B-Class yourself. A banner template with, for example, a Stub-Class article rating will look like {{WPMILHIST|class=stub}}. Because B-Class is assessed against a checklist it has some additional parameters, so when adding the project banner to an article talk-page, even if you don't intend to assess the article yourself it can be a real help to subsequent editors to include these too. This version of the template can be entered as {{WPMILHIST|class=|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=}}. For detailed guidance on exactly what the five B-Class criteria are, see the B-class checklist.

Finally, when adding the milhist banner it's useful to assign the article to one (or more) of our task forces. This will help to bring it to the attention of those editors most likely to be interested in, and knowledgeable about, the subject. As with assessment, task force assignment is accomplished by adding a parameter to the template—in this case, simply the name of the task force followed by =yes (or =y). For example, to assign a Start-Class article to the Second World War and Canadian task forces, the template should read {{WPMILHIST|class=start|B1=|B2=|B3=|B4=|B5=|WWII=yes|Canadian=yes}}.

For a full list of all the banner template parameters and more detailed usage instructions, see Template:WPMILHIST; if you are unsure as to whether or not an article belongs with milhist or what task force(s) might be appropriate, or if you have any other questions, you are welcome to ask at our main project talk page. Happy templating! EyeSerene^talk

^†Simon Fowler, Guide to Military History on the Internet, UK:Pen & Sword 2007, ISBN 9781844156061, p. 7

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Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians' reputations

Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians’ reputations

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington. In April, we met with some local Wikipedians to learn what they would like to know about other editors’ history and activities (within Wikipedia) when interacting with them on talk pages. The goal of those sessions was to gather feedback to help design an embedded application that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what our participants thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you. Your quick contribution would be very valuable to our research group and ultimately to Wikipedia. (When finished, the code for this application will be given over to the Wikipedia community to use and/or adjust as they see fit.)

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-Just a "by the way"... I'm with you on the bickering that's going on at the Help Desk talk page.  Geesh!  Maybe we should set up a boxing ring and let them have at it. ;) (by the way, I appreciate your work there too - lot's of good stuff you've provided) — <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;"><b>[[User:Ched Davis|Ched]]</b> : [[User_talk:Ched Davis|<font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;">&nbsp;?&nbsp;</font>]]</span></small> 16:59, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
+Just a "by the way"... I'm with you on the bickering that's going on at the Help Desk talk page.  Geesh!  Maybe we should set up a boxing ring and let them have at it. ;) (by the way, I appreciate your work there too - lot's of good stuff you've provided) — <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;"><b>[[User:Ched Davis|Ched]]</b> : [[User_talk:Ched Davis|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#0000fa;">&nbsp;?&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 16:59, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 :LOL yeah... :D Thanks for the compliment too, but you're way ahead of me there. [[User:Chamal_N|'''<span style="color:#000080">C</span>h<span style="color:#0000FF">a</span><span style="color:#4169E1">m</span><span style="color:#1E90FF">a</span><span style="color:#87CEEB">l</span>''']] [[User talk:Chamal_N|<sup>talk</sup>]] 10:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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+Trout? ... naaaaa.... at the very most: {{minnow}} (although I know your not new - a trout was simply too big ;)). — <small><span style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:1px;"><b>[[User:Ched Davis|Ched]]</b> : [[User_talk:Ched Davis|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#0000fa;">&nbsp;?&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 06:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 :Heh :D Thanks. [[User:Chamal_N|'''<span style="color:#000080">C</span>h<span style="color:#0000FF">a</span><span style="color:#4169E1">m</span><span style="color:#1E90FF">a</span><span style="color:#87CEEB">l</span>''']] [[User talk:Chamal_N|<sup>talk</sup>]] 10:34, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
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 :Sorry, Unschool. I really don't have the time now. Well, maybe just once :) I'll drop in if I can find some time to spare. [[User:Chamal_N|'''<span style="color:#000080">C</span>h<span style="color:#0000FF">a</span><span style="color:#4169E1">m</span><span style="color:#1E90FF">a</span><span style="color:#87CEEB">l</span>''']] [[User talk:Chamal_N|<sup>talk</sup>]] 02:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
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 Once again, this month, we have a bumper crop of featured and A-class content, and our heartfelt thanks go to editors who have worked so hard to write these. But with our growth in quality content comes increased demand for reviewers. Which is where you can help.
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 Reviewing is easy and rewarding. You don't need any prior experience and you don't need to write a full review. Any input is helpful so you initially can just comment on what you're comfortable with. Most reviewers start off by focusing one or two things – say, the historical context, or the text, or the references, or the layout, or the images – and as they gain experience, they broaden the scope of the review. You can easily keep up to date with which articles need review, by copying this text – {{tl|WPMILHIST Review alerts}} – to your userpage or talkpage. Thanks in anticipation, &nbsp;[[User:Roger Davies|<span style="color:maroon; font-variant:small-caps">'''Roger&nbsp;Davies'''</span>]]
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-; <big><font color=steelblue>Articles of note</font></big>
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 New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Showcase#Featured_articles|featured articles]]:
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-; <big><font color=steelblue>Project news</font></big>
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 * Our top [[WP:MHPR|Peer]] and [[WP:MHR#A-CLASS|A-Class]] reviewers over the last quarter are [[user:Joe N|Joe N]] (55), [[user:The_ed17|The_ed17]] (49), [[user:Cla68|Cla68]] (38), [[user:TomStar81|TomStar81]] (37), [[user:Nick-D|Nick-D]] (34), [[user:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]], [[user:Wandalstouring|Wandalstouring]], [[user:YellowMonkey|YellowMonkey]], [[user:Climie.ca|Cam]], [[user:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]] and [[user:Woody|Woody]]: who each receive the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards#WikiChevrons|WikiChevrons]]. The following editors received the Content Review Medal of Merit for their help: [[user:Catalan|Catalan]], [[user:Skinny87|Skinny87]], [[user:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]], [[user:Jim Sweeney|Jim Sweeney]], [[user:Jackyd101|Jackyd101]], [[user:Patar knight|Patar knight]], [[user:Hawkeye7|Hawkeye7]], [[user:EyeSerene|EyeSerene]], [[user:Harlsbottom|Harlsbottom]], [[user:MBK004|MBK004]], [[user:The Land|The Land]], [[user:Piotrus|Piotrus]], [[user:Binksternet|Binksternet]], [[user:GraemeLeggett|GraemeLeggett]], [[user:IceUnshattered|IceUnshattered]], [[user:Lazulilasher|Lazulilasher]] and [[user:Parsecboy|Parsecboy]]. Thanks also go to: [[user:Eurocopter|Eurocopter]], [[user:Hlj|Hlj]], [[user:Lawrencema|Lawrencema]], [[user:MisterBee1966|MisterBee1966]], [[user:Nudve|Nudve]], [[user:Patton123|Patton123]], [[user:Tpbradbury|Tpbradbury]], [[user:AdjustShift|AdjustShift]], [[user:Amore Mio|Amore Mio]], [[user:AshLin|AshLin]], [[user:Bachcell|Bachcell]], [[user:Buckshot06|Buckshot06]], [[user:Ceedjee|Ceedjee]], [[user:Cool3|Cool3]], [[user:Dapi89|Dapi89]], [[user:EnigmaMcmxc|EnigmaMcmxc]], [[user:Fnlayson|Fnlayson]], [[user:Giordaano|Giordaano]], [[user:John Smith's|John Smith's]], [[user:Kevin Myers|Kevin Myers]], [[user:Kyriakos|Kyriakos]], [[user:LinguistAtLarge|LinguistAtLarge]], [[user:Maralia|Maralia]], [[user:Mjroots|Mjroots]], [[user:Nigel Ish|Nigel Ish]], [[user:NuclearWarfare|NuclearWarfare]], [[user:Perseus71|Perseus71]], [[user:Piotr Mikołajski|Piotr Mikołajski]], [[user:Randomran|Randomran]], [[user:Redmarkviolinist|Redmarkviolinist]], [[user:Saberwyn|Saberwyn]], [[user:Stepshep|Stepshep]], [[user:Shimgray|Shimgray]], [[user:Sniperz11|Sniperz11]], [[user:Tartarus|Tartarus]] and [[user:Una Smith|Una Smith]].
 *The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest|Contest department]] has completed its twenty-fifth month of competition, with 78 articles entered.  The top scorer this month is [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] with 103 points followed by [[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]] with 95 points. They receive the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards#WikiChevrons|Chevrons]] and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. [[User:Cool3|Cool3]] commendably came third with 33 points, with honorable mentions going to [[User:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]] (32); [[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]] (26); [[User:the_ed17|the_ed17]] (25); [[User:YellowMonkey|YellowMonkey]] (25); [[User:Climie.ca|Cam]] (20); [[User:Parsecboy|Parsecboy]] (20); [[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]] (17); and [[User:David Underdown|David Underdown]] (12). Thanks also go to [[User:Wild Wolf|Wild Wolf]], [[User:Belissarius|Belissarius]], [[User:Kirk|Kirk]], and [[User:Lordoliver|Lordoliver]], who also fielded entries.
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-; <big><font color=steelblue>Awards and honors</font></big>
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 * [[User:Catalan|JonCatalán]] has been awarded the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards##WikiChevrons_with_Oak_Leaves|WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves]] in recognition of his distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, his thorough article reviews, and his exemplary contributions to 14 featured articles, one featured topic, and many A-Class and good articles.
 * [[User:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]] has been awarded the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards#A-Class medals|Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves]] for [[Edgar Towner]], [[Henry Wells (general)]] and [[Raymond Brownell]].
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 * Arbitration report: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-11/Arbitration report|The Report on Lengthy Litigation]]
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 <small>Delivered by [[User:SoxBot|SoxBot]] ([[User talk:SoxBot|talk]]) at 21:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)</small>
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 * Technology report: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-18/Technology report|Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News]]
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 == Saw this and thought of you ==
-[[End of the Sri Lankan Civil War]]. Cheers dude, —<font face="Baskerville Old Face">[[User:the_ed17|<font color="800000">Ed]]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:the_ed17|<font color="800000">(Talk</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/the_ed17|<font color="800000">Contribs)]]</small></font> 07:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
+[[End of the Sri Lankan Civil War]]. Cheers dude, —<span style="font-family:Baskerville Old Face;">[[User:the_ed17|<span style="color:#800000;">Ed</span>]]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:the_ed17|<span style="color:#800000;">(Talk</span>]] • [[Special:Contributions/the_ed17|<span style="color:#800000;">Contribs)</span>]]</small></span> 07:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
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 * Arbitration report: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-25/Arbitration report|The Report on Lengthy Litigation]]
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 * From the editor: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/From the editor|Browsing the archives]]
 * Book review: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/Book review|Review of ''The Future of the Internet'']]
-* Scientology: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/Scientology|End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage]]
+* Scientology: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/Scientology arbitration|End of Scientology arbitration brings blocks, media coverage]]
 * News and notes: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/News and notes|Picture of the Year, Wikipedia's first logo, Board elections, and more]]
 * Wikipedia in the news: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/In the news|Tamil Wikipedia, Internet Watch Foundation, and more]]
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 * Arbitration report: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-06-01/Arbitration report|The Report on Lengthy Litigation]]
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-; <big><font color=steelblue>From the coordinators</font></big>
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 * With end of year exams beckoning for many members, this has been a quiet month on the talk pages for Milhist. (If you are facing exams yourself, we all wish you the very best of luck!) During this quieter period, some of our most active reviewers are busy revising so it would be really appreciated if you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying {{tl|WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your userpage.
 * This month sees our first newsletter editorial. The idea is to provide regular tips and hints to help editors get up to speed with our large (and sometimes complicated) project. This month's piece, by [[User:EyeSerene|EyeSerene]], explains the workings of the project's main template, which is at the core of the project's tagging and assessing activities. &nbsp;[[User:Roger Davies|<span style="color:maroon; font-variant:small-caps">'''Roger&nbsp;Davies'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Roger Davies|'''talk''']]</sup> 20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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 New [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Showcase#Featured_articles|featured articles]]:
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-# {{Sclass|Yorktown|gunboat|6}}
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-; <big><font color=steelblue>Project news</font></big>
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 * The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Contest|Contest department]] has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] with 123 points followed by [[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]] with 101 points. They receive the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards#WikiChevrons|Chevrons]] and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. [[User:Parsecboy|Parsecboy]] commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to [[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]] (38), [[User:Ed|Ed]] (28), [[User:Abraham, B.S.|Abraham, B.S.]] (15), [[User:the_ed17|the_ed17]] (12), [[User:Amore Mio|Amore Mio]] (11) and [[User:Kirk|Kirk]] (11). Thanks also go to [[User:Piotrus|Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus]], [[User:DPdH|DPdH]], [[User:Lordoliver|Lordoliver]], [[User:Belissarius|Belissarius]], [[User:Wild Wolf|Wild Wolf]], [[User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa|Gaia Octavia Agrippa]] and [[user:mynameinc|mynameinc]], who also fielded entries.
 * In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Pakistani military history task force|Pakistani military history task force]], which hits the ground running with 11 participants.
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 * [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] has been awarded the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards#A-Class medals|Milhist A-Class medal with Oakleaves]] for {{SMS|U-10|sub=y}}, {{SMS|UB-14|sub=y}} and {{SMS|UB-16|sub=y}}.
 * [[User:MisterBee1966|MisterBee1966]] has been awarded the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards#A-Class medals|Milhist A-Class medal]] for [[List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine]], [[List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service]], and [[List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service]].
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 Welcome to a new occasional feature of The Bugle, where over coming issues we'll be exploring some of the roles, tasks, and technical functions that go into creating what archivist and researcher [[Simon Fowler (author)|Simon Fowler]] has described as the best general resource for military history on the internet.<sup>†</sup> As a project we can rightly be proud of that accolade, and we gratefully acknowledge the debt we owe to those dedicated editors from across Wikipedia that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what it is today.