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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
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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 Knowledge (XXG) that have helped to make the Military history WikiProject what
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As with many templates in use on Knowledge (XXG), 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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and assign a rating from Stub- to B-Class yourself. A banner template with, for example, a Stub-Class article rating will look like
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To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please list yourself in the appropriate section
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has completed its twenty-sixth month of competition, with 83 articles entered by 15 editors. This month's top scorer is
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you can help with peer reviews or A-Class reviews. You can easily track articles needing review, by copying
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Finally, when adding the milhist banner it's useful to assign the article to one (or more) of our
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For a full list of all the banner template parameters and more detailed usage instructions, see
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In a welcome addition to a long under-represented area, this month saw the creation of the
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commendably came third with 47 points, with honorable mentions going to
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List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)
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List of Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service
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List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine
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List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine
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They receive the 28: 447:Southeast Asian military history 37: 467:South American military history 439:Baltic states military history 123:1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash 1: 455:Early Muslim military history 435:New Zealand military history 339:with 123 points followed by 47:Military history WikiProject 561:Henry Burrell (RAN officer) 403:, who also fielded entries. 248:Henry Burrell (RAN officer) 716: 419:Taiwanese military history 677: 569: 463:Lebanese military history 103: 32: 618:{{WPMILHIST|class=stub}} 471:Spanish military history 375:(11). Thanks also go to 215:The Battle of Schevening 98:20:26, 3 June 2009 (UTC) 431:Military historiography 423:Polish military history 77:WPMILHIST Review alerts 51:Issue XXXIX (May 2009) 656:main project talk page 427:Dutch military history 303:Tucker class destroyer 549:Milhist A-Class medal 547:has been awarded the 527:Milhist A-Class medal 525:has been awarded the 494:has been awarded the 150:Neil Hamilton Fairley 64:From the coordinators 658:. 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Index

Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Military history
News

Military history WikiProject
WPMILHIST Review alerts
EyeSerene
RogerĀ Davies
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featured articles
1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
Arthur Henry Cobby
Battle of Barnet
Fort Ticonderoga
Fountain of Time
Neil Hamilton Fairley
Operation Perch
SMSĀ Seydlitz
SSĀ Pennsylvanian
featured lists
List of United States Military Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)
List of United States Military Academy alumni (Superintendents)
featured topics
featured pictures
The Battle of Schevening
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
A-Class articles
Albert Kesselring
Frank Bladin
Henry Burrell (RAN officer)
List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine

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