Welcome to the third edition of the Bugle for 2017!
The articles section features an unusually large number of new A-class articles, on a diverse range of topics - everything from dreadnoughts to astronauts! The crop of newly promoted FAs is particularly notable for including two articles on warrior queens, Æthelflæd of Mercia and Zenobia of Palmyra.
TomStar81 has once again generously provided twin contributions: an op-ed on the downfall of the Russian monarchy in March 1917, and his regular timeline of the events of the First World War 100 years ago. Notably, both articles set out key events which helped to settle the conclusion of the conflict. The review section includes a review from Hawkeye7 of a book on the deployment of American nuclear-armed bombers to the UK during the early years of the Cold War, as well as review by Nick-D of a recent history of the US military's elite Joint Special Operations Command.
The month of March sees the project running the March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that aims to increase our content by awarding editors for creating new articles from "requested article" lists, as well as dealing with tagging and assessment backlogs. It also includes a line focused on maintaining the quality of current MilHist A-class articles. The drive began on 1 March and continues through to the end of the month, so interested editors are encouraged to sign up now at the link mentioned above.
In February the contest department completed its 116th round of competition. A total of 56 articles were submitted by 11 editors. Sturmvogel_66 took out the competition with 94 points from 11 articles, while Auntieruth55 achieved 53 points from 14 articles to take second place. Sturmvogel has been awarded the Chevrons for his achievement, and Ruth has received the Writer's Barnstar. Miyagawa, TeriEmbrey, Djmaschek, Euryalus, Peacemaker67, Kg1901, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Catlemur and Zawed also contributed entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's round of competition now.
About The Bugle
First published in 2006, the Bugle is the monthly newsletter of the English Wikipedia's Military history WikiProject.
