Hello, and welcome to the final edition of The Bugle for 2012.
It's been another big year for WikiProject Military history, and voting for this year's "Military Historian of the Year" award is currently under way. Voting has also commenced for the inaugural Military History "Newcomer of the Year" – this new award aims to recognise editors who have just begun to make a major impact on military history article writing in the last 12 months. You have till 28 December to register your votes!
A highlight of this month's edition of The Bugle is an interview with five editors who work on relatively neglected topics in which they discuss what motivates them to write articles in these fields, the difficulties they've faced and the rewards from working on these topics. In addition, we have the usual wrap-up of articles which have recently been promoted to Featured and A-Class status, reviews of two recent books, and a look back at some of the events of 2012.
Last, we'd like to wish all members of the project Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The contest department completed its 66th round of competition last month. A total of 18 articles were submitted by 7 editors. Zawed came first with 29 points from 5 entries to receive the Chevrons, followed by Sturmvogel 66 and Ian Rose tying for second on 20 points to each receive the Writer's Barnstar. RoslynSKP, Parsecboy, Djmaschek and Peacemaker67 also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for this month's contest now.
About The Bugle
First published in 2006, the Bugle is the monthly newsletter of the English Wikipedia's Military history WikiProject.
