Your military history newsletter – Issue LXI, March 2011 Front page • Project news • Member news • Article news • Editorial

• The A-Class medal with Oak Leaves has been awarded to:
  • Nick-D: For Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands, No. 79 Squadron RAAF, and John Treloar (museum administrator).
  • Sturmvogel 66: For List of breastwork monitors of the Royal Navy, Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō and Russian battleship Rostislav.

• The contest department has completed its forty-six month of competition. A total of 91 articles were entered by 9 editors. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 242 points from 34 articles, followed by Ian Rose with 87 points from 12 articles. They receive the WikiChevrons and the Writer's Barnstar respectively. Honorable mentions go to Parsecboy (84), Cuprum17 (69) and Kirk (62). Historical Perspective, Djmaschek, Wild Wolf and The Bushranger also fielded entries. Please submit any articles you are working on for the April contest.

The participation of 48 editors listed below was recognised with the following awards:

• For reviewing 10 or more articles, the WikiChevrons;
• For reviewing 3–9 articles, the Content Review Medal;
• For reviewing 1–2 articles, project review awards.

Username	PR Jan–Mar 2011	ACR Jan–Mar 2011	FAC Jan–Mar 2011	Total Jan–Mar 2011
Anotherclown		14		14
Auntieruth55		1		1
AustralianRupert	4	31	1	36
bahamut0013	1	2		3
Brad101	1			1
Buckshot06	1			1
Cla68		1		1
Cam		1		1
Cs32en	1			1
Cuprum17	1			1
D2306		2		2
Dana boomer		2		2
Dank	11	33	12	56
David Fuchs	1			1
Demiurge1000	1			1
Ed!		4		4
Fifelfoo	3	14	3	20
Georgejdorner		1		1
GregorB		1		1
Hawkeye7	1			1
Hchc2009	2	4	1	7
HJ Mitchell		1		1
Ian Rose		9	5	14
Intothatdarkness	1	2		3
Jim Sweeney	1	1		2
Justice and Arbitration		1		1
Kebeta		1		1
Kirk		6	3	9
Kumioko	1			1
Kyteto	1			1
MisterBee1966		3	1	4
Nev1		1		1
Newm30	2			2
Nick-D	7	13	4	24
Nikkimaria	1			1
PINTofCARLING	1			1
Protonk		1		1
P. S. Burton	1			1
Rumiton	1	4	1	6
Spinningspark		1		1
Sturmvogel 66		6	3	9
The Bushranger		1		1
Ed		1		1
The Land	1	2	1	4
TomStar81	1	2		3
UltimaRatio		1		1
WikiCopter		1		1
XavierGreen	2	3		5

The March 2011 Milhist backlog reduction drive saw 10 editors participate. These editors worked on improving articles that were lacking in one or more of the B class criteria. They were then awarded points based on which category was improved. These points varied from 15 for coverage and accuracy, referencing and citation, and articles needing expert attention, to 10 points for articles needing attention to grammar and 5 points for articles needing attention to structure and supporting materials.

Thank you to all who participated. Sturmvogel 66 came first with 4,525 points. Kirk came second with 2,910 points and AustralianRupert came a distant third with 260 points. They each receive the Golden, Silver and Bronze Wikis respectively. The other entrants were: SMasters (125), PINTofCARLING (90), MacMed (80), Wild Wolf (65), Kirill Lokshin (40), Macarenses (30) and Arcaad (15). They all received a variety of service awards for their contributions.