- Project news
- The Crusades task force has been created.
- The main project talk page is now automatically archived; MiszaBot II will archive any sections that have had no comments for 21 days.
- The contest department has completed its twelth month of competition, which saw 13 entries. The top scorer this month is Woody, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter with 13 points, with Ed!, jwillbur, Redmarkviolinist and Borg Sphere also fielding entries. Blnguyen remains the overall leader, with 188 points in total. You are encouraged to submit articles you're working on as entries.
- A Sources section has been added to the Logistics department, for help tracing and locating JSTOR articles and other source material.
- A Linguistics section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with non-English language sources and translation of snippets. It supports 19 languages so far.
- An Administrators section has been added to the Logistics department, for help with admin related tasks. Administrators willing to help out are cordially asked to list their names in the section.
- Reminder: Editors are always needed to review various military history articles at all levels.
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- Articles of note
New featured articles:
- Æthelred of Mercia
- Cannon
- HMAS Melbourne (R21)
- Huldrych Zwingli
- Timor Leste Defence Force
- USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
New featured lists:
- List of countries without armed forces
- List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Iwo Jima
- List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
New featured topics:
- Atlantic campaign of May 1794
New A-Class articles:
- Armia Krajowa
- Heuschrecke 10
- USS Siboney (ID-2999)
- William Stacy
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- Awards and honors
- Kirill Lokshin has been appointed coordinator emeritus to reflect his on-going involvement in the project. The appointment ends concurrently with the other coordinators' terms in September 2008.
- The following editors have been awarded the Content Review Medal for their work on reviews at various levels of military history articles: Carom, Cam, Blnguyen, Howard C. Berkowitz, Kevin Myers, Maralia, MrPrada, SoLando, and Wandalstouring. Similar awards were made last December to: Buckshot06, Cla68, Eurocopter tigre, Hawkeye7, Ian Rose, Jackyd101, JKBrooks85, Kyriakos, LordAmeth, Nick Dowling, Roger Davies, The Land, TomStar81 and Woody, most of whom are still active reviewers.
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