Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive
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The April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive is a month-long edit-a-thon, which will run from 00:01 UTC on 1 April through to 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project; however, only work on articles/pages that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible for editors wishing to claim points as part of the drive.
This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military, although this is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.
About the drive
editThe backlog reduction drive is a four-week effort. It has been designed with the intent to allow members with a broad range of interests and skills to participate. This year the drive is focused on the following areas:
- tagging articles and non-article pages that fall within the project's scope, including adding articles to MILHIST task force
- assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
- updating the open tasks template on Milhist task force pages (e.g. Template:WPMILHIST Announcements/Japanese military history)
- adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/African military history task force)
- creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.
More specific notes about what these entail can be found below.
Scoring
editYou will receive points for each article/page you work on, based on the schedule listed below.
| Serial | Aspect/Category | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagging an article or non-article page for Milhist[Note 1] | 1 point |
| 2 | Adding MILHIST task force(s) to an article or non-article talk page[Note 2] | 1 point |
| 3 | Assessing an article against the Milhist B-class criteria[Note 3] | 5 points |
| 4 | Updating the open tasks template on Milhist task forces[Note 4] | 5 points |
| 5 | Updating or adding resources to a Milhist task force page[Note 5] | 10 points |
| 6 | Creating a requested article[Note 6] | 25 points / 50 points [Note 7] |
Points can be claimed for multiple aspects for the same article. For instance, adding a project banner and a task force to the talk page will result in two points being awarded. Additionally, if a project banner and task force are added to an article's talk page, and the article is assessed by the same editor, 7 points will be awarded to that editor. The same applies for all other aspects/categories.
As collaboration is a key part of our project, where an article or page has been improved by more than one editor, all editors are entitled to claim points as part of the drive. It is expected, though, that editors will display fair dealing in how they claim points.
Please note: It is important that all new articles created as part of this edit-a-thon comply with the site's referencing and notability requirements per WP:V and WP:GNG. As such, to be eligible for points, any created article must be well-referenced. Spot checks will be carried out by project co-ordinators before finalising points at the end of the month, and ineligible articles will be discounted.
Notes
- ^ This refers to adding the Milhist project's banner – {{WPMILHIST}} – to the talk page, not to adding maintenance tags to articles.
- ^ If an article is already assigned to a task force, a point can still be claimed if a new (relevant) task force is added.
- ^ To claim points for this, all aspects of the checklist must be completed for articles assessed as being Start/List, C-class or B-class. Stub-class assessments are also eligible to be claimed.
- ^ This includes identifying requested articles, or articles that need clean up, citations, images or expansion. It can also include removing items that no longer need attention (e.g. a requested article that has since been created, or expanded, etc.) Please note, an editor can only claim points once per task force page, regardless of how many edits are made; however, to promote collaboration, multiple editors can claim points for updating the same task force page.
- ^ Each Milhist task force includes a list of resources that interested editors might find useful for improving articles within that task force's scope. Not all task forces have well developed lists so it would be a big help for editors to help expand these. These could include websites, books, journals, templates etc. For example, there is a relatively well developed list of resources at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force, but other task forces such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/African military history task force lack this treatment. Please note, an editor can only claim points once per task force page, regardless of how many edits are made.
- ^ Some example lists are provided below, but please be aware that these are not exclusive, as the goal is to encourage as much participation as possible so the definition of a "requested" article should be construed broadly, i.e. if there is a redlink somewhere, it is eligible so long as the article topic is notable and can be reliably sourced. Draft-space articles that are improved and then published in article-space are eligible to be claimed in this category. Conversely, though, the improvement of stub-class articles (or other articles that already exist in article space prior to the start of the contest) will not attract for points in this contest, although editors are encouraged to enter such contributions in the monthly Milhist writers' contest.
- ^ If a requested article is created in the drive period and achieves a B class or higher assessment (also in the drive period), 25 bonus points will be awarded, bringing the total to 50 points for a given article.
Useful links
editTagging and assessing: The following links can be followed to find articles to tag and assess:
- Unassessed military history articles
- Requests for assessment of military history articles
- New military history articles
- Military history articles with incomplete B-class checklists
- Military history articles with missing B-Class checklists
Adding task forces: In regards to adding task forces, it is important to note that some of our task forces are underpopulated. For instance, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Military logistics and medicine task force. As this is a relatively new task force, many articles that fall within its scope are currently listed in different task forces. Editors can help out by searching other task forces for logistics or medical related topics (or any other relevant topics for that matter), and adding the new task force to these articles.
- Military history articles with no associated task force
- Category:WikiProject Military history task forces
Updating task force open task lists:
Updating task force resources: The following links can be used to find task force pages to update resources:
Requested articles: The following links can be followed to find requested articles:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Military (list of requested articles relating to women in the military)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Military (Wikidata sourced list of missing biographies of women in the military)
- Milhist articles to be created (individual task-force specific lists of requested articles can be found through this link)
- Draft-Class military history articles (if a draft-class article is improved and published it can be claimed as part of this drive)
- Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social sciences/Military and military history
- Missing topics about military units
- Missing topics about military and warfare
- Missing topics about military history
- Missing topics about vehicles (including aircraft, ground vehicles, ships etc)
- Missing topics about weaponry
- Missing topics about World War II
- Missing topics about espionage
- Missing topics about Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history
Relevant guidelines: The following links may be helpful for writing articles that fall within Milhist's scope:
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Content guide
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Notability guide
Awards
editAs a token of our appreciation for your efforts, the coordinators will be presenting service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles or pages you improve. The awards will not be cumulative, though, rather each participant will qualify for a single award based on the total number of points they accumulate.
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One Stripe
(25 points) -
Two Stripes
(100 points) -
Three Stripes
(250 points) -
WikiChevrons
(500 points)
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Tireless Contributor Barnstar
(750 points) -
Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
(1,000 points) -
Barnstar of Diligence
(1,250 points) -
WikiProject Barnstar
(1,500 points +)
To add a bit of friendly competition, the three editors who earn the most points by 30 April 2018 will be awarded bronze, silver and gold wikis. These will be in addition to the barnstars above.
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Third place overall -
Second place overall -
First place overall
The coordinators will post awards to your talk page within a few days of the end of the drive once entries have been checked and scores tallied.
How to participate
editTo take part in the drive, please add your name to the list of participants and the points table below. Then, in alphabetical order, please create a new worklist section for yourself on the worklist page, here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive/Worklists.
Now you can begin working on articles in the categories listed above. For each article:
- Fix the listed problem by editing the article or its talkpage, or
- Create your article, then
- List the article under the appropriate category in your worklist section
- For any new article that is created, editors are encouraged to list the article for independent assessment at WP:MHA
Questions about the drive can be asked on the talk page here. In the first instance, please use the {{@MILHIST}} notification to gain a co-ordinator's attention.
Participants
editTo sign up, please add your sig block on a new line below (in alphabetical order):
- 47thPennVols
- Anotherclown
- ☕ Antiqueight haver 13:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
- auntieruth
- AustralianRupert
- Catlemur
- Cdjp1
- Cdtuba
- Deb
- Donner60
- DPdH
- Dumelow
- User:Ealdgyth
- Eddie891
- Gaia Octavia Agrippa
- GELongstreet
- Gog the Mild
- Ipigott
- Kges1901
- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
- L293D
- Lineagegeek
- Lord Ics
- Meanderingbartender
- Miyagawa
- Molestash
- Noetherian Ring
- Raavi Mohanty
- Randomness74
- Reidgreg
- Robinvp11
- Rosiestep
- Sasuke Sarutobi
- Seraphim System
- TeriEmbrey
- Toreightyone
- Vermont
- ZLEA
Points table
editPlease note: Participants: please do not edit this table during the drive, other than to add a new line for your name (please add them in alphabetical order). The points will be tallied and added to the table by the Milhist co-ord that closes the drive at the end of the month.