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Cla68

As a first proposal, I suggest awarding the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves to Cla68 (talk · contribs), to recognize his many contributions to articles, and, in particular, his creation of numerous featured articles. Thoughts? Kirill Lokshin 00:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

  1. Looks like a good candidate. Support. Wandalstouring 13:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support this nomination as well. Carom 20:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support - Creators of featured articles need to be featured as well ;) -- FayssalF - Wiki me up ® 10:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, looks like we have our majority support. Barring any last-minute changes, I think we can go ahead and award them with the following citation:

By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, Cla68 is hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to articles, and, in particular, his leading role in the creation of numerous featured articles on the topic of the Pacific Theater of World War II.

(Is the wording too pretentious? Suggestions would be very welcome!)

We can keep this discusssion open for a few more days to see if any other coordinators want to comment, of course. Kirill Lokshin 13:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I think that citation is acceptable - why be a military-related WikiProject if we can't be a little pretentious? ; ) Carom 15:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I've gone ahead and awarded it, then. Kirill Lokshin 01:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

A strong begining, not a coordinator so I can't leave a mention in the main body of discussion. Since this is the first Nommination there may be a few faux-pas, such as this one. Although unwriten in the main page (article) is the proposed statement Editors are welcome to comment on nominations in progress, but are requested not to make personal attacks or unneccessarily negative remarks. applicable?--Dryzen 20:15, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I would think that was pretty implicit; should that be made more explicit in the award description itself? (I'm somewhat concerned that such wording would be interpreted as overly elitist; after all, are there any cases where editors aren't welcome to comment?) Kirill Lokshin 21:01, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I know there arn't any cases where editors aren't welcomed to comment but not all editors know that. Some may think that his is a Coordinators only section as only the coordinators are explicitly named in the Award scope. Akin to Coordinators' page open to the public but most editors thinking it off limits.
Normal things to look over and polish till the Project Awards becomes a well greaced machine.--Dryzen 12:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it a fitting citation for a fitting award. recomendations for recognition are made where for the participant editors? I've got a few names of deserving persons, as well--Dryzen

Just creating new sections on this page for each editor you recommend seems like the easiest approach. Kirill Lokshin 19:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Kirill Lokshin (I)

I would like to nomminate to receive the award of the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves to Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs). In recognition of his many contributions to articles, his creation of numerous featured articles and most importantly his limitless devotion to this very project and the wikipedia community of editors in general. Be this devotion as an editor, a coordinator, an administrator or as a friend, an advisor or teacher. --Dryzen 17:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Without a doubt. Carom 18:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
No support for any coordinator as long as he is in office. Wandalstouring 17:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Could you please clarify this comment a little? Carom 17:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
I think Wandalstouring means that coordinators shouldn't be eligible for the award as long as they're in office. (Which is, admittedly, a good point; it'd slightly resemble Brezhnev's habit of awarding himself medals. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 17:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Meh. Since you can't self-nominate, I don't think it's problematic, as long as you don't vote in your own favor. And, as one can theoretically remain in office indefinitely, it seems a little odd to deny the award to someone who has demonstrated both dedication to the project and the support of the members. But that's just me... Carom 17:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Right Kirill and it doesn't mean that I don't think you deserve it. Wandalstouring
From the last election processes looks like Kirill Lokshin's going to have to wait a long time before get his deserved award. The same for a portion assistant-coordinators. There is a reason why they hold office. :oP --Dryzen
It makes the award really valuable and to stick with Brezhnev, it doesn't look any better if the CPC awards Brezhnev and Brezhnev awards the CPC. Wandalstouring 17:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Kirill deserves it no doubt. I say give it to him, in office or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pupster21 (talk • contribs)
During the next election do you think for a second between stepping down from office as Lead Coordinator and taking the title up again we can post the Award? I understand your point Wandalstouring, but would of still liked to have given the Award regardless of tenure of position. As mentioned it was not a Coordinator that proposed. --Dryzen 13:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Support, but I also agrre with Wandalstouring on the fact that it shouldn't be to someone in office right now. Dreamy 01:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

RM Gillespie

I'd like to nominate RM Gillespie (talk · contribs), in recognition of his massive efforts to improve our coverage of the Vietnam War, culminating in the development of a substantial portion of the project's A-Class articles. Kirill Lokshin 15:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Beat me to it, Kirill. Carom 15:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Many of the articles RM's worked on are keen examples of what an article should be. Keep up the good work! LordAmeth 05:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support for the massive effort, but he can improve his works and better listen to reviews. Wandalstouring 17:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, awarded. Kirill Lokshin 18:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

He is very good at it. He deserves it. --Pupster21 Talk To Me 12:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Wilsbadkarma

I hearby nominate Wilsbadkarma (talk · contribs) for his work on lists (included two featured lists) and portals (including one featured portal). Lists especially are an undermanned area of work, and his excellent efforts deserve commendation. Carom 22:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support. Kirill Lokshin 14:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Wandalstouring 16:20, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support. LordAmeth 16:59, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, awarded. Kirill Lokshin 16:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Kevin Myers

I'd like to nominate Kevin Myers (talk · contribs), for his outstanding work on early modern warfare in North America, and, in particular, the creation of four featured articles on the topic. Kirill Lokshin 17:03, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Also very helpful with comments in A-class reviews, etc. Carom 17:10, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support. Seems like a serious, dedicated, and well-spoken editor. Plus, he works on obscure topics that would likely not otherwise get covered. ^_^ LordAmeth 07:33, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support Wandalstouring 08:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support Great editor and has contributed a great deal to this project. Kyriakos 14:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Ok, awarded. Kirill Lokshin 16:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Noclador

I'd like to nominate Noclador (talk · contribs), for his outstanding work on structural graphics for land based forces worldwide, his contributions to Alpini and all the regiments, and for all his other military graphics he produced for articles. Angelbo Talk / Contribs 22:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Wandalstouring 10:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Nice graphic work. Carom 15:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support Kirill Lokshin 01:16, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
OK awarded Wandalstouring 19:04, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
And listed on the project page. (To be picky, we only have three coordinators here. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 19:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Halibutt

I hearby nominate Halibutt (talk · contribs) for his massive contributions to articles related to the Eastern Front of World War II and the military history of Poland, including the production of ten featured articles. Carom 23:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Wandalstouring 08:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Kirill Lokshin 16:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support It's clear from the list on his front page that he's done a ton of excellent work. LordAmeth 11:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, awarded. Carom 20:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

First I would like to thank everyone involved in awarding me the Wiki Chevrons with Oak Leaves. It was a wonderful surprise :-) Second I strongly Support awarding Halibutt the Wiki Chevrons with Oak Leaves. I currently work with him on a graphic of the Polish Land Forces and he is surely one of the most hard working and worthy contributors to the Military history WikiProject. --noclador 22:13, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Agree. Halibutt is a hardworking editor. Valentinian T / C 16:25, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Wandalstouring

I'd like to nominate Wandalstouring (talk · contribs), in recognition of his long and dedicated service as a project coordinator and his many contributions to the structure and operations of the project. Kirill 12:34, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Wandal has been one of the most active and dedicated members of the Project. LordAmeth 14:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  2. Strong support. Kyriakos 12:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support. Carom 14:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support Had occasion to run into hom now and then, and he is a dedicated member to the project. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, awarded. Kirill 14:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia

Although not technically a part of our project, I would like to nominate SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs) for the chevrons; Sandy has been instramental in the FA process as a whole by checking FAC articles for our project (and others as well) to ensure that citation are correctly configured, and by helping clear the backlog of FA-class articles that no longer meet FA criteria from our project (and others as well). I dare say that most articles listed under the FA-class showcase wouldn't be there if Sandy hadn't chipped in her two cents. As noted above, she is not technically a part of the project, but has been award the project Chevrons for her work in helping FA-class MILHIST articles achieve and maintain FA-class status, and the project part notes that "Nominees should generally be members of the WikiProject," meaning that a few good editers outside the project may still be eligable for the award.

  1. Support TomStar81 (Talk) 04:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Kirill 14:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support Carom 16:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support --ROGER DAVIES TALK 17:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Okay, awarded. Kirill 22:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree that you mention pretty good reasons to support this nomination. Wandalstouring 10:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

JKBrooks85

I'd like to nominate JKBrooks85 (talk · contribs), in recognition of his diligent efforts to improve our coverage of fortifications in the American Civil War, and, in particular, his creation of a substantial number of A-Class articles. Kirill 16:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support Everything appears to be in order. Good choice. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support Yes, good idea. --ROGER DAVIES TALK 18:14, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support. He deserves it. Kyriakos 23:11, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support. A very productive and deserving editor. Carom 20:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok, awarded. Kirill 21:09, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Tony the Marine

I hereby nominate Marine 69-71 (talk · contribs) (aka Tony the Marine) for the Chevron w/ oak leaves, Tony has been a driving force behind the creation of a number of Hispanic and Puerto Rico based article on Wikipedia (a list can be viewed on his userpage), and he has helped a number of Purto Rican and Hispanic articles with Military History based focuses achieve FA-class status. As with SandyGeorgia, his name is not listed on our prject members list, but he has recieved the Chevrons and has contributed to the project as a whole. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

  1. Support I've seen a lot of his work and it's good. --ROGER DAVIES TALK 04:47, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support. Kirill 04:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Support. Cla68 09:46, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support -- After all that I almost forgot to put my support in. That would've been real embaressing :) TomStar81 (Talk) 10:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok, awarded. --ROGER DAVIES TALK 20:11, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Mike Christie

I'd like to nominate Mike Christie (talk · contribs), in recognition of his outstanding work on Anglo-Saxon military history, including the production of numerous featured articles. Mike isn't formally a member of the project, but he's been responsible for a half-dozen FAs on Anglo-Saxon rulers—a topic which naturally includes a heavy dose of military history. Kirill 23:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, awarded. Kirill 02:23, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Blnguyen

I'd like to nominate Blnguyen (talk · contribs), in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles. Kirill 19:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, awarded. --ROGER DAVIES talk 08:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Thankyou kind gentlemen. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Woodym555

I'd like to nominate Woodym555 (talk · contribs), in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic. Kirill 19:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, awarded. --ROGER DAVIES talk 08:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Dapi89

I'd like to nominate Dapi89 (talk · contribs), in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the history of the Luftwaffe and its personnel, especially for the tremendous effort he has put into the article History of the Luftwaffe during World War II.MisterBee1966 (talk) 11:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Mmm, I don't know. It's a good article, to be sure; but we've mostly awarded this for a long-term pattern of top-caliber (i.e. A-Class or FA) writing, rather than for a single article, no matter how excellent. Particularly as this hasn't been taken through a formal review process yet, it strikes me as a more appropriate occasion for an award of the regular WikiChevrons (which I note that Dapi hasn't yet received in any case). Kirill 14:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I agree with Kirill here. MisterBee1966 could consider awarding the standard WikiChevrons himself. This is not to say that, longer-term, Dapi will not be a suitable recipient, it just seems a bit premature right now. (Incidentally, this reminds me, we really ought to put a nowiki subst string just below the mention of the Chevrons on the awards page to make it easier to hand out. I know you dislike boxed awards, Kirill, but they do display much more neatly on talk pages so, if no one objects, I'll subst a boxed one :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Okay I awarded the WikiChevrons myself. MisterBee1966 (talk) 15:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Bwmoll3

I'd like to nominate Bwmoll3 (talk · contribs) in recognition of his superior contributions to very many US Air Force pages. He's methodically gone though USAF wings and installations vastly improving more than I can count. While I'm not aware of any of his articles being featured, he has contributed a great deal of time greatly increasing the quality of USAF history on Wikipedia.Ndunruh (talk) 17:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, awarded. Kirill 02:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Roger Davies

I'd like to nominate Roger Davies (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevron with Oak Leaves for his incomparable work on the Assessment Drive 2007 and for patiently and comprehensively answering every single doubt that the editors had. Along with all this, he even had time to tag articles. No one deserves this more. Sniperz11talk|edits 12:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

    • Too bad... Can't there be a rule allowing for that under certain conditions, for eg, no self-nomination, no nomination by coords and the like. Coz I dont see a problem with awards for work that really deserves it, especially when a majority of MILHIST members also concur. Anyway, had to try. Cheers mate. Sniperz11talk|edits 16:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Bedford

This editor has made an outstanding contribution to the project's organisation by tagging and assessing a massive 10,000 articles in the recent drive. Additionally, he has scrupulously added task forces, even though this was optional.--ROGER DAVIES talk 06:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, awarded --ROGER DAVIES talk 11:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Kirill Lokshin (II)

For his outstanding organization of the project, his maintainanence work and his kind advice. (As soon as he is out of office)Wandalstouring (talk) 16:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Awarded --ROGER DAVIES talk 01:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all very much! :-) Kirill 01:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Please stick to the rules, only elected coordinators give their support here. Wandalstouring (talk) 13:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL! (Just noticed this.) --ROGER DAVIES talk 05:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

MBK004

I hereby nominate MBK004 for the chevron w/oak leaves award for his outstanding effort to improve our compliment of naval ships by updating infoboxes, replacing deprecated infoboxes, and locating sources for ships in the employment of their respective countries navies. He has received two chevron awards for working on the tag and assess drive and USS Illinois (BB-65), respectively, and is a member in good standing with both our project and WP:SHIPS.

Awarded --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! An unexpected consolation present in light of not being elected a coordinator. -MBK004 21:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Hlj

Nomination by BusterD:

A request to ignore all rules
I'd like to seek consensus to award User:Hlj the Wikichevrons with Oak leaves even though Hal isn't a member of this project, and even though he's never received the wikichevrons, though he did receive similar acclaim from Kirill back in 2006. IMHO, he's one of the most consistently fine editors in the ACW cluster, and many of our ACW battles, biographies and theaters articles would be impoverished without the enduring contributions and keen eyes of this retiring yet accomplished editor. I've posted a similarly named thread here. Please take any support or other discussion there. Sorry for the cross post, but in this case, IMHO, an exception might best be granted. BusterD (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Please support or oppose the nomination here please. --ROGER DAVIES talk 18:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Of course, what is truly inexcusable is that the nominee doesn't yet have the Chevrons. --ROGER DAVIES talk 19:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
He does have them—he was one of the first set of recipients back in March 2006! ;-) Kirill (prof) 01:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Coordinators
Duly awarded, --ROGER DAVIES talk 15:49, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Buckshot06

I hereby nominate Buckshot06 for the Wikichevrons with Oak Leaves, in recognition of his daily tireless efforts to improve this project and the quality of its articles. He has already received the wikichevrons last year. --Eurocopter (talk) 11:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Piotrus

I hereby nominate Piotrus for Wikichevrons with Oak-Leaves. Although he has never received wikichevrons (I can't actually find his awards page, for that matter), his contributions to Polish Military History are phenomenal, including the creation of 9 Featured Articles, 2 A-Class Articles, & 3 GA-Class Articles on the subject. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 18:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Awarded. Kirill (prof) 01:23, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Durova

I'd like to nominate Durova (talk · contribs) in recognition of her exemplary work on military history featured pictures, sounds, and articles. Kirill (prof) 13:07, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Awarded. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:35, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Bellhalla

I'd like to nominate Bellhalla (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. He has received the Chevrons on at least two occasions, is one of the first two recipients of the new A-Class medal and has contributed to a few FAs which he has brought up the assessment scale via the A-Class reviews and GA nomination system along with a quite large number of DYKs. He has become quite a fixture at the contest department as well. -MBK004 20:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Awarded, Wandalstouring (talk) 15:44, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

LordAmeth

I'd like to nominate LordAmeth (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and distinguished service as a Coordinator of this project from August 2006 to September 2008. -MBK004 21:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Awarded. Kirill (prof) 01:42, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Kyriakos

I'd also like to nominate Kyriakos (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and distingushed service as a Coordinator of this project from February 2007 to September 2008. -MBK004 21:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Awarded TomStar81 (Talk) 01:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

EyeSerene

I'm nominating EyeSerene (talk · contribs) for all his hard work in copyediting a large quantity of Military History articles. He has been a cornerstone of several FACs, including Battle of Verrières Ridge, Battle of Barrosa, Battle of Albuera and Glorious First of June. He is currently copyediting five other MilHist articles, three of which will probably be put through FAC in the near future. EyeSerene received the WikiChevrons on 6 June 2008. JonCatalán(Talk) 21:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

awarded. Cam (Chat) 22:49, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

TomStar81

I like to nominate TomStar81 (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of both his long and distingushed service as a Coordinator of this project from August 2007 to October 2008 and his exemplary contributions to articles on the vessels of U.S. Navy. --ROGER DAVIES talk 06:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Full Support - it is truly a shame that his term as coordinator has ended so abruptly. That said, he deserves this fully. Cam (Chat) 06:33, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Awarded. Kirill (prof) 15:38, 2 November 2008 (UTC)


Abraham, B.S. (Bryce Abraham)

I would like to nominate Abraham, B.S. (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oakleaves in recognition of his many valuable contributions to the project: he is an active reviewer; an active and sensible contributor to Milhist discussions; and a fine content contributor, notably on Australian VC winners. --ROGER DAVIES talk 12:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

PS: And he's a gentleman. He always sends a thank you note for an award before posting the award to his wall of fame. Small point, but an important one :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 13:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Awarded EyeSerenetalk 12:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you all so very much! I feel so deeply honoured to be deemed worthy of such a prestigious award! Abraham, B.S. (talk) 12:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Ian Rose

I'd like to nominate Ian Rose (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oakleaves in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Australian military history articles, and particularly articles on senior Royal Australian Air Force officers. To date these include four FAs, an A-class article (which is currently at FAC and looks certain to pass) and four GAs. Ian is also a highly civil and collaborative editor and a good source of advice. Ian was previously awarded the WikiChevrons on 21 March 2008. Nick-D (talk) 04:42, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Awarded EyeSerenetalk 18:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Raul654

I'd like to nominate Raul654 (talk · contribs) for the chevrons w/oak leaves. Although not a member of the project, Raul has contributed to eight featured milhist articles, six of which still retain their bronze stars. Additionally, Raul has occasionally shown editors of various projects - including ours - leeway in adding articles to the TFA list when date relevance or other issues suggest a TFA appearance. Raul has also generously added to our visual library by taking plenty of pictures for our project. For all these reasons I believe Raul654 deserves the chevrons w/oak leaves.—Preceding unsigned comment added by TomStar81 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Awarded EyeSerenetalk 19:00, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

MisterBee1966

Nominate MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) for the Oak leaves. Nominated for creating and writing seven featured lists on German military awards during the Second World War and for contributing to four good articles and being instrumental in promoting three of them to A-Class status. At the moment Heinrich Bär is also nominated for FA status (it at A-Class at the moment). Dapi89 (talk) 21:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Awarded. Kirill [pf] 04:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Thanks folks for the honors, I truly appreciate this! MisterBee1966 (talk) 08:04, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

The Land

I'd like to nom the not-so-aptly named (:D) The Land (talk · contribs) for the oak leaves for his contributions in the area of maritime warfare. This guy got battleship, pre-dreadnought, and ironclad warship to FA in 2007 and dreadnought to FA just today. Those would be four core articles in maritime warfare and (at least) one core article in all of warfare! In addition, he has significantly contributed to six of the seven articles in the history of the battleship series: the four above (assuming "battleship" itself counts), treaty battleship and Battleships in World War II. —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 22:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Awarded —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 16:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

JonCatalán

With sixteen coordinators, nine is a majority

I'd like to nominate Catalan (talk · contribs) (JonCatalán) for the WikiChevrons with Oakleaves in recognition of his distinguished service as a coordinator of this project, thorough article reviews, and his contributions of 14 featured articles, a featured topic, and many A-Class and Good Articles. -MBK004 23:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

  1. Support as nom. -MBK004 23:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
  2. Strong support Nick-D (talk) 23:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
  3. Support highly deserving. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 00:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
  4. Support - well deserved, only status as coordinator would've delayed this nom until now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
  5. Support --Eurocopter (talk) 18:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
  6. Support  Roger Davies talk 18:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
  7. Support. A well-deserved award. — Bellhalla (talk) 20:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
  8. Support per Ian Rose (talk · contribs). —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 05:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
  9. Strong Support Skinny87 (talk) 11:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
  10. Support – Joe N 18:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
  11. Support - he will be missed in retirement. This award is fully deserved. Cam (Chat) 19:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
    Awarded -MBK004 20:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
  12. Belated support with grateful thanks to Jon for his superb work. EyeSerenetalk 16:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
  13. Ex post facto Support Oh, yeah, he difinetly deserves the oak leaves. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:13, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Moonriddengirl

With sixteen coordinators, nine is a majority

I'd like to nominate Moonriddengirl (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oakleaves in recognition of her efforts to track down copyrighted articles within our scope in the aftermath of the GrahamBould copyright affair and notify the projects effected by the copy and pasting of non free material directly into Wikipedia, which included our milhist project. Although not a member of our project, and not a recipent of the wikichevrons, I feel that the circumstances surrounding this particular incident warrent more than just a simple chevrons, so I am asking for special consideration for this nomination, and point out that as our criteria specifically states generally members and generally recieved chevrons first, we have occasionally bent the rules in the past for editors worthy of such acclaim. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:24, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

This only impacts very slightly on the project and I'm reluctant to agree to make an exception under these circumstances. Give her a personal award by all means but the Oakleaves is a bit over the top.  Roger Davies talk 20:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
I've awarded her the standard Chevrons, for which there seems consensus. Roger Davies talk 08:54, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Parsecboy

With 16 coordinators, 9 is a majority

Id like to nominate Parsecboy (talk · contribs) for the Chevrons w/oak leaves award for his outstanding work in bringing almost all of the WWI era German battleships - dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts - up to GA, A, or FA class. His single-mind determination in this field has helped both with the WWI centennial drive we are running and with my project to get all battleship articles up to FA class for one big FT nom.

Awarded  Roger Davies talk 11:22, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Support after the fact. I missed this on my watchlist when the nomination came up and am sorry I didn't get a chance to vote then, he definitely deserves it and I look forward to reviewing all the articles on individual ships now that he's almost done with the ship classes. – Joe N 01:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Roger Davies (II)

With 15 coordinators, 8 is a majority

In recognition of his outstanding work, never-ending support & encouragement, and astute advice over 2 years as a coordinator of the Military History WikiProject - 1.5 of those as the Lead Coordinator. Cam (Chat) 03:31, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Tweak #1: In recognition of his outstanding service to the Military history WikiProject as both coordinator and lead coordinator over the past two years, and with gratitude for his astute advice, thoughtful guidance, and unfailing support and encouragement.
Tweak #2: In recognition of his outstanding leadership of the Military history WikiProject, including his introduction of the logistics department, his dedication to the Tag and Assess 2008 & B-class Assessment Drive efforts, and his astute advice and never-ending support and encouragement as both a coordinator and lead coordinator.
Awarded. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:16, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you much indeed, gentlemen, for your very kind award. It is greatly appreciated.  Roger Davies talk 19:05, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Auntieruth55

I'm nominating Auntieruth55 for the Oak Leaves for her excellent work on three featured articles (Unification of Germany, Cologne War and Hermann Detzner) plus supporting numerous good articles, especially for her instrumental help on Werner Mölders (featured article of the day on 22 November 2009), and for always being helpful. I ask the coordinators to support this nomination. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 20:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

MisterBee1966 (II)

Can I nominate MisterBee1966 for consideration for the Oakleaves. To date he has 14 A class articles and this looks like being number 15. He already has four A class medals so I believe the Oakleaves is just reward for his hard work. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Someone already beat you to it, he was awarded the Chevrons with OakLeaves in February 2009. The OakLeaves are only awarded to an editor once. -MBK004 08:32, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Indeed no harm done - MisterBee's a fine editor so post-closure moral support regardless :) EyeSerenetalk 11:08, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Brad101

With 15 coordinators, 8 is a majority

I hereby nominate Brad101 (talk · contribs) for the Chevron with Oak Leaves. Brad has been with us since 2006, and in that time has been a force of improvement behind a a very sizable number of nautical articles that fall within our scope. Although not listed as a member milhist per say, his work for SHIPS has produce a number of high quality article for us along the way. Brad is a recipient of the Chevrons for work in an earlier FAR for the Iowa class battleships, and has received an A-class medal for work his work on the Original Six Frigates of the United States Navy.

Awarded. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:36, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Sturmvogel 66

With 15 coordinator, 8 is a majority

On hold--Eurocopter (talk) 20:39, 11 March 2010 (UTC) I am hereby nominating Sturmvogel 66 for the Chevrons with Oak Leaves on account of his extraordinary performance within the Henry Allingham World War I Contest and other extremely valuable contributions to this project. His submission pages stand as proof that he has recently been of the most active editors in article creation and improvement (1, 2, 3). --Eurocopter (talk) 18:09, 11 March 2010 (UTC) Also served as MilHist Coordinator September 2009 – March 2010, stepping down of own volition. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:26, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Awarded. --Eurocopter (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Unfortunately we need to revoke and then re-award with a revised citation since it omits his term as coordinator. -MBK004 20:01, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Re-awarded with citation incorporating term as coordinator. -MBK004 20:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Nick-D

Just been waiting for his 'coordinatorship' to lapse by his own accord before nominating... For his sterling work as a four-term MilHist Coordinator, his ongoing "big picture" article work, including such examples as Australian Defence Force and Military history of Australia during World War II, just two of the ten FAs he's achieved, and for his tireless participation in discussion and review, I hereby nominate Nick-D for long-overdue Oak Leaves. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Awarded -- Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:36, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Thank you all so much for this award and your very generous comments. Nick-D (talk) 06:42, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Eurocopter

I would like to nominate Eurocopter (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his long and distinguished service as a Coordinator of this project from August 2007 to May 2010; coordination of the Henry Allingham World War I Contest; his exceptional behind the scenes work in the ongoing running of the A-Class Review process; and in recognition of his contributions which include three Featured Articles and six A-Class articles. -MBK004 05:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Awarded -MBK004 23:13, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Cplakidas (aka Constantine)

With 14 coordinators, 8 is a majority

I'd like to throw Constantine's name into the ring. (Cplakidas (talk · contribs)) It seems like I see a DYK on the Byzantines at least once a week, and every time I look at the article's history he's had a hand in it. In total, Constantine has 96 DYKs, one FA (the massive undertaking of Byzantine navy; probably ought to count for three), one FP (a ridiculously detailed map of Constantinople), twenty GAs, and numerous article and map creations that aren't featured or weren't DYK'ed. He's been around for quite some time (2005), and I think it is high time we recognize his monumental achievements. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 07:39, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Suggested citation text: In recognition of his outstanding work in hugely improving Wikipedia's coverage of the Byzantine period through contributions which include 96 DYKs, 20 good articles, one featured article, one featured picture and numerous other article and image creations.
I should just note that if I were still a coordinator, I would definitely support this on the merits of Byzantine Navy alone. A truly gargantuan article project. Cam (Chat) 05:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
Awarded EyeSerenetalk 08:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Moonriddengirl

I'd like to nominate Moonriddengirl (talk · contribs) for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of her unstinting dedication to finding and eliminating potential copyright concerns in military history articles. Her diligence and commitment have been crucial in helping maintain Wikipedia's reputation as an outstanding scholarly resource on military matters.

Moonriddengirl was awarded the WikiChevrons by Roger in April 2009 for her first major military history copyvio catch. Kirill [talk] [prof] 20:57, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Awarded. Kirill [talk] [prof] 01:12, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Magicpiano

I'd like to throw Magicpiano (talk · contribs) into consideration for the Oak Leaves. He is a frequent contributor to articles related to the French and Indian War or the American Revolutionary War, and his resume includes five featured articles and quite a few GAs – see his military contributions and topics pages. He was awarded the Chevrons in May 2009. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

With 15 coordinators, 8 is a majority

Would this be suitable?: "...in recognition of his consistently high-quality contributions to military history on Wikipedia—particularly in the areas of the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars—that have included five featured and numerous good articles resulting in one featured and five good topics." EyeSerenetalk 08:57, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Looks good to me. Parsecboy (talk) 12:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Awarded. Sorry that I didn't use your text ES, but it sounded like a run on, and when I went to fix that, it snowballed into something almost entirely new. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 23:13, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
No problem (and you're right, I was trying to squeeze too much into one sentence!) EyeSerenetalk 07:43, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Jim Sweeney

I want to nominate Jim Sweeney (talk · contribs) for the Oak Leaves. He has 2 FLCs, 4 A-Class, 16 GA-Class and 40 DYks all in scope of the Military history project. Besides these merits, I have often seen him help others in the background. Please support my nomination. MisterBee1966 (talk) 18:11, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I did not see this coming but thank you all --Jim Sweeney (talk) 10:26, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Dapi89 (second nomination)

I want to nominate Dapi89 (talk · contribs) a second time since January 2008 for the Oak Leaves. His long lasting, high quality contribution to the project has made a tremendous impact on many World War II related articles, especially the air war. The number of articles he has worked on has grown steadily over the years. I would truly appreciate if this second nomination is viewed more positively. Thank you. MisterBee1966 (talk) 17:19, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Awarded AustralianRupert (talk) 10:42, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Nikkimaria

Nikki is not a member of the project, but she has been commenting on essentially every FAC – let alone Milhist FACs – in the recent-ish past. For this thankless and undervalued work, I believe she should be awarded the Oak Leaves. (this was inspired in part by Dank at WT:MHCOORD, but I have also seen the amount of work she puts in.) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Awarded EyeSerenetalk 10:52, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia (2)

Archived until September for a four-year break in receiving the award. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 22:27, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Now unarchived; per WT:WikiProject_Military_history/Awards/OAK/Archive_1#SandyGeorgia, this was first awarded 4 years ago on Sept 9. - Dank (push to talk) 14:21, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Sandy received the Oak Leaves in September 2007, and I think it's a fine time to grant them to her once again. During the last four years, Sandy has become a FAC delegate (in November 2007), overseen quite a few changes in the FA process, including the tightening of standards and the additions of several new delegates, and has successfully dealt with a myriad of problems within the process. If someone with more knowledge of FAC history in 2007 wants to rewrite/add/subtract/modify my blurb, please do. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Awarded. Kirill [talk] [prof] 15:18, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Bahamut0013 (Posthumous)

I would like to nominate Bahamut0013 for the Chevron with Oak Leaves award. Bahamut0013 was a driving force behind the battleship portal and the OMT pages, and made a good many contributions to articles within our scope. Bahamut has not received the Chevron award, but has received two reviewer awards and in light of contributions to both OMT and to the project as a whole I am petitioning for a special circumstances ruling for the issuing of this award. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:53, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Awarded. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:48, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

AustralianRupert

Now that AustralianRupert isn't a coordinator and is therefore eligible for the oak leaves, I'd like to propose the award because ... it would be a crime not to. More than anyone else, he defined our A-class process over his 1.5 years of coordship with his astounding number of reviews. He treated nominators and reviewers with dignity and kindness, without exception, and constantly pushed himself out of his comfort zone to cover a wide range of issues and topics. - Dank (push to talk) 18:53, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Done. Buggie111 (talk) 18:29, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:31, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Anotherclown

I'd like to nominate Anotherclown (talk · contribs) in recognition of his enormous contributions to articles on Australian military history (which include 5 A-class and 15 GA-class articles) and the military history of other nations as well as his massive contributions to the article assessment and review processes, not to mention his many other contributions to keeping the project running. I think that this award is long overdue given Anotherclown's impressive record and the fact that he was a runner-up in the Military historian of the Year process for 2010 and 2011. Nick-D (talk) 02:50, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Awarded Nick-D (talk) 10:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

EyeSerene

I would like to nominate EyeSerene (talk · contribs) in recognition of their work as a long-standing co-ord of the project who served in the last six tranches, and their wider contributions to Wikipedia as whole since becoming a registered user in September 2006. AustralianRupert (talk) 00:28, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Awarded AustralianRupert (talk) 10:01, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit

I'd like to nominate Nikkimaria (talk · contribs) for the Content Review Medal of Merit on behalf of the project. Every time I put up an A-class of FAC she's there to check the references. Great work. Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

  • Support This is an excellent nomination: Nikki has made a massive contribution to this very important, but unglamorous, side of the review process. Nick-D (talk) 12:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
  • As far as I know, the Content Review Medal of Merit can be freely awarded by anyone; it doesn't require a formal vote, so I'm not entirely sure what the point of this request is. Are you proposing that we establish a new formal awards process within the project? I wouldn't be opposed to that, but I would suggest that we create a more unique and "special" award for that rather than using one that's already in common circulation. Kirill [talk] 21:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
    • What I am proposing is that it be awarded on behalf of the project, rather than simply by myself. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
      • I'm not sure if that really makes sense as a one-off thing, considering we've already awarded Nikkimaria the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves on essentially the same basis; simply giving her a "lower" award doesn't seem like the best approach—particularly as we do already have a precedent for awarding the Oak Leaves themselves multiple times.
      • Now, if the intent is to establish a more general principle of giving project-level awards to content reviewers (in addition to our ACM system, which is primarily oriented towards content creators), I would have no problem with that; in fact, I think we may have discussed something along those lines during one of the quarterly review awards cycles. However, as I mentioned above, I'd suggest coming up with something more unique (e.g. a Content Review Medal of Merit w/ Oak Leaves or something like that) for use as a project-level award rather than co-opting the existing one. Kirill [talk] 21:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Parsecboy (2)

I want to nominate Parsecboy (talk · contribs) for a second WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. He received the first Oak Leaves in July 2009 (almost four years ago) and he has created many more great articles since. The fact that he received eight A-Class medals with Swords since 2010 is indicative of his dedication to this project. I hope the coordinates second this opinion. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 13:46, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Awarded Nick-D (talk) 11:24, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Heh, would've awarded this myself but I thought we still needed one more vote for a majority of coords -- or am I behind the times re. that rule...? ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:46, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
Given how long this had been open and the lack of any concerns, I decided to ignore that rule :) Nick-D (talk) 08:34, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
Heh, obviously I'm happy for the award to be made -- as long as the rule being ignored is acknowledged, it's fine by me... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

MisterBee1966 (2)

I want to nominate MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) for a second WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. He received the award in February 2009 (four-and-a-half years ago) and he has created many more meticulously researched articles and lists since, including another five featured lists of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (by my reckoning). He has received four A-Class Medals, five with Oak Leaves, and five with Swords since his first WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves, and this shows his commitment to the Military History WikiProject. He has served twice as a coordinator in that time, a six month stint in 2010 then a year in 2011–12. He has been very friendly and helpful to me when I've been working on biographies of Knight's Cross recipients that served in the Balkans, especially in locating hard-to-find details on awards, family life etc. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 13:53, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Is the rule that a nomination needs a majority of coordinators? Peacemaker67 (send... over) 01:22, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Yesss, but this now has support from half of 'em and has generated no dissent whatsoever after remaining open more than six weeks, plus we have the precedent of Parsec's award just above, so I'd say go for it... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:52, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Duly awarded. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 03:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you all for this token of appreciation. MisterBee1966 (talk) 08:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Majestic Titan Editors (IAR request)

I that this is unprecedented in the history of the award, but in accordance with the reply to a question I left Sturmvogel 66 I would like to nominate Parsecboy (talk · contribs), Cam (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs), Dank (talk · contribs), and Saberwyn (talk · contribs) to share a Chevron with Oak Leaves award for the roles that each played in assisting with the creation of the 63-article Featured Topic Battlecruisers of the World. In making this nomination I ask the community to consider the following:

  • Each of the candidates has an equal claim to an award for the years long effort that they put into the total project by working on their corner of it,
  • Each candidate who has helped by working on this Featured Topic has made contributions of truly incredible quality or importance in the area of military history, not only by completing the single largest FT to date on Wikipedia (and in the process allowing Milhist to share in the glory of the triumph), but this is also the first time ever one Wikipedia an entire classification of ships - battlecruisers in this case - has been unconditionally at or above GA-Class,
  • In the spirit of IAR, these editors should be recognized for this outstanding accomplishment with an award, and though it is unprecedented I am asking that they be awarded a Chevron w/Oak Leaves as a group for what they accomplished.

I realize that this is the first time that such a request, and such a nomination, have been made, so I am prepared to accept a no answer if the community judges that our most prestigious award should not be handed out in this manner, however as I have said before in different ways, "nothing ventured, nothing gained."

  • Support as nominator - TomStar81 (Talk) 02:10, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support: I like this idea, Tom. A very impressive body of work. Thank you to all involved. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:24, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support Hawkeye7 (talk) 12:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support, noting that this is also a case of IAR because two of the nominees are currently coordinators. For simplicity and consistency, should the award page list each of the five recipients individually, rather than having a single, combined listing? Kirill [talk] 01:33, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
    • Honestly, I hadn't considered how this should be listed since I was fairly certain when I posted the nomination that it'd be shot down by now (needless to say, I'm pleasantly surprised :) I think that listing the recipients individually would be best, although listing the recipients altogether would save space and would allow for one master posting of the award rather than having the citation repeat five teams for each member. We have sometime to discuss the matter before the award is handed out, so we can solicit input from the other supporters on how best to present this. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:11, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support -- My first thought is that the award should be listed essentially the way it's been proposed, i.e. combined. This is after all a special variation of the award, and listing it combined makes it easier to ignore the 'no current coords' rule IMO. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:39, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support -- I agree with a combined approach. In fact, I this might be a IAR case as Tom has proposed it, but perhaps it begs the question of whether we should have a formal system for group awards of the OAK, along the lines of the teamwork barnstar (ie a cluster of wiki chevrons with oak leaves? Pieces of collaboration such as this are worthy of a unique award, I mean, a 63 article featured topic? This type of long term collaboration surely helps with retention and maintaining a long-term focus. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 08:54, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Support as a combined award and combined listing, so as to not go too far off the reservation while ignoring all rules. Cdtew (talk) 18:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Hchc2009

Scanning the nominees for MHOTY, I kicked myself for not having put forward Hchc's name, but unfortunately nominations had closed by that time. Considering other possible recognition, I checked the list of Oak Leaves recipients and was surprised to find his name missing there too. Well, that's something we can definitely rectify, so I hereby nominate Hchc2009 for the Oak Leaves for his exemplary work over the years on medieval history, biographies and fortifications, as evidenced by his successful A-Class and/or Featured Article nominations for Henry I of England, John of England, Peasants' Revolt, Bastille and Windsor Castle among others, many GAs, and also for his consistent efforts as a reviewer. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:08, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Awarded Ian Rose (talk) 21:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Sturmvogel (2)

I would like to nominate Sturmvogel for his second Oak Leaves. Sturm was awarded his first Oak Leaves over four years ago. Since that time he has continued his sterling performance as a major contributor to our WikiProject. This has included two years as a Coordinator (September 2010 to September 2012), three A-Class Medals, five A-Class Medals with Oak Leaves, and five A-Class Medals with Swords. He topped the recent February-March backlog drive, is a regular winner of the monthly contest, is a consistent and keen reviewer, and provides wise advice on various aspects of the WikiProject to all and sundry. He doesn't engage in groupthink and asks the hard questions. All in all, a real champion of MILHIST. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 14:07, 14 April 2014 (UTC) @WP:MILHIST coordinators:

The ed17

Ed is, simply, a MilHist institution. Co-opted as a coordinator in November 2008, he decided he liked the job, and only tore himself away from it when he declined to stand in the 2014–15 election just held. In November 2010 he became one half of the Bugle newsletter's first dedicated editing team, helping to put in place the format still in use today, and only left that position in September 2012 to focus on editing the Wikipedia Signpost. Along the way he's written or co-written an amazing 25 Featured Articles. Ed was a co-recipient of the (IAR) Majestic Titans Oak Leaves last year but, owing to his continuous service as a coordinator till now, this is his first nomination for a long-overdue individual award. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Awarded Ian Rose (talk) 06:51, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Nick-D (2)

I nominate Nick-D for his second Oak Leaves. Nick was awarded the Oak Leaves in March 2010 at the conclusion of his last coordinatorship, a two year period from February 2008 to March 2010. Since then he has completed a second stint on the coord team, this time of three years from September 2011 to September 2014, including one year as joint lead coordinator. Since his first award, he's written (by my crappy maths), at least another 15 or so FAs, and has received two ACMs, five ACMs with Oak Leaves, and one with Swords, as well as getting buckets of GAs over the line. Nick has been a member of Operation Normandy and Operation Majestic Titan, all while continuing to work hard on articles, admin duties, editing the Bugle, and helping many with his sage and measured advice. I personally joined WP and Milhist just after Nick returned to the coord team, and benefited greatly from his advice and reviewing skills as I developed my own editing skills. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 07:30, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Awarded - Dumelow (talk) 16:59, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Adam Cuerden

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: As most of you have at this point scene, we've got end of the year awards to hand out, but ahead of that I wanted to formally nominate Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) for a Chevron with Oak Leaves award based on the unprecedented amount of featured media he has racked up for the project. I dare say that this man is probably single handedly responsible for making sure that so many of our articles on people, places, events and equipment have accompanying images of outstanding quality that I feel he has more than earned the award on the merit of his media edits.

Ian Rose (2)

I nominate Ian Rose for his second Oak Leaves. Ian was awarded the Oak Leaves in February 2009, and he has been a coordinator ever since until he stepped down at the recent election. This has been a pretty incredible run, topped off by an outstanding year as lead coordinator in the last tranche. If he hadn't been ineligible for the award during his years as a coord, he would almost certainly have been nominated before now, based on his work on the Bugle. Nuff said.

HJ Mitchell

Harry has been editing since 2009, and is an admin and oversighter. He's also an admin on Commons. In addition to his recently concluded four years as a coordinator of Milhist, he has been a great ambassador in the UK for our project through his involvement with Wikimedia events in the UK, such as Wikimania 2014. He fights vandals and has far more patience than I (sadly, that's not saying all that much). On a personal note, among his excellent FA/FLs are two articles about British generals, firstly a much-loved brigadier and secondly, a much-feared major-general (both of whom I worked for in Bosnia). It is always handy to have admins on the Milhist team to help sort things out, and Harry is always happy to lend a hand. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 09:38, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Kierzek

I want to nominate Kierzek for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. Kierzek is an active member of WikiProject Military History and has been editing on Wikipedia since March 2009. He has written 16 Good Articles and one of which is now A-Class. His editing is focused on the very sensitive area of the SS and I believe he has done a great job of presenting this topic neutrally, not an easy task. And lastly, I find him very helpful and cooperative. Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 10:53, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

MisterBee1966 your nom, care to do the honours? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:50, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

MisterBee1966 (3)

In recognition of his long and distinguished career with the Military history WikiProject, I am nominating Mr. B for the Chevron with Oakleaves award as a final salute for all that he contributed to our project. In making this recommendation, I find that he served honorably as a coordinator for this project, made contributions of outstanding quality while active, and at the time of his retirement and departure he was under no restrictions or sanctions with regards to editing or interacting.

  • Support as Nominator TomStar81 (Talk) 07:35, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support Will be missed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:55, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support: Most certainly he will be sorely missed, and I hope that maybe the issues that led to his departure could be resolved amicably. All the best, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:35, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support. I didn't know there were issues ... if there's something to fix, let's fix it! If not, then no worries, MrB, and I hope you continue to drop by. We'll all miss you. - Dank (push to talk) 12:48, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 22:54, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support: on the basis of IAR regarding length of time between drinks, due to his retirement. A problem that at least contributed to his retirement has to be that of the very hard line anti-Nazi de WP which is now being aggressively pushed here by a few editors, to the detriment of numerous articles and lists on which MB has worked assiduously over the years. I'll say here that having written up several Balkans-related Waffen-SS articles myself, and being highly sensitive to any sort of pro-Nazi bias, I have never seen any evidence of such bias in any of MB's work. His main area of contribution has been to improve coverage of recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which is a laudable area of endeavour. No-one should be seeking to undermine the merit of the actions of a member of the Wehrmacht because they were on the losing side, or because they were a member of the Nazi Party. It must be remembered that the Nazi Party was a popular mass movement in Germany, at least pre-war. If an individual committed crimes, or commanded a unit that did, that information should be explored in the article, of course. I think it is a great shame that such a productive editor has been hounded off WP (a least in part) by such actions, and suggest all coordinators keep a weather eye out for this behaviour. de WP is a very different beast from en WP, and has a very different culture regarding WWII topics. I don't think en WP will benefit from accommodating the hard line that is apparently standard there. Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:56, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support I've also had encounters with the diehard anti-Nazis, to my chagrin, and wish MrBee the best and believe that some time away will allow him time to regenerate. I do hope that he will reenter the fray at some point.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:14, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment Thanks folks for the nomination, but I can't accept this, please withdraw. Recent edits to the work I was and am being praised for show that it is not in line with our policies or what the community believes to be a good article (see here, here, here among many others). The question the project should ask, is the quality assurance process working, apparently not, as these edits show. Thanks again for the time and support, good luck to all. MisterBee1966 (talk) 08:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
    • G'day, I have asked K.e.coffman if we could try to establish a process of review, to discuss these changes in a broader forum [7]. I'm not sure if this helps at all, MB, but I do hope you will get involved after you have had a bit of a break. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:44, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

K.e.coffman

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I am nominating user K.e.coffman for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. For just over a year now, K.e.coffman has exercised a stringent quality assurance program with a strong focus on German World War II related articles. His relentless effort has led to the deletion or redirection of numerous Knight's Cross recipients biographies (see Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#KC recipients closed AfDs and Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Knight Cross recipients). Additionally, he is tirelessly advocating for the demotion of FAC, Military history A-Class and GA articles (some examples include Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Otto Kittel/1, Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Wolfgang Lüth/1, Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Joachim Helbig/1). Above and beyond this, he is making a tremendous effort at identifying and flushing out unreliable sources (examples include Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Additional input sought for a GAR re sources and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Sources at Artur Phleps article). K.e.coffman editing history shows how consequently he deletes any intricate detail or inconsequential events, excessive cross categorization, overcited material unlikely to be challenged, unneeded iconography, over-templating, and any other Nazi fancruft. Testimonies of his achievements are well documented on his user page. With a bit of sarcasm in mind, his series of removals and diligence continues to amaze me. Cheers MisterBee1966 (talk) 08:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

  • Support After a review of the editor in question I concur with the above nomination, this is well deserved. I also note that he has the chevrons from earlier in the year and is not currently a coordinator (for some reason I thought he was). A good man, a good nominations, and a good luck sendoff for the nomination. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:19, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • "Non-coordinator comment" this is an abuse of our awards system and should be withdrawn as it was done with ironic intent. It is clear that MisterBee1966 does not believe these things, and I'm afraid he has done the wrong thing with this nomination. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:48, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • Nominee's comment: I accept the nomination, whether or not it was given in jest. I believe that it describes my contributions within the project to a T and I'd be honoured to receive the award. I would add it to my Vandal's Cross of the Iron Cross :-) and other awards and kudos. Thank you for your consideration. K.e.coffman (talk) 10:14, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • Suggest this be withdrawn: per Peacemaker, this is not a genuine nomination. AustralianRupert (talk) 12:34, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • I agree with Peacemaker67 and AustralianRupert. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 15:50, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • I concur with withdrawal suggestion. Move along, nothing to see here. Anotherclown (talk) 22:06, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
  • @WP:MILHIST coordinators: Why are you assuming that the nomination is not genuine? It is my nomination and I am asking the coordinators to pass judgement on this request, I am not withdrawing the nomination. To my understanding, the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves is not a progress award like the A-Class Medal. According to Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Awards, it is awarded for "The WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves are awarded by the project coordinators in the name of the project as a whole; they are intended to recognize editors who have made contributions of truly incredible quality [emphasis by me] or importance in the area of military history." As K.e.coffman stated "I believe that it describes my contributions within the project to a T and I'd be honoured to receive the award." The suggested withdrawal of the nomination more or less equates to opposing the nomination without stating why the coordinators are not supporting the nomination. Has K.e.coffman not made enough contributions of truly incredible quality? Please explain. Cheers MisterBee1966 (talk) 12:47, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
    • MisterBee1966, your opinion of K.e.coffman's work is hardly unknown to us, given our past discussions. What you've written above is, to put it mildly, somewhat inconsistent with that opinion; and, personally, I think the odds of a deathbed conversion on your part are rather low. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 14:02, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
  • Who knows, may the odds are not so low? Just prior to MsterBee's retirement, our relationship was quite cordial. His review of the HIAG article was thorough and fair and resulted in improvements to the article, such as by breaking out the content that eventually became Waffen-SS in popular culture.
I admire how conscientious an editor MisterBee is, and his attention to detail. I also find him to be a good reviewer; so if he decides to come back, I feel this would be the area he could add value. His participating in the recent KC holder discussion has been substantive. The outcome may not have been what MisterBee hoped for, but at least he did not accuse me of being "anti-German", like some editors did. It may surprise you guys but MisterBee has come down on my side in several Talk page discussions, such as at Mellenthin#Edit warring and Battle of Kursk#Manstein's plan.
We've obviously disagreed on whether or not the Wehrmachtbericht transcripts belong in Wiki articles. This point was most recently discussed at London Gazette vs Wehrmachtbericht, and MisterBee seems to have accepted that the consensus regarding the matter had evolved.
So I would not dismiss this nomination out of hand. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:14, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
If you don't get the irony, it isn't lost on the rest of us. "advocating for the demotion of FAC, Military history A-Class and GA articles" isn't exactly something you're going to get an award for. With this nomination, MisterBee1966 has wrongly attempted to get the coordinators to rule on whether your contributions are worthwhile. AustralianRupert and the rest of the coord team should just archive this now. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:25, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
But I have received MilHist awards in the past for such activity. I was a recipient of the Military history reviewers' award, delivered by editor Peacemaker on 23 July 2016, for doing a GAR. It's listed in the Awards and kudos section on my user page.
In December 2015 I received an honorable mention in the Military History Newcomer of the Year 2015 vote for "diligence and work on checking into unsourced claims and non-NPOV language of World War II and Waffen-SS related articles" ( link). If memory serves me right, I was nominated by MisterBee and nobody treated that as a sarcastic nomination.
That's exactly what I've been doing for the past year, as MisterBee captured in the nomination. If such contributions were worthwhile then, would they not be worthwhile now? Editor TomStar81 seems to have concurred... What has changed then? (Besides, I would let coords decide what they want to do with the nomination, instead of telling them what they should or should not do). K.e.coffman (talk) 05:40, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Hawkeye7

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I would like to nominate Hawkeye7 for the Wikichevrons with Oak-Leaves. Hawkeye was elected as a coordinator of the Milhist project in September 2011 and was re-elected each year until standing aside at the end of the last tranche after five years of service. I was surprised to see that he hadn't been nominated before given he's been onwiki for over eleven years. He has 50! FAs, 86 A-Class articles and 232 GAs to his credit... He was our 2012 Military historian of the year, and runner up in 2014. Having been involved in doing some of the coordinator drudge work before he developed Milhistbot, it has made the job of coordinator so much easier than it was, and he deserves this award just for that, let alone his content and coord work. His series of articles on the Manhattan Project continues to amaze me, and is making a really important contribution to the encyclopaedia... I could say plenty more, like the hundreds of DYKs etc, but you get the drift I'm sure... Regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:28, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Nikkimaria

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I hereby nominate Nikkimaria for her second Wikichevrons with Oak-Leaves, her first being in September 2011 . Nikki has under her belt four terms as a project coordinator, twelve successful Featured Article nominations, and countless image and source checks as one of our most prolific reviewers at A-Class and Featured level. She is also a Featured Article Review coordinator and has been nominated as Military Historian of the Year three times, taking third place last year. I don't know how she manages to be in so many places at once, I'm just glad she is, for WP would be a much poorer place without her. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:12, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Dank

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I would like to nominate Dank for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of many years of dedication to the Military History project. Dan has been heavily involved with Milhist's review processes over many years, and has been instrumental in improving our standards for prose and copy editing. Through his copy editing and reviewing, I suspect that he would have had a hand in almost all of the FAs the project has produced over the past five or so years (if not longer). I have learnt a lot from Dan over the years, and I believe so have many others. He has also been a stalwart of the co-ord team for many years, first taking on a role in March 2010 and retaining a position for eight terms before taking a well deserved break. Beyond this, Dan also supports broader Wikipedia goals with his work on WP:TFA, and at WP:FAC, and elsewhere. I hope that you will find this a satisfactory nom. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:53, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Jackyd101

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: I would like to present Jackyd101 for your consideration to receive the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. Jackyd101 is an old stager, having been a member of the project since 2006 by my reckoning, with their main effort being focussed on the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. They have an excellent content creation record, with 12 FAs, seven FLs, 112 GAs, DYKs out the yingyang, but also an unbelievable 241! GAN reviews to their credit! Given that GAN is one of the engine rooms of this project as well as WP as a whole, the GAN reviewing effort alone justifies this award in my view. Still very active in content creation after all these years, they currently have five articles in the GAN list. While I can't find an award of the WikiChevrons in their archives (our guidelines say a recipient should "generally" have already received the WikiChevrons), I believe this is an IAR situation. I hope you'll agree. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:32, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Anotherclown

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: Anotherclown is a veteran of the project who served the better part of five terms as a co-ord in their 10 years on the site. Following his recent retirement as a co-ord and start of an indefinite Wikibreak, I hope that you will join me in recognising someone who has worked tirelessly to improve our content through article writing and reviewing, as well as the more mundane aspects of keeping the project running over the years. AC received this award for the first time in 2012 and I think he more than deserves a second one. All the best, mate, take care and thanks! Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

AustralianRupert (II)

I would like to nominate AustralianRupert for a second WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves. AR received the Oak Leaves seven years ago, and since then he has been co-lead coord for one year, lead coord for three years and a coord for another. In that time he must have done hundreds of FA, A-Class and peer reviews, checked hundreds of entries and tallied the monthly contests, assessed hundreds of articles at MHAR and has been a major factor in the throughput of our assessment processes. Around all of that, he has also been a solid and collaborative content creator, as the recent FA Bougainville counterattack shows. As lead coord, he has been a great communicator and organiser, and as a coord he has always got stuck into whatever task was at hand. The only reason he has not been nominated for a second WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves before this is because he has been a coord ever since he reached the four-year mark after his first award. I hope you will join me and support this nomination. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:31, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: given we are down to 12 coords, this needs one more support to succeed. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:20, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Yann

@WP:MILHIST coordinators: About 72 hours after I handed out the awards for work done last year, one of the recipients - Yann - received word that his featured picture nomination cleared FPC and was officially promoted to a Featured Picture. The featured picture in question is none other than the legendary image known universally as Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, an image every bit as iconic as the battle that resulted in the photograph in the first place. For his nomination of this image and its subsequent promotion to the Featured Picture pool I hereby nominate Yann for for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves.

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