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Welcome to the Military history WikiProject's March 2011 backlog reduction drive (aka Milhist March Madness)!

About the drive

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The backlog reduction drive is a one-month effort to reduce the backlog of military history articles needing attention. These articles have been flagged as needing particular types of improvement to achieve B-Class status; by reducing the backlog, the drive will simultaneously help the project achieve its 10% B-Class milestone target.

The drive starts at 00:00 UTC on March 1 and runs through 23:59 UTC on March 31.

Scoring

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You will receive points for each article you improve, based on the category in which it is listed. If an article is listed in more than one category, you can submit it multiple times, once for each category of improvement you make.

Category Points
Military history articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy 15 points per article
Military history articles needing attention to referencing and citation 15 points per article
Military history articles needing attention to grammar 10 points per article
Military history articles needing attention to structure 5 points per article
Military history articles needing attention to supporting materials 5 points per article
Military history articles needing expert attention 15 points per article

Awards

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As a token of our appreciation for your efforts, the coordinators will be presenting service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you improve. The awards are cumulative; for example, earning 1000 points entitles you to one-, two-, and three-stripe service awards, plus the WikiChevrons and the Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

To add a bit of friendly competition, the three editors who earn the most points by 31 March 2011 will be awarded bronze, silver and gold wikis.

The coordinators will post awards to your talk page within a few days of the end of the drive. If you'd like yours earlier, please ask one of the coordinators.

Starting statistics

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Articles that need... Starting count
...work on referencing and citation 30,108
...only work on referencing and citation 8,530
...work on coverage and accuracy 18,862
...only work on coverage and accuracy 1,429
...work on structure 7,687
...only work on structure 178
...work on grammar 1,849
...only work on grammar 18
...work on supporting materials 7,358
...only work on supporting materials 367
...expert attention 203

How to participate

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To take part in the drive, please add your name to the list of participants; the exact syntax will be displayed when you edit the section.

Then, please create a new worklist section for yourself; as before, the exact syntax will be displayed when you edit the page.

Now you can begin working on articles in the categories listed above. For each article:

  1. Fix the listed problem;
  2. Update the assessment checklist in the {{WPMILHIST}} tag on the article's talk page; and
  3. List the article under the appropriate category in your worklist section.

If you fix an article that's listed in multiple categories, please list it separately under each applicable category.

Participants

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