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

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.

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.

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.

• 
  One Stripe
  (5 points)
• 
  Two Stripes
  (50 points)
• 
  Three Stripes
  (100 points)
• 
  WikiChevrons
  (500 points)

• 
  Tireless Contributor Barnstar
  (1,000 points)
• 
  Working Man's Barnstar
  (2,000 points)
• 
  Barnstar of Diligence
  (3,000 points)
• 
  WikiProject Barnstar
  (5,000 points)

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.

• 
  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. If you'd like yours earlier, please ask one of the coordinators.

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.

• Sturmvogel 66 (worklist)
• AustralianRupert (worklist)
• Kirk (worklist)
• PINTofCARLING (worklist)
• Kirill Lokshin (worklist)
• Wegates (worklist)
• Macarenses (worklist)
• Wild Wolf (worklist)
• SMasters (worklist)
• WikiCopter (worklist)
• MacMed (worklist)
• Longstrider Hill (worklist)
• Saurabhsos (worklist)
• Arcaad (worklist)