Welcome to the Military history WikiProject! We are a group of Wikipedia editors that work on topics related to military history, theory, and practice.
You don't have to join our project to work on military history articles. We welcome everyone who wants to help improve these topics, and encourage you—project member or not—to participate in all of our activities and take full advantage of the support we offer.
Our list of open tasks contains thousands of articles that need different types of improvement; please feel free to select something that interests you and start editing!
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What topics do we cover?
We generally consider any article related to historical or modern-day warfare or military affairs to be within our scope.[Note 1]
Military personnel, including both leaders and common soldiers, as well as other people involved in military affairs.[Note 3]
Military units and formations, ranging from small units to national armed forces.
Military equipment and technology, weapons, armour, and vehicles.
Military facilities and structures, such as fortifications, bases, test sites, and memorials.
Military historiography, publications, and historians.
Types and periods of warfare, the military histories of particular nations and groups, and general military science and doctrine.
Depictions of military history in all media, such as video games, painting, sculpture, music, film, poetry, and prose.[Note 4]
Notes
^The American usage of "military" is applicable here; in other words, the project concerns itself with any armed forces rather than only with land armies.
^Other than a requirement for military or paramilitary involvement, we do not limit the events to which terms such as "war" or "battle" are applied; it is generally enough for the term to be used by reliable sources. Editors should beware, however, of interpreting such usage too literally; the popular media often uses them to describe civil law enforcement matters such as "gang wars" or "street battles", which are not typically within our scope.
^Military service does not in and of itself place an individual within the scope of the project—particularly in the case of service in modern militaries. To qualify them, an individual's military service must have been somehow noteworthy or have contributed—directly or indirectly—to their notability.
^We generally cover only those depictions for which a discussion of historical accuracy or real military influence is applicable. A distinction is made between fictionalized depictions of historical warfare and purely invented depictions of fictional warfare; topics sufficiently divorced from actual history that a discussion of actual military history would no longer be relevant to them—such as futuristic warfare in Star Wars or fantasy battles in Lord of the Rings—are not considered to be within the project's scope. However, songs and music with long military associations—for example, It's a long way to Tipperary and Lili Marleen—are within our scope.
What advice can we offer?
We maintain three sets of formal guidelines for articles related to military history:
The content guide covers article content and structure.
The style guide covers naming conventions, usage and style, sourcing and citation, templates, and categories.
In addition, our Academy offers training and instruction on a wide range of subjects related to military history and Wikipedia.
Who coordinates our project?
The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers.
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