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This contest, named the Henry Allingham World War I International Contest, aims to promote and improve article quality within the World War I Military history task force and increase project members' level of activity by organizing a form of friendly competition. It is also meant to serve as a small step in the preparation of the World War I centenary drive. The contest will have three rounds, each lasting one month, in which points will be given for improving articles. It strongly resembles the Military history WikiProject and Aviation WikiProject contests, as well as the WikiCup.
At the end of the first round (11 November – 29 December 2009), in which all World War I task force members are invited to participate, the top 12 ranked editors will proceed to the second round (30 December 2009 – 11 February 2010). After the second round, the top 6 ranked editors will advance into the final round (11 February – 11 March 2010). At the end of the contest, awards will be placed on each participant's talkpage. The top 3 ranked editors will receive gold, silver, and bronze awards respectively, and their usernames will appear in the monthly Military history WikiProject newsletter. Besides the golden award, the first-place winner will be nominated for the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves from the project coordinators. There is also a special award (plus Roger Davies' $250 bounty) for the user who promotes the World War I article to Featured status.
The final results were reported in the March 2010 issue of the WikiProject Military history newsletter.