Dear all
It gives me great pleasure to announce the Featured Wikimedian of the
month-January 2017
*Krishna Chaitanya Velaga*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Krishna_Chaitanya_Velaga> of Andhra
Pradesh is a 19 year old English Wikimedian editing since December 2014.
Being an NCC cadet and a defence aspirant, Chaitanya is predominantly
interested in military affairs and started editing when he found a factual
error in an article and referred to Youtube on how to fix it. Described by
fellow wikimedian and military editor Srikar Kashyap
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Strike_Eagle> as *the leading defence
article writer from India*, Chaitanya has 4 Featured and A-class lists
(FLs) and five Good Articles (GAs). His major works include Sam Manekshaw
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw>, K.M Cariappa
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodandera_M._Cariappa> and INS Vikrant
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Vikrant_(R11)>. Chaitanya is the founder
of the Indian military history work group and has won the coveted Military
History Newcomer of the Year title for 2016. In addition, Chaitanya is a
keen vandalism fighter and regularly reviews Good Article (GA) nominations
You can find his profile on our page -
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Home
Regards
Yohann Thomas
Wikimedia India