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
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