Barras

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Again, welcome! --Ivan Štambuk 15:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you :) --Barras 16:55, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Beer-parlour discussion.

Hi Barras,

I just want to let you know that your comments in the Beer-parlour discussion were quite welcome. Vahagn's comment was completely out of line. (We had a bad experience a while back with a bunch of editors from various South Slavic projects voting en masse, and as a result some people have decided that "outsiders" aren't welcome here. We're not even a country, yet somehow we have our own jingoists!)

—Ruakh_TALK 20:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I'm not really bothered by him as I can understand that newcomers first need to approve themselves. I'm not a newbie on the WMF wikis and hold various rights on various wikis, which can be verified by looking at my sul list, so I know what I'm allowed and supposed to do and what not.

Anyway, thanks for your heads-up. Nice to hear this. Barras 20:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)