Umapathy

Welcome

Umapathy, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Doldrums 19:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming folks

Thanks for doing all the welcomes, just a minor point... Can you put {{subst:welcome}} instead of just {{welcome}}? The subtle difference this makes is that the user doesn't have an edit link that goes to Template:welcome. That can be a bit confusing. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:42, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Brian McNeil / ^talk, Thanks for your valuable suggestion I will follow your guidelines. --Umapathy 17:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me as well! Have a nice day... So cool 16:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome! It's a good thing you're doing. OmniBotMind 16:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.It's my pleasure --Umapathy 19:11, 13 October 2006 (UTC)