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Thanks for your work on rail articles

I was happy to see those big green diffs on my watchlist when you expanded several railroad articles significantly, like Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad. I've been gradually trying to get to them all, but I'm very glad to see you're working on them too. Keep up the good work! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! OldPalChummus (talk) 03:53, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

East Junction Branch photos

Would you be able to add coordinates to File:East Junction Branch South.jpg and File:East Junction Branch East Providence.jpg? I'm not able to place exactly where along the branch they are. Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:46, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

I have added the coordinates to the descriptions of both images. OldPalChummus (talk) 03:09, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Those are actually abandoned sections of the East Providence Branch (Valley Falls–East Providence), which is confusingly now connected to the East Junction Branch for P&W use. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:43, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Ah, good to know! Thanks! OldPalChummus (talk) 03:53, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: West Island (Rhode Island) (August 11)

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SportingFlyer T·C 10:52, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

South Coast

It really isn't necessary to add South Coast to every article located within this informal region. Moreover, there is absolutely no reason to add explicit details about what places are included and not included in the South Coast. Please take a moment to read WP:USCITIES. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:21, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: West Island (Rhode Island) has been accepted

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OLI 08:15, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey mate I felt like doing you a solid as both you and me are relatively new editors.(me more so then you) But I do have recomendations for your new article. Add wikilinks to it and add categories. We dont want it to be orphanned and disconected to the rest of the wiki. Dont stop expanding it just because its been made. I made this mistake with some of my first articles. (I built them off of a redirect, and they got deleted) OLI 08:18, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

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East Junction Branch

My apologies for reverting your edit wholesale - I was in the middle of responding to the good article review and your edits conflicted with my edits to address the reviewer's concerns. Please feel free to participate at the review page. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 19:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Frederick S. Peck, from its old location at User:OldPalChummus/sandbox2. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 21:38, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Frederick S. Peck has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Myles Standish Industrial Park (January 8)

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January 2024

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Whittenton Branch, from its old location at User:OldPalChummus/sandbox6. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 00:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: West Bridgewater Branch (January 10)

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Jamiebuba (talk) 09:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library

You should be eligible to use The Wikipedia Library, it's a great place to find more sources for articles. I particularly recommend newspaperarchive and newspapers.com. You may be able to find enough additional information to get those drafts about branches accepted through AfC. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:14, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely do that! OldPalChummus (talk) 17:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mount Hope Branch (February 3)

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