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Thanks for adding the picture of an English weeping beech to the Yarmouth, Massachusetts article! Rinne na dTrosc (talk) 03:13, 26 February 2013 (UTC) In response to your question on my talk page: AFAIK, you're always to welcome to drop by and chat about articles of mutual interest on any editor's talk page, unless they're especially antisocial for some reason. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. BTW: Welcome to Wikipedia! Keep up the good work! Rinne na dTrosc (talk) 16:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Stefan2 (talk) 21:37, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Trees of Dartmouth College


The article Trees of Dartmouth College has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * I considered a CSD but rather I will PROD. I am pretty certain that this is non-notable and seems to be straight out of a university publication

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deleting a file
I posted you question at Help desk since I do not know the answer. RJFJR (talk) 01:43, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Did you see the responses that was posted at the help desk? RJFJR (talk) 23:19, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just read the help desk response - thanks for checking! Msact (talk) 00:18, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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Greetings, some images you have uploaded have been nominated for deletion on Files_for_discussion/2016_June_29. You may want to comment on them.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:43, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I've closed that batch of nominations as delete. You're welcome to upload those pictures to Commons in the future. I actually think some of those images might be very useful as "human for size". Deryck C. 13:41, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Tree location
This is an amazing specimen! Do you remember exactly where it is located? Pigby (talk) 04:28, 26 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Pigby - Yes, it's a great tree. I'm glad you like it. I cannot give out the location because it's on private property and the owner doesn't want it publicized. People wouldn't allow me to photograph on their properties if I didn't honor their request for privacy. However, if that situation changes for this tree, I will definitely let you know. Is there a way I can contact you outside of Wikipedia? --Msact (talk) 00:14, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

List of notable trees - Bedford Oak
When you added Bedford Oak to the list, you did not include any citation. Since there is no article on this tree, a citation is needed. MB 17:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I went back in and added citations to two NY Times articles. One is available on the web so I included the hyperlink. The other one is available only in the NY Times archive, which I access through my local library's website, so I couldn't include a link. Msact (talk) 03:46, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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January 2021
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:Belden Forest, from its old location at User:Msact/sandbox/Belden Forest. 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. Sulfurboy (talk) 04:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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