diff --git a/MilestoneSubmissions/placeholder.txt b/MilestoneSubmissions/placeholder.txt
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+This file is here so the folder will upload to GitHub.
+
+Git does not upload empty directories
+
+Please delete when some other data has been added to this folder.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TeamMeetingLogs/placeholder.txt b/TeamMeetingLogs/placeholder.txt
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+This file is here so the folder will upload to GitHub.
+
+Git does not upload empty directories
+
+Please delete when some other data has been added to this folder.
\ No newline at end of file