User talk:A5115507

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Hello, A5115507, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! -- auburn pilot  talk  17:48, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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Edits to Opelika, Alabama
Several times now, you have reverted or altered edits made by automated accounts on the Opelika, Alabama article. Please stop doing this. These automated accounts are making appropriate edits by adding interwiki links to the article. These links provide easy access to versions of the article on other projects (Wikipedia projects written in languages other than English). Thanks! -- auburn pilot  talk  17:48, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Edits to Opelika, Alabama
I am a city employee and it is my responsibility to monitor the Wikipedia page edits for potentially inaccurate information. Since these edits are linking to sites in foreign languages, I am unable to verify the information is correct, let alone relevant to Opelika. My superiors expressed concern and asked me to change any edits made like this. Please let me know if there is any way to verify the accuracy of the information being linked and/or identify who approves these automated changes. I will be happy to pass the information onto my supervisor. Thanks, A5115507 (talk) 20:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)


 * First, I'd encourage you to read through our policy regarding conflicts of interest and to direct your supervisor towards the page as well (see Conflict of interest for details). Second, I'd simply say that it isn't the prerogative of the city to determine what is or is not appropriate for any Wikipedia article. With that said, I appreciate your attempts to keep the information accurate but hope that you will do so in a manner in keeping with project policy and guideline. Any information added to a Wikipedia article should be verifiable (see Verifiability) through reliable sources (see Identifying reliable sources) and not added simply because a person "knows it's true". If you'd like to be able to read the articles written in languages other than English, you can use an online translator such as Google Translator (http://translate.google.com) while keeping in mind there will be nuances lost in translation. As for who verifies the automated edits, that is done by any editor who sees the edit being made as well as the operator of the automated account (or simply "bot") prior to its approval by the Bot Approvals Group. The addition of interwiki links is a standard practice and generally doesn't require much oversight. -- auburn pilot  talk  03:21, 25 September 2012 (UTC)