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February 2018 edit

  Hello, I'm Batternut. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to To be, or not to be have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Batternut (talk) 21:55, 19 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

January 2024 edit

  Hello, Andreas.stockhausen. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Egyptian pyramid construction techniques, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Hypnôs (talk) 11:35, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

February 2024 edit

 

Hello Andreas.stockhausen. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to article, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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I'm neither directly nor indirectly compensated for the edits Andreas.stockhausen (talk) 12:22, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
What is your relationship with Rudolf Volz? Your edits seem to be almost exclusively about him. Hypnôs (talk) 12:56, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm a fan of Goethe's Faust, particularly of his rock opera. I see him about twice a year when there is a show close to Berlin. Andreas.stockhausen (talk) 14:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
You do not know him personally and have never had any work relationship with him? Hypnôs (talk) 14:57, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
I talked to him maybe 5 times, but only for a few minutes after a show. We never had any work relationship. I do run a good business as an enigneer in Berlin. That explains why I'm also interested in the pyramid problem. Andreas.stockhausen (talk) 15:14, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

April 2024 edit

 

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