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Hello DfGSDgd%. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Pasta By Design, 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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dear Julietdeltalima, thanks for your note. I confirm that I am not directly or indirectly compensated for any of the recent contributions I make to Wikipedia. I am just an independent contributor with an interest in mathematics, art, and design. I am a new contributor, still learning the ropes. I am happy to refrain from making any more links to this new page if this is bad Wikipedia form, but I am certainly not paid or compensated to do this. Best regards DfGSDgd% (talk) 16:31, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for responding. You're fine! The concern I have with the article is that it's written like a borderline-promotional book review rather than an objective encyclopedia article. You're obviously very fond of the book (this is why a lot of long-time contributors focus on subject matter in which they have no particular interest!) and I think the article will benefit from further collaboration by other editors, so I've tagged it for copyediting. This means it will show up on a list for the "Guild of Copy Editors" and get some attention from other members of the community. This is the normal process! Thank you again for your pleasant response and contributions to the encyclopedia. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:41, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

No problem at all, this makes sense, thanks for letting me know. I look forward to all further edits and revisions. Best regards DfGSDgd% (talk) 16:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

dear Julietdeltalima, quick question: is it OK for me to have another go at rewriting/addressing the problem of the lack of 'encyclopaedic tone' flagged up in my article on PBD last week, or does it have to be done by a third party? I am now working on my fourth contribution and reading a lot of Wikipedia, so I think I understand the problem better. Let me know thanks DfGSDgd% (talk) 14:17, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

dear Julietdeltalima, quick question: is it OK for me to have another go at rewriting/addressing the problem raised below, or does it have to be done by a third party ? I am now working on my fourth contribution, so I think I understand the problem better. Let me know thanks DfGSDgd% (talk) 06:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Netherzone, thanks for your note. I write about applied analytics mathematics and design, with an emphasis on theoretical architectural publishing from 2000-2012. I have indeed worked so far on three titles linked to Legendre, Pasta by Design, John Pickering and the architecture of the inversion principle, and IJP the book of surfaces, all of which are now out of print, and part of publishing history. I do not mean to promote anyone in particular. DfGSDgd% (talk) 12:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Netherzone (talk) 01:01, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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