Benutzer:Aloist

My full name is Alois Treindl, born 7 March 1950 in Regensburg, Germany, and I have some knowledge in computers, programming, literature, history, physics, psychology and astrology. I am the founder of the Swiss company Astrodienst and webmaster of its website http://www.astro.com.

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I live in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. More biographical information is found on the company website http://www.astro.com/people/treindl_e.htm

My contributions to Wikipedia are minor. I am engaged in an independent wiki project, Astro-Wiki, which focuses on astrology. The environment in Wikipedia is often rather hostile towards astrology. Contributing here tends to be frustrating, as an astrologer's contributions often fall victim to organized skeptics.

Another important community project I am engaged in is Astrodatabank http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Main_Page which collects birth data including time of birth, based on reliable sources. Most of my Wikipedia edits in the article namespaces in various languages are based on research regarding birth data done for Astrodatabank.

Swiss Ephemeris is a large open source project, published under a GPL license, by myself and my colleague Dieter Koch, which provides precise astronomical data for use by developers of astrological and astronomical software.