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Talk:Bacon's cipher

message: I think this article should indicate in what part of his works Bacon devised this cipher (if in fact he devised it.) Rick lightburn (talk) 03:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled section

message: It seems to me it should be noted that the AAAAA, AAAAB pattern is accurately depicted as a binary numbering of the alphabet. Eg, number the letters A-Z from 0-25 where A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, etc. Then convert the number of the letter to its binary form. Then exchange the 0s in the form for As and exchange the 1s for Bs. This would allow the pattern for any letter to be calculated instead of forcing the memorization of the entire table. An even cleaner set of directions would leave out the ABAAB notation entirely and convert directly from typeface into binary.
Although I can't find supporting evidence, I'm fairly certain that this would be the method used by Bacon in the application of the cipher.Tritium6 21:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, done.  This change took nearly 5 years.  The word 'binary' now finally appears in this article.  Bacon led the way for Leibniz and they opened the door for electronics devices that have become an integral part of our world.  Instead of calling them 'computers', we could pay them tribute and call our devices "BLTs" (Bacon-Leibniz Tools)!--Tdadamemd (talk) 03:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  binary 

message: Why is this steganography and not a true cipher? Surely this is just a simple substitution cipher, where you are replacing five letters for one. You are not really just hiding messages, you are actually creating a cipher.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.20.155 (talk) 16:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ciphers use keys. If you know the cipher that was used to encrypt a message but not the key, then it should still be difficult to decrypt the ciphertext. The replacement of letters by other letters without using a key (as it is done here) is called a code not a cipher. The main point of Bacon's cipher is to hide a message in anouther message. Hence classifying Bacon's cipher as steganography is correct. The title "Bacon's cipher" is therefore a misnomer, but Wikipedia generally prefers the most commonly used name to corrected but unused names. 85.2.23.43 10:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steganography 

message: This section "Bacon and Shakespeare" is flimsy speculation and should be cut from the article. We should not put every half-baked, unsubstanstiated conspiricy theory in articles.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.61.141 (talk) 14:00, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  flimsy speculation 

message: The example seems wrong. When I attempt to decipher it, I get RSEGAMNGQAOHWMD.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wertip (talk • contribs) 01:22, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baconian cipher example 

message: BAAABBAABAAAAAAABBAAABABAAABAABABBA
which translates as Stanley  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.24.166.218 (talk) 11:18, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: another example contribution
Talk:Benedict Arnold (congressman)

message: To complicate the matter, I'd like to take the opportunity to mention that my name is Benedict Arnold too. Ben Arnold 12:34, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch... corrected, thanks. Shimgray 17:38, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Swedish hip hop

message: Why doesn't this article redirect to the article about feces? - 78.82.229.228 (talk) 13:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirection? 

message: * What ever happend to the swedish female-rapper TJ...?! She had one hit around 99-00 if I remember right?! She's half-eritrean/half-ethiopian but live in Sweden. Stockholm I think..!?!
Anyone, can you fill me in?!
/dis-n-dat@hotmail.com
: I suggest you check out relevant Internet forums. Maybe someone at the (English language) Swedish site Whoa can help out.
:Good Luck! Tsaddik Dervish 12:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inquiry 

message: I moved the list of Well-known artists to List of Swedish Hip Hop artists; it was getting a little long. CredoFromStart  talk 19:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Hip Hop" (in the title) should not be capitalized. Someone please move the article to "List of Swedish hip hop artists", or perhaps "List of Swedish hip hop musicians". When moved, redirects need to be corrected. Thanks. --3rdDeeQue 23:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The list is at List of Swedish hip hop musicians now. --3rdDeeQue 22:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The list is back in this article now (see this revision by Spellcast). --3rdDeeQue (talk) 15:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The list is in both articles now. List of Swedish hip hop musicians has a new lease on life (see this revision by Bearcat). If it is decided that the list of well-known artists should be in a separate article, then a complete list in this article isn't needed. If it is decided that List of Swedish hip hop musicians should be deleted or redirected, then please make sure that the info is merged into this article. --3rdDeeQue (talk) 12:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I redirected List of Swedish hip hop musicians to Category:Swedish hip hop musicians as I don't believe a separate article is needed really. --3rdDeeQue (talk) 21:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Better to have the list at List of Swedish hip hop musicians so it corresponds with the Swedish version. --Shadedareas (talk) 05:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved Artist List

message: Cosprings redirected List of Swedish hip hop musicians to :Category:Swedish hip hop musicians . I'm copying the page (revision as of 21:10, 7 November 2007) here so it doesn't get lost. If concensus is that a seperate page isn't needed then the information should be put back into this article. --3rdDeeQue 23:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --3rdDeeQue (talk) 15:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Well known artists

message: An article about Graffiti in Sweden would be nice. --3rdDeeQue 23:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Graffiti

message: ...are just fine, don't remove artists/groups from the lists on account of them not being blue enough. --3rdDeeQue (talk) 15:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red links..
Talk:Bachelor pad

message: The rhetoric of the whole article is very weak and subjective, almost as if one guy wrote it by himself on lonely night and it built on top of that, it is really bad, needs clean up quick!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.237.108 (talk) 19:37, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: rhetoric

message: I have never heard of a distinction between bachelor 'pads' and bachelor 'apartments.' Oyo 07:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  A bachelor apartment is a very common term in Canada. (Judging from a Google search, it is predominantly Canadian). It means a small apartment with one primary room for living/sleeping -- although a small kitchen is often in a separate room.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.61.255.171 (talk) 19:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pad vs. Apartment

message: Why on Earth is that an example? At best maybe the sequel (Peter's apartment), but even that is not a clear example. -62.219.97.87 (talk) 17:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ghostbusters?

message: Is it a sophisticated, minimalist piece of Gesamtkunstwerk, designed for the sole purpose of luring starry-eyed females onto the extendable couch, or a filthy mess, suffering from years of neglect, that has never felt a "woman's touch" in its life, let alone actually seen one inside it? The article is somewhat confusing about what constitues a "bachelor pad" and what is just a "bachelor's flat". -- megA (talk) 15:22, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a bachelor pad? 

message: The last paragraph of the first section defines a Bro Zone and mentions that "Bro Zone" is synonymous with "bachelor pad." By the definition given, I do not see them as synonyms, as they cannot be interchanged. A "Bro Zone" is a type of "bachelor pad," not another name for one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plcaine (talk • contribs) 21:10, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Bro zone"
Talk:Mandelbug

message: Can someone say if we don't need to s/heisenbug/mandelbug in §2? It appears to me quite strange; if it has to be corrected, thanks for correcting it in fr:Mandelbug too --Moala 2005-04-21 16:13 CET
:This appears quite strange to me as well.  Why would a definition of madelbug compare "Bohr bug" and "heisenbug"?  §2 says that apparent chaotic behavior and real chaotic behavior looks the same.  This would imply it's hard to tell the difference between a madelbug and a heisenbug.  I believe it's a bug in the paragraph.  I've corrected it here, even though every Jargon File on the web has it Bohr bug.  --A D Monroe III 01:27, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't fix fr:Mandelbug, since I don't parlee French.  --A D Monroe III 01:31, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: heisenbug??

message: While looking into the bug above, I realized I've never heard "mandelbug" used as described.  The only way I've heard it is talking about a bug that appears to have infinite complexity -- not because it's chaotic, but because fixing it requires changing many things, and each change require many additional changes, and so on.  In the worst cases, the end of the solution description ends up with some statement like "so we need to rewrite the whole system in Java".   
I searched the web.  Even though I couldn't find more than a couple of weak references to using it this way, I couldn't find any references to using it the way described here, except as exact duplicates of the Jargon File, which is the sole source for this article.
I added the way I've heard it used to this article.  Maybe someone else can find better references for or against.  --A D Monroe III 01:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional meaning
Talk:Rowena Morrill

message: WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 19:43, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: This is the intial entry for Rowena Morrill. It is taken from the biography on her web-site Wjbean 14:19, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
: Well it seems the content had only been copied and pasted from the Rowena's Bio page. Did the artist give her approval ? Either way the article lacks a Sources section. --Goa103 22:04, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Not to begrudge Rowena any credit, but the trail-blazing female sci fi / fantasy cover artist (with whose work Rowena's shares many similarities) was Margaret Brundage. Yeah, they said "one of" so technically it's OK, but it's weak sauce. 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:D402:C7D:C36F:E0B4 (talk) 11:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  one of the first female... etc.
Talk:Mende language

message: in the film 'amstad' as refered to in the head article the Mende language not having the auxillary verb 'should' is refered to. also as the difficulty in translating 'slave' comes up i believe the knowledgable person(s) should address these issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.7.239 (talk) 10:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've created a new section on written forms, including the existing paragraph and adding info on the alphabet. For the latter, there are two references I could only access via Googlebooks (without full text) for info on the vowels. If someone can access the latter, that should permit more complete info on the Latin-based Mende alphabet, and any changes that may have been made in it over the last 50-60 years.--A12n (talk) 15:41, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Written forms 

message: Someone edited this page yesterday, questioning the claim that Mende is a lingua franca for Sierra Leone. Given that I know absolutely nothing about the subject matter (that’s why I was looking at the page) I merely noticed that the style was inappropriate and the use of bold superfluous. Hopefully, someone with actual knowledge of the subject matter will add that citation, or adjust the wording to take into account the viewpoint of whomever disagreed with it. Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen (talk) 21:14, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed for lingua franca claim
Talk:Todd Huth

message: they actually had 5 demos. see primus family tree. removed from original article and  added Avriette 14:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: On the Frogs, Les presents his guitarist onstage as Todd Paclebar. Is that a middle name or nickname of Todd Huth, or what? --Howdybob (talk) 00:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Todd Paclebar?
Talk:Ani Ma'amin

message: The 13 Principles of Faith should be linked here -- is there a page somewhere that has them, perhaps under another title?  Or should I create the page?  Rooster613 14:37, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

message: The version that was here was a complete misrepresentation. It suggested the Rambam wrote Ani Maamin (incorrect), and suggested that the line about the Mashiach was the only one! Odd. It could still do with some references, but at least it is correct now. JFW | T@lk 09:19, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: Anyone else seen/prefer this transliteration of the title?  For those uninitiated in the transliteration of Hebrew – surely part of the audience for a general encyclopedia – it does at least indicate that the second word consists of three rather than two syllables. Regards, David Kernow 14:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ...Have been bold and amended title. Instances of "Maamin" in article also amended accordingly. David 13:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Ani Ma'amin"
Talk:Classical Japanese

message: On the Japanese WP the article 古文 is about an ancient style of script and is paired with English WP article Guwen. Gǔwén is the Mandarin Chinese reading of the same characters. However my understanding is that when Japanese highschoolers take a class in kobun they don't study a script but the classical literature of Japan. If one meaning of 古文 kobun is "Japanese classical literature" then it would be useful to say in this article that 文語 bungo is the language of 古文 kobun. At present there is no place on the English WP where the word 古文 kobun is defined. Contact Basemetal here 18:07, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The definition of 古文 is pre-Meiji ja writings and it's a general term for old ja. See . Documents written in Meiji to Showa in classical Japanese language is described as "written in 文語", never as "written in 古文". Do you understand the difference? Oda Mari (talk) 10:10, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I do, thanks to you. The article being about 文語, the Meiji to Showa officialese, its title ought to be "Literary Japanese" or some such. "Classical" in English usage applies to the language of a classical literature. Cf. "Classical Arabic" vs. "Literary Arabic". Contact Basemetal here 17:05, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kobun 

message: I'm a beginner when it comes to 文語, but the poster looks like 口語 to me. Especially with the "だ" in the first line. I haven't seen that in 文語 or 古文 before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:D5E0:4096:C84F:3C71:46E1:7855 (talk) 23:10, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The grammar is more like 口語. MaigoAkisame (talk) 07:39, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

text: Classical Japanese or not, the image (not a poster but a panel from Norakuro) was a copyvio, so I've removed it. The uploader has been globally locked for cross-wiki abuse. Nardog (talk) 08:34, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the poster classical Japanese?
Talk:Code (computer programming)

message: I've proposed a merge. This mostly contains common usage of the word (which can be added to source code as a section). Thoughts? Gflores Talk 16:50, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since this describes the word itself and not the subject of the word, does it belong in wiktionary instead of wikipedia? Cintrom 16:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm personally against the merge.  For me code is the most generic term that encapsulates all written computer info.  Source code is more specific.  They are distinct terms. Mathiastck 21:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree completely with Mathiastck. Sarg 15:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Agree, merge. -- jsimlo(talk|cont) 15:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I would vote for the merge if it came to a sheer count, but really I think this article contains nothing of substance.  Source code is a far superior topic and covers everything that should be covered here.  I would suggest this simply redirect to Source Code.  If there is a distinction (which I personally feel is weak at best), it can be noted on the Source Code page.  JRice 20:21, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: merge

message: I see the word code used most by non coders to describe the actions and activity of programmers.  This has caused the definition of the word to expand, evern within the context of computer programming.  Code need not be in a programming language.  Most laymen would consider html to be code.  Mathiastck 21:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs an Expanded definition
Talk:Limelight

message: The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest use of "limelight" as the early 19th century, not the Middle Ages, and doesn't list any meaning having to do with lime in mass graves.  Unless somebody has a source for the latter meaning, I'll delete it in a week or so.  —JerryFriedman 14:48, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is using greenlight and limelight synomously (sp?) incorrect? That Jason 04:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems that way to me. Greenlight - meaning to give the go-ahead - doesn't seem to have any application to the idea of being the center of attention (in the sense that limelight is used). Limelight wasn't so-called because it had any resemblance to the color of the citrus fruit. - Tenmiles 04:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greenlight 

message: Does limelight use calcium oxide (lime) or calcium carbonate (limestone)? The text says calcium carbonate, but the diagram shows calcium oxide being used.
I don't know about this myth, but it could have been used as lighting up the limestone. Sounds crazy, but I only speak of what I have heard from Dr. Oz's show. P.S. Is it true?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.81.164 (talk) 02:58, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lime or Limestone 

message: I once went to a magic lantern show where the presenter stressed the dangerously flammable nature of limelight. If independent conformation can be found this should be mentioned in the article.--Teletran (talk) 18:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it does involve a very hot flame.... — Omegatron 00:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Danger of Limelight 

message: Where did the Victorians get the hydrogen and oxygen to operate magic lanterns and follow spots from? How was it stored and transported?
193.109.254.26 (talk) 15:41, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Who says they used hydrogen and oxygen?? Did they not just use the same natural gas that that used for regular gas lighting at the time? Either way, hydrogen and oxygen had been isolated in their pure forms long before the Victorian era... Firejuggler86 (talk) 07:45, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Gas source

message: To the point - well done. I might say it was quite illuminating.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.42.184 (talk) 09:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice page 

message: I suppose if one were to go through WIkipedia's articles they would find almost as many expired links as valid ones, but at least for this article, as of the date of this comment, I have found that some of the references are no longer available. Case in point the University of Leeds reference. If anyone is actively working on this page (I rather doubt it) please have a look. --APDEF (talk) 12:04, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  References
Template talk:GBvosi

message: It appears that this template isn't working; maybe old maps have changed their URLs? Andy Mabbett 09:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it looks like the old maps site has had a revamp... it is no longer as useful as it used to be. This template should probably be marked as obsolete. —Jeremy (talk) 14:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed the template to use a new URL which now links to a whole collection of maps for the specified area. I can't claim credit for this as I discovered the new linking format at Old Ordnance Survey Maps. The county parameter appears to be no longer necessary. --DavidCane 16:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Working

message: ::I've fixed the template to use a new URL which now links to a whole collection of maps for the specified area. I can't claim credit for this as I discovered the new linking format at Old Ordnance Survey Maps. The county parameter appears to be no longer necessary. --DavidCane 16:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Now Working Again
Talk:Polish marka

message: Why does the Bibliography always disappear?
--Alexvonf 15:04, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. As a procedural reversion of TCG's disruptive moves. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 17:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Polish mark →  – The stable title was "Polish marka" until TheCurrencyGuy came up and moved it to "mark" without discussion, arguing that "mark" was more commonly used. TCG's move was then reverted by Oppa gangnam psy, but then TCG moved it once again and denounced OGP's decision as "an attempt to frustrate editing by a user who has since been banned" - in reality, OGP was blocked, not banned, but this is immaterial to this RM.
The above exchange shows that there are some disagreement as to "mark" or "marka", and I would therefore like to submit this page to a procedural RM. Sincerely, NotReallySoroka (talk) 05:23, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

text: Support as nominator lest TCG's consensus-less decision prevails. NotReallySoroka (talk) 05:35, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 5 February 2023
Talk:Big spin

message: for a bigspin flip  to be frontside, it does not have to flip with a heelflip. frontside bigspin kickflips exist. as do backside bigspin heelflips
i think bigspins look better when you catch it after spinning 90 degrees and then spin the remaining 90 with the board. the term perfect bigspin is too subjective for an encyclopedia, does anyone agree with me?
:I don't know enough about the subject at hand to have an opinion, but I you do, go ahead and rename the "perfect big spin". Rl 07:10, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Perfect" big spin 

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 04:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links