Talk:Cipher

Constable help needed for unwarranted deletion of reference

Since I wrote some of the article, I may not be able to speak as a neutral editor, but I can see absolutely no justification for removing a citation, from one of the most authoritative textbooks in computer science, from the commentary about the need to generate random numbers by non-numeric means.

I cited, under Talk:One-time_pad some research that might suggest that it may be possible to generate pseudorandom sequences that are unpredictable, but I would want to spend a few hours on those proofs. There is no reason whatsoever for deleting the Knuth citation. Howard C. Berkowitz 21:08, 2 August 2008 (CDT)

Again, an unwarranted deletion of a citation

Since I wrote the Venona article, I believe I know what is in it. If, therefore, I believed that it was useful to wikilink to it, rather than having the direct citation in the references for this article, I would have done so. I did not. Sandy Berger has not explained the second deletion of a relevant citation. Howard C. Berkowitz 21:20, 2 August 2008 (CDT)

Constable Comment

I'm responding to a request above asking for constable intervention. What I see is an article that is under the Mathematics and Military workgroups. Howard would be considered an editor n this page and Sandy considered an author. First I'd like to say that, from an outsider perspective that knows nothing about content, the initial work that built this article was an excellent example of collaboration, so I thank you for that. In an effort to avoid prolonged and unproductive disagreements concerning content and style, Citizendium empowers editors with rights to use their expertise to decide the best use of content and style. Therefore, Howard has that control at this point and can place and replace anything that he feels appropriate. We trust that Howard will consider the concerns of all authors when making his decisions. D. Matt Innis 08:13, 3 August 2008 (CDT)