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WP:ENGVAR

I have stamped out numerous non-GB spellings in Industrialisation per WP:ENGVAR. Did I miss any? Edison (talk) 00:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article review of Caesar cipher

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Discussion regarding Early computers task force

Discussion regarding Early computers task force can be found here -- TinuCherian (Wanna Talk?) - 08:57, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Maurog

Please either unblock or ask for review of this block. Calling it trolling in your edit summary doesn't automatically make it so, and I don't see that they received any warnings on their talk page. --Onorem♠Dil 18:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's been reviewed by another admin, and I'm perfectly happy with the block. The guy is evidently not editing in good faith, right? He's claiming he has faith in, um, a flying spaghetti monster... — Matt Crypto 19:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And? Yeah, it's silly, but it's not blatantly offensive or anything...and while the "faith" part of his comment may have been trolling, other parts were relevant to the conversation. A warning or at least a block notice would have been appropriate. --Onorem♠Dil 19:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm quite happy with people being silly, but there's a difference between making a joke, and acting out a parody in a context where it's just disruptive and a waste of other people's time. I think it's appropriate to send a message that it's not going to be tolerated indefinitely (whether the message will get through or not is unclear, given that he's now claiming "religious persecution"...) — Matt Crypto 19:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think a message to that effect on the user's talk page, along with a note that you would block if the behavior continued, would have done the same job. I strongly disagree with blocking without warning except in cases of blatant disruption, but I don't care enough to argue about it, and like you said, it's been reviewed by another admin now. --Onorem♠Dil 19:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for reminding me once again that Wikipedia admins think the rules are written for everyone but themselves. If I thought you people have any shame, I'd tell you that you should be ashamed of yourself. • Maurog • 23:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. — Matt Crypto 09:08, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Salaam

Salam nyingi kutoka Dar es Salaam! Jamani Matt, hujambo? Nafurahia kuona umerudi tena katika Wikipedia, ingawaje umetutupa sie Waswahili! Je,basi huna hata dakika mbili - moja za kuweza kututembelea na sisi Waswahili katika Wikipedia kwa Kiswahili? Zilikuwa salam za kukutakia kheri na maisha mema!!!--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 15:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ajtai-Dwork cryptosystem

A request. Zahd (talk) 04:31, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Skull of Mkwawa

Hi, Matt. I have an notice. Today, I uploaded image:Skull of Mkwawa.jpg to Commons. Because I translated Chief Mkwawa to Japanese and I'd like to use that image on jawp.
Thank you for your uploading and sorry for my broken English. Regards.--Backblow (talk) 09:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Unblockrequest

Dear Matt,

I'm an academic and 'real name user' who has been blocked as a 'sockpuppet' of Wikigiraffes who uses the same computer as me. I have made all the usual requests to be unblocked, plus had long email exchanges about it with SlimVirgin and Jimbo, both of whom have been 'evasive', always promising to 'look into it' ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3AWikigiraffes&year=&month=-1

It really is very suspicious!

Wikigiraffes is accused of many terrible things but in fact, was blocked for posting a critique from a blog of a journalist as part of a userpage debate over whether or not that journalists's page (started by SlimVirgin) should contain any critical content.

I would like to ask you to review the vindictive block applied by SlimVirgin to my friend Wikigiraffes, and then perhaps review my one too as Wikigiraffes ' sockpuppet'.

Please email if you like to know any more. 90.62.148.67 (talk) 11:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC) (doc=martin=cohen)[reply]

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Virgil Exner

Hi, as a previous contributor, pls check out my enquiry at Talk:Virgil Exner#Design work. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 05:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Domestic discipline

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Hi Matt,

It's been a while, everything ok? I recently visited the Enigma page and saw that many of the External links were removed. Not only these of my (non-commercial non-advertising non-selling) website , but alse great links to pages as Paul Reuver's RISC Enigma sims, or Frode Weieruds pages on breaking Wehrmacht Ciphers and the CSG simulators. They have replaced the links with some external list, i don't know what it is. It seems that they have 'trown away the baby with the water' as they say in our region. Of course, there were some commercial links or links to really bad software, but did all have to go???

Could you visit the Enigma discussion page (topic adding/removing links) Apparently a guy called Chris Cunningham has removed the links and replaced them by some sort of list. Like to get your opinion at the discussion page. Regards, Dirk Rijmenants Dirk (talk) 00:17, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matt, never mind, links can be changed and added. Has been resolved. Regards,Dirk (talk) 16:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Whitecross

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Reference Desk cypher question

This ref desk question Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous#Which Cypher is This? seems particularly suited to your interests and capabilities. Is there any hope for a solution? The sample text seems too short, unless "Death" were a setting for some known cypher. Thanks. Edison (talk) 05:16, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Cast-128 Image

Hello,

i am writing about an image you created for the article about the Cast-128 crypto algorithm. As i studied the specific algorithm, i realized that there is a slight difference between the image and the Request For Comments 2144 where the algorithm is presented. Copying form the RFC: 

      Type 1:  I = ((Kmi + D) <<< Kri)
               f = ((S1[Ia] ^ S2[Ib]) - S3[Ic]) + S4[Id]

      Type 2:  I = ((Kmi ^ D) <<< Kri)
               f = ((S1[Ia] - S2[Ib]) + S3[Ic]) ^ S4[Id]

      Type 3:  I = ((Kmi - D) <<< Kri)
               f = ((S1[Ia] + S2[Ib]) ^ S3[Ic]) - S4[Id]

The RFC also states: 

  "CAST-128 uses a pair of subkeys per round:  a 32-bit quantity Km is
  used as a "masking" key and a 5-bit quantity Kr is used as a
  "rotation" key."

So i believe that the two sub-keys (Kmi and Kri) should be switched in place in the image. I believe that now the image depicts the opposite argument.

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James Crosby

You correctly removed the word disgraced from this BLP. Are you happy about the comment in the talk page? Baron Myners is another such. Kittybrewster ☎ 13:22, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification on a block

You blocked User talk:Garygateaux for abusing mutliple accounts, but failed to name those accounts which are his multiples. These people always request an unblock and always profess their innocence, and it would be easier if you linked to the obvious evidence which I am sure exists to tie him to some other accounts. Please advise so that I can decline his latest unblock request. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:51, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In all probability User:Babylon93 (see Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Babylon93). — Matt Crypto 17:13, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Request that you unblock User:Garygateaux on the basis of his last edit. Kittybrewster ☎ 11:55, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Fravia

Hello, could you please unprotect the article Fravia so that a rewrite can be done? I know it was given an AfD which resulted in a redirect, but the reason for that AfD was that the article was poorly written, which can be solved by a rewrite. Thanks! Ooseaway (talk) 15:21, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I came here for the same reason, but Ooseaway has been quicker than me. Zorbid (talk) 15:24, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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