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== Wondering about approval == | |||
Is it appropriate, I wonder, to think about Approving: | |||
*Deal completely with a simple subject | |||
*Are short | |||
One of the first questions is how self-contained they need to be, assuming that a naive user is looking up a subject. In this case, for example, you can't assume the user knows what a Caesar cipher is -- but it is reasonable to say something along the lines of "since this is meant for [administrative - don't line the word] concealment than active confidentiality, it doesn't need any more cryptographic strength than the most basic tool, the [[Caesar cipher]], invented by [[Julius Caesar]]." [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
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Wondering about approval
Is it appropriate, I wonder, to think about Approving:
- Deal completely with a simple subject
- Are short
One of the first questions is how self-contained they need to be, assuming that a naive user is looking up a subject. In this case, for example, you can't assume the user knows what a Caesar cipher is -- but it is reasonable to say something along the lines of "since this is meant for [administrative - don't line the word] concealment than active confidentiality, it doesn't need any more cryptographic strength than the most basic tool, the Caesar cipher, invented by Julius Caesar." Howard C. Berkowitz 14:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC)