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Please do not alter the spelling of cipher (or its derivatives) to cypher in cryptographic articles, unless specifically called for by the context of the article. This has been debated extensively in the past (see WikiProject Cryptography/Cipher vs Cypher), and, while universal agreement was not reached, the consensus view is that in the context of technical cryptography, cypher is not a British variant, but an archaism that is not appropriate in technical articles. It may, of course, be appropriate in articles about the history of cryptography. -- Securiger 10:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)