Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Message Weaving Algorithm


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The result was Delete —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jreferee (talk • contribs)

Message Weaving Algorithm

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Contested prod. This is about a cipher that is web-published, not published in any reliable source, not peer-reviewed. It was part of a walled garden with Imran Shaik and Definite Avalanche, both of which were deleted through PROD. The article was created by ; the algorithm inventor is Imran Shaik. Mango juice talk 15:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. If this were a cipher taken seriously by the crypto community, I'd expect to see some hits for it in Google scholar, but I couldn't find any. —David Eppstein 17:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That's because the sources are all encrypted, so the joke's on you! Actually, the sources are an apparently pending M.Sc. thesis, and a website that doesn't contain (or at least cannot find, see first sentence) any reference to the article subject. Delete unless independent verification of notability can be established. Sheffield Steel talkstalk 20:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing in EBSCO computer-science index. DMacks 18:53, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 'delete per David Eppstein & DMacks. Pete.Hurd 05:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete due to lack of reliable sources confirming notability. --Nehwyn 17:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


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