Talk:Dvorak encoding

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First off -- I'm the 'Legoguy' that was mentioned in a previous version of this article as being the first to give this encoding its name. Not sure how to put this, but there *are* no sources other than myself and the previously mentioned IRC channel. It was an original idea by me, and I did not know about any previous incarnations of it, so I posted it here. Therefore, Wikipedia is getting it right from the source; me. If IRC logs can be considered a source, then I can post them here.

Legoguy 21:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

After finding the original-research policy, I have begun work on an external page dedicated to Dvorak encoding and will cite that as a source soon. I hadn't seen the 'no original research' policy when this was posted. Sorry about this.

Legoguy 22:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is certainly cool, but it isn't original

I've been using this sort of encryption since I started using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard in, uh, the summer of 2003. I have a few considerations I made, and I'm going to revise the Wikipedia article so they fit in. Also, I'm going to write about the weakness and real application for it, plus interlink it with a few more cryptography-related articles. I hope you don't mind. I won't shatter your idea of becoming a great inventor, but consider what it is you're claiming is copyright you: A name to something as simple as typing on the wrong keyboard. (I "invented" it after forgetting several times which keyboard layout I was using.) Cheers. Doc Daneeka 14:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)