Talk:Nihilist cipher

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[edit] Fixes and improvements

User:Securiger suggested the following fixes/improvements for the article:

• We have a moderate amount of history on the variants, but almost none on the basic version;
• The example is weak because it doesn't demonstrate either of the special problems mentioned under cryptanalysis. However I quite like both the plaintext and key, so to improve it I would preferably fiddle with the Polybius square;
• The glib "assuming a 5 × 5 square" probably needs to be qualified by the fact that the Russians, using Cyrillic, normally did not use a 5 × 5 but rather a 6 × 6;
• Why the heck don't we have a non-carrying addition page? OK it's just digitwise mod 10, but mod 10 with a particular historical significance;
• Need to ID the other fellow to use VIC;
• Some of the links need to be d'abed or redirected;
• Lots of interesting words and phrases could also be linked; and
• Probably plenty of copy-editing required. It includes two exclamation points, far too many for an encyclopaedia article!