Talk:List of ciphertexts

Criterion for notability

As someone who maintains a list of "Famous Unsolved Codes" , I'd like to start a discussion to head off a future problem. Specifically, if my own email queue is any indication, there are going to be many people who write their own codes, and then try to list them on this page as a "famous ciphertext". So, do we want to try to come up with some sort of minimum standard for listing here? Or will it be sufficient just for a ciphertext to already have its own article elsewhere on Wikipedia? I'd recommend something like a minimum number of mentions in respected cryptographic press or reference works. Otherwise this list is going to get polluted by a lot of snake oil in short order. Or do we want that, in order to have a comprehensive list? I can go either way, I just strongly recommend having a clearly stated set of standards, because I know how aggressive some of the "code spammers" are going to be once they find this page. --Elonka 03:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that a necessary, although maybe not sufficient, criterion is that the ciphertext must have been published or discussed in some respectable, notable publication. — Matt Crypto 17:54, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

At minimum, the ciphertext must be ones that has their own article on Wikipedia. —Lowellian (reply) 06:59, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Question

Why is this a distinct page from 'famous ciphertexts' on Ciphertext? Jackiespeel (talk) 08:39, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Tamam Shud ciphertext is solved

http://ronja.twibright.com/somerton.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.53.146.14 (talk) 23:58, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

That link just gives a long list of guesses made by filling in arbitrary letters, not any actual solutions. —Lowellian (reply) 17:28, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Philipp Harland?

Did Phil really "solve" P. Oxy. 90, or is his solution just more snake oil bs? As an unsolved puzzles nerd, people like him really infuriate me, especially when they're vindicated by laymen e.g. the con artist Ahmet Ardich.

I don't wanna seem offensive or incendiary, I just think Philipp doesn't have the proper training to tackle this problem. GordyBeefPasta (talk) 01:38, 10 May 2025 (UTC)