Talk:Jefferson disk
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[edit] Merge discussion
I don't think the two articles need to be merged. There's a small amount of duplication but space is not short. The two articles are adequately linked so that anyone reading one and interested in the other can easily find it. --Wtshymanski 03:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Well, both articles are describing the exact same topic — a merge seems necessary. — Matt Crypto 10:16, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Someone who feels more bold than I can merge them. The Bazeries cylinder article is a little on the long side, but I suppose the short paragraph that uniquely describes the Jefferson invention wouldn't hurt it. If it's merged, I think that the photo must also be moved. --Wtshymanski 16:46, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
DON'T MERGE THEM!! Jefferson needs to be honored with the invention of this particular machine, not Bazeries, and vice versa.
- But aren't they the same machine? We don't keep seperate articles simply to "honour" people. — Matt Crypto 18:52, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I have gone ahead and done the merge as I felt they definitely should be the same article - the duplication was confusing. I hope I have done it in a way that highlights both people's contributions. I placed the page here as Jefferson was the original inventor, but kept the use of the Bazeries name through the discussion as it is his version that is used. Kcordina 10:10, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Alice and Bob are commonly used names to denote the message encoder and decoder. Unfortunately, their usage is both unclear and American biased (maybe British biased? but definitely not worldly). I suggest we remove all their references and replace with message encoder or something similar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.103.200 (talk) 21:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Commons link
I've removed the Wikipedia Commons link as there wasn't a page there and the only search result for "Jefferson Disk" on Commons was the image that's already on the page. Jobarts-Talk 23:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
