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:::That's all very well but what if I had made a blunder when trying to describe the algorithm and people had relied on it? I'm not a cryptographic expert or particularly good at explaining things, but presumably the people who write these articles for Wikipedia are. Moreover, the lack of an explanation in the task description doesn't seem to have stopped people, including yourself, from submitting correct solutions. --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 16:29, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
::::And, I myself have not written that lengthy description. But it's still possible, and a good idea. And, omitting it is bad practice. Maybe someone else will step up here? --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:41, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
:::::Well, if anyone thinks they can improve on the clarity of the Wikipedia article, they're welcome to try. --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 18:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
::::::The wikipedia article is fine for wikipedia. But it contains a lot of content which doesn't need to be here on rosettacode.
::::::Anyways, some of what it says -- probably the tables -- should be reflected here on rosettacode for our task description. That said, it might make sense to create a dihedral group task, and refer to that for a bulk of the description. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 19:02, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
:::::::I don't know about that but, if anyone fancies themselves as a technical writer, they won't have to look very far for more work. The related [https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Damm_algorithm Damm Algorithm] task, which is not one of mine, also relies on the eponymous Wikipedia article for its description. --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 19:43, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
:::::::: Yeah, we've been lazy here, and it's probably going to take years to clean up all of the messes. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 19:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
::"lengthy and needless repetition..." I resemble that remark. I usually try to err on the side of too much information rather than not enough. Not 100% of the time but pretty darn often. --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 11:21, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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