VMs: Voynich Wiki (was: VMS rant)

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Nick Pelling wrote:

> The problem is that, to the extent that we are a *community* united by 
> a common goal, we have two (often conflicting) priorities:
> (1) specialisation - searching out more detailed information, through 
> cross-reference & analysis
> (2) generalisation - making the insights and observations (from (1)) 
> accessible to all
>
> Clearly, the more specialised our research becomes, the more difficult 
> it well be to reconcile these two - and to the degree that 
> Voynichology is an *accumulative endeavour*, this is probably inevitable.
>
> In view of this long-term downward slope, perhaps we should consider 
> some kind of collaborational / technological solution, so that we can 
> continue to accumulate ideas in a useful way - kind of like an online 
> Voynich dictionary / encyclopaedia that we can (all) constantly add to.




What we need is a Wiki. A Wiki is a special sort of website geared for 
the collaboration of cooperative groups like this. The pages are trivial 
to create, and anyone can edit any page. If you do a web search for 
"wiki", or "wiki wiki web", you'll see many in action. With a word or 
two of interest, I can set one up for us.




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