The "Links to sites" has concerned me somewhat. With all of the links
that have been included in our discussions it seems to me that many of them will
eventually no longer be available. This is cause for concern since the links
often provide key insight into the subject at hand. I wish that we could somehow
preserve this additional information for future reference and research, though I
realize that the cost in time and money and storage may be prohibitive.
Regards,
Dana Scott
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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:54
PM
Subject: Re: Voynich Wikis [Re: VMs: My
web page]
Rene Zandbergen r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx wrote
on 13
January 2004 10:48
>
> --- Ted Young <tyoung1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> > This sounds like a lot of work, but it really
isn't
> > with the right tools. I
> > very fluent in
Perl, for example, and am pretty sure
> > I could knock out
most
> > of what I described in a couple of evenings,
> >
depending on the Wiki
> > implementation. And on top of being
able to, I am
> > also willing to. :->
>
> Well,
I'm just sitting back and looking at this
> thread since I don't know
the first thing about
> Wikis. It looks like you're the perfect guy
for
> the job, but what will the job turn out to be?
>
> It
started off as a scrap book for all the pages
> of the VMs, but now the
discussion is moving
> more towards 'everyhing', including the
reorganisation
> of the complete mailing list archives.
>
>
I suspect that the more ambitous (and vaguely
> defined) the goal, the
less will happen in practice.
> The original goal of Pam Wilson is a
doable
> project and I'll admit that I was the first one
> to
start expanding it :-)
>
> I'll sit back a bit more and see what
comes out.
> If necessary, we can go back to square one.
>
>
Cheers, Rene
>
>
I'm definately with Rene on this. A page
by page approach is best. We talk
enough rubbish on list anyway. The main
assumptions about each page would be
more useful. I.E. the discussion about
degrees on f67r2. These strands tend
to get lost.
General theories I
would omit. Only assumptions that have gained a consensus
should be
included. Links to sites of interest could always be included.
One
other thing I would also suggest is the opportunity for like minded
people
to have some sort of forum. Each person approaches the vms from a
different
angle. Some of these approaches intersect. A method of not only
sharing
this information with the group but also sorting it into subject
areas
would allow those of like mind to not only keep up with the general
chatter
but also develop a strand of their own.
Who knows, with an organised
approach we might actually make some more
progress. I already feel as
though a lot of new ideas are bearing a
little
fruit.
Jeff
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