VMs: Voynich manuscript page on the Wikipedia

[Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there...

I am still alive, but unfortunately I haven't been able to keep up with 
the VMS mailing list.  

In particular, I missed all the discussion on Wikis etc.; so when I
found the VMS page on the Wikipedia, a few days ago, I went about
editing it. Sigh. Perhaps I should have invested the effort in the VMS
wiki (of which I did not know until now), or elsewhere. Anyway it is
done, so please have a look, and hack at it if you feel like it:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_Manuscript
  
I tried to separate hard facts (History) from dubious ones (Theories
and speculation).  I have placed the section on Jacobus's role in the latter,
for the reasons mentioned therein. I hope that those who consider
the evidence strong enough will not be overly annoyed. 

As for the theories about the nature of the text, I tried hard to be
impartial, but somehow the "Chinese theory" came out as the only
viable alternative. 8-) Perhaps those of other persuasions will want
to strengthen their entries, or weaken that one.

I have also added an argument against Gordon Rugg's hypothesis. More
on that on the next message.
 
Apologies for my incurable Latino prolixity.

All the best,

--stolfi
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