Sixteen members participated, a similar sample size as in the 2003 survey. The Voynich.ninja survey followed a different format: users were required to answer a number of specific yes/no questions. The “When” question was more relevant then than it is now, since no carbon dating had been done yet.įourteen members participated: Dennis, Larry Roux, Matthew Platts, Robert Antony Hicks, anonymous, Jeff Haley, Peter Riis, Rene Zandbergen, John Stojko, Berned Neuner, Gordon Rugg, Matrt Welnicki, Nick Pelling and Francois Almaleh. Members were required to answer the following open questions: The mailing list survey was posted on 20 July 2003. Even though different questions were asked, I will try in this post to compare both surveys to see how general views on the manuscript have evolved over the last decade. Today I discovered that back in 2003, a somewhat similar survey had been conducted among the members of the Voynich mailing list. It was meant as a fun way for members to be able to keep track of how their own ideas and those of “the community” evolved year by year. Of course, such a snapshot is entirely dependent of the members who participated, and has little statistical merit. It was about likelihood and best guesses, not about evidence or absolute certainty. For this poll, members were encouraged to choose one option even when they were not very certain.
The aim was to create a snapshot of the beliefs held by the members of the most active (mainstream?) online Voynich community at that moment. Around the start of the new year (2017), I organized a small survey on the Voynich.ninja forum.
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