Voynich Decoded

[Koen G]

Is it just me, or are these wild "I've solved it but I have to keep my brilliance a secret" claims getting noticably more frequent lately?

It comes in waves, but we are certainly going through one right now. 

As a forum moderator, of course I think about how to best deal with this. My current approach is to manage expectations: we've seen this before, people tend to react like you do when they think they solved it, usually there are issues... 

But you also don't want to cause unnecessary offense. Maybe there are people who actually discovered something about the MS but genuinely fear having their ideas stolen. It doesn't work like that, but I understand someone may feel like this when they're new.

Or maybe, through their interest, they might surpass their theory and become dedicated researchers. This is probably rare, but it does happen from time to time.

Kris: in your position I would do what nablator recommended, which is first have your method checked by some Voynich researchers. The University is not going to help you with that, they categorically refuse all those requests (they'd need to hire someone specifically to process their Voynich mail). 

Academic researchers like Claire Bowern are often quite busy and won't have time. Lisa Fagin Davis usually avoids judging text solutions. Your best bet is to contact someone on the forum. I can't speak for other people's availability, but I'd be willing to take a look, and I'm sure there are others as well. If I or anyone else were to steal your theory, our reputation would be ruined forever and we'd be internationally known as attempted plagiarists.