"Curse" or Bird Mirror?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I have often wondered what the longtime members here will do if the Voynich Manuscript is ever successfully translated/deciphered to majority satisfaction.  Will some simply refuse to accept it?

It depends on the nature of the solution.  If it is a simple algorithm that maps Voynichese to a meaningful Latin or German or Basque in the standard spelling for the period, I suppose that most Voynichologists will accept it.  And it will instantly drop public interest in the manuscript to the same level as interest in any other medieval manuscript -- that is, practically zero.

But if it is a messy partial solution, that includes a non-standard language like a Basque-Bavarian dialect, with many spelling errors and unidentified abbreviations, with a non-systematic encoding etc -- something tell me that some people will never accept it, even if it is correct and has substantial evidence.  Or even nobody will accept it. 

All the best, --stolfi