sigh the article is WPBOMBARDing the reader saying IT HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN DISMISSED AS A HOAX What more do you want In fact can we get rid of some of the bombardment The status of this question is quite clear imo  the scholarly mainstream has consistently been that this is a hoax but there were occasional legitimate scholarly minority views saying hey what if its genuine Wikipedia doesnt lose its honour by giving room to these minority views indeed it should do so under WPDUE as long as it is still made clear that they are just that minority views