From: Stewart
Pederson <stewped(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: alleged improper block of Tteexx
And to Fred, yes I believe the article has factual basis because I've
been involved in the research. Rice is and has been in Tibet for a
long time. This was a very very quirky story that has reached an
almost legendary status in Tibet. I'm going to work in getting
pictures of the Yopu statue and form a separate site about the on
going research.
1. If what you say is true, then you can resolve the issue very easily
by showing us the journal article which you claim to know of.
I have now received a reply from timothyfox(a)panopticonasia.com. You may
recall that the only evidence Tteexx presented in support of the existence of
the legend, and defending against charges that it appeared to be a hoax, was
this citation:
Lewinski and Manes. "Legends of Rural
Tibet." The Journal of
Asian/Diasporic and Aboriginal Literature.
http://www.kuixing.panopticonasia.com/fall04/yopu.html. Fall 2004
That URL returns a 404 Not Found, but User:Tteexx or "Stewped" (if he wants
to use it as his email address I think I can use it to address him) insisted
that it was a real article temporarily unavailable at the website.
I have now received a reply from the editor of the online journal, who says:
From: timothyfox(a)panopticonasia.com
Date: 2005/01/03 Mon AM 02:45:58 CST
To: "Daniel P.B.Smith" <dpbsmith(a)verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Did Fall 2004 issue contain an article on Yopu by Lewinski and
Manes...
Dear Professor Smith,
Kui Xing has not even had a first issue out yet; it would also be
available online. Sadly, we have had thus far just one submission for
possible publication and that is available in the "Workshop" section of
the website.
What you find at the Kui Xing website
(
http://www.kuixing.panopticonasia.com) is all there is. How terribly
distressing if indeed somebody has used our website as a defense for a
hoax of some sort. Hopefully this sort of thing does not happen too often!
Thank you for notifying me.
Sincerely,
Timothy R. Fox
Kui Xing: The Journal of Asian/Diasporic and Aboriginal Literature
Since the VfD discussion page asks that it not be edited further, and the
article is deleted so its talk page is unavailable, I am presenting this here
for the record. However, I would like to add it to the VfD discussion page
with a suitable explanation if the acting sysop, Ta bu shi da yu, will give
me persmission to do so.