Fred Bauder wrote
As to proceeding, if the charge is true, please get together the material that would demonstrate that to laypeople and follow the dispute resolution procedure (although it might be accepted, with strong proof, as is, for arbitration).
The hoax is 'admitted' (i.e. the user under discussion has now on the VfD page and article talk said it is a hoax, having previously strenuously denied that with cod references to a large standard text). I am willing to collate what I know about this; but it being Christmas Eve I don't have that much time to commit to that.
Charles