Wonder if any of those old post could still be found. With information that we have now, we might be able to determine if it was legit or not.
IIRC, it was a pretty simple exercise to prove that Q was NOT Quidam.
I think the Quidam-Quix connection just died for lack of life-support.
Both were short lived.
before my time
not many posts were saved...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:quidam/index?tab=articles