User talk:Mikefhall

COI?
Hi Mikefhall, welcome to Wikipedia. I notice your user name suggests a connection to the subject of your editing, Mike Hall. Please consider reviewing our guidelines on conflict-of-interest editing, which we strongly discourage. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:48, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Khazar2 - perhaps you could help then. there is a reference to Mike Hall in Fred M'membe, the Zambian journalist, and The Zambia Post. the details here are sketchy and so I made the edit in the interests of accuracy etc. In fact, I was interviewed by Jane Perlez of the NYT for the article cited here and she incorrectly stated that I am a Malawian journalist. In fact I am Malawi-born of British parentage. I worked very closely with Fred M'membe in the early years of The Post and I so I'm keen to ensure that the facts around his story and that of the newspaper are correct. how does wikipedia deal with an incorrect published secondary source when the primary source is available? Mikefhall (talk) 04:26, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That's tricky, but it can be done. First we'll need to find a way to confirm your real identity--do you have a professional address or website I can e-mail you through? Don't post it here, but you can contact me confidentially via "E-mail this user" in the left-hand column (if you have e-mail activated for your account through preferences). I'm signing off for the night now but I'll be glad to work with you on this some more tomorrow (US time). Alternatively, you can contact another volunteer via e-mail at info-en-qwikimedia.org. They would be able to point you to a volunteer who can help more quickly. And thanks for letting us know of the inaccuracy! All the best, -- Khazar2 (talk) 04:39, 26 November 2012 (UTC)