User talk:Haroldcovington

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I wish to point out that the existing Wikipedia article purporting to be about me is willfully inaccurate and malicious to the point of being libelous, and while I would rather not become embroiled in a long and expensive process that will probably take years, I WILL if necessary retain legal counsel and file suit for libel against Wikipedia and against the author of the article, if he/she/it can be tracked down.

I substituted what I believe to be a fair and accurate short appraisal of my own career. This is admittedly a stopgap, the purpose of which is to remove the libelous material. The "source" for this is the best of all sources, the horse's mouth, so to speak.

If this version is unacceptable, I will be glad to work with someone at Wikipedia to produce a more balanced article. Or better yet, why not simply remove the whole thing? I'm not that important an individual and I don't think that the world's storehouse of knowledge will be in any way diminished if I don't have a Wikipedia entry.

Guys, I REALLY don't want to screw around in courtrooms, but as far as my simply letting these lies stand--ain't gonna happen. Not under any circumstances.

-HAC

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Hi there. Welcome to Wikipedia. I just stumbled across your edits to Harold Covington and would like to point out Wikipedia's policy on legal threats, the guideline on editing articles about yourself, and this section of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons titled 'Dealing with articles about yourself'. The latter guideline gives details of Wikipedia's Designated Contact, which I presume is the person you'll need to contact if you can't resolve your issues amicably (which hopefully you'll be able to do!). MD87 22:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)