Talk:The Fables (band)

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Sourcing and other issues

I've just completed a copy edit of the article, and while the prose is, I hope, improved, there are issues with the sourcing that will need to be addressed by someone more familiar with The Fables and the Newfoundland music scene than I am, since I don't know anything about them at all aside from what I found in the sources.

The primary source seems to be the Canadian Bands site, which as far as I can tell was assembled by a single author, Dan Brisebois, who died this past October. There is nothing on that site to identify whether Dan was a fan or an expert. I'd be inclined to go with the former, since other information I could find would seem to indicate that the information here is not always correct. I wasn't able to verify the "Album of the Year" win for A Time, for example, on the ECMA site, which doesn't actually list that category (though Glenn Simmons does claim the win on his site); absent confirmation, I didn't feel I could retain it, but added in the other nominations. I found a blog by Simmons that talks about starting work in late 2009 on his solo album and also rehearsing then to tour with the Wonderful Grand Band; I didn't see anything to indicate whether he was also working with The Fables at that time.

On the whole, better sourcing is needed. There isn't much directly available from The Fables' own website (and primary sources should be used sparingly); if newspaper articles can be found that mention award wins and nominations, review albums, and in general supplement or replace information from Canadian Bands, that would be great. The article as I found it was a little too closely paraphrased from Canadian Bands for my comfort; I've done my best to differentiate them far more, and I hope I've succeeded. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:27, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]