Talk:Sir Galba

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This article has just been tagged with: {{ref-improve}} I believe that in this case it is unwarranted as there is very little information in print about Sir Galba's life. This is probably because of his short life, and that, unlike many other calypsonians who went to the U.S.A., the U.K. or Canada, it appears that he never travelled far and so was not exposed to the wider world and was never (to my knowledge) recorded overseas. I own two books on the history of calypso and he is only mentioned once briefly in one of them (see the reference to Atilla's Kaiso: a short history of Trinidad calypso. Raymond Quevedo (Attila the Hun), p. 84. 1983. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad). However, I will be thrilled if others can find further references. Perhaps now that at least one of his recordings is freely available for download in full, more attention will be paid to this seminal, but largely forgotten, calypsonian. John Hill (talk) 11:53, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The difficulty of finding references is no reason to remove the tag, Wikipedia policy requires that all articles should be verifiable by referencing to reliable sources. If good references really cannot be found then people will question whether Sir Galba is really notable enough to have an article. That is not what I am saying, but it is the conclusion that will be drawn by others if you put forward that argument. I would have thought though, that references could eventually be found, at the very least from local newspaper archives and libraries, even if there is nothing online. PS, I have removed the transclusion of the template here because it erroneously causes the talk page to be put in that category. SpinningSpark 23:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All points taken on board. I am continuing to look for further information - but it would be great if someone in Trinidad could check out local sources. I am hidden away in the bush in tropical far north Queensland - not the best place in the world to find references to Sir Galba. I do have three references in the article, but only one in print. If nothing else comes along soon I will contact people at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad to see if they will help. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 05:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]