Talk:Boricua Popular Army

message: Nice article; well written and comprehensive. Would like to see some citations in the table at the bottom, but otherwise have no complaints. Laïka 15:31, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good article passed 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik 10:20, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not so fast. Article is full or errors, anyone with 1/2 a brain can see that. Check them out. If anything, seems a *downgrade* is quite appropriate until article can be outfitted with meaningful, verifiable information - not just stuff you got to take for granted because that's how big-mouth Caribeean HQ wants it. Who the hell is he anyway, and what the hell is he talking about 'the Spanish one'? Did he take 1st grade English? Why so psychotic cowboy? At ease soldier, at ease.  You'veGotToBeKidding (talk) 07:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, my big mouth may be forced to block your behind if you keep up the personal attacks. This is to discuss the article, ok kid? By the way, its the Spanish reference. - Caribbean~H.Q. 21:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

text: The "Background" section seems fine in giving the reader an idea as to the origin of the name "Macheteros". The reference cites the fact that the writers grandfather belonged to the "voluntarios" criollos who fought alongside the Spanish forces against the U.S. Forces. The Spainish Army, which was ill-equiped, certainly could not provide adequate arms to the volunteers who as in the oposite case of the Intentona de Yauco had to arm themselves with machettes. It is also interesting and revalant that the Spanish-American War be mentioned as to give the reader an insight as to the resentment that some sectors in Puerto Rico's society felt and still feel as to the occupation of the island by the Americans.
1. I checked Reference #1 and it passed as a reliable verifiable source. I did make some minor copyedits to some paragraphs 
2. "With cells (usually consisting of between six and ten members) in the United States and other countries"- I Would like to see a source for this, otherwise remove.
3. In the "International terrorism laws and arguments of patriotism" section, both references #14 and #15 are "dead links" and need to be replaced. 
User:You'veGotToBeKidding, I agree with the keep GA review, because these are minor issues which can be taken care of and should have been discussed in a civil manner without the bad attitude and name calling that went on. Just a reminder, you can be blocked from editing because of personal attacks. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:22, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Review &mdash; kept

message: The article mentions just the one Hartford, CT robbery, yet it reverberates the dubious The Economist article's claim that Macheteros has cells throughout the United States.  This is a monumental jump from fact to tale, and I had to disagree with the inclusion of the statement in the article.  If anyone feels very strong against this, and can subtantiate it, maybe a compromise can be reached.
To illustrate: I could say that Bank of America has branches throughout the US, but would it be fair to say that Banco Popular has branches throughout the US?  Maybe yes, maybe no, despite Popular having branches in NY, Fl, CA, IL, TX, and probably a few other places.  But to say that Macheteros has cells THROUGHOUT the US, it's dubious to put it mildly, especially if no other locations that CT is even mentioned.
One more illustration: remember Mr. "Cuco"? The big, ugly madman hiding in the dark places adults didn't want you to go to?  As a kid you believed in it and it scared the heck out of you, right? but when you grew old enough to learn the truth, that sort of stuff would no longer scare you, ok? Likewise, The Economist is also the victim of a similar scared mentality: that when an organization is seen here and seen there (Say NY and Chicago) it becomes a lot easier -- even if they don't know it for a fact -- to claim that it is everywhere -- throughout -- because they WANT to believe it is so.
Again, I think we can come to a compromise that draws it as it is, rather than use The Economist's fabulous claims. Regards, Mercy11 (talk) 00:49, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if the problem is the word "throughout", just remove it. "Cells in the United States" should do it. That word has simply been in there since the very beginning. - Caribbean~H.Q. 00:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claim of cells throughout - dubious 

message: Not so sure of the "good article" status, but perhaps Im not the one to judge it, and lately Im not surprised at all for several articles in WP (mostly articles about wars and conflicts wich claims to be neutral when they're heavily biased. Fortunately, it seems that this is not the case). Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was executed/killed-in-action by the FBI, not simply "deceased". And the image at the article is the Macheteros logo, but not its flag, wich can be seen here or here. Hope someone could upload a version of the flag to illustrate the article. Regards,--HCPUNXKID (talk) 16:14, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  More objections 

message: Any chance :File:Ejercito Popular Boricua logo.jpg should be added to this article rather than deleted, now that it is not used in Filiberto Ojeda Ríos? - Jmabel | Talk 17:29, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another logo 

message: It's not a "flag" that should be on this page, it's a logo or symbol or logos or symbols. 
The 1st symbol. the machete with a star in the middle, 
The 2nd symbol. the EPB symbol with a PR flag inside the letter "b"https://claridadpuertorico.com/los-macheteros-rinden-homenaje-a-don-heriberto-marin/  
The other sources for the machete logo / symbol:
* https://archive.org/details/los-macheteros-the-wells-fargo-robbery-an-ronald-fernandez/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/details/losmacheteroswellsfargorobberyandtheviolentstruggleforpuertoricanindependence/page/n11/mode/2up
* The FBI files - mostly show the 2nd symbol (which was used on the groups letterhead.
The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 07:04, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  EPB symbols