Talk:Folk Nation

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La Raza is a Mexican based gang started in the South Side of Chicago they are part of the Folks Nation alliance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oyesabrosura (talk • contribs) 21:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


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Posting the 'meaning' of the Six Points - or any other gang symbols - only encourages imitators, or 'wannabes' (kind of like the old saying "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"). I would suggest keeping that kind of info off of all entries on street gangs. How they dress or what colors they use etc. might help someone to recognize gang activity in their area - but knowing the inner 'literature' of a gang only helps people who want to pretend to be affiliated.

You seem to misunderstand what Wikipedia is all about, 65.116.103.138. —RaD Man (talk) 07:10, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm of the "knowledge is power" school. Gangbangers are a part of American culture and history. If someone takes information and uses it to be annoying on the internet or for destructive purposes, the responsibility is on that person, not the provider of information.
I'm wondering why "La Raza" is listed as a gang? I've only ever heard La Raza used as a collective self-descriptor by Mexicans and as the name of a Spanish-language newspaper on newsstands in stores, taquerias, bus stations. Jaguara 03:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Link spam?

Why would you remove this link from the external links section and call it link spam?: http://www.thehoodup.com/content/view/15/44/

I think it's a very informative page on this subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElevationalMentality (talk • contribs) 20:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

This page is written horrendously. Can someone put up the "Editorial Standards" thing and maybe add some references? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.108.255 (talk) 17:52, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No Original Research and NPOV

Everything in this article is original research and violtaes the NPOV Guidelines established by Wikipedia. Either find some sources for things in the article, and remove the NPOV violations or just delete the whole thing because it is a wast of everyone's time.JoeyFNK 19:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

thank you for deleting the earlier vandalism earlier today.

[edit] unsourced material

I have commented out the unsupported sections. When sources are found, add them and remove the to let the text display again. DGG (talk) 04:54, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I see an anon. editor deleted the material entirely. I can't say I object. But if anyone can source material on this, they should certainly return that portion to the article. DGG (talk) 17:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Content

This Article used to be long, but now it's short. I think somebody should lengthn it again.--ItsJodo (talk) 02:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

anyone who wants to add appropriate properly sourced information should certainly do so. Properly sourced, according to WP:V. DGG (talk) 04:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Stop posting that crips are part of the Folk Nation orbloods are part of the People Nation those gangs do not exist in midwestern states especially Chicago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chicagofacts (talk • contribs) 22:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

AND ITS FOLKS not FOLK. FOLKS please FIX THIS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.41.30.231 (talk) 08:18, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

The actual name is Folk Nation. "Folks" is a colloquialism. I will add that to the article.Asher196 (talk) 13:38, 26 May 2008 (UTC)