Talk:Chicano Liberation Front

A fact from Chicano Liberation Front appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Chicano Liberation Front claimed responsibility for 28 bombings in Los Angeles in 1970 and 1971?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 22:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to the Department of Homeland Security, the Chicano Liberation Front was responsible for two percent of all domestic terrorism in the United States in the 1970s? Source: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OPSR_TP_TEVUS_Patterns-of-Terrorism-Attacks-in-US_1970-2013-Report_Oct2014-508.pdf (page 13, column 1)
- ALT1: ... that the secretive Chicano Liberation Front appears in both Hunter S. Thompson's "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" and Oscar Zeta Acosta's The Revolt of the Cockroach People? Source: Haney-López, Ian (2003). Racism on Trual: The Chicano Fight for Justice. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. pp. 230–236 (Epilogue: Oscar Acosta). ISBN 978-0-674-03826-4. OCLC 609058795.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1984 New York City Subway shooting

Created by Jengod (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Chicano Liberation Front; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - n
Interesting:
Other problems: - not in body

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Jengod: Good article. Though, i think alt0 would benefit from mentioning the amount of attacks they've done since just saying 2% isn't that interesting. Also, i'm not seeing alt0 in the body in any way. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:28, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: - it was in the lede but you made me realize I didn't ever bring that up again so I just moved it down to the Legacy section.

ALT2 ... that the Chicano Liberation Front claimed responsibility for 28 bombings in Los Angeles in 1970 and 1971? SOURCE: Blake, Michael (August 13, 1971). "Barrio Bombers Speak Out: Walking softly in the barrio with a big stick...of dynamite (Communique from Chicano Liberation Front)". Los Angeles Free Press. Vol. 8, no. 33. pp. 1–2. Issue 369 – via Center for Southwest Research at University of New Mexico - Underground Newspaper Collection, MSS 514 BC, Box 48. URL: Commons:File:Center_for_Southwest_Research_University_of_New_Mexico_-_Underground_Newspaper_Collection_MSS_514_BC_Box_48_Los_Angeles_Free_Press_1971-08-13_Issue_369_Chicano_Liberation_Front_autotune_straighten_crop.jpg

jengod (talk) 02:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:08, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]