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Vandalism

Can someone please investigate the vandalism perpetrated here? Specifically the vandalism that occured approx. on July 25, 2007.

Also, have you seen that apparently they are trying to add the Puerto Rican Independence Party's website (independencia.net) to various Wiki pages so it gets "blacklisted"?

Thank you,

Drivehave 17:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possible explanation: Persecution against the PIP and other peaceful pro-independence parties

I added a section that might explain the vandalism targeted against this article. While such things also allegedly occured in places such as the Republic of China, it is still noteworthy because of its huge, systematic breadth, as well as the self-admitted character of this persecution (by the FBI). Since this persecution was so widespread, one could understand why so many people would be fearful of a vilified party or why they could direct malice against it.

It details the well-documented FBI's self-acknowledged surveilance and persecution of pro-independence organizations, including peaceful parties such as the Puerto Rico Independence Party.

Thank you for letting me know if any other documents or journalist articles arise detailing persecution against peaceful organizations such as the PIP. Bianca Neri (talk) 18:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article may be integrated into the sources, don't you think?

‘Destroyed’ FBI Puerto Rico Files Prompt Cover-up Charges26 Aug 2006

Submitted by: The NewStandard Publisher: www.newstandardnews.net

In the wake of an activist's death at the hands of FBI operatives, the agency's revelation that it may have destroyed records on the independence movement in Puerto Rico has aggravated tensions over the government's presence on the island.

"In a recent response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Chicago-based legal advocacy group People's Law Office, the FBI admitted that it could not locate records relating to the activities of a prominent Puerto Rican nationalist. It also stated that its field office in San Juan, Puerto Rico may have destroyed the documents when purging its files years ago.

The subject of the requested records was José Paralitici, leader of the activist group Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques, which opposed US Navy weapons testing on the island of Vieques. The group helped stop the Naval bombardments of the island in 2003, and since then Paralitici has continued to organize around Puerto Rican nationalist issues.

In a June 29 letter reviewed by The NewStandard, the FBI's Records Management Division denied the request. The Bureau admitted that "records which may be responsive" to the group's query "were destroyed on February 2, 1989." Claiming that the action was part of the Bureau's routine record-disposal process, Section Chief David Hardy wrote, "Since this material could not be reviewed, it is not known if it actually pertains to your subject."

Jan Susler, the attorney who filed the request on Paralitici's behalf, said by phone from Puerto Rico that she was unsure whether the FBI did in fact expunge records, or if it was simply trying to block access to the information. But either way, she said, the denial was symptomatic of a "very sordid history" of intervention in the island's political struggles.

"What business do they have destroying records," Susler said, "unless it's to cover up their own misconduct or criminal conduct with respect to the independence movement?" She noted that any destruction of records in 1989 would have followed a string of federal crackdowns on Puerto Rican dissident activity during the first part of the decade."

-Soft carebare (talk) 01:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been the victim of many vandalism attacks. Reminder to people like User:Jankarloz13 (see his "contribution" on October 14, 2008 at 01:24), who apparently are not aware or do not have any regard for the vandalism policy here in Wikipedia:

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Extrapaper (talk) 12:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

September 2003 archives

NPOV dispute - Sep 14 2003 (resolved)

Some of this is obviously biased, e.g. "Puerto Ricans are still struggling to attain sovereignty and independence." Not all Puerto Ricans want independence. As far as you have additional facts, please work them into the existing article, don't just overwrite all of it. --Wik 23:20, Sep 13, 2003 (UTC)

Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898, as a result of the Spanish-American War. As part of that War, the United States Armed Forces invaded Puerto Rico on July 25, 1898. Puerto Ricans are still struggling to attain sovereignty and independence.

This paragraph is surely POV, and cannot be included in any article. RickK 00:47, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) was founded in 1946 with the purpose of seeking and obtaining independence by every pacific mean available. The PIP is committed to achieving Puerto Rico's national freedom and laying the foundation for a sound, responsible transition from our present day colonial government to full-flegged independence.

Sounds like a party press release. Leave out "for a sound, responsible" RickK 00:47, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

On the 70's the newly elected PIP president, Rubén Berríos Martínez, then 31, led a protest against the US Navy in Culebra. At that time, he was found guilty of tresspassing so called federal lands and was incarcerated for three months.

"So0called"? Again POV, and can't be in the article. RickK 00:47, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

More information - unknown date (added)

Later, on 1999, Rubén Berríos repeated his protest, along with PIP leaders who became became active on the struggle that many citizens of the town of Vieques, Puerto Rico had against the presence of the military there. The Navy had to leave on both cases, from Culebra in 1971 and Vieques in 2003.

The Party's flag is green with a white cross. The green color signifies hope of becoming free. The white cross signifies the sacrifice and commitment of the Party with democracy.

You may find more information on the Puerto Rico Independence Party by visiting their web site at

-- anonymous user

As Wik said. Also, please sign your talk page entries. Vicki Rosenzweig 23:59, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Important PIP Leaders (added)

Gilberto Concepción de Gracia (founder, passed away)
Ruben Berrios - President
Fernando Martin - Executive President, Senator
Victor San Inocencio - Representative
Maria De Lourdes Santiago - Vice President
Juan Dalmau Ramírez - Electoral Commisioner

-- unknown user

I cleaned up a little bit

I removed some caps and put everything in the correct order, i also deleted an unesaccary link and added two new sections: 2004 and Quotes - Konulu

Question

Does anyone know what PIP would do for the incredible amount of aid that they receive from the United States if Puerto Rico were to become independent. Do they have any expressed ideas? Would they instead apply for foreign aid? If they have made any public statements, IMHO, they should be included in the articleDie4Dixie 16:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All these issues were discussed during the plebiscite affair of 1989 and 1990, and of course, the PIP has proposed them without end. Contrary to popular belief (and I mean popular as in the people, as well as popular as in colonialist), the independence movement has concrete proposals on how to decolonize the island, and many congressmen in the past have accepted them as viable. We are a political movement, not a cultural movement. The PIP itself published a book about it, called "Nacionalidad y plebiscito". There's a documentary where men of Congress talk about the PIP's ideas for the decolonization process, which were received positively. Im not sure if this is it, or if its part of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_SE8jmN2_k -- A puertorrican —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.224.236.27 (talk) 19:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Website

www.independencia.net/ingles/welcome.html is blacklisted as spam. I put in a request to whitelist it. --Charleenmerced ^Talk 06:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cross wiki promo try

Please be warned - this is a cross wiki partypromo/spam effort. The Dutch vandalism report can be found here. Als the links are meta-blacklisted. accounts and sockpuppets galore - usually the first one was a crosswiki account called Wiki_Languagecode-for-that-specific-Wikipedia_Wiki. MoiraMoira (talk) 11:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC), moderator Wikipedia-nl[reply]

In what sense is this spam? I've noticed that PIP articles pop up in the many different languages, but the content this not spam style but rather a normal wiki tone. --Soman (talk) 17:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They ask random users to translate English article, if they didn't these articles probably would never been created, I guess they think that it makes them look more important ~~Xil...sist! 11:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but that isn't really spam is it? This is a established well-known political party in Puerto Rico. It doesn't seek any outside support or financial donations from other countries. What impact would the existance of an Uzbek iw have for their political work, really? --Soman (talk) 13:20, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what is their motivation, I was just making a guess - it is the only obvious thing they get - interwiki links, what else can one get out of article in a language they don't even understand ? The spamers maybe aren't even related with the party - I haven't done a reserch of spmam in Wikipedia and motivation of the spamers, however this kind of spam appears to be common. Spam is the messages left on user talk pages, the artilcles written because of these messages of course aren't spam. ~~Xil...sist! 17:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a list of usernames that is probably from the same person, since all of them have been posting the same message on different userpages:

is:Notandi:Aishling Oigthierna

hi:सदस्य:Sanjushree

th:ผู้ใช้:Serin

sh:User:Maria Sapranov

scn:Utenti:Ciuri ciuri ciuri di tuttu l'annu

nn:Brukar:Olgita Briggia

he:משתמש:מאַטעמאַטיקער

bs:Korisnik:Sinolicka Amela

cy:Defnyddiwr:Reytah (Feminine Passion4 History)

cs:Utente:FemmenineRugbyGirl

is:Notandi:Sonia (Daughter og Føroyskt ascendants)

My suggestion is, if you get asked to translate, don't. --Steinn inn 11:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Surely having a profile on different language wiki's doesn't class as sockpuppetry + the party ssems to actually exist (books written about it on Amazon, enrty in the Britannica Encyclopedia). What's the problem? Also why is the website blacklisted?--Rhyswynne (talk) 09:09, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sv:special:contributions/Ivana Icana 217.209.198.110 (talk) 21:34, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Spamming other pages

The pages of pretty much all the Latin America public personalities who supposely signed the petition supporting the independence of Puerto Rico have been spammed with copy/paste of the paragraph included on this page. While I admire your dedication to the Puerto Rican independence, would it be too much to ask the author to remove that paragraph from the other pages? I'm pretty sure those personalities have signed many petitions on their lifes, so mentioning this one in particular on their biographies is irrelevant.

2011 Obama protests

In June 2011, gubernatorial candidate Juan Dalmau protested the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama, stating "We cannot greet the colonizer with coffee and cookies."(See: "Obama's Puerto Rico Pit Stop") His protest was joined by a small contigent pro-independence demonstrators.(See:"About 20 pro-independence protesters keep all-night vigil in Puerto Rico ahead of Obama visit") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petey Parrot (talk • contribs) 22:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]