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A fact from Garbage Offensive appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 April 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that protesters launched a Garbage Offensive on New York City?
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Source: The Garbage Offensive was a community service initiative that evolved into a series of protests occurring throughout the summer of 1969 in East Harlem, New York City:
"On Sunday, July 27, the Lords of New York blocked the avenue of El Barrio. This action grew in size through the summer, as the frustrated, forgotten mass of Puerto Ricans joined in barricading the avenues and streets. Soon the garbage action turned into a confrontation with police, and the YLO became experienced in street fighting, in basic urban guerilla tactics, the hit and run. For the first time in years, the pigs came into the ghetto with respect and fear in their eyes. This period of the summer of 1969 is referred to as the Garbage Offensive." (Enck-Wanzer 2010, p.31)
"What they called “the Garbage Offensive” demanded adequate neighborhood sanitation services but implied much more." (Fernández 2020, p. 91)
Source: Garbage-dumping protests continued throughout August, with one demonstration on August 17 resulting in garbage being set on fire at multiple intersections across the neighborhood:
"As the protests drew more people, they grew more spectacular. Through word of mouth, the Young Lords put out a call for a “mass action” on August17. On that night, as Young Lords assembled the garbage at the intersection of110th Street and Third Avenue, crowds gathered and grew quickly. Some of the onlookers pushed the protest in a new, more flagrant direction. Several men poured gasoline on the refuse heaps and set them aflame. In later recollections, several Young Lords said that they were not involved in lighting the garbage on fire, but they purposely did not try to stop their neighbors. And when someone planted the Puerto Rican flag atop one of the garbage heaps, the sense of solidarity, pride, and rebellion grew appreciably." (Fernández 2020, p. 103)
"Protests escalated when the police arrested Ildefenso Santiago, a Puerto Rican driver whose car was blocked by the garbage bonfire burning on 111th Street and Lexington Avenue." (Fernández 2020, p. 104)
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Comment: Main hook feels more... Hook-y... while alt is more specific.
Created by Spookyaki (talk).
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Consider As a result, the city instituted systemic sanitation reforms, though some of these measures were later reversed, and the protests ended on September 2. > As a result, the city instituted systemic sanitation reforms, though some of these measures were later reversed. The protests ended on September 2.
No more payoffs from the people to the garbagemen what is this in reference to?
Added a sentence in the "Background" section: Furthermore, some sanitation workers would only collect garbage if they were bribed to do so.Spookyaki (talk) 00:14, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
otherwise excellent
1b) infobox a good addition, MOS good Y
2a) clean ref layout Y
2b) sources are all RS, you could link to the internet archive for Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. The weakest sources are probably the two non-newspaper websites, but I am happy with them because of their authors and the quality of the articles/websites. Y
2c) spot checking
ref2 good
ref7 good
ref 10 good
ref 18 good
ref 19 good
2d) Earwig clean
3a) has all required sections Y
3b) Detail level good Y
4) Encyclopaedic tone good Y
5) stable as anything Y
6a) images CC Y
6b) pics relevant Y. No photos of the offensive itself? If there are no CC photos, WP:FAIR USE would apply and you could use a non-free one at low resolution.
Excellent. Apologies for the short review, but I can't find anything else to complain about. Consider getting that fair use image at some point. Cheers, passing now. Dracophyllum00:18, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Nice work on this article. I agree with you that ALT0 would be more hooky. Epicgenius (talk) 14:06, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
