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On 17-MAY-2006, User:65.42.90.112 edited a sentence within a direct quote, removing the words "Latin Kings" from this sentence:

"Within shortest time gangs appeared on every street corner and names like "Black Spades" "Savage Skulls", "Seven Immortals", "Seven Crowns", "Savage Nomads", "Ching Aling", "Black Skulls", "Latin Kings", "Young Lords" and many others could be seen everywhere."

This is not the proper way to change a direct quote. By doing so, you are changing the quoted material itself, and the source material that is being directly quoted specifically says "Latin Kings."
I am not making any kind of judgement here as to whether or not the information being quoted is correct - only that it is improper to remove material from a direct quote without at least indicating in some way that material has been removed. Commonly, this is done with an ellipses "..." , or the quote in its entirety could be removed, or truncated before reaching that point. But the point of a quote is that it indicates that "this is what someone else has said," and changing the contents of a quote is considered to be dishonest, or at least, very bad style.
If you feel that the material being quoted is incorrect in some way, then please discuss it here. Respectfully, Kevyn 01:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC) reply

This is Angie 19th Division, Gigantor's sister. I just want to give a shout out to all the Spades, and a louder shout out for all the fallen spades. We'll never forget you, and we will keep The Spades alive. TBS Down By Law.....Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.12.86 ( talk) 15:35, 28 June 2009 (UTC) reply

HELLO THERE FELLOW SPADES,MY NAME IS BEE,I WAS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE 14 DIVISON.STARTING IN THE PATTERSON PROJECTS AND THEN SPREADING TO MOTT HAVEN PROJECTS,MITCHELL PROJECTS AND ENDING AT MELROSE PROJECTS.OUR TURF WAS LARGE AND WE HAD THE SPADES TO DEFEND IT.THE SPADES WERE LARGE,WE HAD THE 17 DIVISON RIGHT NEXT TO US ON 149ST AND BROOK AVE.WE HAD A DIVISON ON BEEKMAN ST. AND 142ST.THOSE DAYS WAS FULL OF EXCITEMENT,NEVER KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN..ALOT OF FELLOW SPADES ARE NOT WITH US THESE DAYS,COKE,CROOKE,TANK,ROBO,K-GEE,PEANUT,BEANIE,BUD,KING KOLE,BIG TONY,SLY,BARNARD,ICE,JUST A FEW BY NAME,THERE IS MANY,MANY MORE OUT THERE.FOR THE REMAINING SPADES STILL OUT THERE LIVING EVERYDAY LIFE,GOD BLESS YOUR FOR SURVIVING THE BAD TIMES AND THE GOOD TIMES.SPADE POWER,SPADE POWER,POWER TO THE SPADES,POWER TO THE SPADES(JAMES BROWN-SOUL POWER)PEACE OUT TO EVERYBODY.

BROTHER BEE, WHAT'S UP! I AM A MEMBER FROM WAY BACK WHEN OUR CLUB HOUSE WAS ON 150TH ST AND BROOK AVE, ALL THOSE NAMES YOU MENTION AS BEING DECEASED ARE MY BROTHER AT ARMS, ROBO (OUR PRESIDENT), TANK, (TANKS BROTHER K-GEE - MY POPS), COKE, SLY, "ALL DECEASED" IS VERY SADDENING AND BRINGS A PAIN TO MY HEART, WHICH IS HARD TO EXPLAIN. I LOVED THOSE BROTHERS AND HOPED TO HAVE SEEN THEM IN OUR OLD AGE. I WAS 12YOA WHEN I FIRST MET THEM, AND RECALL THEM AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY. MY OLDER BROTHER WAS NAME, "SHAFT" A SPOKESMEN FOR OUR 17TH DIVISON. I WAS JUMPED-IN AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE YOUNG SPADES, 17TH DIVISON, BY ROBO, FLEA, BAMBI, SNAKE, AND STUDDER BOX. THOSE YEARS ARE FOREVER IN MY HEART, AND THIER MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS RESIDE THERE TOO. I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK, AND HAVE TAKEN RIDES THROUGH THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, ONLY TO FIND NO ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO COULD EDUCATE ME IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THIER LIVES. I WOULD LIKE TO PAY MY RESPECTS TO THEM AND THIER MEMORIES. POWER TO THE SPADES, PEACE OUT. *LUCKY2* — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucky13345 ( talk • contribs) 00:35, 3 September 2014 (UTC) reply

They're described as not just a gang but also a musical group. Any discography that can be added? Dr. Universe ( talk) 22:45, 21 May 2022 (UTC) reply