Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography

WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
	This WikiProject is about criminals and crime-related topics.
Shortcut	WP:CRIMEPROJ, WP:CRIMINALPROJ, WP:CRIME
Categories	WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, Crime
Portal	Crime
Wikimedia Commons	Criminals
Project banner template	{{WP Crime}}; {{WP Criminal}}; {{Serial killer}}
Userbox	{{User CB}}
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Popular pages

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!

Welcome to WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography. This project needs the help of all of you here, who are interested in the history of crime and criminals, ranging from conspiratorial corporate crime to serial killers. Please help!

Goals[edit]

To improve the quality of articles related to subjects about crime.

Scope[edit]

Crime[edit]

This WikiProject focuses on criminology and a wide range of crime-related topics, verifying notability of articles, expanding stub-class crime related articles and writing specific contributions to requested crime articles.

Criminal biographies[edit]

In Wikipedia, the biography page of a criminal often uses the same style and form of other regular biographies. However, due to the sensitiveness and uniqueness of their biography, something different needs to be done. Additionally, criminal biographies or sections in articles about the perpetrators of crimes may face unique BLP issues.

Current development[edit]

Usage of infoboxes[edit]

Use the exact infobox text below and add the information of the criminal, but do not insert any rows that do not appear below or change the text of any row, such as using "convicted of" instead of "charge". If you do, the information will not be displayed in the infobox.
Link all possible information such as locations, charges, penalties, etc. Do not link dates, years or use flag icons in the infobox.

Criminal biography infobox[edit]

{{Infobox criminal}} - should be used for all serial killer, mass killer and spree killer biographies, and all criminal biographies that do not fit the above categories.

Copy the text below and fill in the information:

Attention: before using, please read the section on "Usage of infoboxes", located above.

{{Infobox criminal
| honorific_prefix = 
| name = 
| honorific_suffix = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = 
| image = 
| image_upright = 
| image_size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_name = 
| birth_date =     <!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if dead;
                        {{birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=yes}} if year, month and day known;
                        {{birth year and age|yyyy|mm}} if year and month known;
                        {{birth year and age|yyyy}} if only year known -->
| birth_place = 
| disappeared_date = 
| disappeared_place = 
| disappeared_status = 
| death_date =     <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place = 
| death_cause = 
| body_discovered = 
| resting_place = 
| resting_place_coordinates =
| monuments = 
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| other_names = 
| citizenship = 
| education = 
| alma_mater = 
| occupation = 
| years_active = 
| employer = 
| organization = 
| agent = 
| known_for = 
| notable_works = 
| style = 
| net_worth = 
| height = 
| television = 
| title = 
| term = 
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| party = 
| movement = 
| opponents = 
| boards = 
| criminal_charge = 
| conviction_penalty = 
| conviction_status = 
| spouse =         <!-- Do not include unless notable or relevant to the crime involved -->
| children =       <!-- (as above) -->
| parents =        <!-- (as above) -->
| relatives = 
| callsign = 
| awards = 
| website = 
| allegiance =     <!-- [[Lucchese crime family]] (only?) -->
| motive = 
| conviction = 
| trial =          <!-- Only use this if the trial is bluelinked, e.g. Mafia Commission Trial -->
| trial_start = 
| trial_end = 
| reward_amount = 
| capture_status = 
| wanted_by = 
| partners = 
| wanted_since = 
| time_at_large = 
| escaped = 
| escape_end = 
| comments = 
| victims = 
| date = 
| time = 
| beginyear = 
| endyear = 
| country = 
| states = 
| locations = 
| targets = 
| fatalities = 
| injuries = 
| weapons = 
| apprehended = 
| imprisoned = 
| module =
| signature =
| signature_size =
| signature_alt = 
| footnotes = 
}}

Criminal organization infobox[edit]

{{Infobox criminal organization}} - should be used for all gang and crime family articles.

Copy the text below and fill in the information:

Attention: before using, please read the section on "Usage of infoboxes", located above.

{{Infobox criminal organization
| name              = <!-- defaults to {{PAGENAME}} -->
| native_name       = 
| native_name_lang  = 
| image             = <!-- filename only -->
| image_size        = <!-- defaults to 220px -->
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = 
| founded           = 
| founder           = <!-- or |founders= -->
| named_after       = 
| founding_location = 
| years_active      = 
| territory         = 
| ethnicity         = 
| membership        = 
| leaders           = 
| activities        = 
| allies            = 
| rivals            = 
| notable_members   = 
| religion          = 
}}

Project templates[edit]

Other templates used by the project include:

{{WikiProject Crime}}, a project banner used to assess crime related articles as well as identify related projects working on the article.
{{WikiProject Criminal Biography}}, an alternate project banner specifically for criminal biographies.
{{Crime opentask}}, a template displaying open tasks related to the project.
{{crime-stub}}, adds article to Category:Crime stubs.
{{crime-bio-stub}}, adds article to Category:Crime biography stubs.

Parentage[edit]

This WikiProject was originally proposed by User:Remember in December 2006 (see [1]) which was eventually merged with the present biography project established by User:Wooyi in February 2007.

Task Forces[edit]

Formatting[edit]

Biographies and other subjects generally follow standard Wikipedia "Manual of Style" formatting; however, there are a few exceptions, such as specialized formats established of criminal organizations (as seen in Bufalino crime family originally established by User:ExplorerCDT).

Hierarchy definition[edit]

Crime and criminology related subjects can range from specific areas, geographical locations, and historical periods as well as overlap with other subjects such as WikiProject Law and Law Enforcement.

The subjects, defined by crime and criminology, include people, events, and related information on:

True crime
Street gangs (from the early-19th century to present)
Mafia/Syndicate groups and members (particularly of the 20th century)
Criminal societies and similar organizations.

Open tasks[edit]

To-do list[edit]

Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography:

Requests:
Expand and improve citations:
Stubs:
Current Merger Proposal:
Images:

On-going tasks:

Improve references in articles.
Actively remove tangential "mentions" of article subjects from articles. The only valid mentions that might remain are specific and historically accurate depictions of subjects in film, music, etc.

Articles that need expansion/improvement[edit]

Murders by Year[edit]

At present the category for Mass murders by year go back to Category:Mass murder in 1981, but for Murders by year only to 1999, e.g. Category:Murder in 1999, and also for 1993 and 1989. Hence I propose to finish the 1990s decade, and later the 1980s back to 1980. And to separate the American ones which only go back at present to Category:2005 murders in the United States.

Plus a need to add all murders to Category:Murder in 2002 and Category:Murder in 2003 (or the American subcategory) as they only have one in each year at present; and to check that individual Mass Murders are also included in the Murders in US by year category where appropriate. NB: for Category:Mass murderers the requirement is four at once or over a short period of time (though some mass murders have only three?). Hugo999 (talk) 00:07, 18 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Directory of Participants[edit]

This is a list of Wikipedians, who are committed to this WikiProject. Please, feel free to join, by clicking edit on the right and signing your name at the bottom of the list with four tildes (~~~~), with an optional comment. To add these templates to your user page, type: {{User CB}} to produce:

This user is a member of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography.

And {{CriminalUB}} to produce:

This user is a criminal

Members[edit]

Remember 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Longhair\^talk 07:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Wjhonson\^talk 00:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 00:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Jimbonator 00:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Malick78 00:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Agtaz 05:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Bentley Banana 12:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
C i d 16:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Chwyatt 16:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
SqueakBox 21:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kuzwa 17:36, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
George100 06:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
WTGDMan1986 -- --DFW 00:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC) college student bothered by (and tired of) all the criminals with striking resemblances to One Tree Hill actor James Lafferty murdering defenseless women. I'm entering to revert vandalism and make changes if necessary.Reply[reply]
Rogermx 02:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC) copy editing articles on American Cosa Nostra figures - you got a problem with that??Reply[reply]
Robbie (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nicknackrussian (talk) 21:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC) - I've been making organized crime/gangster articles since I signed up ...Reply[reply]
Johnnyarbogast (talk) 17:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC) - Don't look too deeply into the abyssReply[reply]
Dan Dassow (talk) 12:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC) Wineville Chicken Coop Murders and related eventsReply[reply]
Doc9871 (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC) - I've already worked on several related articles ...Reply[reply]
DocOfSoc (talk)
Cindamuse (talk) 04:06, 5 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
DoctorJoeE (talk) 05:06, 7 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Basilisk4u (talk) 05:02, 12 November 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hutcher (talk) 22:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
WPPilot (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2011 (UTC) Researching Federal Security Crimes for many Wiki projects.Reply[reply]
Wikid77 (talk) 06:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC) - since 2006: Manson Family, Oswald, MoMKReply[reply]
User:Solomaverick (talk) 12:53, 16 September 2011 (GMT)
KokoPhantom (talk) 00:56, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Paris1127 (talk) 22:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Finnegas (talk) 20:48, 14 May 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ntbolton (talk) 19:41, 30 June 2012 (UTC) Interested in the expansion and maintenance of articles dedicated to this genre.Reply[reply]
Ț♥ttØØd Ẅ♥itre§ 04:32, 27 August 2012 (UTC) Interested in Biographies about criminals, murderers, any crime etc.Reply[reply]
Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:00, 10 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
AuthorAuthor (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2012 (UTC) Interested in expansion, maintenance and new articles about the genre.Reply[reply]
David J Johnson (talk) 1037. 30 March 2013 (UTC)
EricEnfermero ^Howdy! 09:47, 24 June 2013 (UTC) - interest in serial killers, psychology and healthcare providers who killReply[reply]
Bali88 (talk) 00:12, 24 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
GouramiWatcher^(?) 14:07, 22 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Supaflyrobby (talk) 16:30, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Danni Ruthvan (talk) 23:36, 10 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Discott (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2014 (UTC) - will not do biographies but am interested in trends, history, stats, gangs and gang types, crime fighting methods, and criminology more generally. I also mostly tend to focus on crime issues affecting South American and African countries.Reply[reply]
Breckham101 (talk) 17:59, 28 December 2014 (UTC) Average contributor whose unofficial unlicensed expertise are terrorism related articles.Reply[reply]
Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 21:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Crimsonrain158 (talk) 12:53, 30 September 2015 (UTC) Interested in American organized crime, especially Jewish-American gangstersReply[reply]
Ellis.Donnie (talk) 9:32, 30 September 2015 (UTC) Mostly interested in Italian and Jewish-American organized crime.
BabbaQ (talk) 18:59, 14 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
FortitudineVincimus (talk)
Libertybison (talk) 19:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
BarrierBuilder (talk) 21:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC) Always been interested in the psychology of criminals, mostly interested in British crime.Reply[reply]
Vwanweb (talk) 11:17, 16 December 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
TomCat4680 (talk) 08:41, 30 December 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Inexpiable (talk) 20:38, 25 February 2017 (UTC) Mostly interested in American crime, specifically 1990s murders.Reply[reply]
TTTAssasinator (talk) 08:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC) Expertise in Vietnamese criminalsReply[reply]
Cypresscross (talk)
Maxim Stoyalov
ilindytree\^talk
Walker in the Mist (talk) 21:19, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Surprised I hadn't added myself after a few related articles.Reply[reply]
Matuko (talk) 17:24, 12 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ArcticAres (talk) 02:04, 7 November 2018 (UTC) Primarily interested in mass school killers.Reply[reply]
Tots & little ones matter! (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2019 (UTC) Primarily interested in writing about major child abusers.Reply[reply]
Euliss (talk) 17:38, 24 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
EDG 543 (talk) 02:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
UpdatedAutopsyReport (talk) 21:48, 24 August 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Beata May (talk) 26 August 2019 (UTC)
Paperworkorange (talk) 20:44, 23 October 2019 (UTC) I prefer to write from other side.I will add legal system problems for cases I know.As a result,we can create neutral article.Reply[reply]
User:Aude, for numerous edits and contributions to crime and criminology related articles.
User:Capitalistroadster, revising and rewriting pre-1900 street gang leaders, most notably Slobbery Jim of the Daybreak Boys
User:Christophervincent01, contributing to articles about executed criminals, some that I am working on, include, Draft:David Loomis Cargill, Draft:Ricky Lee Sanderson and Draft:Alfred Bourgeois
User:Eusebeus, for rewriting several articles including Charles Luciano, Jack McGurn and Owney Madden.
User:Fordmadoxfraud, for contributing several criminal biographies on Depression-era outlaws.
User:Func
User:ExplorerCDT, early work on US mafia crime families
User:Irishguy, for his work on Danny Greene
User:Jackie24, for work on the Scarfo crime family, Jewish Mafia
User:JBAK, for work on the Los Angeles Mafia
User:Lanoitarus, revising of organized crime articles, specifically the former copyvio Frank Salemme
Little Joe Shots, for work on the Timeline of organized crime
User:Mafia Expert, for work on the Ciaculli massacre
User:Mikedash, extensive contributions on major crimes and criminal biographies.
User:Mzucker, for work on the Cleveland Mafia and Porello Family.
User:Nelliebellie, for numerous contributions including work on the Tucker telephone article.
User:ONEder Boy, for the creation of the Serial Killer Info Box.
User:Phatcat68, for contributions on several members of the John Gotti family.
User:Robert Mercer, for his work on Sicilian mafiosi including Salvatore Riina
User:Scott Sanchez, for work on Jack Dragna
User:Sherurcij, numerous contributions including biographies on criminals, police officials, etc.
User:SilverWings, for contributions on several criminal biographies.
User:Skysmith, for compiling the extremely comprehensive Missing topics about Crime list
User:Stefanomione, extensive categorizing of organized crime articles
TheChin, for work on the Timeline of organized crime
User:Trac.Melton, work and research on pre-1900 street gangs, specifically the Plug Uglies
User:Wiseguy100, for work on various members of the Chicago Outfit including Harry Aleman, Frank Schweihs, Samuel Carlisi and others such as New York mobster Vincent Basciano and federal agent William F. Roemer, Jr. as well as providing a number of images.
User:Vaselineeeeeeee, for extensive work on Italian-Canadian Mafia families/members.
User:70.29.2.96, for his work on the Genna Brothers
User:216.20.1.212, numerous articles on Irish-American organized crime
User: Gingerbreadhouse97. I have created and contributed to several articles about high profile crimes. Some of these articles include: Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders; Murder of Tessa Majors; Murder of Eve Carson; George Brinkman murders; and Murder of Reagan Tokes.
V.a.PJHC (talk) 04:07, 29 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Carrierudd (talk) 03:20, 4 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
--🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 (always @Ping: me when replying) 15:34, 16 December 2020 (UTC) Occasional participantReply[reply]
User:Elijahandskip (talk) - {Lead Coordinator of WikiProject of Current Events} 22:10, 25 December 2020.
Pladica (talk) 08:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ArcticAres (talk) Primarily interested in American mass murderers. Contributed greatly to the Jokela High School shooting page.
Space-daddy29 (talk) 21:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Such-change47 (talk) 11:14, 18 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Edd Wesson Contributor to criminal biographies and handling poor or outdated citations.
RaskBunzzz I primarily update lists. 20:24, 27 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User:CroissantAvenue 21:59 30 March 2022 (UTC) Contributor to list of murder convictions without a body and list of unsolved murders.
CroissantAvenue (talk) 22:02, 30 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Coolheights23 6:15, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
LRFtheLion - I add new pages for missing topics and also expand and improve existing pages related to the following: history of prisons, prison operations, penological policy, criminal justice in Washington State, biographies of incarcerated writers, biographies of prisoner reformers, and other similar topics. LRFtheLion (talk) 17:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
AFDDiary - I've added 7 pages for criminal biographies (as of now), I've expanded at least 10 similar stubs, and I have a list of at least 40 more biographies I would like to add, plus at least 10 stubs I would like to expand, or old, poorly-sourced, and/or poorly-structured articles that need some TLC. I specialize in capital punishment, which I 100% oppose but know a lot about (know your enemy, I guess), and any cases related to the death penalty, particularly in the southern United States. I've also authored 9 articles covering African countries' capital punishment histories and overviews. Afddiary (talk) 18:37, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
#MMiller324 (talk · contribs) 16:11:17, 25 August 2022 (UTC) creator of [Gomez Espinoza] article on the Costa Rican cartel leader, recently updating Sentencing in the United States articleReply[reply]
Cameron Dewe (talk) 10:50, 4 September 2022 (UTC) - I have been assessing crime related articles since February 2021, and see no reason to stop, now. So it is probably time to declare myself a member.Reply[reply]
DylanJ10000 (talk) 05:33, 9 November 2022 (UTC) - Have a major interest in cold cases, and have authored pages such as Baby Boy Horry and Disappearance of Joshua Guimond.Reply[reply]
TrueCrimeData (talk) 02:11, 21 December 2022 (UTC) At the moment my focus is on serial killers. I update pretty frequently.Reply[reply]
CT55555(talk) 00:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC) I have created and edited various relevant articlesReply[reply]
PARAKANYAA (talk) 14:41, 6 August 2023 (UTC) I edit mostly crime articles, trying to clean up the whole wikiproject as well haReply[reply]
Ctrlxem (talk) 05:12, 2 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Inactive members[edit]

Members who are currently inactive on Wikipedia.

Wooyi --- Project author. 03:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Dep. Garcia ( Talk | Help Desk | Complaints ) 10:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
MadMax 11:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Destructo 087 22:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ozgod 03:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Quadzilla99 17:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The H-Man2 15:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Jmm6f488 00:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Alexbonaro 07:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Skosem 21:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Wildhartlivie 00:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Kathryn.rebecca42 17:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ryleth777 09:34, 03 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Stephoswalk 06:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Seth71
Khanhamzakhan--Khanhamzakhan (talk) 09:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sickero (talk) 02:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]
F-451 (talk) 23:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]
LOTRrules (talk) 22:43, 18 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]
||||Tonight, you sleep with the fishes* * |Talk|| 23:27, 22 December 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
HumanFrailty 05:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Dcoetzee 15:46, 5 August 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Tyciol 16:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC) I'm watching a specific genre of criminal in the news, if they become relevant enough in the future to be judged deserving of articles I'll help make them. I feel obligated to do this.Reply[reply]
Lucy-marie 23:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Lord23sutch (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ReignMan 03:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC) adding crime tables to cities, suggest you do the same!Reply[reply]
YegerMeister 23:26, 11 October 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
LisaSmall ^T/C 18:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC), particular interest in adding or correcting legal details of charges, sentences, etc.Reply[reply]
SkepticalGal (talk) 11:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC) Keeping an eye on "profiling" references, general copy editingReply[reply]
Joyson Noel (talk) 17:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC) I am particularly interested in expanding and fixing up articles generally related to Organized Crime.Reply[reply]
METALFREAK04 (talk) 16:30, 7 October 2008 (UTC) - I signed up for serial killersReply[reply]
dychoa {talk} 15:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC) I signed up for serial killersReply[reply]
Jake Wartenberg 01:44, 22 April 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ChuckStone (talk) 13:17, 7 May 2009 (UTC) Expanding, adding references, and modifying inaccurate details about American organised crime figures, primarily American Cosa Nostra and Chicago OutfitReply[reply]
Mistress of Awesome (talk) 00:22, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Lord23sutch (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
MooreSvn (talk) 00:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
VulpineLady (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC) Recently sentenced serial in California. Draft up at * * * * Rodney AlcalaReply[reply]
User:Roxy:Pkid
User:Jarovid
Wombat24 (talk) 07:15, 15 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Cymbelmineer (talk) 13:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC) I have added biographies before.Reply[reply]
CrohnieGal^Talk 16:28, 14 August 2010 (UTC) I've been working in this area for quite some time now.Reply[reply]
Luckymelon (talk) 23:14, 14 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
KimChee (talk) 06:52, 24 September 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Aidanpaige (talk) 01:20, 25 November 2010
PsychoticInq (talk) 18:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ashirwad Gogoi (talk) 12:55, 26 March (UTC) I'm a 14 year-old member with great interest in this subject.
Nkgal (talk) 22:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User:CitizenQZen (talk) 02:32, 25 April 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
DuchessofNewTown (talk) 12:28, 15 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User:Katarighe (talk) 12:28, 24 August 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User:beaconmike (talk) 11:50, 27 August 2011 (UTC) Wineville Chicken Coop MurdersReply[reply]
Theanonymous3 (talk) 09:18, 22 February 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Crr4 (talk) 05:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]
cyoung530 (talk) 17:11, 8 March 2012 (UTC) Rice University Student working on under-represented articles as a semester long project for class.Reply[reply]
Meanie (talk) 19:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC) I recently stumbled upon a Notorious Death Row Serial Killer - He is pretty notorious in New Mexico area - I am looking for help in determining if he is relevant enough for Wikipedia. Robert Ray FryReply[reply]
hózhǫ́ni (talk) 23:41, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Because of "AfD no consensus" Fry was deleted. Moved to my * Sandbox. Can an admin or seasoned biographer here help me salvage this serial killer stub?Reply[reply]
Daniellam91 (talk) 02:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Stanleyipkiss32 (talk) 15:15, 28 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Recognized content[edit]

Featured Articles[edit]

The following crime related articles are featured articles and contain significant contributions from project members:

Good Articles[edit]

The following crime-related articles are Good articles and contain significant contributions from project members; with some additional work they can be improved to Featured Article status.

A-Class Reviews[edit]

Shortcuts

An A-Class review is a project-intern quality review similar to that of a featured article review or good article review; however it is conducted independently within the remit of a specific project among the project members themselves. It aims to be a rigorous quality assurance that nevertheless is a simple and self-contained process.

For more on this project's A-Class review see this page here.

DYK?[edit]

The following articles were featured as part of Wikipedia's Did you know? program.

Assessment Table[edit]

Crime-related articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
FA	2	9	23	36		70
FL				2		2
A		2		1		3
GA	8	26	66	229		329
B	25	80	235	478		818
C	48	341	1,105	5,133		6,627
Start	5	122	894	9,349	1	10,371
Stub		12	158	2,951		3,121
List	3	84	196	520		803
Category					25,064	25,064
Disambig					203	203
File					582	582
Project					7	7
Template					400	400
NA				40	844	884
Other					54	54
Assessed	91	676	2,677	18,739	27,155	49,338
Total	91	676	2,677	18,739	27,155	49,338
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 100,284			Ω = 4.70

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Did you know

20 Sep 2023 – Shootings of Sydney Land and Nehemiah Kauffman (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by StonyBrook (t · c); see discussion
04 Sep 2023 – Michigan prosecution of fake electors (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Antony-22 (t · c); see discussion

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03 Oct 2023 – Auckland children bodies found in suitcases (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JMWt (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
29 Sep 2023 – Spanish Cobras (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WhoAteMyButter (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
29 Sep 2023 – Tracy Andrus (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by BottleOfChocolateMilk (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
24 Sep 2023 – Murder of Thomas Roberts (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Timtrent (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
20 Sep 2023 – Killing of Jesse Kirby and John Kirby (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
13 Sep 2023 – Cohen crime family (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Coretheapple (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
23 Sep 2023 – List of rampage killers (workplace violence in the military) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 30 Sep 2023; see discussion (4 participants)
14 Sep 2023 – 2023 Brownsville crash (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Thebiguglyalien (t · c) was closed as keep by Seraphimblade (t · c) on 30 Sep 2023; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
08 Sep 2023 – 2022 Philadelphia shooting (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Thebiguglyalien (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Seraphimblade (t · c) on 30 Sep 2023; see discussion (16 participants; relisted)
06 Sep 2023 – 2021 Muskogee shooting (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Elli (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Liz (t · c) on 04 Oct 2023; see discussion (8 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

27 Sep 2023 – Category:Murdered Roman empresses (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
27 Sep 2023 – Category:Murdered Roman women (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
27 Sep 2023 – Category:Roman victims of crime (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
25 Sep 2023 – Category:Massacres of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Brandmeister (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

undated – Igor Mangushev (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

18 Sep 2023 – Death of Patrick Cronin (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GMH Melbourne (t · c); start discussion
29 Aug 2023 – Hungerford massacre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MIDI (t · c); start discussion
28 Aug 2023 – Loch Henry (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bilorv (t · c); start discussion
24 Aug 2023 – Marianne Bachmeier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FuzzyMagma (t · c); start discussion
30 Jul 2023 – Child abuse in football (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FuzzyMagma (t · c); start discussion
13 Jun 2023 – Bucha massacre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TimothyBlue (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

01 Oct 2023 – Hardeep Singh Nijjar (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by VQuakr (t · c); see discussion
04 Sep 2023 – January 6 United States Capitol attack (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Corgi Stays (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

04 Oct 2023 – 2022 Optus data breach (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by JML1148 (t · c); see discussion
25 Jun 2023 – Costa Concordia disaster (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Cessaune (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

02 Oct 2023 – Auckland children bodies found in suitcases (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Auckland suitcase murders by Schwede66 (t · c); see discussion
01 Oct 2023 – Grondalski family killings (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Grondalski family murders by Inexpiable (t · c); see discussion
21 Sep 2023 – 2019–2021 Iraqi protests (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2019–2021 Iraqi uprising by UkraineFella (t · c); see discussion
19 Sep 2023 – Jaranwala church arsons (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2023 attacks on churches in Pakistan by Wrythemann (t · c); see discussion
18 Sep 2023 – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
02 Sep 2023 – List of Islamist terrorist attacks (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to List of Islamic terrorist attacks by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion
undated – Uyghur genocide (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved
01 Oct 2023 – Alois Estermann (talk · edit · hist) move request to Murder of Alois Estermann by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was withdrawn; see discussion
24 Sep 2023 – Child grooming (talk · edit · hist) move request to Sexual grooming by Denaar (t · c) was moved to Sexual grooming (talk · edit · hist) by Raydann (t · c) on 01 Oct 2023; see discussion

Articles to be merged

14 Sep 2023 – Joseph Druce (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to John Geoghan by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion
13 Sep 2023 – Theft by finding in the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Theft by finding by Mooonswimmer (t · c); see discussion
30 Aug 2023 – Electrical grid security in the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Electric grid security in the United States by Skarmory (t · c); see discussion
10 Aug 2023 – Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Fernando Villavicencio by HapHaxion (t · c); see discussion
20 Jul 2023 – Condemn cell (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Death row by Beeblebrox (t · c); see discussion
28 Jun 2023 – Aftermath of the Afghanistan War (2001–2021) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) by Parham wiki (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2023 – MQM Militancy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London by PalauanLibertarian (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

13 Sep 2023 – Institutional racism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Shoreranger (t · c); see discussion
20 Aug 2023 – Thief in law (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Orchastrattor (t · c); see discussion
25 Jun 2023 – Miscegenation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Sebbog13 (t · c); see discussion
04 Jun 2023 – Waukesha Christmas parade attack (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mfko (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2023 – Counterfeit consumer good (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Shivertimbers433 (t · c); see discussion
25 Apr 2023 – Lone wolf attack (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Schrodinger's gateau (t · c); see discussion
17 Mar 2023 – Nithyananda (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kashmiri (t · c); see discussion
15 Nov 2022 – List of Soviet and Russian assassinations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mellk (t · c); see discussion
21 Aug 2022 – Punishment (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Coin945 (t · c); see discussion
20 Aug 2022 – Political prisoner (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

23 Sep 2023 – Draft:Manhunt for Amritpal Singh (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 39.34.179.66 (t · c)
11 Sep 2023 – Draft:List of Hells Angels allies and enemies (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Orchastrattor (t · c)
08 Aug 2023 – Draft:Lea Tree (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CoastRedwood (t · c)
18 Jun 2023 – Draft:Marvin Guy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mbcoats (t · c)
10 Jun 2023 – Draft:James Holland (Texas Ranger) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gumshoe23 (t · c)
27 Sep 2022 – Draft:Hidden Assets (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Onel5969 (t · c)
undated – Draft:List of people executed as juveniles (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC

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Gottesman, Ronald and Richard Maxwell Brown. Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-80487-5
Haines, Max. True Crime Stories: 50 Headline-Grabbing Murders from Around the World. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7607-6258-9
Wilson, Colin. The Mammoth Book of True Crime. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998. ISBN 0-7867-0536-1

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