Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography

WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
	This WikiProject is about criminals and crime-related topics.
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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 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.

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 scope of crime and criminology includes people, events, and related information on:

General true crime
Corporate crime
Serial/mass/spree killers and killings (specifically in the scope of the Serial Killer task force)
Street gangs from the early-19th century to the present day (specifically in the scope of the Organized crime task force)
Mafia/Syndicate groups and members (specifically in the scope of the Organized crime task force)
Criminal societies and similar organizations (specifically in the scope of the Organized crime task force)

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.

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).

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]

Open tasks[edit]

To-do list[edit]

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Citing sources : Improve references in articles.

Articles that need expansion/improvement[edit]

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 WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography}} to produce:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography.

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
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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]
Salutations25 (talk) 13:18, 16 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.

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	10	26	40			78
FL				2			2
A		1		1			2
GA	8	26	69	253			356
B	38	140	422	1,032			1,632
C	34	297	957	4,956			6,244
Start	5	122	901	9,867	1		10,896
Stub		11	152	3,004			3,167
List	3	8	167	683			861
Category					26,442		26,442
Disambig					190		190
File					602		602
Project					18		18
Template					427		427
NA		1	1	3	1,079		1,084
Other					57		57
Assessed	90	616	2,695	19,841	28,816		52,058
Unassessed						1	1
Total	90	616	2,695	19,841	28,816	1	52,059
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 104,229			Ω = 4.65

Article Alerts[edit]

Article alerts

Did you know

06 Nov 2023 – Murder of Jiang Ge (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Toadboy123 (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2023 – Malmö school stabbing (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Renamed user ZL56zq6jivhZZk (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

30 Nov 2023 – Sweet Something (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
28 Nov 2023 – Edward Grillo (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
26 Nov 2023 – Metropolitan Police Office (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Elshad (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
26 Nov 2023 – Beit Rima massacre (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Greyshark09 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
10 Nov 2023 – Kerr Cuhulain (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by GorillaWarfare (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
23 Nov 2023 – Nirim attack (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Iskandar323 (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 30 Nov 2023; see discussion (12 participants)
22 Nov 2023 – Progressive utilization theory (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Imitationsasquatch (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 29 Nov 2023; see discussion (6 participants)
11 Nov 2023 – Kai Lundstroem Pedersen (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by SparklyNights (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 25 Nov 2023; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
10 Nov 2023 – Nir Yitzhak massacre (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c) was closed as keep by CycloneYoris (t · c) on 26 Nov 2023; see discussion (18 participants; relisted)
06 Nov 2023 – Denial of atrocities during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Makeandtoss (t · c) was closed as delete by Daniel (t · c) on 28 Nov 2023; see discussion (50 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

30 Nov 2023 – Peter Keller (murder suspect) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Sm1thsisdead1 (t · c): Lack of notability, and title of page highlights the murderer
24 Nov 2023 – 2023 Sweet Something burglary (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Premeditated Chaos (t · c) was redirected to Sweet Something (talk · edit · hist) by Abigbagel (t · c) on 30 Nov 2023

Categories for discussion

27 Nov 2023 – Category:20th-century murders in the Russian Empire (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
26 Nov 2023 – Category:Films about fratricide and sororicide (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
24 Nov 2023 – Category:Works about violence (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
24 Nov 2023 – Category:Films about violence (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
22 Nov 2023 – Category:British money launderers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
22 Nov 2023 – Category:Murder–suicides in New York City (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
17 Nov 2023 – Category:British computer criminals (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
17 Nov 2023 – Category:American computer criminals (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
17 Nov 2023 – Category:Computer criminals (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
13 Nov 2023 – Category:Fictional career criminals (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

13 Nov 2023 – Template:Adams Trial (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

24 Nov 2023 – Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) →2023 Israel–Hamas war RfDed by Triggerhippie4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Resources[edit]

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
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| 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 = 
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| 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          = 
}}

Civilian attack infobox[edit]

{{Infobox civilian attack}} - Used for mass shootings, terrorist attacks, etc, when the article is about the event and not the perpetrator.

{{Infobox civilian attack
| title         = 
| partof        = 
| image         = 
| image_size    = 
| image_upright = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| map           = 
| map_size      = 
| map_alt       = 
| map_caption   = 
| location      = 
| target        = 
| coordinates   = 
| date          = <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-<br />{{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| time          = 
| timezone      = 
| type          = 
| fatalities    = 
| injuries      = 
| victims       = <!-- or | victim = -->
| perpetrators  = <!-- or | perpetrator = --> <!-- alias: | perps = or | perp = -->
| assailants    = <!-- or | assailant = -->
| weapons       = 
| numparts      = <!-- or | numpart = -->
| dfens         = <!-- or | dfen = -->
| motive        = 
| inquiry       = 
| coroner       = 
| accused       = 
| convicted     = 
| verdict       = 
| convictions   = 
| charges       = 
| litigation    = 
| judge         = 
| website       = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| module        =
}}

Project templates[edit]

Other templates used by the project include:

{{WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography}}, a project banner used to identify crime related articles.
{{Crime-stub}}, adds article to Category:Crime stubs.
{{Crime-bio-stub}}, adds article to Category:Crime biography stubs.

Sub-projects[edit]

Related WikiProjects[edit]

Categories and subpages[edit]

List of all subpages of this page

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Crime

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Mafia

Bibliography[edit]

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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