Wiki143:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography

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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

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

Scope

Crime

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:

Criminal biographies

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.

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

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

  1. Serial Killer task force
  2. Terrorism task force
  3. Organized crime task force
  4. Missing People task force (defunct)

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Crime for crime articles that have been tagged for deletion. Also Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Assessment (transcludes assessment log).

Open tasks

To-do list

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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Articles that need expansion/improvement

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Directory of Participants

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 stand out as a participant, you may also add Template:Tlx to your userTemplate:Nbspage. Template:User WP/subex

Members

  • Remember 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Wjhonson\talk 00:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Malick78 00:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • C i d 16:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Chwyatt 16:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Kuzwa 17:36, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
  • George100 06:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • 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.
  • Rogermx 02:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC) copy editing articles on American Cosa Nostra figures - you got a problem with that??
  • Johnnyarbogast (talk) 17:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC) - Don't look too deeply into the abyss
  • DoctorJoeE (talk) 05:06, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Hutcher (talk) 22:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Paris1127 (talk) 22:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Finnegas (talk) 20:48, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Ntbolton (talk) 19:41, 30 June 2012 (UTC) Interested in the expansion and maintenance of articles dedicated to this genre.
  • AuthorAuthor (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2012 (UTC) Interested in expansion, maintenance and new articles about the genre.
  • David J Johnson (talk) 1037. 30 March 2013 (UTC)
  • 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.
  • Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 21:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
  • BabbaQ (talk) 18:59, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Libertybison (talk) 19:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
  • TomCat4680 (talk) 08:41, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Inexpiable (talk) 20:38, 25 February 2017 (UTC) Mostly interested in American crime, specifically 1990s murders.
  • Maxim Stoyalov
  • Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Surprised I hadn't added myself after a few related articles.
  • Matuko (talk) 17:24, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
  • EDG 543 (talk) 02:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
  • UpdatedAutopsyReport (talk) 21:48, 24 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.
  • Pladica (talk) 08:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Raskuly I primarily update lists. 20:24, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • CT55555(talk) 00:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC) I have created and edited various relevant articles
  • PARAKANYAA (talk) 14:41, 6 August 2023 (UTC) I edit mostly crime articles, trying to clean up the whole wikiproject as well ha
  • Sfar13
  • Nullh1ve (talk) 11:55, 12 February 2024 (UTC) - Articles I've contributed to are Murder of Yvonne Jonsson and Murder of Brianna Ghey.
  • Lettlre (talk) 16:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC) I create and edit articles about mass violence of all types, mostly in Europe.
  • Roasted (talk) 16:28, 18 March 2024 (UTC) - 🤷‍♂️
  • Elizzaflanagan221 (talk) 22:54, 20 May 2024 (UTC) - i like true crime
  • Macxcxz (talk) 04:26, 17 March 2024 (BST) - Mostly edit pages relating to mass violence and terrorism, with several pages created.
  • Owenistired (talk) 15:02, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Info Machine 24 (talk) 13:46, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Script error: No such module "user". Borgenland (talk) 08:51, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Atubofsilverware (talk) 23:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:46, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
  • EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them)talk 12:44, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Gankbank789 (talk) 11:30, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  • 7kk (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Moondragon21 (talk) 13:39, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Inactive members

Members who are currently inactive on Wikipedia.

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Recognized content

User:JL-Bot/Project content

Featured articles

Good articles

Assessment table

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Crime-related articles by quality statistics}}

Article Alerts

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Resources

Infoboxes

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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

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

  • Template:Tlx - 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

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Categories and subpages

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