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:
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)
Criminal societies and similar organizations (specifically in the scope of the
Organized crime task force)
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.
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:
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
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
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
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
Tyciol16:03, 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
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
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
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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
{{
Infobox criminal}} - should be used for criminal biographies.
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 =
}}