Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
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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 scary serial killers. Please help!
GoalsEdit
To improve the quality of articles related to subjects about crime.
ScopeEdit
CrimeEdit
This portion of the 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 biographiesEdit
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.
Current developmentEdit
Usage of infoboxesEdit
- 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.
You are more than welcome to expand these infoboxes, but be careful when doing so, as editing a template may affect all articles using the template.
Serial killer infoboxEdit
{{Infobox serial killer}}
- should be used for all serial killer, mass murder and spree killer biographies.
Copy the text below and fill in the information:
Attention: before using, please read the section on "Usage of infoboxes", located above.
{{Infobox serial killer | name= | image= | caption= | birthname= | alias= | birth=<!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} if still living, use {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location= | death=<!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} death date is first, birth date is second --> | deathplace = | cause= | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | criminal_charge = | conviction_penalty = | conviction_status = | motive = | conviction = | states= | beginyear= | endyear= | apprehended= | weapons = | penalty= }}
Criminal biography infoboxEdit
{{Infobox criminal}}
- should be used for 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 = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | 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 = <!-- Use this only 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 infoboxEdit
{{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}})--> | image = <!--(filename only)--> | image_size = <!--(defaults to 220px)--> | caption = | founded = | founder = <!--or | founders = --> | named_after = | founding_location = | years_active = | territory = | ethnicity = | membership = | leaders = | activities = | allies = | rivals = | notable_members = }}
Project templatesEdit
Other templates used by the project include:
{{WP Crime}}
, a project banner used to assess crime related articles as well as identify related projects working on the article.{{WP Criminal}}
, 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.
ParentageEdit
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 ForcesEdit
FormattingEdit
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 definitionEdit
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 tasksEdit
To-do listEdit
Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography:
- Requests: start a new article for Yazeed Essa, mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com(2012), start a new article for Kip McFarlin, USA Today (2016), start an article for Murder of Alexandra Flores (2001 kidnapping/murder, front page El Paso Times 21 Nov 2001, rcv'd nat'l coverage)
- Expand and improve citations: David Thai, Lords of Chaos (group), Violent crime, 2017 Bishop International Airport incident
- Stubs: Narco tank, Calling card (crime), Crime Classification Manual
- Current Merger Proposal: Comments needed regarding the merger of the four perpetrator wiki-articles into the Sterling Hall bombing article; Ongoing Discussion Here.
- 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.
Listing of pertinent articles and other entries that are being discussed for deletionEdit
- Murder of Dr. Melissa Ketunuti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Murder_of_Dr._Melissa_Ketunuti
Articles that need expansion/improvementEdit
Murders by YearEdit
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)
Directory of ParticipantsEdit
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 |
MembersEdit
- Remember 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Longhair\talk 07:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- Wjhonson\talk 00:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 00:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- Jimbonator 00:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- Malick78 00:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- Agtaz 05:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- Bentley Banana 12:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- C i d 16:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
- Chwyatt 16:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
- SqueakBox 21:37, 29 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??
- Robbie (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
- Nicknackrussian (talk) 21:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC) - I've been making organized crime/gangster articles since I signed up ...
- Johnnyarbogast (talk) 17:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC) - Don't look too deeply into the abyss
- Dan Dassow (talk) 12:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC) Wineville Chicken Coop Murders and related events
- Doc9871 (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC) - I've already worked on several related articles ...
- DocOfSoc (talk)
- Cindamuse (talk) 04:06, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- DoctorJoeE (talk) 05:06, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
- Basilisk4u (talk) 05:02, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
- Hutcher (talk) 22:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- WPPilot (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2011 (UTC) Researching Federal Security Crimes for many Wiki projects.
- Wikid77 (talk) 06:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC) - since 2006: Manson Family, Oswald, MoMK
- User:Solomaverick (talk) 12:53, 16 September 2011 (GMT)
- KokoPhantom (talk) 00:56, 3 February 2012 (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.
- Ț♥ttØØdẄ♥itre§ 04:32, 27 August 2012 (UTC) Interested in Biographies about criminals, murderers, any crime etc.
- Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:00, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
- 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)
- EricEnfermero Howdy! 09:47, 24 June 2013 (UTC) - interest in serial killers, psychology and healthcare providers who kill
- Bali88 (talk) 00:12, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
- GouramiWatcher(?) 14:07, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
- Supaflyrobby (talk) 16:30, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
- Danni Ruthvan (talk) 23:36, 10 June 2014 (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.
- Breckham101 (talk) 17:59, 28 December 2014 (UTC) Average contributor whose unofficial unlicensed expertise are terrorism related articles.
- Bahb the Illuminated (talk) 21:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- Crimsonrain158 (talk) 12:53, 30 September 2015 (UTC) Interested in American organized crime, especially Jewish-American gangsters
- 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)
- FortitudineVincimus (talk)
- Libertybison (talk) 19:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- BarrierBuilder (talk) 21:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC) Always been interested in the psychology of criminals, mostly interested in British crime.
- Vwanweb (talk) 11:17, 16 December 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.
- TTTAssasinator (talk) 08:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC) Expertise in Vietnamese criminals
- Cypresscross (talk)
- Maxim Stoyalov
- ilindytree\talk
- Walker in the Mist (talk) 21:19, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
- 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)
- ArcticAres (talk) 02:04, 7 November 2018 (UTC) Primarily interested in mass school killers.
- Tots & little ones matter! (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2019 (UTC) Primarily interested in writing about major child abusers.
- Euliss (talk) 17:38, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
- EDG 543 (talk) 02:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- UpdatedAutopsyReport (talk) 21:48, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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)
- Carrierudd (talk) 03:20, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- --🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 (always @Ping: me when replying) 15:34, 16 December 2020 (UTC) Occasional participant
- User:Elijahandskip (talk) - {Lead Coordinator of WikiProject of Current Events} 22:10, 25 December 2020.
- Pladica (talk) 08:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- 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)
- Such-change47 (talk) 11:14, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- Edd Wesson Contributor to criminal biographies and handling poor or outdated citations.
- RaskBunzzz I primarily update lists. 20:24, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
- 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)
- 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)
- #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 article
- 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.
- 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.
- TrueCrimeData (talk) 02:11, 21 December 2022 (UTC) At the moment my focus is on serial killers. I update pretty frequently.
- CT55555(talk) 00:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC) I have created and edited various relevant articles
Inactive membersEdit
Members who are currently inactive on Wikipedia.
- Wooyi --- Project author. 03:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- Dep. Garcia ( Talk | Help Desk | Complaints ) 10:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- MadMax 11:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Destructo 087 22:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ozgod 03:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- Quadzilla99 17:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- The H-Man2 15:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
- Jmm6f488 00:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- Alexbonaro 07:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Skosem 21:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
- Wildhartlivie 00:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Kathryn.rebecca42 17:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Ryleth777 09:34, 03 October 2007 (UTC)
- Stephoswalk 06:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- Seth71
- Khanhamzakhan--Khanhamzakhan (talk) 09:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sickero (talk) 02:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- F-451 (talk) 23:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- LOTRrules (talk) 22:43, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- ||||Tonight, you sleep with the fishes* * |Talk|| 23:27, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- HumanFrailty 05:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Dcoetzee 15:46, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
- 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.
- Lucy-marie 23:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Lord23sutch (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- ReignMan 03:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC) adding crime tables to cities, suggest you do the same!
- YegerMeister 23:26, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- LisaSmall T/C 18:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC), particular interest in adding or correcting legal details of charges, sentences, etc.
- SkepticalGal (talk) 11:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC) Keeping an eye on "profiling" references, general copy editing
- Joyson Noel (talk) 17:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC) I am particularly interested in expanding and fixing up articles generally related to Organized Crime.
- METALFREAK04 (talk) 16:30, 7 October 2008 (UTC) - I signed up for serial killers
- dychoa {talk} 15:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC) I signed up for serial killers
- Jake Wartenberg 01:44, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
- 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 Outfit
- Mistress of Awesome (talk) 00:22, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- Lord23sutch (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
- MooreSvn (talk) 00:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
- VulpineLady (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC) Recently sentenced serial in California. Draft up at * * * * Rodney Alcala
- User:Roxy:Pkid
- User:Jarovid
- Wombat24 (talk) 07:15, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Cymbelmineer (talk) 13:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC) I have added biographies before.
- CrohnieGalTalk 16:28, 14 August 2010 (UTC) I've been working in this area for quite some time now.
- Luckymelon (talk) 23:14, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
- KimChee (talk) 06:52, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
- Aidanpaige (talk) 01:20, 25 November 2010
- PsychoticInq (talk) 18:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- 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)
- User:CitizenQZen (talk) 02:32, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- DuchessofNewTown (talk) 12:28, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
- User:Katarighe (talk) 12:28, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
- User:beaconmike (talk) 11:50, 27 August 2011 (UTC) Wineville Chicken Coop Murders
- Theanonymous3 (talk) 09:18, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
- Crr4 (talk) 05:33, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- cyoung530 (talk) 17:11, 8 March 2012 (UTC) Rice University Student working on under-represented articles as a semester long project for class.
- 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 Fry
- 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?
- Daniellam91 (talk) 02:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
- Stanleyipkiss32 (talk) 15:15, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
Recognized contentEdit
Featured ArticlesEdit
The following crime related articles are featured articles and contain significant contributions from project members:
- 1907 Tiflis bank robbery
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- American Airlines Flight 11
- American Airlines Flight 77
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- Assassination of Spencer Perceval
- Assassination of William McKinley
- Avenue Range Station massacre
- Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy
- Burke and Hare murders
- Debora Green
- Dick Turpin
- Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
- Eastbourne manslaughter
- École Polytechnique massacre
- Elizabeth Canning
- Gregor MacGregor
- Harvey Milk
- Horatio Bottomley
- Jack Sheppard
- Jack the Ripper
- Jena Six
- John Bingham
- John Martin Scripps
- Khalid al-Mihdhar
- Katyn massacre
- Lynching of Jesse Washington
- Malkin Tower
- Mathew Charles Lamb
- Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident
- Monroe Edwards
- Moors murders
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Murder of Dwayne Jones
- Murder of Leigh Leigh
- Murder of Joanna Yeates
- Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
- Murder of Yvonne Fletcher
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
- Not My Life
- Oklahoma City bombing
- On the Mindless Menace of Violence
- Red Barn Murder
- Ronnie Lee Gardner
- Schmerber v. California
- Spiro Agnew
- The Whistleblower
- Toa Payoh ritual murders
- United Airlines Flight 93
- Wail al-Shehri
- Whitechapel murders
- William Henry Bury
Good ArticlesEdit
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.
- 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot
- 1996 Manchester bombing
- 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots
- 2011 Helmand Province incident
- 2011 Tucson shooting
- 2011 White House shooting
- 2012 Delhi gang rape
- 2014 White House intrusion
- 2017 Portland train attack
- Abergil crime family
- Akmal Shaikh
- Antonio Cárdenas Guillén
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
- Bali Nine
- Bath School disaster
- Bella Bond murder case
- Benjamín Galván Gómez
- Bill Haywood
- Black Dahlia
- Brian Williamson
- Byron McLaughlin
- Case of the Hooded Man
- Catholic Church
- Calogero Vizzini
- Chandra Levy
- Chicago race riot of 1919
- Child prostitution
- Cris and Cru Kahui homicides
- Death of Irene Garza
- Death of Jairo Mora Sandoval
- Death of Keith Blakelock
- Destruction of ivory
- Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
- Ed Jew
- Edmund Kemper
- Emmett Till
- Enrico Alfano
- Enron scandal
- Ernest Radcliffe Bond
- Germanwings Flight 9525
- Grangegorman killings
- Gruban v Booth
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft
- John Albert Taylor
- John C. Colt
- John Wilkes Booth
- Josef Mengele
- Joseph Massino
- Joseph Mitchell Parsons
- Kandahar massacre
- Katherine Ann Power
- Kauhajoki school shooting
- Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
- Knife attack on Kevin Lau
- Leo Frank
- Lloyd L. Gaines
- Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson
- Lynn Bomar
- Marc Lépine
- María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar
- Mario Ramírez Treviño
- Martha Wise
- Matthew Cox
- Miguel Treviño Morales
- Murder of Alesha MacPhail
- Murder of Celine Figard
- Murder of Huang Na
- Murder of Joey Fischer
- Murder of John Lennon
- Murder of Lenford Harvey
- Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini
- Murder of Robert Eric Wone
- Murder of Ross Parker
- Murder of Russel Timoshenko
- Murder of Selena
- Murder of Sherri Rasmussen
- Murder of Suzanne Capper
- Murder of Teresa De Simone
- Murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce
- Murder of Udin
- Murder of Victoria Climbié
- Murders of María José Reyes and Juan Duarte
- Natasha Falle
- Northern Illinois University shooting
- Northwest Airlines Flight 253
- Oba Chandler
- Olympus scandal
- Oscar Pistorius
- Odell Waller
- Pam Hupp
- Patrick Henry Cronin
- Philip Smith
- Pine Middle School shooting
- Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis
- Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
- Ransomware
- Regina Martínez Pérez
- Rudolf Abel
- Schenecker double homicide
- September 11 attacks
- Seung-Hui Cho
- Ted Bundy
- Ted Kaczynski
- Teresa Lewis
- Tiffany Doggett
- Uherský Brod shooting
- Vito Cascioferro
- Westroads Mall shooting
A-Class ReviewsEdit
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DYK?Edit
The following articles were featured as part of Wikipedia's Did you know? program.
- Henry W. Howgate (April 21, 2008)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (June 16, 2009)
- Richard Allen Minsky (July 5, 2010)
- Edward Porta (August 8, 2010)
- William Trickett Smith II (September 14, 2010)
- Patrick van der Eem (September 21, 2010)
- Albert Greenwood Brown (October 6, 2010)
- Barton Kay Kirkham (October 12, 2010)
- Wallace Wilkerson (November 5, 2010)
- Gee Jon (November 8, 2010)
- Andriza Mircovich (November 17, 2010)
- Fortune telling fraud (November 29, 2010)
- Oleg Nikolaenko (December 6, 2010)
- James W. Rodgers (December 21, 2010)
- John Deering (December 22, 2010)
- John and Sarah Makin (December 27, 2010)
- Murder of Joanna Yeates (January 6, 2011)
- Frans Otto Eriksson (January 9, 2011)
- Ajmer Dargah attack (January 22, 2011)
- Jared Lee Loughner (January 27, 2010)
- James Reavis (April 10, 2011)
- Murder of Celine Figard (September 13, 2012)
Assessment TableEdit
Crime-related articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 2 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 66 | ||
FL | 2 | 2 | |||||
A | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
GA | 8 | 26 | 66 | 221 | 321 | ||
B | 26 | 81 | 226 | 449 | 782 | ||
C | 48 | 336 | 1,111 | 4,890 | 6,385 | ||
Start | 6 | 121 | 891 | 9,033 | 1 | 10,052 | |
Stub | 11 | 158 | 2,924 | 3,093 | |||
List | 3 | 84 | 195 | 462 | 744 | ||
Category | 24,422 | 24,422 | |||||
Disambig | 194 | 194 | |||||
File | 583 | 583 | |||||
Project | 7 | 7 | |||||
Template | 388 | 388 | |||||
NA | 1 | 733 | 734 | ||||
Other | 58 | 58 | |||||
Assessed | 93 | 669 | 2,668 | 18,018 | 26,386 | 47,834 | |
Unassessed | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||||
Total | 93 | 669 | 2,668 | 18,020 | 26,386 | 10 | 47,846 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 97,459 | Ω = 4.70 |
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- Category:Detroit Partnership
- Category:Fictional Mafia crime families
- Category:Five Families
- Category:Kansas City crime family
- Category:Los Angeles crime family
- Category:Patriarca crime family
- Category:Mafia gangs
- Category:Mafia crime families
- Category:Mafia
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Did you know
- 02 Jun 2023 – Trial of Lina E. (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Festucalex (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for deletion
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Proposed deletions
Categories for discussion
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Good article nominees
- 06 Jun 2023 – 2022 Optus data breach (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JML1148 (t · c); see discussion
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Requested moves
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- 08 Jun 2023 – Murder of Maxwell Confait (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Murder of Michelle Confait by 71.142.7.131 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 May 2023 – Machine Gun Kelly (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Machine Gun Kelly (gangster) by 90.255.15.152 (t · c); see discussion
- 24 May 2023 – Operation Gideon (2020) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2020 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt by WMrapids (t · c); see discussion
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- 14 May 2023 – Murders of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2023 Hamra junction shooting by Iskandar323 (t · c) was moved to 2023 Hamra junction shooting (talk · edit · hist) by ClydeFranklin (t · c) on 03 Jun 2023; see discussion
Articles to be merged
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Articles to be split
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- 03 May 2023 – People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
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- 10 Apr 2022 – History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Knowledgekid87 (t · c); see discussion
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BibliographyEdit
- 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