Template:Infobox criminal

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Infobox templates redirected here:  murderer, mass murderer, mass spree killer, serial killer, spree killer.

Usage

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This template is generally reserved for convicted serial killers, gangsters, mass murderers, old west outlaws, murderers, mafia members, fugitives, FBI 10 Most Wanted, serial rapist, mobsters, and other notorious criminals. It is also appropriately used in Nolle prosequi cases of perpetrators dying during the commission of the act or shortly thereafter, common in a suicide attack or Murder–suicide. Infobox criminal is rarely used where notability is not due primarily to the person being a convicted criminal.

Full blank syntax

{{{honorific_prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific_suffix}}}
{{{native_name}}}
{{{image}}} {{{caption}}}
Born	{{{birth_name}}} {{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Disappeared	{{{disappeared_date}}} {{{disappeared_place}}}
Status	{{{disappeared_status}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Cause of death	{{{death_cause}}}
Body discovered	{{{body_discovered}}}
Resting place	{{{resting_place}}} {{{resting_place_coordinates}}}
Monuments	{{{monuments}}}
Nationality	{{{nationality}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Citizenship	{{{citizenship}}}
Education	{{{education}}}
Alma mater	{{{alma_mater}}}
Occupation	{{{occupation}}}
Years active	{{{years_active}}}
Employer	{{{employer}}}
Organization	{{{organization}}}
Agent	{{{agent}}}
Known for	{{{known_for}}}
Notable work	{{{notable_works}}}
Style	{{{style}}}
Net worth	{{{net_worth}}}
Height	{{{height}}}
Television	{{{television}}}
Title	{{{title}}}
Term	{{{term}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Political party	{{{party}}}
Movement	{{{movement}}}
Opponent(s)	{{{opponents}}}
Board member of	{{{boards}}}
Criminal status	{{{conviction_status}}}
Spouse(s)	{{{spouse}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Parent(s)	{{{parents}}}
Relatives	{{{relatives}}}
Call sign	{{{callsign}}}
Awards	{{{awards}}}
Allegiance	{{{allegiance}}}
Motive	{{{motive}}}
Conviction(s)	{{{conviction}}}
Criminal charge	{{{criminal_charge}}}
Penalty	{{{conviction_penalty}}}
Reward amount	{{{reward_amount}}}
Capture status	{{{capture_status}}}
Wanted by	{{{wanted_by}}}
Partner(s)	{{{partners}}}
Wanted since	{{{wanted_since}}}
Time at large	{{{time_at_large}}}
Escaped	{{{escaped}}}
Escape end	{{{escape_end}}}
Comments	{{{comments}}}
Details
Victims	{{{victims}}}
Date	{{{date}}} {{{time}}}
Span of crimes	{{{beginyear}}}–{{{endyear}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
State(s)	{{{states}}}
Location(s)	{{{locations}}}
Target(s)	{{{targets}}}
Killed	{{{fatalities}}}
Injured	{{{injuries}}}
Weapon	{{{weapon}}}
Date apprehended	{{{apprehended}}}
Imprisoned at	{{{imprisoned}}}
{{{module}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Signature
[[File:{{{signature}}}|{{{signature_size}}}|alt={{{signature_alt}}}]]
Notes
{{{footnotes}}}

{{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 = 
| 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 = 
}}

Parameters

name 

Name of criminal

image 

Filename of an image of the criminal, e.g., Dahmer.jpg

image_upright 

image_size 

caption 

Text to appear below image of criminal (if necessary; e.g. image features more than one person)

birth_date 

Criminal's birth date

birth_place 

Criminal's birth place

death_date 

Date of criminal's death (leave blank if still living)

death_place 

Place where criminal died (leave blank if still living)

cause 

Cause of death

resting_place 

Cemetery, etc.

nationality 

Australia, Poland, Mexico, etc. (Allows for multiple nationalities. Example: United States, Israel)

known_for 

(e.g., "Most Wanted Man in the World", One of FBI's 10 Most Wanted, etc.)

alias 

Any aliases used by person or for the person

height 

Criminal's height

allegiance 

Name of the Organized Crime allegiance, if any

motive 

charge (charges) 

What the criminal is accused of (note that this is different from what the criminal is -- later -- convicted of)

conviction 

Crimes individual was convicted of (Dates of conviction)

conviction_penalty 

Sentence for crimes (list each separately, in chronological order)

conviction_status 

e.g., at-large, in prison, on parole, released, dead (specify if executed), etc.

trial 

A link to the trial, such as Mafia Commission Trial. However, should be given as plaintext {{e.g. |trial=Mafia Commission Trial

trial_start 

The start date of the trial.

trial_end

The end date of the trial.

reward_amount 

Amount of money that an agency such as a government offers(/offered?) for information leading to the criminal's capture

capture_status 

Current status (e.g., Fugitive, Arrested, Killed)

wanted_by 

(e.g., DEA, Scotland Yard, Interpol, etc.)

partners 

Other prominent criminal partners of this criminal

wanted_since 

Year when criminal became wanted

time_at_large 

(calculated? if wanted_since given)

predecessor 

Name of the person from whom the criminal took a criminal post, if any; useful for cases of criminals belonging to a mafia family or to a drug cartel etc when the criminal took over the organization after the head of a crime family or cartel was eliminated

successor 

Name of the person who took over after this criminal was assassinated; useful as per predecessor above

escape 

Date/s when criminal escaped from custody

escape_end 

Date/s when criminal was captured after escaping custody

occupation 

Occupation of the criminal

residence 

Location of the criminal (Name of the prison, if incarcerated; otherwise, the city, state, country where the criminal is known to be)

comments 

Free-text field for any unique information that won't fit into any existing field

spouse 

Name of spouse. Leave blank if none or if they are not relevant to the crime/s committed or are not themselves notable

parents 

Names of parents. Leave blank if as above (spouse).

children 

Names of children. Leave blank if as above (spouse, parents).

apprehended 

Four-digit year of apprehension

imprisoned 

Location of incarceration (town or institution), and optionally, four-digit year of incarceration

footnotes 

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter (9)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with motive parameter (2)
• Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax (0) – Used by Module:InfoboxImage to track articles where an infobox uses image syntax in the format |image=[[File:Example.jpg]]. To exclude articles from this category, change it to |image=Example.jpg.
• Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (53) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or |nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.

See also

• {{Infobox person}}

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox criminal <templatedata> { "params": { "honorific_prefix": { "label": "Honorific prefix", "description": "To appear on the line above the person's name", "type": "content" }, "name": { "aliases": [ "subject_name" ], "label": "Name", "description": "Common name of person (defaults to article name if left blank; provide birth_name (below) if different from name). If middle initials are specified (or implied) by the lead of the article, and are not specified separately in the birth_name field, include them here." }, "honorific_suffix": { "label": "Honorific suffix", "description": "To appear on the line below the person's name" }, "native_name": { "label": "Native name", "description": "The person's name in their own language, if different." }, "native_name_lang": { "label": "Native name language", "description": "ISO 639-1 code, e.g., \"fr\" for French. If more than one, use Template:lang in `native_name` instead." }, "image": { "aliases": [ "image_name" ] }, "image_size": { "aliases": [ "image size", "imagesize" ] }, "image_upright": {}, "alt": { "aliases": [ "image_alt" ] }, "caption": { "aliases": [ "image_caption", "image caption" ] }, "birth_name": { "aliases": [ "birthname" ], "label": "Birth name", "description": "Name at birth; only use if different from name." }, "birth_date": { "label": "Birth date", "description": "Date of birth: for living people. For people who have died, use (YYYY--DD), . If only a year of birth is known, or age as of a certain date, consider using Template:birth year and age or Template:birth based on age as of date." }, "birth_place": { "label": "Birth place", "description": "Place of birth: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Use the name of the birthplace at the time of birth, e.g.: Saigon (prior to 1976), Ho Chi Minh City (post 1976). Do not use a flag template." }, "disappeared_date": { "label": "Disappeared date", "description": "(For missing people) Date of disappearance: Template:disappeared date and age (if birth date is known) or Template:disappeared date (if birth date unknown)." }, "disappeared_place": { "label": "Disappeared place", "description": "(For missing people) Place of disappearance: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Do not use a flag template." }, "disappeared_status": { "aliases": [ "status" ], "label": "Disappeared status", "description": "(For missing people) Current status for the person, e.g., if the person is still regarded as missing (using Template:missing for to calculate the time since disappearance), or if the person has been declared dead in absentia, with a date for such a ruling." }, "death_date": { "label": "Death date", "description": "Date of death: (if birth date is known) or Template:death date (if birth date unknown). See Template:Death date/doc for details on usage. If exact dates are unknown, consider using Template:death year and age." }, "death_place": {}, "death_cause": { "aliases": [ "death cause", "cause" ] }, "body_discovered": { "aliases": [ "body discovered" ] }, "resting_place": { "aliases": [ "resting place", "restingplace" ] }, "resting place": {}, "resting_place_coordinates": { "aliases": [ "resting place coordinates", "restingplacecoordinates" ] }, "monuments": {}, "residence": {}, "nationality": {}, "other_names": { "aliases": [ "other names", "othername", "alias" ] }, "citizenship": {}, "education": {}, "alma_mater": { "aliases": [ "alma mater" ] }, "occupation": {}, "years_active": { "aliases": [ "years active", "yearsactive" ] }, "employer": {}, "organization": { "aliases": [ "organizations" ] }, "agent": {}, "known_for": { "aliases": [ "known for", "known" ] }, "notable_works": {}, "style": {}, "home_town": { "aliases": [ "home town" ] }, "salary": {}, "net_worth": { "aliases": [ "net worth", "networth" ] }, "height_m": {}, "height_cm": {}, "height_ft": {}, "height_in": {}, "height": {}, "television": {}, "title": {}, "term": {}, "predecessor": {}, "successor": {}, "party": {}, "movement": {}, "opponents": {}, "boards": {}, "criminal_charge": { "aliases": [ "criminal charge", "charge" ] }, "criminal_penalty": { "aliases": [ "criminal penalty", "conviction_penalty", "penalty", "sentence" ] }, "judicial_status": { "aliases": [ "judicial status" ] }, "criminal_status": { "aliases": [ "criminal status" ] }, "conviction_status": { "aliases": [ "conviction status" ] }, "spouse": {}, "children": {}, "parents": {}, "relatives": {}, "callsign": {}, "awards": {}, "signature": {}, "signature_alt": {}, "signature_size": {}, "allegiance": {}, "motive": {}, "conviction": {}, "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": {}, "country": {}, "states": {}, "locations": {}, "targets": {}, "fatalities": {}, "injuries": {}, "weapon": {}, "weapons": {}, "endyear": {}, "apprehended": {}, "imprisoned": {}, "misc": {}, "website": {}, "footnotes": {}, "module": {} }, "format": "block", "description": "Infobox for convicted criminals." } </templatedata>

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