Template:Infobox criminal

Template documentation

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

Usage

Choose this template judiciously. Unwarranted or improper use of this template may violate the Biographies of living persons, Neutral point of view and Privacy policies.

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

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Native name	{{{}}}
Born	{{{}}} {{{}}} {{{}}}
Disappeared	{{{}}} {{{}}}
Status	{{{}}}
Died	{{{}}} {{{}}}
Cause of death	{{{}}}
Body discovered	{{{}}}
Resting place	{{{}}} {{{}}}
Monuments	{{{}}}
Residence	{{{}}}
Nationality	{{{}}}
Other names	{{{}}}
Ethnicity	{{{}}}
Citizenship	{{{}}}
Education	{{{}}}
Alma mater	{{{}}}
Occupation	{{{}}}
Years active	{{{}}}
Employer	{{{}}}
Organization	{{{}}}
Agent	{{{}}}
Known for	{{{}}}
Notable work(s)	{{{}}}
Style	{{{}}}
Home town	{{{}}}
Salary	{{{}}}
Net worth	{{{}}}
Height	Template:Infobox person/height
Weight	Template:Infobox person/weight
Television	{{{}}}
Title	{{{}}}
Term	{{{}}}
Predecessor	{{{}}}
Successor	{{{}}}
Political party	{{{}}}
Political movement	{{{}}}
Opponent(s)	{{{}}}
Board member of	{{{}}}
Religion	{{{}}}
Denomination	{{{}}}
Criminal charge	{{{}}}
Criminal penalty	{{{}}}
Criminal status	{{{}}}
Spouse	{{{}}}
Children	{{{}}}

{{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 = 
| ethnicity = 
| 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 = 
| religion = 
| denomination = 
| 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 = 
| 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

weight 

Criminal's weight

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.

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).

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.

See also

• Category:Articles using infobox criminal with unsupported parameters

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