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 rapists, 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}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{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}}}
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 = 
| 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 = 
}}

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

Use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT

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

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 (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with motive parameter (0)
• 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 (0) – 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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox criminal in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox criminal

TemplateData

Infobox for convicted criminals Template parameters This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Honorific prefix honorific_prefix To appear on the line above the person's name Content optional Name name subject_name 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. Unknown optional Honorific suffix honorific_suffix To appear on the line below the person's name Unknown optional Native name native_name The person's name in their own language, if different. Unknown optional Native name language native_name_lang ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use Template:lang in `native_name` instead. Unknown optional image image image_name no description Unknown optional image_size image_size image size imagesize no description Unknown optional image_upright image_upright no description Unknown optional alt alt image_alt no description Unknown optional caption caption image_caption image caption no description Unknown optional Birth name birth_name birthname Name at birth; only use if different from name. Unknown optional Birth date birth_date Date of birth: {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|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. Unknown optional Birth place birth_place 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. Unknown optional Disappeared date disappeared_date (For missing people) Date of disappearance: Template:disappeared date and age (if birth date is known) or Template:disappeared date (if birth date unknown). Unknown optional Disappeared place disappeared_place (For missing people) Place of disappearance: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Do not use a flag template. Unknown optional Disappeared status disappeared_status status (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. Unknown optional Death date death_date Date of death: {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (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. Unknown optional death_place death_place no description Unknown optional death_cause death_cause death cause cause no description Unknown optional body_discovered body_discovered body discovered no description Unknown optional resting_place resting_place resting place restingplace no description Unknown optional resting place resting place no description Unknown optional resting_place_coordinates resting_place_coordinates resting place coordinates restingplacecoordinates no description Unknown optional monuments monuments no description Unknown optional nationality nationality no description Unknown optional other_names other_names other names othername alias no description Unknown optional citizenship citizenship no description Unknown optional education education no description Unknown optional alma_mater alma_mater alma mater no description Unknown optional occupation occupation no description Unknown optional years_active years_active years active yearsactive no description Unknown optional employer employer no description Unknown optional organization organization organizations no description Unknown optional agent agent no description Unknown optional known_for known_for known for known no description Unknown optional notable_works notable_works no description Unknown optional style style no description Unknown optional home_town home_town home town no description Unknown optional salary salary no description Unknown optional net_worth net_worth net worth networth no description Unknown optional height_m height_m no description Unknown optional height_cm height_cm no description Unknown optional height_ft height_ft no description Unknown optional height_in height_in no description Unknown optional height height no description Unknown optional television television no description Unknown optional title title no description Unknown optional term term no description Unknown optional predecessor predecessor no description Unknown optional successor successor no description Unknown optional party party no description Unknown optional movement movement no description Unknown optional opponents opponents no description Unknown optional boards boards no description Unknown optional criminal_charge criminal_charge criminal charge charge no description Unknown optional criminal_penalty criminal_penalty criminal penalty conviction_penalty penalty sentence no description Unknown optional judicial_status judicial_status judicial status no description Unknown optional criminal_status criminal_status criminal status no description Unknown optional conviction_status conviction_status conviction status no description Unknown optional spouse spouse no description Unknown optional children children no description Unknown optional parents parents no description Unknown optional relatives relatives no description Unknown optional callsign callsign no description Unknown optional awards awards no description Unknown optional signature signature no description Unknown optional signature_alt signature_alt no description Unknown optional signature_size signature_size no description Unknown optional allegiance allegiance no description Unknown optional motive motive no description Unknown optional conviction conviction no description Unknown optional trial trial no description Unknown optional trial_start trial_start no description Unknown optional trial_end trial_end no description Unknown optional reward_amount reward_amount no description Unknown optional capture_status capture_status no description Unknown optional wanted_by wanted_by no description Unknown optional partners partners no description Unknown optional wanted_since wanted_since no description Unknown optional time_at_large time_at_large no description Unknown optional escaped escaped no description Unknown optional escape_end escape_end no description Unknown optional comments comments no description Unknown optional victims victims no description Unknown optional date date no description Unknown optional time time no description Unknown optional beginyear beginyear no description Unknown optional country country no description Unknown optional states states no description Unknown optional locations locations no description Unknown optional targets targets no description Unknown optional fatalities fatalities no description Unknown optional injuries injuries no description Unknown optional weapon weapon no description Unknown optional weapons weapons no description Unknown optional endyear endyear no description Unknown optional apprehended apprehended no description Unknown optional imprisoned imprisoned no description Unknown optional misc misc no description Unknown optional website website no description Unknown optional footnotes footnotes no description Unknown optional module module no description Unknown optional

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