Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Organized crime task force

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Organized crime task force

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Scope

This task force aims to maintain and improve organized crime-related articles, expand articles, create new articles, and engage in collaborations. Feel free to discuss articles and content within this task force's scope on the task force's talk page. For a brief history of the project, see the project's History page. WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography is the parent WikiProject of this task force.

Topics

Organized crime topics can be placed in a range of categories, ranging from ethnic groups to historical periods. The subjects, defined as organized crime, include people, events, and related information on:

Organized crime, mafia and syndicates – groups, members and associates (particularly of the 20th century)
Gangs and street gangs (from the early 19th century to present)
Criminal societies and similar organizations

Excluded

Terrorism groups

Formatting

Biographies and other subjects should be formatted and organized per Wikipedia's Manual of Style.

Participants

You can find a list of all Members here. Joining the Organized crime task force is easy – just add your username to the bottom of the list. When joining the project, you should watch this page. This allows you to keep up-to-date with discussions about the project on the talk page.

Articles

Pending tasks

Feel free to add relevant tasks to this list.

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Maintain : Organized crime, Mafia
Stubs : See Criminal organization stubs and Stub-class organized crime articles for articles to expand
Verify : List of crime bosses, Organized crime in Italy

Article statistics

Organized crime articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Other	Total
FA				8			8
FL				1			1
GA	2	7	17	68			94
B	8	29	68	222			327
C	26	92	167	1,012			1,297
Start	5	21	145	3,015			3,186
Stub			20	879			899
List	1	35	32	93			161
NA					277	1	278
Assessed	42	184	449	5,298	277	1	6,251
Total	42	184	449	5,298	277	1	6,251
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 27,694			Ω = 4.76

Missing articles

The following pages list nominations for new articles to be created.

WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles § Organized crime – a long list of organized crime topics lacking articles
User:Skysmith/Missing topics about Crime § Organized crime section
WikiProject British crime/Wanted Articles § Organized crime section
List of identities in The Gangs of New York (book) – an article page with many red links, some of which likely qualify for articles

Article alerts

Below are article alerts for crime-related topics, some of which may include organized crime.

Did you know

23 Dec 2024 – Caffey family murders (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jolielover (t · c); see discussion
23 Dec 2024 – Darryl De Sousa (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Queen of Hearts (t · c); see discussion
21 Dec 2024 – Luigi Mangione (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion
19 Dec 2024 – Corinne Rey-Bellet (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion
12 Dec 2024 – Monica Smit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion
09 Dec 2024 – Boneghazi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
27 Nov 2024 – Renildo José dos Santos (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MikutoH (t · c); see discussion
18 Nov 2024 – Raul Meza Jr. (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Swinub (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Tel al-Sultan attack (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Personisinsterest (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

22 Dec 2024 – Bais Chaya elementary school shootings (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
22 Dec 2024 – Brian Thompson (businessman) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Coretheapple (t · c); see discussion (33 participants)
21 Dec 2024 – Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (74 participants)
10 Dec 2024 – 2024 Tel Aviv truck attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by EF5 (t · c); see discussion (18 participants; relisted)
06 Dec 2024 – Glostrup Terrorists Case (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hornpipe2 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
16 Dec 2024 – Murders of the Castro and Youngblood children (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Panamitsu (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 23 Dec 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
16 Dec 2024 – Luigi Mangione (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Launchballer (t · c) was closed as keep by GhostOfDanGurney (t · c) on 21 Dec 2024; see discussion (134 participants)
09 Dec 2024 – Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State leader) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Cutlass (t · c) was closed as keep by Explicit (t · c) on 21 Dec 2024; see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
09 Dec 2024 – Criticism of fascism (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Slatersteven (t · c) was closed as keep by Enos733 (t · c) on 23 Dec 2024; see discussion (12 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

21 Dec 2024 – Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 2022 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Unknown Temptation (t · c); see discussion
18 Dec 2024 – Category:Murdered sportspeople (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion
17 Dec 2024 – Category:Female murder–suicides (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People charged with identity theft (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People indicted for genocide (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People criminally charged for acts during the January 6 United States Capitol attack (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People charged with corruption (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People charged with sex crimes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People charged with racketeering (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion
03 Dec 2024 – Category:People charged with attempted murder (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by RachelTensions (t · c); see discussion

(9 more...)

Redirects for discussion

26 Dec 2024 – Donald President (talk · edit · hist) →Donald Trump was RfDed by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion
18 Dec 2024 – Forcible confinement (talk · edit · hist) →Solitary confinement was RfDed by Hey man im josh (t · c); see discussion
08 Nov 2024 – Jewish pogrom in Amsterdam (talk · edit · hist) →November 2024 Amsterdam riots was RfDed by मल्ल (t · c); see discussion
08 Nov 2024 – Jewish pogroms in Amsterdam (talk · edit · hist) →November 2024 Amsterdam riots was RfDed by Haminoon (t · c); see discussion
undated – Middle Eastern terrorism (talk · edit · hist) →Islamic terrorism was RfDed

Good article nominees

22 Dec 2024 – Darryl De Sousa (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Queen of Hearts (t · c); start discussion
17 Dec 2024 – Knowsley Hall shootings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Dumelow (t · c); start discussion
13 Dec 2024 – Lois Riess (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Afrowriter (t · c); start discussion
09 Dec 2024 – Liceu bombing (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Grnrchst (t · c); start discussion
05 Dec 2024 – Avi Yemini (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion
04 Dec 2024 – Los Solidarios (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Grnrchst (t · c); start discussion
04 Nov 2024 – Amos Yee (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
30 Oct 2024 – Attack on Paul Pelosi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion
25 Oct 2024 – Murder of Wang Lianying (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Crisco 1492 (t · c); start discussion
07 Oct 2024 – Catherine Pugh (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Micahmikhl (t · c); start discussion

(3 more...)

Templates

Add {{WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography}} with the parameters |organizedcrime=yes and |organizedcrime-imp=low/mid/high/top. Adds article to list of articles maintained by the task force.
{{User Organized crime}} – userbox for the WikiProject

Invitation

To invite users to join the project, use {{subst:WP Organized crime invitation}}.

Userbox

{{User Organized crime}} produces:

This user is a participant in the Organized crime task force.

Resources

WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography – a category for crime-related articles and content

Old project pages

Old (historic) project pages
Organized crime & Wikipedia (2006–2007)
General questions (2006–2007)
WikiProject Organized crime (2007)

Related Wikiprojects

External links

Media related to Organized crime at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Gangs (organized crime) at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Mafia at Wikimedia Commons

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