Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography

Disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi

I recently created a page for the Disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi which is currently receiving widespread coverage. It may be of interest to members of this project. Thriley (talk) 03:08, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

RfC on amending WP:SUSPECT

There is currently an RfC regarding proposed changes to WP:SUSPECT which may be of interest to members of this project. Editors are invited to join the discussion here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Battle of Aleppo (2024)#Requested move 30 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Battle of Aleppo (2024)#Requested move 30 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Abo Yemen✉ 11:33, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yemeni civil war (2014–present)#Requested move 7 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Abo Yemen✉ 13:13, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Quinn brothers' killings#Requested move 9 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Quinn brothers' killings#Requested move 9 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Expectation of privacy (United States)#Requested move 25 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 02:33, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

New category, Category:Crimes adapted into films

Editors may have an interest in further populating this category, which at this point only has 11 entries. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:28, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

This category sounds like it may conflict with Category:Crime drama films based on actual events, but it comes at it from the other side. The difference should be the new category is populated by the crimes themselves, not the films. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn I think this is a useful category - however, could the distinction you mention be clarified in the description? PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

And also, your edits confuse me, because you just added it to several pages in the reverse to how you described it. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:50, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I realized I was adding films into the category incorrectly, and either reverted or, interestingly, many of the incorrect films I added were not yet in the correct category and have added those. Of course a descriptor should have been written, thanks for reminding me of the obvious I missed. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

PARAKANYAA, have written a brief descriptor. I've included crimes adapted into theatrical documentaries, should those be here or a separate 'Crimes which are subjects of documentaries'? Thanks for following up on this discussion. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:57, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

I think as is fine for now, but documentary films category could be OK too. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, will leave it as is before making another productive mistake. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:18, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn Do you have any thoughts about making similar categories for TV shows? I think that would be useful, though I don't know how that category scheme works. PARAKANYAA (talk) 09:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Interesting idea PARAKANYAA, and while 'Crimes adapted into television shows' and 'Crime drama television shows based on actual events' would duplicate many of the entries in the films category (JFK assassination, Lindbergh kidnapping, etc.) some would be new. Did you have specific shows in mind? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:17, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn My first thought was the 1995 Vercors massacre case which had Anthracite (TV series) made about it (though it’s a loose adaptation so it might not count…) and also some Netflix series I watched ages ago. Surely more, but the Solar Temple case is my pet project onwiki so that’s what sprung to mind. I’ll tell you if I think of more. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks PARAKANYAA. The film category has picked up a good number of entries, thanks to everyone here. If you have enough for a television category please go ahead and do that. Many of the promising but "probably-not" television examples may include too much drama and purposely-fictionized events. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:14, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn Yeah if I find like… 5 or so that have straightforward adaptions I might make it. But not now.

Relatedly, how direct of an adaptation do you think should go in the category? No inspired by just direct? I want to keep this in mind when I tag things. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:44, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I'd say spot-on direct. Inspired by would include such fictional renditions as The Fugitive and many Law and Order episodes, clearly tangential to the topic. Things like the Richard Jewell series adhered to the facts enough that it would fit the crime (the Atlanta Olympic bombing). Randy Kryn (talk) 09:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks, I will keep that in mind while tagging. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Possible rename of Bærum mosque shooting

I have opened up a pre-requested move discussion of the title of this article, since it is not accurately reflective of the coverage on this topic. Please contribute your thoughts here, thank you :) PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Categorizing criminals whose existence is disputed

I have noticed there are several alleged criminals who are in the category Category:People whose existence is disputed is disputed and it's subcategories. This seems to me to be less than ideal. I do not think we should place people whose even existence is disputed directly in the crime categories. I think we should maybe make a parallel tree, probably much less developed, for criminals whose existence is disputed. What do others think.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:37, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

How many people can there possibly be that this applies to? PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

A good portion are possibly existent pirates. However I think we have about 5 articles on murderers, maybe a few more, and a few motored on bandits.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

In that case I agree it's odd. I think it depends. Disputed but viewed as historical by a decent amount I'd say is OK. Purely legendary figures, no. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:45, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Scope question

Do you think that war-related activities that involve terrorist groups as participants should be in scope generally? For example, battles that involved ISIS and their control of territory. This has always bothered me when it comes to scoping because it feels more like a MILHIST deal, since their status as terrorists is not super relevant as a designation in that context vs them being a fighting force. I would say no, I do not think the war and the battles and stuff are within the purview of WPTERROR or WPCRIMEBIO. However, acts of terror or war crimes would be. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:34, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Isn't MILHIST mostly inactive anyway? Dimadick (talk) 03:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Dimadick No? It is by far the most active wiki project. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

You are kidding. I keep finding articles on battles and wars which have never been tagged and never been assessed. I thought it went the way of the dodo years ago. Dimadick (talk) 04:09, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Dimadick With project tagging, the thing is they can be hard to find if they aren’t shortly after they’re created, and the scope is so broad any query would catch a lot of other stuff. This project is pretty active and I tag old articles with it all the time. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:12, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@PARAKANYAA: If one looks at what UNODC classifies as crime, (See ICCS, pp 23-31), it has a high level category for "Unlawful killing associated with armed conflict." (107), it also has categories for "Terrorism" (0906) as well as a range of [criminal] "Acts under universal jurisdiction" (1101), which includes war crimes, genocide, and similar crimes against humanity. What this indicates to me is that the UN does not consider an armed conflict, of itself, to be crime and it is how those authorities dealing with the armed conflict react to the various acts that are perpetrated that counts. A purely military response, therefore, is not a response to crime, but a seeking out of the perpetrators and "bringing them to justice" is. While this may be a grey area, I think war-related activities that involve terrorist (or other armed) groups is outside the scope of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, generally, and should instead be included in WikiProject Military History. However, where a criminal response is involved, then that falls in-scope; so a government declaring an individual or organisation to be a "terrorist" would mean an article about that person or organisation, such as a biography or profile, could be included in this project, but an article about the military battles the organisation has with other military organisations, wouldn't be automatically included. What could be included are acts that involve the indiscriminate targeting of civilians not involved in the conflict where these acts are treated as crimes, rather than the collateral damage of war. Thus, the military battles with ISIS for the control of territory are outside scope, but their destruction of cultural objects and their treatment of non-combatant civilians and women are inside scope, in my opinion. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 20:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

I agree with this. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:29, 25 December 2024 (UTC)