Template:Infobox criminal

{{{name}}}
{{{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}}}
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}}}
Province(s)	{{{provinces}}}
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}}}

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Usage[edit]

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[edit]

{{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 = 
| weight = 
| 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 = 
| provinces = 
| locations = 
| targets = 
| fatalities = 
| injuries = 
| weapons = 
| apprehended = 
| imprisoned = 
| module =
| signature =
| signature_size =
| signature_alt = 
| footnotes = 
}}

Parameters[edit]

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.
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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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 (2) – 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.

TemplateData[edit]

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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: Error: Need valid year, month, day for living people. For people who have died, use Expression error: Unrecognized word "dd"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "yyyy".. 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: Expression error: Unrecognized word "dd"., YYYY (aged Expression error: Unrecognized word "yyyy".)Expression error: Unrecognized word "yyyy".Expression error: Unrecognized word "mm".Expression error: Unrecognized word "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." }, "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": {}, "weight_kg": {}, "weight_st": {}, "weight_lb": {}, "weight": {}, "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": {},

       "provinces": {},

"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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