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}}}
Television	{{{television}}}
Height	{{{height}}}
Title	{{{title}}}
Term	{{{term}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Political party	{{{party}}}
Movement	{{{movement}}}
Opponent	{{{opponents}}}
Board member of	{{{boards}}}
Criminal status	{{{conviction_status}}}
Spouse	{{{spouse}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Parent	{{{parents}}}
Relatives	{{{relatives}}}
Call sign	{{{callsign}}}
Awards	{{{awards}}}
Allegiance	{{{allegiance}}}
Motive	{{{motive}}}
Conviction	{{{conviction}}}
Criminal charge	{{{criminal_charge}}}
Penalty	{{{conviction_penalty}}}
Reward amount	{{{reward_amount}}}
Capture status	{{{capture_status}}}
Wanted by	{{{wanted_by}}}
Accomplice	{{{accomplices}}}
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	{{{states}}}
Location	{{{locations}}}
Target	{{{targets}}}
Killed	{{{fatalities}}}
Injured	{{{injuries}}}
Weapon	{{{weapon}}}
Date apprehended	{{{apprehended}}}
Imprisoned at	{{{imprisoned}}}
{{{module}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Signature
[[File:{{{signature}}}|{{{signature_size}}}|alt={{{signature_alt}}}|class=infobox-signature skin-invert]]
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 = 
| height = 
| television = 
| title = 
| term = 
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| party = 
| movement = 
| opponents = 
| boards = 
| criminal_charge = 
| conviction_penalty = <!-- Also criminal_penalty, criminal penalty, penalty, or sentence -->
| 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 = 
| accomplices = 
| 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 = 
}}

Examples

Dawood Ibrahim
Born	(1955-12-26) 26 December 1955 Khed, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Gangster criminal drug kingpin
Years active	1976–present
Organization	D-Company
Opponents	Chhota Rajan Ali Budesh Ejaz Lakdawala Arun Gawli
Relatives	Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar (brother; deceased)
Criminal charge	Organised crime, drug trafficking, extortion, targeted killing, terrorism, Burglary
Wanted by	India United States of America
Wanted since	1993

{{Infobox criminal
| name              = Dawood Ibrahim
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| birth_name        = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|12|26}}
| birth_place       = [[Khed, Ratnagiri]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation        = {{hlist|[[Gangster]]|[[criminal]]|[[Drug cartel|drug kingpin]]}}
| organization      = [[D-Company]]
| criminal_charge   = [[Organised crime]], [[drug trafficking]], [[extortion]], [[targeted killing]], [[terrorism]], [[Burglary]]
| wanted_by         = {{plainlist|
* India
* United States of America}}
| wanted_since      = 1993
| opponents         = {{ubl
| 1                 = [[Chhota Rajan]]
| 2                 = [[Ali Budesh#Open war with Dawood Ibrahim|Ali Budesh]]
| 3                 = [[Ejaz Lakdawala]]
| 4                 = [[Arun Gawli#Criminal activities|Arun Gawli]]}}
| relatives         = [[Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar]] (brother; deceased)
| years_active      = 1976–present
| spouse            = 
}}

Parameters

This template accepts all parameters that {{Infobox person}} does. For a complete list, see here.

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

criminal_charge

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). Use |convictions= to force a plural label.

conviction_penalty, criminal_penalty, criminal penalty, sentence, 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.)

accomplices, partners

Notable partner(s) in crime 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 imprisoned, assassinated, etc.

successor

Name of the person who took over after this criminal was eliminated; 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 conflicting parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with motive parameter (0)

• 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[Edit template data]

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	In pixels. image_upright preferred for accessibility reasons	Unknown	optional
Image upright	image_upright	Accessible image scaling, preferred over image_size Example .7, 1.2	Unknown	optional
Alt text	alt image_alt	Description of image for accessibility purposes	Unknown	optional
Caption	caption image_caption image caption	Image caption describing how it relates to the material	Unknown	optional
Birth name	birth_name birthname	Name at birth; only use if different from current 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, country. 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	Place of death: city, administrative region, country.	Unknown	optional
Death cause	death_cause death cause cause	Cause of death. Should be clearly defined and sourced, and should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability.	Unknown	optional
Place body discovered	body_discovered body discovered	Place body was discovered, if different from place of death	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	Only use if it cannot be inferred from place of birth	Unknown	optional
Other names	other_names other names othername alias	Alternative names of person	Unknown	optional
Citizenship	citizenship	Only use if it cannot be inferred from place of birth	Unknown	optional
Education	education	Higher educational institutions attended	Unknown	optional
Alma mater	alma_mater alma mater	Last attended higher educational institution	Unknown	optional
Occupation	occupation	Occupation of person	Unknown	optional
Years active	years_active years active yearsactive	Years person was active in their field	Unknown	optional
Employer	employer	Organization that employs the person	Unknown	optional
organization	organization organizations	no description	Unknown	optional
agent	agent	no description	Unknown	optional
Known for	known_for known for known	Specific thing person is known for	Unknown	optional
Notable works	notable_works	Notable works created by person, if relevant	Unknown	optional
Spouse	spouse	Person they were married to, if relevant	Unknown	optional
Children	children	Only include the number, unless they are notable or especially relevant	Unknown	optional
Parents	parents	Parents of article subject, only include if notable	Unknown	optional
Relatives	relatives	Other notable relatives	Unknown	optional
style	style	no description	Unknown	optional
salary	salary	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
callsign	callsign	no description	Unknown	optional
Board member of	boards	Organizations person was a board member of	Unknown	optional
Criminal charge	criminal_charge criminal charge charge	Crime person is charged with	Unknown	optional
Criminal penalty	criminal_penalty criminal penalty conviction_penalty penalty sentence	Criminal penalty subject of article was sentenced to Example Life in prison without parole, 3 years in prison	Unknown	optional
Judicial status	judicial_status judicial status	no description	Unknown	optional
Criminal status	criminal_status criminal status	Status of criminal Example released, imprisoned	Unknown	optional
Conviction status	conviction_status conviction status	no description	Unknown	optional
Conviction	conviction convictions	Crimes person was convicted of in a court of law. Use "convictions" to force a plural label	Unknown	optional
awards	awards	no description	Unknown	optional
Signature	signature	Signature of article subject	Unknown	optional
Signature alt	signature_alt	Alt text of signature, describing it in text form	Unknown	optional
Signature size	signature_size	Signature size in pixels	Unknown	optional
Allegiance	allegiance	Group subject of article has allegiance to	Unknown	optional
Motive	motive	Criminal motive of subject	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
Accomplice(s)	accomplices partners	Notable partners in crime	Unknown	optional
Wanted by	wanted_by	Authorities seeking the person	Unknown	optional
Wanted since	wanted_since	Date the person has been wanted by authorities since	Unknown	optional
Time at large	time_at_large	The amount of time the person was/is at large	Unknown	optional
Place imprisoned	imprisoned	The place the criminal is imprisoned	Unknown	optional
Escape date	escaped	Date/s when criminal escaped from custody	Unknown	optional
Escape end date	escape_end	Date/s when criminal was captured after escaping custody	Unknown	optional
Victims	victims	Total number of victims	Unknown	optional
Time of crime	time	Specific time of crime	Unknown	optional
Date of crimes	date	Date crimes occurred, if a specific date. If over a range use beginningyear and endyear	Unknown	optional
Beginning year of crimes	beginyear	Beginning year of crimes, if over a range	Unknown	optional
End year of crimes	endyear	End year of crimes, if over a range	Unknown	optional
Country of crimes	country	Country crimes were committed in	Unknown	optional
State of crime	states	The country subdivision the crime was committed in	Unknown	optional
Location of crime	locations	The specific place the crime was committed in	Unknown	optional
Targets of crime	targets	The people targeted by the crime	Unknown	optional
Fatalities	fatalities	Amount of people killed by criminal	Unknown	optional
Injuries	injuries	Amount of people injured non-fatally by criminal	Unknown	optional
Weapon	weapon	Weapon used by criminal, if singular	Unknown	optional
Weapons	weapons	Weapons used by criminal, if multiple were used	Unknown	optional
Apprehended	apprehended	Date of apprehension of criminal	Unknown	optional
Website	website	Website of person, should usually use {{URL}} or {{Official URL}}	Unknown	optional
comments	comments	no description	Unknown	optional
misc	misc	no description	Unknown	optional
footnotes	footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional
module	module	no description	Unknown	optional

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