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	???	Total
FA				8			8
FL				1			1
GA	2	7	19	68			96
B	7	29	67	223			326
C	22	98	170	1,056		1	1,347
Start	5	24	149	3,045		1	3,224
Stub			20	868			888
List	1	40	32	92			165
NA		1			1,655		1,656
Assessed	37	199	457	5,361	1,655	2	7,711
Total	37	199	457	5,361	1,655	2	7,711
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 28,006			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

19 Jun 2025 – Cui Daozhi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Toadboy123 (t · c); see discussion
13 Jun 2025 – Lynching of Preston Porter Jr. (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PCN02WPS (t · c); see discussion
13 Jun 2025 – Murder of Nancy Titterton (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moondragon21 (t · c); see discussion
12 Jun 2025 – Murder of Luigia Borrelli (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moondragon21 (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2025 – European Australian Movement (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion
03 Jun 2025 – Terrorism Confinement Center (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PizzaKing13 (t · c); see discussion
25 May 2025 – William R. Ferguson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion
23 May 2025 – Murders of Anne Castle and William Bryan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moondragon21 (t · c); see discussion
21 May 2025 – Yao Yuanjun (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thehistorianisaac (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

20 Jun 2025 – 2015 Cameroon bus attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
20 Jun 2025 – Grooming gangs scandal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Simonm223 (t · c); see discussion (22 participants)
20 Jun 2025 – Crime in Wyoming (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nixleovel (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
16 Jun 2025 – 2025 Bijapur clash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WhoIsCentreLeft (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
14 Jun 2025 – Baltagiya (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 176.28.150.183 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
09 Jun 2025 – Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
30 May 2025 – Trevor Casper (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lost in Quebec (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
11 Jun 2025 – William Bennest (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bearcat (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 18 Jun 2025; see discussion (3 participants)
08 Jun 2025 – Seventy-second firman of the Yazidi (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Theroadislong (t · c) was closed as delete by Sandstein (t · c) on 16 Jun 2025; see discussion (10 participants)
01 Jun 2025 – Faysal Galab (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c) was closed as merge by Goldsztajn (t · c) on 16 Jun 2025; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

19 Jun 2025 – Yellow Dog (bootlegger) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 2A0A:EF40:DA6:FA01:894E:CB06:1E1D:469C (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 20 Jun 2025 was deproded by PARAKANYAA (t · c) on 20 Jun 2025
14 Jun 2025 – Al Bandar report (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

14 Jun 2025 – Category:Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in India (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
02 Jun 2025 – Category:Television series about serial killers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by SilviaASH (t · c); see discussion
31 May 2025 – Category:Works about fictional serial killers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by SilviaASH (t · c); see discussion
30 May 2025 – Category:Jewish-American gangs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion
undated – Category:Attacks in the Gaza war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed
08 Jun 2025 – Category:Stockton schoolyard shooting (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

19 Jun 2025 – Arab terrorism (talk · edit · hist) →Islamic terrorism was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2025 – Jwg (talk · edit · hist) →John Wayne Gacy was RfDed by GilaMonster536 (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2025 – JWG (talk · edit · hist) →John Wayne Gacy was RfDed by GilaMonster536 (t · c); see discussion
17 Jun 2025 – Vancouver car attack (talk · edit · hist) →2025 Vancouver car attack was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
17 Jun 2025 – Vancouver ramming (talk · edit · hist) →2025 Vancouver car attack was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
17 Jun 2025 – South Street shooting (talk · edit · hist) →2022 Philadelphia shooting was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
17 Jun 2025 – The Former Guy (talk · edit · hist) →Donald Trump was RfDed by Balsam Cottonwood (t · c); see discussion
15 Jun 2025 – Resist arrest (talk · edit · hist) →Arrest was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
15 Jun 2025 – Resisting arrest (talk · edit · hist) →Arrest was RfDed by Rose Abrams (t · c); see discussion
14 Jun 2025 – George Bush (2000) (talk · edit · hist) →George W. Bush was RfDed by A1Cafel (t · c); see discussion

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Files for discussion

15 Jun 2025 – File:Terranova-killed Battaglia.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
12 Jun 2025 – File:2025 Ballymena riot.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 2025 Ballymena riots) FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Good article nominees

18 Jun 2025 – Hyvinkää shooting (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 7kk (t · c); start discussion
16 Jun 2025 – Mejicanos massacre (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PizzaKing13 (t · c); start discussion
14 Jun 2025 – 2014 Moscow school shooting (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 7kk (t · c); start discussion
13 Jun 2025 – Lynching of Preston Porter Jr. (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PCN02WPS (t · c); start discussion
10 Jun 2025 – Tony Felloni (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ser! (t · c); start discussion
30 May 2025 – Killing of Fernando Rios (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JJonahJackalope (t · c); start discussion
09 May 2025 – 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Daniel Case (t · c); start discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Papa (2024 film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Prince of Erebor (t · c); start discussion
20 Apr 2025 – Killing of Yahya Sinwar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Skitash (t · c); see discussion
11 Apr 2025 – Operation Devil Hunt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CaptShayan (t · c); start discussion

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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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