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	18	68		95
B	9	29	67	223		328
C	26	97	169	1,033		1,325
Start	5	24	148	3,038		3,215
Stub			20	869		889
List	1	35	32	93		161
NA					1,648	1,648
Assessed	43	192	454	5,333	1,648	7,670
Total	43	192	454	5,333	1,648	7,670
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 27,870			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

29 Apr 2025 – Wang Xiaolong (Chinese coast guardsman) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thehistorianisaac (t · c); see discussion
21 Apr 2025 – Kitty Marion (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Noleander (t · c); see discussion
20 Apr 2025 – Selby rail crash (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by FozzieHey (t · c); see discussion
14 Apr 2025 – Killing of Samir Flores Soberanes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Tbhotch (t · c); see discussion
05 Apr 2025 – Murder of Patricia Jeschke (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
05 Apr 2025 – Kinkaku-ji arson incident (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AlphaBetaGamma (t · c); see discussion
02 Apr 2025 – Dennis Walker (criminal) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
28 Mar 2025 – 2015 Islamic State killing of Christian migrants in Libya (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chomik1129 (t · c); see discussion
25 Mar 2025 – Avi Yemini (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion
24 Mar 2025 – Downstate (play) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

26 Apr 2025 – Reactions to the 2025 Pahalgam attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Celjski Grad (t · c); see discussion (24 participants)
26 Apr 2025 – BF Borgers (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
25 Apr 2025 – Marcus A. Banks-Bey (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
25 Apr 2025 – Derek Chauvin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (13 participants)
25 Apr 2025 – Al Farouq training camp (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
25 Apr 2025 – Al-Matar complex (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
25 Apr 2025 – Jihad Wahl training camp (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
24 Apr 2025 – 2017 Hurghada attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
24 Apr 2025 – 2024 Ra'anana attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
24 Apr 2025 – 2025 al-Funduq shooting (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)

(15 more...)

Proposed deletions

20 Apr 2025 – Paul Kavanagh (criminal) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Ser! (t · c) was redirected to Murder of Paul Kavanagh (talk · edit · hist) by Kaynsu1 (t · c) on 26 Apr 2025
19 Apr 2025 – BF Borgers (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 21 Apr 2025 was deproded by Rolluik (t · c) on 26 Apr 2025

Categories for discussion

12 Apr 2025 – Category:Mass murder in the Gaza Strip (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Bob drobbs (t · c); see discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Category:Mythological rapists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Category:Mythological rape victims (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Category:Mythological patricides (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Category:Mythological fratricides (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
20 Apr 2025 – Category:Trophy heads (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Liz (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

18 Apr 2025 – Karmelo Anthony (talk · edit · hist) →Killing of Austin Metcalf was RfDed by NatGertler (t · c); see discussion
undated – Nurbankgate (talk · edit · hist) →Nurbank murder case was RfDed

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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