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Template:Infobox criminal/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Infobox criminal (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases.

This template is a customized wrapper for {{Infobox person}}. Any field from {{Infobox person}} can work. It will also emit the same hCard and Geo microformatsas{{Infobox person}}. Questions? Just ask here or over at Template talk:Infobox person.

Please note that in 2016, the |religion= and |ethnicity= parameters were removed from Template:Infobox person as a result of the RfC: Religion in biographical infoboxes and the RfC: Ethnicity in infoboxes as clarified by this discussion.

This template is used on approximately 6,800 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandboxor/testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua: Module:Template wrapper (sandbox) Module:Check for clobbered parameters (sandbox)

This template tracks the Wikidata property:

• image (P18) (see uses)

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 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 attackormurder–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 = 
| 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 = 
| net_worth = 
| height = 
| 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 = 
| locations = 
| targets = 
| fatalities = 
| injuries = 
| weapons = 
| apprehended = 
| imprisoned = 
| module =
| signature =
| signature_size =
| signature_alt = 
| footnotes = 
}}

Examples[edit]

{{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[edit]

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)

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

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:

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories[edit]

• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with unknown parameters (3)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with conflicting parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter (801)
• Category:Pages using infobox criminal with motive parameter (594)

• Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (9,640) – 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[edit]

• {{Infobox person}}

TemplateData[edit]