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	10	29	67	223			329
C	25	97	169	1,046		1	1,338
Start	5	24	148	3,039			3,216
Stub			20	870			890
List	1	38	32	92			163
NA					1,652		1,652
Assessed	43	195	454	5,347	1,652	1	7,692
Total	43	195	454	5,347	1,652	1	7,692
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 27,985			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.

Today's featured article requests

29 Jul 2025 – Gaetano Bresci (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Grnrchst (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

21 May 2025 – 2006 Sanaa prison escape (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Hsnkn (t · c); see discussion
21 May 2025 – Yao Yuanjun (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thehistorianisaac (t · c); see discussion
17 May 2025 – Chohan family murders (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Moondragon21 (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2025 – Deportation and detention of American citizens in the second Trump administration (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Remember (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2025 – Smashing Frank (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Prince of Erebor (t · c); see discussion
01 May 2025 – Edgar Matobato (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chlod (t · c); see discussion
21 Apr 2025 – Kitty Marion (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Noleander (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

Articles for deletion

22 May 2025 – Wang Xiaolong (coast guard) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Schwede66 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
22 May 2025 – Yao Yuanjun (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Schwede66 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
15 May 2025 – Terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Thryduulf (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
24 Apr 2025 – 2024 Ra'anana attack (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
24 Apr 2025 – 2025 al-Funduq shooting (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
15 May 2025 – Murder of Eddie Seah (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 22 May 2025; see discussion (3 participants)
13 May 2025 – Zulus Motorcycle Club (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 20 May 2025; see discussion (2 participants)
13 May 2025 – The Store Bar shooting (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as keep by Eddie891 (t · c) on 20 May 2025; see discussion (6 participants)
08 May 2025 – 2019 Racine synagogue vandalism (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as keep by Sandstein (t · c) on 16 May 2025; see discussion (7 participants)
08 May 2025 – 2015 Kocho killings (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 21 May 2025; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

21 May 2025 – Category:Individuals designated as terrorists by the United States government (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
14 May 2025 – Category:Olympic sportspeople convicted of crimes (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Kaffet i halsen (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Category:2023 massacres of the Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 87.114.4.246 (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Category:Terrorist attacks in the Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 87.114.4.246 (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Category:Attacks on schools during the Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 87.114.4.246 (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Category:Attacks in the Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 87.114.4.246 (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – Category:2024 massacres of the Israel–Hamas war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by 87.114.4.246 (t · c); see discussion
11 May 2025 – Category:Veneti malavitosi (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

18 May 2025 – Karmelo Anthony (talk · edit · hist) →Killing of Austin Metcalf was RfDed by NatGertler (t · c); see discussion
18 May 2025 – New president (talk · edit · hist) →Donald Trump was RfDed by Sdrqaz (t · c); see discussion
16 May 2025 – The Murder of Eugene M. Newman by William V. Cleary in Haverstraw, New York, in 1914, with the Cleary Trial, and the New York State Investigation (talk · edit · hist) →Cleary–Newman murder was RfDed by Nyttend (t · c); see discussion
15 May 2025 – Tactics, techniques, and procedures (talk · edit · hist) →Terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures RfDed by Nyttend (t · c) was closed; see discussion
15 May 2025 – Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (talk · edit · hist) →Terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures RfDed by Nyttend (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Files for discussion

21 May 2025 – File:Ahmed al-Sharaa (revolutionary, politician, born 1982).jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Wcam (t · c); see discussion
12 May 2025 – File:Operazione Gladio.jpeg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Minorax (t · c); see discussion

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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