Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Organized crime task force

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.

Pending tasks
Feel free to add relevant tasks to this list.

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.

Templates

 * Add WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography with the parameters yes and 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:

Resources

 * WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography – a category for crime-related articles and content

Related Wikiprojects

 * WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography
 * WikiProject History
 * WikiProject Organizations
 * WikiProject Sociology

Categories
Select [►] to view subcategories Organized crime

Mafia

Mobsters

Gangs