Template talk:Infobox criminal

Deprecating the net_worth parameter

In July 2021, the |net_worth= in {{Infobox person}} was deprecated. Should it be deprecated here as well? — DaxServer (talk) 12:07, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

 Done in the template wrapping — hike395 (talk) 17:46, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Lawyer/Attorney Parameter

Where a substantial percentage of criminals will have had a lawyer appear for them, it would make sense for the infobox to have a spot to list the prominent lawyer who defended them, etc. Virginia Courtsesan (talk) 02:06, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Change "Partner" parameter

In Template:Infobox person, the partner parameter is for "unmarried life partners in a domestic partnership", and is thus confusing. Can this be changed to something along the lines of "accomplice" or a similar term? ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 17:12, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

RfC: Add "Criminal Charges" clarification

The guideline currently states that the "criminal_charges" parameter is "What the criminal is accused of (note that this is different from what the criminal is -- later -- convicted of)". Obviously the person can't be a criminal if they've only been accused of a crime, or even charged with one. However this Infobox seems to be restricted to use with notable convicted criminals. So this would imply that "criminal_charges" in this case relates solely to crimes they are currently wanted for (ie. which they have not been tried for yet).

I think there's a chance this parameter could be used to list charges that did not lead to convictions after being processed in the legal system (either because they were dropped, dismissed or otherwise found not-guilty). A short note could help clarify the correct use cases:

"What the criminal is currently wanted to be tried for. Do not list charges that were dropped, dismissed or which went to trial and did not lead to conviction."

2A00:23EE:2848:15B0:E196:F555:C031:6D7C (talk) 00:43, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't think an RfC was the right move here. On the prospective change, I am neutral. PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 22 August 2024

Hi. There's a typo in the list of excluded parameters in |_exclude=. motice should be changed to motive. thanks. Jeeputer ^Talk 18:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Just noticed that motive is present at the end of the list. so motice should be removed form the list instead. Jeeputer ^Talk 18:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Partly done: Renamed to motive; not sure about removing it entirely. Feel free to reopen if you think it should be removed. SWinxy (talk) 20:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 16 November 2024

The "Partner(s)" parameter should be changed to "Partner(s) in crime" to avoid ambiguity about romantic partnership. "Accomplice" could also work, per @Loriendrew. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 19:38, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

 Completed – the header is now "Accomplice(s)" and both |accomplices= and |partners= work as parameters, the latter so as not to break existing usages. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 13:24, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 06:43, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Happy to help! Paine  09:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

"Criminal status: Deceased"

"Criminal status: Deceased" proliferates on Wikipedia, but a better solution for dead people is to delete the field from their articles. "Deceased" is not a "criminal status", and it will be extremely obvious from the rest of an article if a person is dead. cagliost (talk) 14:38, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Category:Pages using infobox criminal with unknown parameters

Can someone help me figure out why Category:Pages using infobox criminal with unknown parameters (0) is so full? I can’t see any issues with the pages in the category… -Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:44, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 I assume one of the parameters is not recognized, or maybe a variation? When I removed a chunk of categories here it removed them from the category, so it seems to be one of the ones I removed then restored. Actually it does not seem to have added it back when I restored it. Odd. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:48, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 Okay, literally just making any edit seems to remove it from the category. Null edits may work too. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:50, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

They do work. I think your fixes yesterday solved it and now it's just a caching thing. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:53, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Gotcha! Thanks a million! Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:54, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@PARAKANYAA: what I don’t understand is why Module:Check for unknown parameters is not displaying an error message at the top of the page when previewed… Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:50, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

To take the first page in the category, Giuseppe Musolino, this certainly shows warning messages when previewed (three in total); it has

{{Infobox criminal
| name              = Giuseppe Musolino
| image             = Giuseppe Musolino.jpg|thumb|right|Giuseppe Musolino.
...
}}

those last three parameters are the invalid ones. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:32, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@Redrose64: thanks! That one makes total sense… What I don’t get is for example George Curry (Wild Bunch). It doesn’t display any invalid parameters but is still categorized. —Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 00:05, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

So it looks like PARAKANYAA (talk · contribs) was spot on. I ran User:Ahecht/Scripts/refresh on the category and cleaned it out pretty well. —Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 00:43, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Template:Infobox person has an RfC

Template:Infobox person has an RfC for possible consensus regarding the removal of color from person infoboxes. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:30, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Edit request 25 January 2026

Description of suggested change:

Nolle prosequi does not mean, "can't prosecute because the perpetrator is dead." There are many reasons the perpetrator might die before they can be prosecuted, don't try to list them.

Diff:

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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 attack or murder–suicide.

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It is also appropriately used in cases of perpetrators dying during the commission of the act or before they can be prosecuted.

Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 17:19, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: It looks like you want to change the documentation page which is not protected. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:11, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

My bad. I didn't realize the doc was transcluded from an unprotected page. Apologies. Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 19:43, 25 January 2026 (UTC)