Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime

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[edit] Purpose

To organise and generally improve all pages relating to British crime. This would bring up to date a lot of media attention articles and some high-profile British crimes without pages.

Additionally, this would help to categorize the British crimes more effectively.

If you are in any way interested in starting or joining in this project, please add your name below.

Templates used by the project include:

[edit] Interested Wikipedians

[edit] Honorary members

[edit] Recent articles

For members who have recently contributed British crime related articles, please feel free to leave the article's name and your signature (ex. [[article name]] by ~~~~) in order to list your contribution to the project.

for prior contributions see Archive (2006)
Archive
Archives
January 2007
February 2007


[edit] Pending tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime: edit · history · watch · refresh
  • compile list of British crime related articles for expansion and other improvements (see Expand Articles).
  • eliminate red links and complete tasks listed on the project Wanted Articles page.
  • place {{uk-crime|class=}} template on British crime-related articles and assess the article's class.
  • complete all merges of British crime related articles and create a list of all pages realte to British crime tagged for merger . (see Articles to be Merged)
  • update and complete summeries for Major Crimes in Britain

[edit] Categories

[–] Crime in the United Kingdom
[–] Crime in the British Virgin Islands
[+] British Virgin Islands criminals
[–] Crime in England
[+] English criminals
[+] English criminal law
[+] Crime in London
[+] Murder in England
[+] English crime victims
[–] Crime in Northern Ireland
[+] Criminal law of Northern Ireland
[+] Northern Irish criminals
[+] Terrorism in Northern Ireland
[–] Crime in Scotland
[+] Scottish criminals
[+] Scottish criminal law
[+] Murder in Scotland
[+] Riots in Scotland
[+] Scottish crime victims
[–] Crime in Wales
[+] Criminal law of Wales
[+] Welsh criminals
[+] Murder in Wales
[–] Criminal law of the United Kingdom
[+] English criminal law
[+] Criminal law of Northern Ireland
[+] Criminal law of Wales
[–] British criminals
[+] English criminals
[+] Northern Irish criminals
[+] Scottish criminals
[+] Welsh criminals
[+] British arsonists
[+] British bank robbers
[+] British convicted bigamists
[+] British computer criminals
[+] British counterfeiters
[+] British drug traffickers
[+] British fraudsters
[+] Great Train Robbers
[+] British mobsters
[+] British money launderers
[+] British murderers
[+] British outlaws
[+] British perjurors
[+] British pirates
[+] British rapists
[+] British tax evaders
[+] British terrorists
[+] British Virgin Islands criminals
[+] British people convicted of war crimes
[–] British criminologists
[–] Fugitives wanted by the United Kingdom
[–] Murder in the United Kingdom
[+] Murder in England
[+] British murderers
[+] Murder in Scotland
[+] British murder victims
[+] Murder in Wales
[–] Organized crime in the United Kingdom
[+] British mobsters
[+] Organized crime groups in the United Kingdom
[–] Prisoners and detainees of the United Kingdom
[+] Prisoners sentenced to death by the United Kingdom
[+] Escapees from British detention
[+] People detained under Defence Regulation 18B
[+] World War II prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
[–] Riots in the United Kingdom
[+] Riots in England
[+] Riots in Northern Ireland
[+] Riots in Scotland
[+] Riots in Wales
[+] Race riots in the United Kingdom
[–] Terrorism in the United Kingdom
[+] Terrorism deaths in the United Kingdom
[+] Terrorism in London
[+] Terrorism in Northern Ireland
[+] Pan Am Flight 103
[+] British terrorists
[+] UK Home Office designated terrorist groups
[+] British terrorism victims
[–] British crime victims
[+] English crime victims
[+] Kidnapped British people
[+] British murder victims
[+] Scottish crime victims
[+] British terrorism victims
[+] British torture victims


[edit] Article assessment

  • The {{WP British crime}} template has a class= parameter that provides an article assessment rating:
  • The {{Uk-crime}} template has a class= parameter that provides an article assessment rating:
  • Either may be used
{{WP British crime| class=??? }}

The following values may be used for the parameter. Please note that you must type them exactly as below as they are case-sensitive:

If a rating is not assigned, the article will be filed in Category:Unassessed British crime-related articles. The class should be assigned according to the grading scheme. A list of Unassessed and In dispute articles can be discussed at Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime/Article assessment.

See also:


[edit] Legend

Need: The article's importance, regardless of its quality

Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopaedia
High Subject contributes a depth of knowledge
Mid Subject fills in more minor details
Low Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial

Quality: current article quality as per the grading scheme

Featured article FA Featured article
A Article is well written, reasonably complete and referenced; possible featured article candidate.
GA This is a good article
B A well written article which can still be expanded; however, may be missing basic formatting, inline citations, infoboxes, etc.
Start Article has substantially more information; however, significant editing is needed for clean up and formatting.
Stub Article has little content with the exception of basic information and is generally less than a paragraph long.


[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Resources

[edit] Projects

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Bibliography

  • Avison, Howard N. and Frederick Hemming McClintock. Crime in England and Wales. London: Heinemann Educational, 1968. ISBN 0435837303
  • Donaldson, William. Brewer's Rogues, Villains, and Eccentrics: An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages. London: Sterling Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN 0-75381-791-8

[edit] External links