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Section size for List of serial killers by number of victims (11 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	4,971	4,971
Serial killers with the highest known victim count	27,255	27,255
Serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims	52,478	52,478
Serial killers with 5 to 14 proven victims	137,578	137,578
Serial killers with fewer than five proven victims	71,102	71,102
Medical professionals and pseudo-medical professionals	28,685	28,685
Serial killer groups and couples	43,767	43,767
Disputed cases	42,934	42,934
See also	107	107
Explanatory notes	62	62
References	183	183
Total	409,122	409,122

Add Danny Rolling, aka The Gainesville Ripper[edit]

In 1990, 5 University of Florida students were found slain over the course of a few days.

The Bloody Benders[edit]

The Bloody Benders were a family of American serial killers that killed 11+ victims in-between 1871 and 1873. They lived in Labette County, Kansas. The family consisted of John Bender Sr., Elvira Bender, Kate Bender, and John Bender Jr. 2603:7080:D73D:F900:B0AC:304C:B4A6:AF (talk) 02:09, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2024[edit]

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Dr Harold Shipman has 215 confirmed victims and 45 potential victims Abdhullah Azam (talk) 15:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The Shipman Inquiry concluded that there were 218 confirmed and 250 potential. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:29, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2024[edit]

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Please immediately remove the WP:BLPCRIME violation at the "Hun Wanlin" entry at List of serial killers by number of victims#Medical professionals and pseudo-medical professionals, he is a living person not convicted of any murders see discussion at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive342#List of serial killers by number of victims Tikkenborg (talk) 04:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 05:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Considering I was not confirmed until AFTER I made this request, some common sense would have been helpful. Tikkenborg (talk) 05:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]