Wikipedia:Vital articles
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This is a list of basic subjects for which Wikipedia should have a corresponding high-quality article, and ideally a featured article. It also serves as a centralized watchlist and tracks the status of some of Wikipedia's most essential articles. Featured articles are marked (
), A-class articles with (
), Good articles with (
), B-class articles with (
) and C-class articles with (
). Articles that have cleanup tags on them or are start class or lower need to be improved as soon as possible and are marked in bold.
Ideally this page should list approximately 1,000 of the most vital Wikipedia articles. An expanded version is available at Wikipedia:Vital articles/Expanded. There is also a shorter list of 100 articles at Wikipedia:Vital 100. The levels shown on the Vital 100 list, levels 1-4, correspond to the levels given in the Talk page templates.
See also m:List of articles every Wikipedia should have
[edit] People (120 articles)
[edit] History (60 articles)
[edit] Geography (100 articles)
[edit] Bodies of water
[edit] Cities
[edit] Continents and regions |
[edit] CountriesSee also: List of countries and List of countries by population
[edit] Mountains, valleys and deserts |
[edit] Arts and culture (60 articles)
[edit] Artistic movements[edit] Literature[edit] Music |
[edit] Performing arts[edit] Visual arts |
[edit] Philosophy and religion (80 articles)
[edit] Philosophy
|
[edit] Religion
[edit] Specific religions |
[edit] Everyday life (80 articles)
[edit] Food and drink |
[edit] Language[edit] Recreation and entertainment |
[edit] Society and social sciences (80 articles)
[edit] Social issues
[edit] Business and economics |
[edit] Media[edit] Politics and government
[edit] Social sciences |
[edit] Health and medicine (40 articles)
[edit] Disease
[edit] Health and fitness |
[edit] Medicine |
[edit] Science (180 articles)
[edit] Astronomy
[edit] Biology |
[edit] Chemistry
[edit] Earth science[edit] Physics |
[edit] Technology (120 articles)
[edit] Energy[edit] Electronics
[edit] Mechanical and structural engineering
[edit] Transportation[edit] Information technology[edit] Optical |
[edit] Media and communication
[edit] Navigation and timekeeping[edit] Weapons[edit] Material and chemical[edit] Food and health[edit] Space |
[edit] Mathematics (60 articles)
[edit] Measurement (20 articles)
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[edit] See also
- Top 1000 vital articles sorted by number of views
- Wikipedia:Vital 100
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Haystack, aiming to highlight the vitals of vital articles
- Category:Vital articles
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics, another take on the minimal article list.
- Wikipedia:Core topics - 1,000, a similar list
- Wikipedia:Core biographies
- Wikipedia:Core culture and society topics
- Wikipedia:Core math, science and technology topics

