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Vital articles 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 with (), A-class articles with (
), Good articles with (
), B-class articles with (
), C-class articles with (
), Start-class articles with (
), and Stub-class articles with (
). These symbols are updated manually and may be out of date.
This page lists 1,000 of the most vital Wikipedia articles (Level 3 vital articles), actually 987, with final additions to be made later. An expanded version is available at Wikipedia:Vital articles/Expanded (Level 4). There is also a shorter list of 100 articles at Wikipedia:Vital 100 (Level 2), and the "top 10" at Wikipedia:Vital 10 (Level 1).
For more information on this list and the process for adding articles, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
[edit] People (123 articles)
[edit] History (63 articles)
[edit] Geography (84 articles)
[edit] Bodies of water[edit] Cities[edit] Continents and regions |
[edit] Countries[edit] Mountains, valleys and deserts |
[edit] Arts and culture (64 articles)
[edit] Artistic movements[edit] Literature[edit] Music |
[edit] Performing arts[edit] Visual arts |
[edit] Philosophy and religion (72 articles)
[edit] Philosophy
[edit] Religion
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[edit] Specific religions |
[edit] Everyday life (83 articles)
[edit] Food and drink |
[edit] Language[edit] Recreation and entertainment |
[edit] Society and social sciences (93 articles)
[edit] Social issues
[edit] Business and economics |
[edit] Media[edit] Politics and government
[edit] Social sciences |
[edit] Health and medicine (43 articles)
[edit] Disease
[edit] Health and fitness |
[edit] Medicine |
[edit] Science (191 articles)
[edit] Astronomy
[edit] Biology |
[edit] Chemistry
[edit] Earth science[edit] Physics |
[edit] Technology (108 articles)
[edit] Energy[edit] Electronics[edit] Mechanical and structural engineering
[edit] Transportation[edit] Information technology[edit] Optical |
[edit] Media and communication
[edit][edit] Weapons[edit] Material and chemical[edit] Food and health[edit] Space |
[edit] Mathematics (62 articles)
[edit] See also
- 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
[edit] External links
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