Proposal edit

Here is a proposal to suggest some potential articles those need to be in every Wikipedias in India in particular and Indian subcontinent at large. The idea is to generate a long term wish list by community consensus. Special focus is on educational needs of a common school / college student or a common man from India / South Asia who uses Wikimedia content as a reference to enrich his/her day to day knowledge.

Choosing a theme and its item members on such a list may include topics of long term value. They will be of a rather finite count in tens or hundreds so that each stakeholder Wikipedia can feel having a repository that is fully saturated. (For eg: all elements appearing in the periodical table of chemical elements or all persons who have received a Nobel prize up to now). These are of finite count and long-term knowledge value.

My proposal is to build-up a large list that can be further subdivided into smaller ones on a priority chosen by community consensus and used as material for ediatathons, contests and theme based on-line events.

Advantages edit

Such lists will have a direct impact upon fulfilled Wikidata collections. Those who wish to concentrate on Wikidata content development can take away these article set as a more reliable and cross-checking input.
Interwiki translations will be much more easy and effective.
Citations and templates can be reused and cross-verified.
Queries based on Wikimedia content will be more reliable.
Newly joining Wikipedia editors can adapt one of such category and use them as model articles to create and expand articles on their own. Others can help them much more effectively and objectively.
Many of such topics are already part of greater Wikipedia Wish lists such as the most vital 1000 or 10000 articles every Wikipedia must have. This way, we can accomplish fulfilling multiple Wikimedia targets.

Themes suggested edit

This is only a start up sample list. Please add any more suggestions you deem fit to this list.
Please endorse your Support or Oppose options against each one below. I shall try to build up precise lists of articles in each such themes as a sub page here or on a fresh path.

Science edit

List of all chemical elements edit

List of metals and minerals edit

List of chemical compounds edit

Industrial importance edit

farming and agriculture edit

list of medical terminology edit

list of basic astronomical phenomena edit

list of astronomical objects edit

list of basic principles of physics edit

list of branches of zoology edit

lists of branches of botany edit

Space /Satellite Science edit

History edit

(Please expand this list)

Civilizations edit

Empires, emperors and Dynasties edit

Kushan empire edit

Mugal empire edit

Khilji empire edit

Vijayanagara Empire edit

Maurya Empire edit

Gupta Empire edit

Paala Empire edit

RashtraKuta Empire edit

Kadamba Empire edit

Chalukya Empire edit

Ganga Empire edit

Hoysala Empire edit

kalachuri Empire edit

Keladi Nayaka Empire edit

Haaleri Empire edit

Mysore Wodeyar Empire edit

Bahamani Empire edit

Bijapuar Sultanate Empire edit

Saatavaahana Empire edit

PallavaKalachuri Empire edit

Kakatiya Empire edit

Pandya Empire edit

Chera Empire edit

Harsha Empire edit

Chola dynasty edit

Indian National Independence Movement edit

Wars and battles edit

Geography edit

List of all nations edit

List of all mountains edit

List of all rivers edit

List of all islands edit

Detailed List w:List of islands of India

Sports edit

People in sports edit

Sports Terminology edit

List of sports edit

Sports rules and regulations edit

Sports venues edit

Technology edit

People_in_technology edit

Computers edit

Technology_education edit

Mobile_technology edit

Software edit

Software by operating system edit

en:Bharat Operating System Solutions

Software by type edit

History of software edit

Software law edit

India - Administration edit

List of Laws edit

List of all states edit

List of all official languages edit

List of all Loksabha constituencies edit

List of all prime ministers edit

List of all presidents edit

List of all Government agencies edit

India - Biographies edit

List of all GyanpeeTh laureates edit

List of all Filmfare award winners edit

List of National / international Sports winners edit

List of sahitya academy Winners edit

India - Institutions edit

List of all IITs edit

List of universities edit

List of research institutions of national importants edit

List of NITs edit

List of institutions in medical education edit

India - Infrastructure edit

List of all national Highways edit

List of all airports edit

List of all international airports edit

List of dams edit

Film edit

film people edit

Film and video terminology edit

History of film edit

film genres edit

Travel / Museum / Monnuments edit

Art / Culture edit

Dance edit

Music edit

Food edit

Growing Local Language Content on Wikipedia (Project Tiger 2.0)/Writing Contest/Topics/Proposal for additional items with pan-national interests