List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Version 1.0
Version 1.0 of List of articles every Wikipedia should have refers to the revision done on August 14th, 2006 at 21:36. It has a total number of 1365 articles.
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Section | Current Number |
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Biography | 321 |
History | 78 |
Geography | 151 |
Society | 130 |
Culture | 221 |
Science | 287 |
Technology | 109 |
Foodstuffs | 33 |
Mathematics | 35 |
Total | 1365 |
Biography edit
This section is for people. Have at least two paragraphes on 100 key historical figures
Actors, dancers and models edit
Artists and architects edit
- Paul Cézanne
- Le Corbusier
- Salvador Dalí
- Albrecht Dürer
- Vincent van Gogh
- Francisco Goya
- William Hogarth
- Hokusai
- Frida Kahlo
- Édouard Manet
- Henri Matisse
- Michelangelo
- Claude Monet
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Pablo Picasso
- Jackson Pollock
- Nicolas Poussin
- Raphael
- Rembrandt
- Auguste Rodin
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Diego Velázquez
- Johannes Vermeer
- Vitruvius
- Andy Warhol
- Christopher Wren
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Authors, playwrights and poets edit
- Dante Alighieri
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Aristophanes
- Isaac Asimov
- Jane Austen
- William Blake
- Bertolt Brecht
- Lord Byron
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Anton Chekhov
- Emily Dickinson
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Du Fu
- Alexandre Dumas
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Brothers Grimm
- Dashiell Hammett
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ernest Hemingway
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Homer
- Victor Hugo
- Langston Hughes
- Henrik Ibsen
- James Joyce
- Franz Kafka
- Li Bai
- Astrid Lindgren
- Thomas Mann
- Matsuo Bashō
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Arthur Miller
- Molière
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Pablo Neruda
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Marcel Proust
- Aleksandr Pushkin
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Carl Sandburg
- Sappho
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- William Shakespeare
- George Bernard Shaw
- Mary Shelley
- Sophocles
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Leo Tolstoy
- Mark Twain
- Jules Verne
- Virgil
- H. G. Wells
- Walt Whitman
- Oscar Wilde
- William Butler Yeats
- Zeami Motokiyo
Composers and musicians edit
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Beatles
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Frédéric Chopin
- Antonín Dvořák
- Aretha Franklin
- Edvard Grieg
- Michael Jackson
- Gustav Mahler
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Elvis Presley
- Jean Sibelius
- Richard Wagner
Explorers edit
- Roald Amundsen
- Neil Armstrong
- Willem Barents
- Vitus Bering
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- James Cook
- Hernán Cortés
- Francis Drake
- Juan Sebastián Elcano
- Leif Ericson
- Vasco da Gama
- Yuri Gagarin
- Edmund Hillary
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Tenzing Norgay
- Marco Polo
- Abel Tasman
- Zheng He
Film directors and screenwriters edit
- Ingmar Bergman
- Walt Disney
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Akira Kurosawa
- Fritz Lang
- George Lucas
- Frances Marion
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Martin Scorsese
- Steven Spielberg
Inventors, scientists and mathematicians edit
- Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- Archimedes
- John Logie Baird
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Karl Benz
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Niels Bohr
- Tycho Brahe
- Rachel Carson
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Marie Curie
- Charles Darwin
- Thomas Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Leonhard Euler
- Enrico Fermi
- Richard Feynman
- Alexander Fleming
- Henry Ford
- Joseph Fourier
- Buckminster Fuller
- Casimir Funk
- Galileo Galilei
- Bill Gates
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Kurt Gödel
- Johann Gutenberg
- David Hilbert
- Christiaan Huygens
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Edward Jenner
- Steve Jobs
- Johannes Kepler
- John Maynard Keynes
- Donald Knuth
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Ignacy Łukasiewicz
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Isaac Newton
- Alfred Nobel
- Hans Christian Ørsted
- Louis Pasteur
- Dennis Ritchie
- Ole Rømer
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Bernhard Riemann
- Ernest Rutherford
- Richard Stallman
- Nikola Tesla
- Linus Torvalds
- Alan Turing
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Wright brothers
Social scientists (philosophers, economists, historians and thinkers) edit
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Saint Benedict of Nursia
- Thomas Aquinas
- Aristotle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Averroes
- Simone de Beauvoir
- René Descartes
- Émile Durkheim
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Michel Foucault
- Sigmund Freud
- Edward Gibbon
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Germaine Greer
- Herodotus
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Hippocrates
- Immanuel Kant
- Martin Luther
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Karl Marx
- Nagarjuna
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Thomas Paine
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Sima Qian
- Stein Rokkan
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Bertrand Russell
- Adam Smith
- Socrates
- Sun Tzu
- Thales
- Voltaire
- Max Weber
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Politicans, leaders and aristocrats edit
- Akbar
- Alexander the Great
- Kofi Annan
- Kemal Atatürk
- Attila the Hun
- Augustus
- Hastings Banda
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Otto von Bismarck
- Tony Blair
- Simón Bolívar
- Napoleon I of France
- Lucrezia Borgia
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
- George W. Bush
- Fidel Castro
- Catherine II of Russia
- Charlemagne
- Jacques Chirac
- Empress Dowager Cixi
- Winston Churchill
- Cleopatra VII of Egypt
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Indira Gandhi
- Constantine I (emperor)
- Elizabeth I of England
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
- Charles de Gaulle
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Haile Selassie
- Hammurabi
- Hannibal
- Hirohito
- Adolf Hitler
- Thomas Jefferson
- Pope John Paul II
- Julius Caesar
- Genghis Khan
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Vladimir Lenin
- Abraham Lincoln
- Nelson Mandela
- Mao Zedong
- Maria Theresa of Austria
- Mary I of Scotland
- Golda Meir
- Christian Michelsen
- Mahathir bin Mohamad
- Benito Mussolini
- Nefertiti
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Eva Perón
- Peter I of Russia
- Józef Piłsudski
- Pol Pot
- Vladimir Putin
- Qin Shi Huang
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Saladin
- Gerhard Schröder
- Semiramis
- Shaka Zulu
- Queen of Sheba
- Sitting Bull
- Joseph Stalin
- Margaret Thatcher
- Timur
- Leon Trotsky
- Harry S. Truman
- Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Lech Wałęsa
- George Washington
- Wilhelm II of Germany
Revolutionaries and activists edit
History edit
This section is for events and periods in human history and prehistory. At least five sentences on:
Prehistory and ancient world edit
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Bronze Age
- Byzantine Empire
- Han Dynasty
- Human evolution
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Maya civilization
- Iron Age
- Macedonian Empire
- Mesoamerica
- Prehistory
- Seljuk Empire
- Stone Age
- Sumer
Middle Ages and Renaissance edit
- Age of Enlightenment
- American Revolutionary War
- Aztec
- Black Death
- Counter-Reformation
- Crusades
- East-West Schism
- Eighty Years' War
- English Civil War
- European colonization of the Americas
- French Revolution
- Holy Roman Empire
- Inca Empire
- Middle Ages
- Ming Dynasty
- Napoleonic Wars
- Ottoman Empire
- Partitions of Poland
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Protestant Reformation
- Renaissance
- Song Dynasty
- Spanish Inquisition
- Tang Dynasty
- Vikings
- Yuan Dynasty
Industrial age edit
- 1973 oil crisis
- American Civil War
- Apartheid
- British Empire
- Cold War
- Decolonization
- Establishment of the State of Israel
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- Franco-Prussian War
- German reunification
- German unification
- Great Depression
- Gulf War
- The Holocaust
- Industrial Revolution
- Iranian Revolution
- Italian unification
- Korean War
- Meiji Restoration
- Nazi Germany
- Polish-Soviet War
- Qing Dynasty
- Russian Civil War
- Russian Revolution of 1917
- Scramble for Africa
- Solidarity
- Soviet war in Afghanistan
- Space exploration
- Spanish Civil War
- Treaty of Versailles
- Vietnam War
- World War I
- World War II
Geography edit
This section is for geographical concepts and for specific places.
- Geography
- Capital
- City
- Continent
- Country
- Desert
- Earth science
- Map
- North Pole
- Ocean
- Rainforest
- River
- Sea
- South Pole
Continents and major regions edit
At least three sentences on each.
Countries edit
Eventually, there should be articles on most or all of the 243 countries listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries. However, for the smaller Wikipedias, some of the more high-priority countries to have articles on are:
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Libya
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Peru
- People's Republic of China
- Poland
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
Cities edit
- Athens
- Bangkok
- Barcelona
- Beijing
- Belgrade
- Berlin
- Brussels
- Cairo
- Copenhagen
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Hanoi
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul
- Jakarta
- Jerusalem
- London
- Los Angeles
- Manila
- Madrid
- Mecca
- Mexico City
- Moscow
- Mumbai
- Munich
- Nairobi
- New Delhi
- New York City
- Paris
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rome
- Saint Petersburg
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Stockholm
- Sydney
- Taipei
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Vatican City
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Washington, D.C.
Bodies of water edit
- Amazon River
- Aral Sea
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Lakes
- Indian Ocean
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Victoria
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mississippi River
- Niagara Falls
- Nile
- North Sea
- Pacific Ocean
- Panama Canal
- Suez Canal
- Southern Ocean
- Volga River
Mountains, valleys and deserts edit
Society edit
Family and relationships edit
Thought, behavior and emotion edit
Politics edit
- Politics
- Anarchism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Diplomacy
- Fascism
- Globalization
- Government
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Monarchy
- Nationalism
- Republic
- Separation of powers
- State
- Political party
- Theocracy
Business and economics edit
- Business
- Economics
- Advertising
- Agriculture
- Capital
- Capitalism
- Communism
- Currency
- Employment
- Finance
- Industry
- Market
- Money
- Socialism
- Supply and demand
- Tourism
Law edit
- Law
- Crime
- Constitution
- Specific documents
International organizations edit
- African Union
- Arab League
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Council of Europe
- European Union
- Geneva Conventions
- Interpol
- NATO
- Nobel Prize
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Organization of American States
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- United Nations
War and military edit
Social issues edit
Culture edit
At least three sentences on:
Language and literature edit
- Language
- Alphabet
- Book
- Dialect
- Grammar
- Linguistics
- Literacy
- Literature
- Pronunciation
- Specific languages
- Word
- Writing
Architecture and civil engineering edit
- Architecture
- Arch
- Bridge
- Canal
- Dam
- Dome
- House
- Nail (engineering)
- Specific structures
- Pyramid
- Tower
Film, radio and television edit
Music edit
- Music
- Compact disc
- Song
- Specific music genres
- Specific musical instruments
Recreation edit
- Recreation
- Entertainment
- Game
- Gambling
- Leisure
- Martial arts
- Olympic Games
- Party
- Sport
- FIFA World Cup
- Toy
Religion edit
- Religion
- Astrology
- Deity
- Festival
- Holiday
- Mythology
- Religious philosophies
- Soul
- Specific religions
- Spirituality
Philosophy edit
Science edit
At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields.
Astronomy edit
- Astronomy
- Asteroid
- Big Bang
- Black hole
- Comet
- Galaxy
- Light year
- Moon
- Planet
- Solar system
- Star
- Universe
Biology edit
- Biology
- Biological materials
- Botany
- Death
- Ecology
- Domestication
- Life
- Scientific classification
Biological processes edit
Anatomy edit
- Anatomy
- Cell
- Circulatory system
- Endocrine system
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Integumentary system
- Nervous system
- Reproductive system
- Respiratory system
- Skeleton
Health and medicine edit
- Medicine
- Addiction
- Cancer
- Cholera
- Dentistry
- Diabetes mellitus
- Disability
- Disease
- Drugs
- Dysentery
- Health
- Heart disease
- Hypertension
- Malaria
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Pneumonia
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Stroke
- Tuberculosis
- Virus
Organisms edit
Chemistry edit
Weather, climate and geology edit
Physics edit
- Physics
- Acceleration
- Atom
- Energy
- Force
- Isotope
- Light
- Mass
- Molecule
- Quantum mechanics
- Sound
- Speed
- Theory of relativity
- Time
- Velocity
- Weight
Timekeeping edit
Technology edit
Communication edit
Electronics edit
- Electronics
- Components
Computers and Internet edit
- Computer
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer science
- Information technology
- Internet
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Software
- User interface
Raw materials and energy edit
- Electricity
- Fossil fuel
- Fire
- Internal combustion engine
- Renewable energy
- Glass
- Paper
- Plastic
- Steam engine
- Wood
Transportation edit
Weapons edit
Foodstuffs edit
Beverages edit
Mathematics edit
- Mathematics
- Algebra
- Arithmetic
- Axiom
- Calculus
- Geometry
- Group theory
- Mathematical logic
- Mathematical proof
- Number
- Infinity
- Set theory
- Statistics
- Trigonometry