Talk:List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Archives/Topic index

Topic index of discussions about entries in the List of articles every Wikipedia should have.

Included are cases where the author didn't explicitly state what he/she would like to do with the entry. In such cases, entries are usually used as an example of what should be left alone, so it is assumed that they support inclusion. Removed and/or rejected entries are striked.

Note: this index is still under construction and may continue to be for a long time. It's based on the latest version of the list, so most of removed or rejected entries need to be added anew.

Biography

Actors, dancers and models

1. Bernhardt, Sarah - 1, 2, 3
2. Chaplin, Charlie - 1, 2, 3
3. Dietrich, Marlene - 1, 2
4. Monroe, Marilyn - 1, 2

Artists and architects

1. Le Corbusier - /
2. Dalí, Salvador - /
3. Dürer, Albrecht - 1, 2
4. Gogh, Vincent van - 1
5. Goya, Francisco de - 1
6. Hokusai, Katsushika - 1, 2
7. Kahlo, Frida - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
8. Leonardo da Vinci - 1, 2, 3
9. Matisse, Henri - 1
10. Michelangelo - 1, 2
11. Picasso, Pablo - 1, 2, 3, 4
12. Raphael - 1, 2, 3
13. Rembrandt - 1
14. Rubens, Peter Paul - 1, 2
15. Sinan, Mimar - 1, 2, 3, 4
16. Velázquez, Diego - 1
17. Warhol, Andy - /
18. Wright, Frank Lloyd - 1

Authors, playwrights and poets

1. Abu Nuwas
2. Andersen, Hans Christian
3. Basho
4. Borges, Jorge Luis
5. Byron, George
6. Cervantes, Miguel de
7. Chaucer, Geoffrey
8. Chekhov, Anton
9. Dante Alighieri
10. Dickens, Charles
11. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
12. García Márquez, Gabriel
13. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
14. Hafez
15. Homer
16. Hugo, Victor
17. Joyce, James
18. Kafka, Franz
19. Kalidasa
20. Li Bai
21. Naguib Mahfouz
22. Moliere
23. Ovid
24. Proust, Marcel
25. Pushkin, Alexander
26. Shakespeare, William
27. Sophocles
28. Tagore, Rabindranath
29. Tolstoy, Leo
30. Twain, Mark
31. Virgil

Composers and musicians

1. Armstrong, Louis
2. Bach, Johann Sebastian
3. Beatles, The
4. Beethoven, Ludwig van
5. Brahms, Johannes
6. Chopin, Frédéric
7. Dvořák, Antonín
8. Handel, Georg Frideric
9. Haydn, Joseph
10. Mahler, Gustav
11. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
12. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
13. Piaf, Édith
14. Presley, Elvis
15. Puccini, Giacomo
16. Schubert, Franz
17. Stravinsky, Igor
18. Tchaikovsky, Petr
19. Verdi, Giuseppe
20. Vivaldi, Antonio
21. Wagner, Richard

Explorers and travelers

1. Amundsen, Roald
2. Armstrong, Neil
3. Cartier, Jacques
4. Columbus, Christopher
5. Cook, James
6. Cortés, Hernán
7. Gagarin, Yuri
8. da Gama, Vasco
9. Hillary, Edmund - 1
10. Ibn Battuta
11. Magellan, Ferdinand
12. Polo, Marco
13. Zheng He

Film directors and screenwriters

1. Bergman, Ingmar
2. Disney, Walt
3. Eisenstein, Sergei
4. Fellini, Federico
5. Hitchcock, Alfred
6. Kubrick, Stanley
7. Kurosawa, Akira
8. Ray, Satyajit
9. Spielberg, Steven

Inventors, scientists and mathematicians

1. Archimedes
2. Avicenna
3. Berners-Lee, Tim
4. Brahmagupta
5. Cai Lun - 1
6. Copernicus, Nicolaus
7. Curie, Marie
8. Darwin, Charles
9. Edison, Thomas
10. Einstein, Albert
11. Euclid
12. Euler, Leonhard
13. Faraday, Michael
14. Fermi, Enrico
15. Ford, Henry
16. Galen
17. Galileo Galilei
18. Gauss, Carl Friedrich
19. Gutenberg, Johannes
20. Hilbert, David
21. Joule, James Prescott
22. Kepler, Johannes
23. al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa
24. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
25. Linnaeus, Carl
26. Maxwell, James Clerk
27. Mendeleev, Dmitri
28. Newton, Sir Isaac
29. Pasteur, Louis
30. Planck, Max
31. Rutherford, Ernest
32. Schrödinger, Erwin
33. Tesla, Nikola
34. Turing, Alan
35. Watt, James

Philosophers and social scientists

1. Aristotle
2. Beauvoir, Simone de
3. Chanakya
4. Chomsky, Noam
5. Confucius
6. Descartes, René
7. Freud, Sigmund
8. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
9. Ibn Khaldun
10. Kant, Immanuel
11. Keynes, John Maynard
12. Laozi
13. Locke, John
14. Machiavelli, Niccolo
15. Marx, Karl
16. Nietzsche, Friedrich
17. Plato
18. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
19. Sartre, Jean-Paul
20. Sima Qian
21. Smith, Adam
22. Socrates
23. Voltaire
24. Weber, Max
25. Wittgenstein, Ludwig
26. Zhu Xi

Political leaders

1. Akbar
2. Alexander the Great
3. Ashoka
4. Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal
5. Augustus
6. von Bismarck, Otto
7. Bolívar, Simón
8. Bonaparte, Napoleon
9. Caesar, Julius
10. Chiang Kai-shek - 1
11. Charlemagne
12. Churchill, Winston
13. Constantine the Great
14. Cyrus the Great
15. de Gaulle, Charles
16. Elizabeth I of England
17. Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
18. Genghis Khan
19. Guevara, Che
20. Hitler, Adolf
21. Joan of Arc
22. King, Martin Luther, Jr.
23. Lenin, Vladimir
24. Lincoln, Abraham
25. Louis XIV
26. Luxemburg, Rosa
27. Mandela, Nelson
28. Mao Zedong
29. Nehru, Jawaharlal
30. Nkrumah, Kwame
31. Peter the Great
32. Qin Shi Huang
33. Roosevelt, Franklin D.
34. Saladin
35. Stalin, Joseph
36. Suleiman the Magnificent
37. Sun Yat-sen
38. Tamerlane
39. Umar
40. Washington, George
41. Wu Zetian - 1

Religious figures and theologians

1. Abraham
2. Aquinas, Thomas
3. Augustine of Hippo
4. Buddha
5. Al-Ghazali
6. Jesus
7. Luther, Martin
8. Moses
9. Mother Teresa - 1
10. Muhammad
11. Paul the Apostle

Philosophy and psychology

Philosophy

1. Beauty
2. Dialectic
3. Ethics
4. Epistemology
5. Feminism
6. Free will
7. Knowledge
8. Logic
9. Mind
10. Philosophy
11. Probability
12. Reality
13. Truth

Psychology

1. Behavior
2. Emotion
3. Love
4. Psychology
5. Thought

Religion

World view and religion

1. God
2. Mythology
3. Worldview philosophies
   1. Atheism
   2. Fundamentalism
   3. Materialism
   4. Monotheism
   5. Polytheism
4. Soul
5. Religion
6. Specific religions
   1. Buddhism
   2. Christianity
      1. Catholic Church
   3. Confucianism
   4. Hinduism
      1. Trimurti
   5. Islam
      1. Shia Islam
   6. Jainism
   7. Judaism
   8. Sikhism
   9. Taoism
   10. Zoroastrianism
7. Spiritual practices
   1. Sufism
   2. Yoga
   3. Zen

Social sciences

1. Society
2. Civilization
3. Education

Family and relationships

1. Family
2. Child
3. Man
4. Marriage
5. Woman

Politics

1. Politics
2. Anarchism
3. Colonialism
4. Communism
5. Conservatism
6. Democracy
7. Dictatorship
8. Diplomacy
9. Fascism
10. Globalization
11. Government
12. Ideology
13. Imperialism
14. Liberalism
15. Marxism
16. Monarchy
17. Nationalism
18. Oligarchy - 1
19. Republic
20. Socialism
21. State (polity)
22. Political party
23. Propaganda
24. Terrorism

Business and economics

1. Economics
2. Capital
3. Capitalism
4. Currency
   1. Euro
   2. Japanese yen
   3. United States dollar
5. Industry
6. Money
7. Tax

Law

1. Law
2. Constitution

International organizations

1. African Union
2. Arab League
3. ASEAN
4. Commonwealth of Independent States
5. Commonwealth of Nations
6. European Union
7. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
8. NATO
9. Nobel Prize
10. OPEC
11. United Nations
    1. International Court of Justice
    2. International Monetary Fund
    3. UNESCO
    4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    5. World Health Organization
12. World Bank
13. World Trade Organization

War and military

1. Civil war
2. Military
   1. Military rank - 1
3. Peace
4. War

Social issues

1. Abortion
2. Capital punishment
3. Human rights
4. Racism
5. Slavery

Language and literature

1. Language
2. Specific languages
   1. Arabic
   2. Bengali - 1
   3. Chinese - 1
      1. Mandarin Chinese - 1
   4. English
   5. Esperanto
   6. French
   7. German
   8. Greek
   9. Hebrew
   10. Hindi-Urdu
   11. Japanese
   12. Latin
   13. Persian
   14. Portuguese - 1
   15. Russian
   16. Sanskrit
   17. Spanish
   18. Swahili
   19. Turkish
3. Linguistics
4. Grammar
5. Word
   1. Phoneme
   2. Syllable
6. Writing system
   1. Arabic alphabet
   2. Chinese characters
   3. Cyrillic script
   4. Greek alphabet
   5. Hangul
   6. Latin alphabet
7. Literacy
8. Translation
9. Literature
   1. Prose
   2. The Art of War
   3. Fiction
      1. Aesop's Fables - 1
      2. One Thousand and One Nights
   4. Novel
      1. Dream of the Red Chamber - 1
      2. The Tale of Genji
   5. Poetry
      1. Epic of Gilgamesh
      2. Iliad
      3. Mahabharata
      4. Shahnama

Science

1. Science
2. Nature

Astronomy

1. Astronomy
2. Asteroid
3. Big Bang
4. Black hole
5. Comet
6. Galaxy
   1. Milky Way
7. Moon
8. Planet
   1. Earth
   2. Jupiter
   3. Mars
   4. Mercury
   5. Neptune
   6. Saturn
   7. Uranus
   8. Venus
9. Solar System
10. Spaceflight
11. Star
    1. Sun
12. Universe

Biology

1. Biology
2. Biological materials
   1. DNA
   2. Enzyme
   3. Protein
3. Botany
4. Death
   1. Suicide
5. Ecology - 1
   1. Endangered species
6. Domestication
7. Life
8. Biological classification
   1. Species

Biological processes

1. Metabolism
   1. Digestion
   2. Photosynthesis
   3. Breathing
2. Evolution
3. Reproduction
   1. Pregnancy
   2. Sex

Anatomy

1. Anatomy - 1
2. Breast
3. Cell
4. Circulatory system
   1. Blood
   2. Heart
5. Endocrine system
6. Human gastrointestinal tract
   1. Large intestine
   2. Small intestine
   3. Liver
7. Muscle
8. Nervous system
   1. Brain
   2. Sensory system
      1. Ear
      2. Nose
      3. Eye
9. Reproductive system
10. Respiratory system
    1. Lung
11. Skeleton
12. Skin

Health and medicine

1. Medicine - 1
2. Addiction
3. Alzheimer's disease
4. Cancer
5. Cardiovascular disease - 1
6. Cholera
7. Common cold
8. Dentistry
9. Disability
   1. Blindness
   2. Deafness
   3. Mental disorder
10. Disease
11. Pharmaceutical drug
12. Ethanol
13. Nicotine
    1. Tobacco
14. Health
15. Headache
16. Immune system
17. Heart attack
18. Malaria
19. Malnutrition
20. Menstruation
21. Obesity
22. Pandemic
23. Antibacterial
    1. Penicillin
24. Pneumonia
25. Poliomyelitis
26. Sexually transmitted disease
    1. AIDS
27. Stroke
28. Tuberculosis
29. Diabetes mellitus
30. Virus
    1. Influenza
    2. Smallpox

Organisms

1. Organism
2. Animal
   1. Nematode
   2. Mollusc
   3. Arthropod
      1. Insect
         1. Ant
         2. Bee
         3. Mosquito
      2. Spider
   4. Chordate
      1. Amphibian
      2. Bird - 1
         1. Chicken - 1
         2. Domestic duck - 1
         3. Pigeons and doves
      3. Fish
         1. Shark
      4. Mammal
         1. Camel
         2. Cat
         3. Cattle
         4. Dog
         5. Elephant
         6. Horse
         7. Sheep
         8. Rodent
         9. Domestic pig
         10. Primate
             1. Human
         11. Whales, dolphins and porpoises
      5. Reptile
         1. Dinosaur
         2. Snake
3. Archaea
4. Bacteria
5. Fungus
6. Plant
   1. Flower
   2. Tree
7. Protist

Chemistry

1. Chemistry - 1
2. Inorganic chemistry
3. Biochemistry
4. Chemical compound
   1. Acid
   2. Base (chemistry)
   3. Salt
5. Chemical element
   1. Periodic table
   2. Aluminium
   3. Carbon
   4. Copper
   5. Gold
   6. Hydrogen
   7. Iron
   8. Nitrogen
   9. Oxygen
   10. Silver
   11. Tin
6. Organic chemistry
   1. Alcohol
   2. Carbohydrate
   3. Hormone
   4. Lipid
7. Molecule
8. Analytical chemistry
9. Physical chemistry

Earth science

1. Avalanche
2. Climate
   1. El Nino–Southern Oscillation
   2. Global warming
3. Earthquake
4. Geology
   1. Mineral
      1. Diamond
   2. Plate tectonics
   3. Rock
5. Natural disaster
   1. Flood
   2. Tsunami
6. Volcano - 1
7. Weather
   1. Cloud
   2. Rain
   3. Snow
   4. Tornado
   5. Tropical cyclone
   6. Wind

Physics

1. Physics
2. Acceleration
3. Atom
4. Energy
   1. Conservation of energy
5. Electromagnetic radiation
   1. Infrared
   2. Ultraviolet
   3. Light
      1. Color
6. Classical mechanics
7. Force
   1. Electromagnetism
      1. Magnetic field
   2. Gravitation
   3. Strong interaction
   4. Weak interaction
8. Magnet
9. Mass
10. Metal
    1. Steel
11. Nuclear fission
12. State of matter
    1. Gas
    2. Liquid
    3. Plasma
    4. Solid
13. Quantum mechanics
14. Radioactive decay
15. General relativity
16. Special relativity
17. Semiconductor
18. Sound
19. Velocity
    1. Speed of light
20. Temperature
21. Time
22. Thermodynamics
23. Vacuum

Measurement and units

1. Measurement
2. Kilogram
3. Litre
4. Metre
5. International System of Units
6. Second

Timekeeping

1. Calendar
   1. Chinese calendar - 1
   2. Julian calendar - 1
   3. Islamic calendar - 1
   4. Gregorian calendar
2. Clock
3. Day
4. Time zone
5. Year

Foodstuffs

1. Food
2. Bread
3. Cereal
   1. Barley
   2. Maize
   3. Oat
   4. Rice
   5. Rye
   6. Sorghum
   7. Wheat
4. Cheese
5. Chocolate
6. Honey
7. Fruit
   1. Apple
   2. Banana
   3. Grape
   4. Soybean
   5. Lemon
   6. Nut (fruit)
8. Meat
9. Sugar
10. Vegetable
    1. Potato

Beverages

1. Beer
2. Coffee
3. Juice
4. Milk
5. Tea
6. Water
7. Wine

Mathematics

1. Mathematics
2. Algebra
   1. Linear algebra
3. Arithmetic - 1
   1. Logarithm
4. Coordinate system
5. Mathematical analysis
   1. Differential equation
   2. Numerical analysis
6. Equation
7. Function (mathematics)
8. Geometry
   1. Angle
   2. Area
   3. Pi
   4. Pythagorean theorem
   5. Symmetry
   6. Trigonometry
9. Mathematical proof
10. Number
    1. Complex number
    2. Number theory
11. Infinity
12. Set theory
13. Statistics - 1

Technology

1. Technology
2. Biotechnology
3. Clothing
   1. Cotton
   2. Silk - 1
4. Engineering
   1. Machine
   2. Robot
   3. Screw
   4. Wheel
5. Agriculture
   1. Fishery - 1
   2. Forestry - 1
   3. Irrigation
   4. Plough
6. Metallurgy
7. Nanotechnology
8. Pottery - 1

Communication

1. Communication
2. Book
3. Information
   1. Encyclopedia
4. Journalism
   1. Newspaper
   2. Mass media
5. Printing
6. Telephone

Electronics

1. Electronics
   1. Electric current
   2. Frequency
2. Components
   1. Capacitor
   2. Inductor
   3. Transistor
   4. Diode
   5. Resistor
   6. Transformer

Computers and Internet

1. Computer - 1
   1. Hard disk drive
   2. Central processing unit
2. Artificial intelligence
3. Information technology
   1. Algorithm
4. Internet
   1. Email
   2. World Wide Web
5. Operating system
6. Programming language
7. Software

Energy and fuels

1. Renewable energy
2. Electricity
   1. Nuclear power
3. Fossil fuel
4. Internal combustion engine
5. Steam engine
6. Fire

Materials

1. Ceramic - 1
2. Glass
3. Paper
4. Plastic
5. Wood

Transportation

1. Transport
2. Aircraft
3. Automobile
4. Bicycle
5. Boat - 1
6. Bus - 1
7. Submarine
8. Ship - 1
9. Train

Weapons

1. Weapon
   1. Bow and arrow - 1
   2. Missile - 1
   3. Sword
   4. Firearm
      1. Machine gun
   5. Nuclear weapon
2. Tank
3. Explosive material
   1. Gunpowder

Arts and recreation

1. Culture
2. Art
   1. Comics
   2. Painting
   3. Photography
   4. Sculpture
   5. Pottery
3. Dance
4. Fashion
5. Theatre
6. Calligraphy

Architecture and civil engineering

1. Architecture
2. Arch
3. Bridge
4. Canal
5. Dam
6. Dome
7. House
8. Specific structures
   1. Angkor Wat
   2. Colosseum
   3. Great Wall of China
   4. Eiffel Tower
   5. Empire State Building
   6. Hagia Sophia
   7. Parthenon
   8. Giza Necropolis
   9. St. Peter's Basilica
   10. Statue of Liberty
   11. Taj Mahal
   12. Three Gorges Dam
9. Pyramid
10. Tower

Film, radio, television and theatre

1. Broadway theatre - 1
2. Film
   1. Animation
      1. Anime
   2. Hollywood - 1
3. Radio
4. Television

Music

1. Music
2. Song
3. Specific music genres
   1. Blues
   2. Classical music
      1. Opera
      2. Symphony
   3. Electronic music
   4. Flamenco
   5. Hip hop
   6. Jazz
   7. Reggae
   8. Rock music
   9. Samba
4. Specific musical instruments
   1. Drum
   2. Flute
   3. Guitar
   4. Piano
   5. Trumpet
   6. Violin

Recreation

1. Game
   1. Backgammon
   2. Chess
   3. Go (game)
2. Gambling
3. Martial arts
   1. Karate
   2. Judo
4. Olympic Games
5. Sport
   1. Athletics
   2. Auto racing
   3. Baseball
   4. Basketball
   5. Cricket
   6. Association football
   7. Golf
   8. Rugby
   9. Table tennis - 1
   10. Tennis - 1
   11. Volleyball - 1
6. Toy

History and geography

History

1. History

Prehistory and ancient world

1. Prehistory
2. Stone Age
3. Bronze Age
4. Iron Age
5. Mesopotamia
6. Achaemenid Empire - 1
7. Maurya Empire - 1
8. Ancient Egypt
9. Ancient Greece
10. Roman Empire
11. Han Dynasty - 1
12. Warring States period - 1
13. Gupta Empire
14. Sasanian Empire - 1

Middle Ages and Early Modern

1. Abbasid Caliphate - 1
2. Age of Enlightenment
3. Aztec
4. Byzantine Empire
5. Crusades
6. Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) - 1
7. Gupta Empire - 1
8. Holy Roman Empire
9. Hundred Years' War
10. Kievan Rus' - 1
11. Middle Ages
12. Mongol Empire - 1
13. Ming Dynasty
14. Mughal Empire - 1
15. Ottoman Empire - 1
16. Protestant Reformation
17. Renaissance
18. Sengoku period - 1
19. Thirty Years' War
20. Umayyad Caliphate - 1
21. Tang Dynasty - 1
22. Vikings

Modern

1. Arab-Israeli conflict
2. American Civil War
3. Apartheid
4. British Empire
5. Chinese Civil War - 1
6. Cold War
7. Cultural Revolution
8. French Revolution
9. Great Depression
10. Great Leap Forward - 1
11. The Holocaust
12. Industrial Revolution
13. Nazi Germany
14. Meiji Restoration
15. Russian Revolution
16. Soviet Union - 1
17. Qing Dynasty
18. Treaty of Versailles
19. Vietnam War
20. World War I
21. World War II

Geography

This section is for geographical concepts and for specific places.

1. Geography
2. City
3. Continent
4. Forest
5. Mountain
6. Desert
7. North Pole
8. Ocean
9. River
10. Sea
11. South Pole

Continents and major regions

1. Africa
2. Antarctica
3. Asia
4. Europe
5. Middle East
6. North America
7. Oceania
8. South America

Countries

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Argentina
4. Australia
5. Austria
6. Bangladesh
7. Brazil
8. Canada
9. China
10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Cuba
12. Egypt
13. Ethiopia
14. France
15. Germany
16. India
17. Indonesia
18. Iran
19. Iraq
20. Israel
21. Italy
22. Japan
23. Mexico
24. Netherlands
25. New Zealand
26. Nigeria
27. Pakistan
28. Poland
29. Portugal
30. Russia
31. Saudi Arabia
32. Singapore
33. South Africa
34. South Korea
35. Spain
36. Sudan
37. Switzerland
38. Tanzania
39. Thailand
40. Turkey
41. Ukraine
42. United Kingdom
43. United States
44. Vatican City
45. Venezuela
46. Vietnam

Cities

1. Amsterdam
2. Athens
3. Baghdad
4. Bangkok
5. Beijing
6. Berlin
7. Bogotá
8. Brussels
9. Buenos Aires - 1
10. Cairo - 1
11. Cape Town
12. Damascus
13. Delhi - 1
14. Dhaka - 1
15. Dubai
16. Hong Kong
17. Istanbul
18. Jakarta - 1
19. Jerusalem
20. Karachi - 1
21. Kinshasa
22. Kolkata
23. Lagos - 1
24. Lima - 1
25. London
26. Los Angeles
27. Madrid
28. Manila - 1
29. Mecca
30. Mexico City - 1
31. Moscow
32. Mumbai - 1
33. Nairobi
34. New York City
35. Paris
36. Rio de Janeiro
37. Rome
38. Saint Petersburg
39. Sao Paulo - 1
40. Seoul - 1
41. Shanghai
42. Sydney
43. Tehran - 1
44. Tokyo
45. Vienna
46. Washington, D.C.

Bodies of water

1. Amazon River
2. Arctic Ocean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. Baltic Sea
5. Black Sea
6. Caribbean Sea
7. Caspian Sea
8. Congo River
9. Danube
10. Ganges
11. Great Barrier Reef
12. Great Lakes
13. Indian Ocean
14. Indus River
15. Lake Baikal
16. Lake Tanganyika
17. Lake Victoria
18. Mediterranean Sea
19. Mississippi River
20. Niger River
21. Nile
22. North Sea
23. Pacific Ocean
24. Panama Canal
25. Rhine
26. Suez Canal
27. Southern Ocean
28. Volga River
29. Yangtze River
30. Yellow River

Mountains and deserts

1. Alps
2. Andes
3. Himalayas
   1. Mount Everest
4. Mount Kilimanjaro
5. Rocky Mountains
6. Sahara