By popular demand, more or less ... This is begun December 4, 2004, to be a list of maybe about 100 core subjects, that for example would go in a "release" version of Wikipedia. It is small to be tightly focused.
Articles on individual countries are core topics, but beyond the scope of this list because there are so many and their value is clear.
At least as a rule of thumb, biographies are beyond the scope of this list, because there are multitudes and their value when considered individually is too subjective.
Other contenders for core articles include articles on the English language, timelines, maps and any reference material
This is a work in progress. And the list started out closer to 150 than 100, but I hope it will at least not go past 200.
:Maybe we should start sorting these into if they meet the Wikipedia 1.0 or 0.5 Standard or not. If you want me to get started on that, I can soon. --Randy Johnston 02:00, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
==List==
===A-===
#Advertising
#Africa
#Agriculture
#Aviation
#Algebra
#Analysis
#Animation
#Antarctica
#Animal or Zoology
#Anthropology
#Applied_science
#Archeology
#Architecture
#Arithmetic
#Art
#Arts
#Asia
#Astronomy
#Australia
#Automobile
#Biology -- B?
#Biotechnology -- Usable, relatively short, much of it is a list, no references.
#Botany -- Usable, relatively short, much of it is a list.
#Buddhism -- B?, could probably be trimmed.
#Business -- Usable, relatively short, no references.
#Chemistry -- C?, needs references.
#Christianity --B?
#Climate -- -- Usable, relatively short, much of it is a list, no references.
#Clothing -- C?, needs references.
#Communication -- Usable, relatively short, no references.
#Community -- Usable, relatively short, no references.
#Computer -- C?, needs references.
#Computer_science -- Usable, much of it is a list, needs references.
#Country -- C?, short but that might be OK, needs references.
#Crafts -- Usable, short, much of it is a list, needs references.
#Crime -- C?, needs references.
#Culture -- C?, needs breadth, inordinate attention given to definition.
#Dance -- B?
#Demographics -- B?
#Drama -- C?, needs references, expansion.
#Drawing -- B?
#Earth_sciences -- Stubby.
#Ecology -- C?, needs references.
#Economics -- B-?, could use more references.
#Education -- B-?, could use more references.
#Electronics -- Usable, much is a list, needs references.
#English_language -- B?
#Engineering -- B?
#Entertainment -- Stub, list.
#Environment -- Stubby.
#Equation -- Stub.
#Ethnic_groups -- Usable, short, needs references.
#Europe -- C?, needs references.
#Family -- C?
#Festivals -- Stub.
#Fiction -- Usable, short, needs references.
#Film -- B?
#Finance -- C?, needs references.
#Food_and_drink -- Usable, short, needs references.
#Game -- C?
#Gambling -- B?
#Gender -- B?
#Geography -- C?
#Geometry -- C?, needs references.
#Government -- C?, needs references.
#Health -- Stubby.
#Heuristics -- C?
#Hinduism -- B?
#Historiography -- C?
#History -- C?, needs references.
#History_of_the_world -- C?, needs references.
#Hobbies -- Stubby.
#Home -- Stub.
#Housing -- Usable, short, needs references.
#Human -- B?, maybe should be trimmed.
#Humanities -- Stubby.
#Humour -- C?, needs more references.
#Industry -- Stubby.
#Information_science -- Stubby.
#Internet -- C?, needs more references.
#Islam -- B?
===J-===
#Judaism
#Landforms
#Language
#Law
#Leisure
#Linguistics
#Literature
#Logic
#Manufacturing
#Maps
#Mass_media
#Mathematics
#Measurement
#Medicine
#Mind
#Mineral
#Movements
#Municipality
#Museums
#Music
#Mythology
#Nanotechnology
#Natural_hazard
#North_America
#Nuclear_technology
#Numbers
#Oceania
#Optics
#Organizations
#Painting
#Park
#Parties
#Personal_finance
#Performing_arts
#Personal_life
#Pet
#Philosophy
#Physics
#Plant or Botany
#Poetry
#Politics
#Popular_culture
#Proof
#Protoscience
#Publication
#Psychology
#Radio
#Rail
#Recreation
#Reference
#Religion
#Science
#Sculpture
#Sex
#Soccer
#Social_science
#Society
#Sociology
#Sound or Acoustics
#South_America
#Space
#Sport
#Statistics
#Technology
#Telecommunications
#Television
#Theorems
#Timelines
#Tools
#Tourism or Travel
#Toys
#Tradition
#Transportation
#Trigonometry
#Vehicles
#Visual_arts
#Weather
#Western_civilization
#War
#Watercraft
#Work
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