This page details the progress of the WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles. It is intended to give a general overview of the contribution and progress of this project. While it is regularly updated, it may not be completely up to date. Check the individual project pages for a more accurate estimate of progress. Greyed out projects have been completed. Through the life of this project about 290,000 links have been verified and removed or about 225 per day. (Estimate based on June 26, 2007 numbers).
Progress report
Estimates for finish dates may be very inaccurate for inactive projects and are optimistic for projects that require pruning of an initial list.
Type | Name | Starting count | Missing count | Percent complete | Date started | Date finished/Est. finish | Days elapsed | Topics per day |
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General | 1911 Britannica | 14,707 | 0 | 100% | December 5, 2004 | February 27, 2006 | 0 | 0 |
General | 1911 verification | 22,272 | 21,195 | 4.8% | February 27, 2006 | May 14, 2215 | 0 | 0 |
General | General encyclopedic topics | 77,877 | 14,771 | 81% | March 6, 2004 | February 8, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
General | Hotlist of topics | 72,625 | 10,247 | 85.9% | September 1, 2005 | January 6, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
General | List of 2007 Macropædia articles | 699 | 659 | 5.7% | November 17, 2006 | January 30, 2171 | 0 | 0 |
General | Nuttall Encyclopedia | 16,000 | 0 | 100% | April 10, 2005 | November 10, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×2004 | 607 | 0 | 100% | July 25, 2005 | October 23, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911x2004xNuttall | 28 | 0 | 100% | July 25, 2005 | July 28, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×Biographies | 10 | 0 | 100% | September 7, 2005 | September 15, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×Catholic | 103 | 0 | 100% | August 31, 2005 | February 10, 2006 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×Hotlist topics | 78 | 0 | 100% | September 8, 2005 | October 20, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×General encyclopedic topics | 251 | 0 | 100% | August 30, 2005 | November 24, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911×Music | 62 | 0 | 100% | August 31, 2005 | December 19, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 1911xNuttall | 174 | 0 | 100% | July 26, 2005 | August 9, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | 2004×Encarta | 524 | 0 | 100% | July 30, 2005 | January 4, 2006 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | Gutenberg authors×misc | 78 | 0 | 100% | September 30, 2005 | October 15, 2005 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | Top list | 142 | 0 | 100% | January 14, 2006 | March 30, 2007 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | General×Hotlist | 977 | 0 | 100% | September 23, 2005 | March 6, 2010 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | List of encyclopedia topics×music | 161 | 0 | 100% | December 25, 2005 | February 7, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Crossover | Most wanted | 261,875 | 515 | 99.8% | June 16, 2007 | April 16, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Catholic Encyclopedia | 12,502 | 1,725 | 86.2% | August 3, 2005 | December 26, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Easton's Bible Dictionary | 3,964 | 475 | 88% | September 12, 2005 | September 18, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Evangelical Dictionary of Theology | 855 | 174 | 79.6% | June 29, 2005 | January 11, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Gardening for the Million | 1,222 | 0 | 100% | August 18, 2006 | June 20, 2007 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Grocer's Encyclopedia | 1,755 | 174 | 90.1% | November 8, 2005 | June 3, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Jewish Encyclopedia | 15,298 | 9,329 | 39% | June 28, 2005 | February 16, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Literary Encyclopedia | 2,510 | 455 | 81.9% | November 26, 2005 | July 28, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Planet Math | 25,069 | 13,774 | 45.1% | August 1, 2005 | April 24, 2029 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | NIST Algorithms | 1,450 | 390 | 73.1% | August 12, 2005 | March 13, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Aircraft encyclopedia topics | 3,959 | 151 | 96.2% | March 27, 2007 | August 19, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Missing Aircraft articles | 4,942 | 2,641 | 46.6% | April 6, 2009 | April 27, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Music Encyclopedia topics | 46,082 | 32,681 | 29.1% | June 25, 2005 | August 5, 2042 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Global Glossary of the Greco-Roman World | 150 | 140 | 6.7% | June 23, 2007 | June 21, 2139 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Movie Guide | 412 | 248 | 39.8% | June 21, 2010 | January 19, 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Art & Architecture | 13,669 | 4,417 | 67.7% | November 10, 2005 | March 31, 2021 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Electronics | 392 | 184 | 53.1% | December 11, 2005 | May 31, 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of History of Ideas | 340 | 13 | 96.2% | November 10, 2005 | September 8, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Mythology & Folklore | 17,346 | 7,459 | 57% | November 13, 2005 | February 16, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Plants | 3,858 | 2,518 | 34.7% | December 22, 2006 | October 1, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Biographies | 11,089 | 0 | 100% | September 4, 2005 | April 23, 2009 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Britannica's Black History biographies | 756 | 0 | 100% | October 20, 2005 | March 20, 2007 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Dictionary of New Zealand Bio | 3,049 | 166 | 94.6% | October 20, 2005 | November 16, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Bio of English Lit | 1,663 | 0 | 100% | March 12, 2006 | April 22, 2010 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Find-A-Grave famous people | 46,698 | 6,681 | 85.7% | October 17, 2005 | January 9, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | MacTutor archive bios | 1,869 | 97 | 94.8% | August 25, 2005 | November 8, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Project Gutenberg authors | 6,004 | 2,500 | 58.4% | September 27, 2005 | October 16, 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | List of Poles | 25,000 | 24,555 | 1.8% | May 9, 2005 | December 3, 2618 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | World Cat | 1,500 | 37 | 97.5% | April 17, 2007 | July 2, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | DNB | 30,000 | 750 | 97.5% | August 17, 2007 | June 30, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Dictionary of National Biography | 1,500 | 37 | 97.5% | November 1, 2007 | June 27, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | List of thinkers on education | 112 | 0 | 100% | October 22, 2008 | August 23, 2010 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | 1919 Bartlett's Quotations | 110 | 0 | 100% | February 23, 2007 | December 1, 2008 | 0 | 0 |
Medical | Medical subject headings | 22,568 | 22,568 | 0% | May 8, 2006 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
Medical | Genome glossary | 449 | 0 | 100% | November 26, 2006 | December 21, 2014 | 0 | 0 |
Medical | Cancer dictionary | 5,004 | 971 | 80.6% | November 26, 2006 | July 13, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Medical | Diseases | 5,647 | 3,623 | 35.8% | January 13, 2006 | August 9, 2034 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Missing mammal species | 652 | 0 | 100% | October 3, 2007 | December 21, 2014 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Citizendium list of missing articles | 442 | 35 | 92.1% | August 8, 2007 | January 7, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Colleges and Universities | 3,593 | 417 | 88.4% | January 13, 2006 | August 14, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | High Schools | 22,188 | 10,432 | 53% | October 28, 2005 | July 19, 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | List of large companies | 700 | 0 | 100% | October 27, 2005 | November 1, 2010 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Notable albums | 2,972 | 0 | 100% | November 8, 2005 | August 8, 2009 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Notable books | 6,284 | 3,473 | 44.7% | December 22, 2005 | December 31, 2028 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Books on History of medicine | 376 | 235 | 37.5% | December 6, 2005 | July 7, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Books in Portuguese | 400 | 347 | 13.3% | November 1, 2006 | January 30, 2078 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Notable films | 1,914 | 0 | 100% | November 7, 2005 | March 12, 2009 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Notable songs | 7,028 | 831 | 88.2% | December 19, 2005 | August 28, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Quiz Bowl answers | 1,444 | 0 | 100% | July 1, 2005 | October 6, 2011 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Stanford Archive answers | 39,452 | 915 | 97.7% | December 19, 2008 | June 12, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | TV shows | 10,720 | 2,610 | 75.7% | November 17, 2005 | August 15, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | US newspapers | 7,363 | 6,099 | 17.2% | November 13, 2005 | June 27, 2066 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | US TV stations | 2,084 | 0 | 100% | November 10, 2005 | December 21, 2014 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Major towns and cities | 125 | 0 | 100% | December 17, 2006 | July 15, 2008 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Patent glossary | 527 | 171 | 67.6% | November 1, 2006 | October 22, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Missing Dictionaries | 52 | 46 | 11.5% | December 7, 2006 | November 23, 2087 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Academic Journals | 12,850 | 8,261 | 35.7% | November 25, 2006 | February 24, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | American politicians | 4,376 | 1,119 | 74.4% | January 5, 2006 | October 20, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | Australian politicians | 373 | 0 | 100% | January 5, 2006 | April 5, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | Canadian politicians | 1,570 | 0 | 100% | January 8, 2006 | July 15, 2014 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | Canadian politicians 2 | 570 | 0 | 100% | January 22, 2006 | December 20, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | German politicians | 2,900 | 2,800 | 3.4% | January 11, 2006 | February 22, 2303 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | Miscellaneous Politicians | 1,508 | 861 | 42.9% | September 3, 2006 | January 19, 2029 | 0 | 0 |
General | Totals (includes duplicates) | 634,262 | 220,823 | 65.2% | March 6, 2004 | September 26, 2022 | 0 | 0 |