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 | February 13, 2217 | 0 | 0 |
General | General encyclopedic topics | 77,877 | 14,771 | 81% | March 6, 2004 | March 18, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
General | Hotlist of topics | 72,625 | 10,247 | 85.9% | September 1, 2005 | February 11, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
General | List of 2007 Macropædia articles | 699 | 659 | 5.7% | November 17, 2006 | July 25, 2172 | 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 | May 17, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Catholic Encyclopedia | 12,502 | 1,725 | 86.2% | August 3, 2005 | January 31, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Easton's Bible Dictionary | 3,964 | 475 | 88% | September 12, 2005 | October 23, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Evangelical Dictionary of Theology | 855 | 174 | 79.6% | June 29, 2005 | February 19, 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 | July 7, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Jewish Encyclopedia | 15,298 | 9,329 | 39% | June 28, 2005 | May 7, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Literary Encyclopedia | 2,510 | 455 | 81.9% | November 26, 2005 | September 4, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Planet Math | 25,069 | 13,774 | 45.1% | August 1, 2005 | July 2, 2029 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | NIST Algorithms | 1,450 | 390 | 73.1% | August 12, 2005 | April 24, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Aircraft encyclopedia topics | 3,959 | 151 | 96.2% | March 27, 2007 | September 20, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Missing Aircraft articles | 4,942 | 2,641 | 46.6% | April 6, 2009 | July 3, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Music Encyclopedia topics | 46,082 | 32,681 | 29.1% | June 25, 2005 | November 20, 2042 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Global Glossary of the Greco-Roman World | 150 | 140 | 6.7% | June 23, 2007 | September 28, 2140 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized | Movie Guide | 412 | 248 | 39.8% | June 21, 2010 | April 7, 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Art & Architecture | 13,669 | 4,417 | 67.7% | November 10, 2005 | May 16, 2021 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Electronics | 392 | 184 | 53.1% | December 11, 2005 | July 28, 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of History of Ideas | 340 | 13 | 96.2% | November 10, 2005 | October 10, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Mythology & Folklore | 17,346 | 7,459 | 57% | November 13, 2005 | April 10, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Plants | 3,858 | 2,518 | 34.7% | December 22, 2006 | December 30, 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 | December 19, 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 | February 14, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | MacTutor archive bios | 1,869 | 97 | 94.8% | August 25, 2005 | December 11, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Project Gutenberg authors | 6,004 | 2,500 | 58.4% | September 27, 2005 | December 9, 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | List of Poles | 25,000 | 24,555 | 1.8% | May 9, 2005 | September 10, 2623 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | World Cat | 1,500 | 37 | 97.5% | April 17, 2007 | August 3, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | DNB | 30,000 | 750 | 97.5% | August 17, 2007 | August 1, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Biographies | Dictionary of National Biography | 1,500 | 37 | 97.5% | November 1, 2007 | July 29, 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 | August 21, 2018 | 0 | 0 |
Medical | Diseases | 5,647 | 3,623 | 35.8% | January 13, 2006 | November 3, 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 | February 10, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Colleges and Universities | 3,593 | 417 | 88.4% | January 13, 2006 | September 18, 2017 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | High Schools | 22,188 | 10,432 | 53% | October 28, 2005 | September 16, 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 | March 10, 2029 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Books on History of medicine | 376 | 235 | 37.5% | December 6, 2005 | September 27, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Books in Portuguese | 400 | 347 | 13.3% | November 1, 2006 | September 21, 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 | October 2, 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 | July 14, 2016 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | TV shows | 10,720 | 2,610 | 75.7% | November 17, 2005 | September 25, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | US newspapers | 7,363 | 6,099 | 17.2% | November 13, 2005 | December 25, 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 | December 7, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Missing Dictionaries | 52 | 46 | 11.5% | December 7, 2006 | August 17, 2088 | 0 | 0 |
Compiled lists | Academic Journals | 12,850 | 8,261 | 35.7% | November 25, 2006 | May 22, 2033 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | American politicians | 4,376 | 1,119 | 74.4% | January 5, 2006 | November 30, 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 | August 9, 2305 | 0 | 0 |
Politicians | Miscellaneous Politicians | 1,508 | 861 | 42.9% | September 3, 2006 | April 1, 2029 | 0 | 0 |
General | Totals (includes duplicates) | 634,262 | 220,823 | 65.2% | March 6, 2004 | November 12, 2022 | 0 | 0 |