Vital articles are lists of subjects for which the English Wikipedia should have corresponding featured-class articles. They serve as centralized watchlists to track the status of Wikipedia's most important articles. There are approximately 1,000 articles listed on this page, which constitutes Level 3 of the vital articles list. All articles from higher levels are also included in lower levels. For example, all 100 subjects on the Level 2 list (shown on this page in bold font) are included here in Level 3. And the Level 2 list also includes the 10 subjects on Level 1 (shown on this page in bold italics). A Level 4 list of 10,000 articles and a Level 5 list of 50,000 articles are in the process of being created.
Articles are labelled as:
- Featured articles
- Former featured articles
- A-class articles
- Good articles
- Delisted good articles
- B-class articles
- C-class articles
- Start-class articles
- A full list is at Template:Icon/doc
These symbols and article counts are updated by Bot0612.
This list is tailored to the English-language Wikipedia. There is also a list of one thousand articles considered vital to Wikipedias of all languages, as well as Vital Article lists tailored to different Wikipedia languages accessible via the languages sidebar.
Articles should not be added or removed from this list without a consensus on the talk page. For more information on this list and the process for adding or removing articles, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
Contents
- 1 Current total (993 articles)
- 1.1 People (129 articles)
- 1.1.1 Politicians and leaders (26 articles)
- 1.1.2 Religious figures (9 articles)
- 1.1.3 Explorers (8 articles)
- 1.1.4 Businessman (1 article)
- 1.1.5 Philosophers and social scientists (17 articles)
- 1.1.6 Writers (20 articles)
- 1.1.7 Artists (9 articles)
- 1.1.8 Inventors and scientists (21 articles)
- 1.1.9 Mathematicians (9 articles)
- 1.1.10 Composers and musicians (7 articles)
- 1.1.11 Filmmakers (2 articles)
- 1.2 History (78 articles)
- 1.3 Geography (95 articles)
- 1.4 Arts (43 articles)
- 1.5 Philosophy and religion (57 articles)
- 1.6 Everyday life (56 articles)
- 1.7 Society and social sciences (142 articles)
- 1.8 Health, medicine and disease (41 articles)
- 1.9 Science (196 articles)
- 1.10 Technology (101 articles)
- 1.10.1 General (4 articles)
- 1.10.2 Energy (15 articles)
- 1.10.3 Tools and machinery (9 articles)
- 1.10.4 Materials (8 articles)
- 1.10.5 Media and communication (10 articles)
- 1.10.6 Computing and information technology (4 articles)
- 1.10.7 Electronics (4 articles)
- 1.10.8 Food and health (10 articles)
- 1.10.9 Optical (5 articles)
- 1.10.10 Transportation (6 articles)
- 1.10.11 Navigation and timekeeping (7 articles)
- 1.10.12 Weapons (7 articles)
- 1.10.13 Structures (8 articles)
- 1.10.14 Space (4 articles)
- 1.11 Mathematics (52 articles)
- 1.1 People (129 articles)
- 2 See also
- 3 View counts
Current total (993 articles)
Last updated by --Thi (talk) 09:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- Removed Frédéric Chopin per discussion.
- Removed Mathematical optimization per discussion.
- Removed Machu Picchu per discussion.
People (129 articles)
History (78 articles)
General (4 articles)History by region (9 articles)
History by subject (11 articles)
Prehistory (6 articles)
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Ancient history (15 articles)Post-classical history (13 articles)
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Modern history (20 articles)
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Geography (95 articles)
General (1 article)Continents and regions (10 articles)
Cities (19 articles)
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Countries (36 articles)
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Hydrologic features (16 articles)Terrestrial features (13 articles)
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Arts (43 articles)
General (2 articles)Artistic movements (4 articles)Architecture (5 articles)
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Literature (8 articles)Music (8 articles)
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Performing arts (6 articles)Visual arts (10 articles)
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Philosophy and religion (57 articles)
Philosophy (21 articles)
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Religion (15 articles)
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Specific religions (21 articles)
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Everyday life (56 articles)
General (4 articles)Family and kinship (9 articles)Sexuality and gender (5 articles)
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Food and drink (23 articles)
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Recreation and entertainment (15 articles)
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Society and social sciences (142 articles)
General (9 articles)Language (28 articles)
Psychology (16 articles)
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Politics and government (27 articles)Business and economics (25 articles)
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Social issues (33 articles)
Media (5 articles)
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Health, medicine and disease (41 articles)
Illness and injury (20 articles)
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Health, fitness, and medicine (12 articles)
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Drugs and medication (9 articles)
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Science (196 articles)
General (5 articles)Astronomy (26 articles)
Chemistry (31 articles)
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Biology (71 articles)
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Earth science (23 articles)Physics (40 articles)
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Technology (101 articles)
General (4 articles)Energy (15 articles)Tools and machinery (9 articles)Materials (8 articles)
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Media and communication (10 articles)Computing and information technology (4 articles)Electronics (4 articles)Food and health (10 articles)Optical (5 articles)
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Transportation (6 articles)Weapons (7 articles)Structures (8 articles)Space (4 articles)
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Mathematics (52 articles)
Basics (12 articles)
Arithmetic (8 articles)
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Geometry (16 articles)
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Other (16 articles)
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See also
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles
- Wikipedia:List of 100 Art concepts Wikipedia should have
- Wikipedia:Core culture and society topics
- Wikipedia:Core math, science and technology topics
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies
- Wikipedia:1,000 core topics (currently inactive)
- Category:Top-importance articles
- Automated classification of article importance - similar project on Wikimedia
View counts
- Vital articles sorted by number of views (July 2014)