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Our goal is to have all Vital articles achieving good article status by 2032.
Percentage of Vital Level 3 articles that are GA or FA: 19.7% complete | ||
- Why?
- Ask yourselves: why didn't you look up Wikipedia's articles about economy, Dmitri Mendeleev, man or land even though you know little about them? Simple, because they suck. Millions of people feel the same way too. This is not acceptable on our side and this must be changed by making these articles good.
- As for the ambitious timeline, it has to be. Making a goal too far into the future encourages people to become sluggish. Because the Wikipedia community has proved themselves capable of doing great things, this is a goal that is attainable. So let's do it.
- How?
- In short, by doing what Wikipedia excels in its early days: iterative improvements. Small quality edits add up to big improvements, ultimately making the article good enough to pass its good article nomination. In practice, we need to work on article-wide problems first (layout, images, maybe copyright violations, etc.) before focusing on the smaller details (citations, manual of style stuff, copyediting, etc.) We also need to concentrate editors' efforts efficiently; this is done here as a series of drives. Feel free to talk about your questions and concerns at our project's talk page.
Join us
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- CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 09:04, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Woop woop, I can be an early adopter — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 20:19, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Such ambition towards an insurmountable task...I like it. CollectiveSolidarity (talk) 04:07, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- DMT Biscuit (talk) 19:09, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- Might as well while I'm here LarstonMarston (talk) 07:08, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
- Whatever it takes... Aza24 (talk) 21:08, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
- Happy to help, this is a good goal. —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:10, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thebiguglyalien (talk) 06:35, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- Ahated (talk!) 09:59, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- More coordination and focus on key topics can only be a good thing. Jr8825 • Talk 16:07, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
- Qwertyu2244 (talk) 17:48, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- Zephyr the west wind (talk) 21:44, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
- Gusfriend (talk) 08:56, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
- Curbon7 (talk) 16:30, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
- ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:54, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
- 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 ⋅𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔⋅ 01:25, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- Cool mission. Love the space theme. — LumonRedacts 00:48, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Neato. DFlhb (talk) 11:40, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- Would love to help. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 22:44, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
- Very important LightProof1995 (talk) 03:19, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- YmTheSuper (talk) 08:54, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
- OliveYouBean (talk) 03:37, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
Awards
We have a good roster of awards given to those that help us advance the goal to make all Vital Articles GAs and FAs. These awards may be awarded by anyone to anyone worthy.
Barnstars
- {{Vital Barnstar}} – good old barnstar, given to those that have done a good job.
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Userboxes
- {{User Vital}} – for members of the project.
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- {{Vital userbox}} – good old userbox, given to those that have done a good job.
![]() | This user has received a Vital barnstar. |
- {{Good Vital infobox}} – Userbox for those that have successfully nominated a Vital good article.
![]() | This user has helped promote vital good articles on Wikipedia. |
- {{Featured Vital infobox}} – Userbox for those that have successfully nominated a Vital featured article.
![]() | This user has helped promote vital featured articles on Wikipedia. |
Dashboard
- Wikipedia:Database reports/Vital articles update report
- Backlog!Unassessed vital articles – 335 articles in total
- No backlogVital articles with unknown topic – 0 articles in total
Today's featured articles
Did you know
- 19 Oct 2022 – Yes (band) (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by LordPeterII (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2022 – Ai-Khanoum (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Onegreatjoke (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Oct 2022 – Overwatch (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 14 Oct 2022 – Republic of Crimea (talk · · hist) AfDed by Base (t · c) was closed as keep by HurricaneEdgar (t · c) on 19 Oct 2022; see discussion (14 participants)
Redirects for discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – European discovery (talk · · hist) →Age of Discovery was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – Renaissance exploration (talk · · hist) →Age of Discovery was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – Maritime discovery (talk · · hist) →Age of Discovery was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – Sergeant Garcia (talk · · hist) →Zorro was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – Never go to war with a noun (talk · · hist) →John Green was RfDed by Cerebral726 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – জন ওয়্যান গ্যাসি (talk · · hist) →John Wayne Gacy was RfDed by Extraordinary Writ (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2022 – H. Clinton (talk · · hist) →Hillary Clinton was RfDed by Champion (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2022 – 1 E96 (talk · · hist) →Density was RfDed by 192.76.8.77 (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2022 – TFYR (talk · · hist) →North Macedonia was RfDed by Joy (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2022 – TFYRM (talk · · hist) →North Macedonia was RfDed by Joy (t · c); see discussion
- (82 more...)
Files for discussion
- 17 Oct 2022 – File:Exorcist angiogram scene.webm (talk · · hist) (on The Exorcist) was FfDed by AtomCrusher (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Oct 2022 – File:EsquireMagazineJanuary2013cover.jpg (talk · · hist) (on Esquire (magazine)) was FfDed by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 16 Oct 2022 – Ai-Khanoum (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Aug 2022 – Tara Lipinski (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Figureskatingfan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2022 – TRAPPIST-1 (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Jo-Jo Eumerus (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2022 – Ceres (dwarf planet) (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Serendipodous (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 17 Oct 2022 – Katana (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by 192.77.12.11 (t · c); start
- 16 Oct 2022 – Christianity (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by FishandChipper (t · c); start
- 15 Oct 2022 – Kyle MacLachlan (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Yerktnery (t · c); start
- 15 Oct 2022 – David Lynch (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Yerktnery (t · c); start
- 15 Oct 2022 – Transmission electron microscopy (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Abdo2905 (t · c); start
- 13 Oct 2022 – Fatigue (material) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Abdo2905 (t · c); start
- 13 Oct 2022 – Group 5 element (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Praseodymium-141 (t · c); start
- 13 Oct 2022 – Humanism (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Cinadon36 (t · c); start
- 13 Oct 2022 – Diego Maradona (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lankyant (t · c); start
- 12 Oct 2022 – Demeter (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Treetoes023 (t · c); start
- (35 more...)
Featured article reviews
- 18 Oct 2022 – Jefferson Davis (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Guerillero (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2022 – Cricket World Cup (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2022 – Rongorongo (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by A455bcd9 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Oct 2022 – Elizabeth II (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by John (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Oct 2022 – André Kertész (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Extraordinary Writ (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Oct 2022 – Caesar cipher (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Sep 2022 – Ironclad warship (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Sep 2022 – Emperor Norton (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Sep 2022 – Komodo dragon (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Chipmunkdavis (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Sep 2022 – Iridium (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion
- (6 more...)
Good article reassessments
- 20 Oct 2022 – Flag of China (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Oct 2022 – Russia (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Xx236 (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Jul 2022 – Tifa Lockhart (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Oct 2022 – Falafel (talk · · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Outdatedpizza (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requests for comments
- 16 Oct 2022 – Roy J. Glauber (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Sternlens (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Oct 2022 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Srijanx22 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Oct 2022 – Alice Walker (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Nableezy (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Oct 2022 – Lion (talk · · hist) has an RfC by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Oct 2022 – Joe Biden (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Bbraxtonlee (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Oct 2022 – Cristiano Ronaldo (talk · · hist) has an RfC by FMSky (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Oct 2022 – Circumcision (talk · · hist) has an RfC by KlayCax (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Oct 2022 – Finland (talk · · hist) has an RfC by TylerBurden (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Oct 2022 – Mary, mother of Jesus (talk · · hist) has an RfC by That Coptic Guy (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Sep 2022 – Socialism (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Helper201 (t · c); see discussion
- (3 more...)
Peer reviews
- 19 Oct 2022 – Knowledge (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Phlsph7 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2022 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Trevdna (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2022 – Like a Virgin (song) (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Chrishm21 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Oct 2022 – Natalie Portman (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Kj cheetham (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Oct 2022 – Post-classical history (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Sunriseshore (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Sep 2022 – Noam Chomsky (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Czar (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2022 – Isaac Asimov (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Richard75 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Sep 2022 – Degrassi (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by ToQ100gou (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Sep 2022 – Rick and Morty (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by FormalDude (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Aug 2022 – Arctodus (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by SuperTah (t · c); see discussion
- (2 more...)
Requested moves
- 20 Oct 2022 – Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Nawabs of Bengal by DrVogel (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2022 – Hydraulic fracturing (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Fracking by Rreagan007 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2022 – Chinese Communist Party (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Communist Party of China by Coddlebean (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2022 – 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Second Nagorno-Karabakh War by XTheBedrockX (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Oct 2022 – Eskimo–Aleut languages (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Eskaleut languages by Kwamikagami (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Oct 2022 – World history (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to World history (field) by Interstellarity (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Oct 2022 – Human history (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to World history by Interstellarity (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Oct 2022 – Work (human activity) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Work by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2022 – Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to ADHD by 12u (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Oct 2022 – Open-source software (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Open source software by Llightex (t · c); see discussion
- (7 more...)
Articles to be merged
- 19 Oct 2022 – Morula (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Cleavage by Iztwoz (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2022 – Weight training (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Strength training by Wpscatter (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Oct 2022 – History of Crimea (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Ukrainian sovereignty over Crimea by Mawer10 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Oct 2022 – Antarctic fishes (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Notothenioidei by Quetzal1964 (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Oct 2022 – Clay mineral (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Clay by Senomo Drines (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2022 – Shore (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Coast by LightProof1995 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Sep 2022 – Glucose test (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to blood glucose monitoring by Quercus solaris (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Sep 2022 – Natural law (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Iusnaturalism by Est. 2021 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Sep 2022 – Isaias Afwerki (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Tigray War by EritreaCamel (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2022 – Associated Press (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Associated Press#History by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion
- (27 more...)
Articles to be split
- 11 Oct 2022 – Tim Winton (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Oct 2022 – Dust storm (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Sep 2022 – Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Privybst (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Sep 2022 – Traffic sign (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ita140188 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2022 – History of Israel (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2022 – Ringette (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Reidgreg (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Aug 2022 – Game (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Coin945 (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2022 – Punishment (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Coin945 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Aug 2022 – Biology (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Aug 2022 – Spanish Armada (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tise exists (cool) (t · c); see discussion
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See also
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital articles/Article alerts – specialized noticeboard for Vital articles
- File:Wikipedia’s poor treatment of its most important articles.pdf (2011)
- File:Fun or Functional? The Misalignment Between Content Quality and Popularity in Wikipedia (WMF Research Showcase 2015-09-16).pdf
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles/Readability (2016)