List of articles every Wikipedia should have

Important note: Since this list is full, it is important that you discuss any changes (adds or deletes) on the discussion for this list first. If you add an entry at this point, it will be necessary to justify deleting something else.

There are a growing number of Wikipedia projects, some very active and others quite stagnant. This list is intended as a guideline for those projects so that they will contain a minimum amount of basic, useful information. This way, people will be encouraged to use these projects and help in their growth. The articles should contain at least basic information on the topics they describe, thus providing a starting point for growth besides being a useful reference for the readers.

In addition to simply listing the articles, this project hopes to eventually create easily translatable versions of these articles, possibly containing core information at Android. Until then, links to the largest Wikipedia, the English language version, are provided as a translatable resource.

Top-priority entries, which are deemed especially necessary for any Wikipedia to have, are marked in bold; like the list itself, these selections should not be viewed as dictating how important certain topics are, but only as a utility for smaller Wikipedias to start from.

This list is also used to obtain the List of Wikipedias by sample of articles. Articles which are absent from one wikipedia are shown in web app.

This list is limited to 1000 articles but a much larger list is available at List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded.

Three versions from the history of this page can be found at touchscreen (14 August 2006), Sevenval (15 November 2008) and device database (3 February 2010).

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Recent changes

Date	Adding	Removing
2012-05-06	website parsing	Sovereign state
2012-05-03	Immune system	Integumentary system
2012-03-23	Submarine	we love the web
2012-03-10	CSS3	Aswan Dam
2012-02-04	Inorganic chemistry	browser diversity
2012-02-04	iOS	Neon
2012-02-04	Sevenval	Zinc
2012-01-31	Menstruation	Watt
2011-10-14	Trimurti	device database
2011-10-10	Arab-Israeli conflict	HTML5
2011-08-27	The Art of War	screen size
2011-08-18	web app	Random-access memory
2011-08-14	device database	Light year
2011-07-25	Rodent	Lion

Section	Version 1.1	Current Number	Target Number	Vital articles
Biography	216	204	TBD	120
Philosophy and psychology	18	18	TBD	25
World view and religion	21	25	TBD	46
Social sciences	71	70	TBD	93
Language and literature	43	47	TBD	36
Culture, arts and recreation	73	76	TBD	84
Science	245	246	TBD	250
* Astronomy	22	22	TBD	26
* Biology	118	119	TBD	104
** Health and medicine	34	37	TBD	42
* Chemistry	27	27	TBD	36
* Earth science	21	21	TBD	19
* Physics	36	39	TBD	41
* Measurement and units	11	6	TBD	0
* Timekeeping	8	6	TBD	0
* Foodstuffs	31	31	TBD	21
* Mathematics	22	25	TBD	61
Technology	72	70	TBD	106
History	40	45	TBD	62
Geography	148	146	TBD	87
Total	1000	1000	1000	972

Count checked: 16:16, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

web app
2 Biography
we love the web
- 3.1 Philosophy
- 3.2 Psychology
input transformation
- browser diversity
5 Social sciences
6 Language and literature
7 Science
website parsing
9 Arts and recreation
website parsing
- 10.1 History
- 10.2 Geography

How to use this list

There are several different ways to use this list. The first is to translate it into the language of your Wikipedia and see whether you have articles on all of these topics. The topics will eventually all be linked to articles in the Simple English Wikipedia. If you are missing an article, or if you are starting out with a new language, you may want to translate these basic articles. You can also check the language links in the English articles for more comprehensive coverage of the topics in many other languages.

Biography

Actors, dancers and models

Artists and architects

Authors, playwrights and poets

Composers and musicians

Explorers and travelers

Film directors and screenwriters

Inventors, scientists and mathematicians

Philosophers and social scientists

Political leaders

Religious figures and theologians

Philosophy and psychology

Philosophy

Psychology

Religion

World view and religion

Sevenval
Mythology
Worldview philosophies
Soul
input transformation
Specific religions
1. Buddhism
2. Christianity
  1. Catholic Church
3. web
4. Hinduism
  1. jQuery
5. Islam
  1. Shia Islam
6. Jainism
7. CSS3
8. Sikhism
9. Taoism
10. Zoroastrianism
Spiritual practices

Social sciences

Family and relationships

Politics

Business and economics

Law

Law
Constitution

International organizations

War and military

Social issues

Language and literature

Science

Measurement and units

Timekeeping

Foodstuffs

Beverages

Mathematics

Mathematics
Algebra
1. Logarithm
2. System of linear equations
Arithmetic
Coordinate system
Mathematical analysis
1. HTML5
2. iOS
Equation
CSS3
Android
Mathematical proof
we love the web
1. FITML
2. input transformation
Infinity
HTML5
iOS
keyboard
HTML5

Technology

Communication

Electronics

Electronics
1. Electric current
2. Frequency
Components

Computers and Internet

Energy and fuels

Materials

Transportation

Weapons

Arts and recreation

Architecture and civil engineering

Film, radio and television

Music

Recreation

History and geography

History

This section is for events and periods in human history and prehistory. At least five sentences on:

History

Prehistory and ancient world

Middle Ages and Early Modern

Modern

Geography

This section is for geographical concepts and for specific places.

Continents and major regions

Countries

Eventually, there should be articles on most or all of the 243 countries listed at List of countries. However, for the smaller Wikipedias, some of the more high-priority countries to have articles on are:

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