Wikipedia:Vital articles
Vital articles on Wikipedia are written about important topics, organized into five list levels in decreasing importance: 1 (10 articles), 2 (100 articles), 3 (1000 articles), 4 (10,000 articles) and 5 (50,000 articles).
The articles are organized into groups of topics, with lower levels having more granular subdivisions. The lists serve as guidance to prioritize improvement of important articles and for monitoring their quality. Articles here should only be changed after discussion at the talk page.
The Vital Articles list is inspired by the list of articles every Wikipedia should have on Meta-Wiki and is monitored by the WikiProject Vital Articles. A more detailed explanation on the purpose, mechanisms and history of the Vital Articles list can be found at its FAQ page.
Prizes are available for improving Vital articles to good article status (GA):
- US$1000 for improving a level 1 article to GA. Cash awarded by Cerebellum till May 2023, more details...
- {{Good Article Barnstar}} for improving level 1 article to GA. Prize awarded by Sdkb with no expiry date, more details....
- £100 for improving a level 2 article to GA. Cash awarded by The wub till December 2023, more details...
Ask the prize initiators for more details. Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and common sense applies.
Summary
- 1.1% Start-Class
- 48.6% C-Class
- 30.8% B-Class
- 12.5% GA-Class
- 0.2% A-Class
- 6.8% FA-Class
Article in the Vital list have their assessment labelled as:
Featured articles
Former featured articles
A-class articles
Good articles
Delisted good articles
Failed good article nominees
B-class articles
C-class articles
Start-class articles
Stub-class articles
List-class articles
Unassessed articles
The progress bar is auto-updated via category count, and the symbols and article counts are updated daily by User:cewbot. Please read the FAQ before modifying the article list.
Last updated by CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:38, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
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Total 998 articles.
Class | #Articles |
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128 |
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299 |
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82 |
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471 |
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78 |
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71 |
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115 |
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2 |
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27 |
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3 |
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1 |
Current total (998 articles)
People (112 articles)
History (83 articles)
General (4 articles)History by region (9 articles)
History by subject (11 articles)
Prehistory (4 articles) |
Ancient history (18 articles)Post-classical history (13 articles) |
Modern history (24 articles)
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Geography (106 articles)
General (1 article)Continents and regions (11 articles)
Terrestrial features (12 articles)Hydrological features (19 articles) |
Countries (43 articles) |
Cities (20 articles)
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Arts (45 articles)
General (5 articles)Artistic movements (4 articles)Architecture (3 articles) |
Literature (8 articles)Music (9 articles)
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Performing arts (5 articles)Visual arts (11 articles)
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Philosophy and religion (55 articles)
Philosophy (17 articles)General (2 articles)Philosophical branches and concepts (12 articles)Philosophy by region and period (3 articles) |
Mythology (2 articles)Religion (13 articles) |
Specific religions (23 articles)Abrahamic religions (11 articles)East Asian religions (3 articles)Indian religions (8 articles)Other religions (1 article)
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Everyday life (57 articles)
General (4 articles)Family and kinship (10 articles)Sexuality and gender (6 articles) |
Food and drink (22 articles) |
Recreation and entertainment (15 articles)
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Society and social sciences (146 articles)
General (13 articles)Politics and government (25 articles)Conflict (4 articles)Education (4 articles) |
Business and economics (22 articles)Social issues (21 articles)
Law (6 articles) |
Psychology (16 articles)
Language (31 articles)Media (4 articles)
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Health, medicine and disease (41 articles)
Illness and injury (19 articles) |
Health, fitness, and medicine (13 articles) |
Drugs and medication (9 articles)
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Science (209 articles)
General (5 articles)Astronomy (26 articles)
Physics (41 articles) |
Biology (82 articles) |
Chemistry (32 articles)Earth science (23 articles)
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Technology (99 articles)
General (4 articles)Energy (14 articles)Food and health (10 articles)
Weapons (6 articles) |
Tools and machinery (9 articles)Media and communication (10 articles)Computing and information technology (4 articles)Electronics (4 articles)Space (5 articles) |
Transportation (6 articles)Structures (6 articles)Materials (10 articles)Optical (5 articles)
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Mathematics (45 articles)
General (5 articles)Counting and numbers (12 articles) |
Algebra (5 articles)Analysis (5 articles)Arithmetic (4 articles) |
Geometry and topology (12 articles)Probability and statistics (2 articles)
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See also
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles
- Wikipedia:List of 100 Art concepts Wikipedia should have
- Category:Top-importance articles
- Automated classification of article importance - similar project on Wikimedia
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team
- m:Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia in a box
- m:Internet-in-a-Box
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
- Meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have