Wikipedia:1000 Artikal

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This is a list of 1,000 basic articles every Wikipedia needs.

The original version of this list is from Simple English Wikipedia. See also the version on Meta: m:List of articles all languages should have, which is somewhat extended. Please do not change this list. It is still being discussed. See the IRC channel #wikilist at irc.freenode.org. The supposedly canonical list is the one at meta — changes should be made there.

Almost all these articles exist on en:. But ideally, Wikipedia 1.0 should have all these articles up to featured quality. Many of these have a long way to go. Please work on improving as needed. Articles that are already on Wikipedia:Featured articles are marked in bold.

See also Wikipedia:Version_1.0 Editorial Team/Pages to be rated — another take on the minimal article list.

Biography[edit source]

  1. Virgil
  2. Akbar the Great
  3. Zeami Motokiyo

Musicians[edit source]

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach

Explorers[edit source]

  1. Jacques Cartier
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Hernán Cortés
  5. Vasco da Gama
  6. Ferdinand Magellan
  7. Francis Drake
  8. Roald Amundsen
  9. Edmund Hillary
  10. Sir Walter Ralegh

Inventors and scientists[edit source]

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Henry Ford
  3. Johann Gutenberg
  4. the Wright Brothers
  5. Leonardo Da Vinci
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Isaac Newton
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Thomas Alva Edison

Writers and thinkers[edit source]

  1. Plato
  2. Aristotle
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Adam Smith
  5. Karl Marx
  6. William Shakespeare
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  8. Socrates
  9. Pythagoras
  10. Dante Alighieri
  11. Mary Wollstonecraft
  12. Rosa Luxemburg
  13. George Orwell
  14. J. R. R. Tolkien
  15. Immanuel Kant
  16. Lao Zi
  17. Homer
  18. Socrates
  19. Herodotus
  20. Hippocrates
  21. Confucius
  22. Voltaire
  23. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  24. Molière
  25. Victor Hugo

Political persons[edit source]

  1. Leon Trotsky
  2. Timur (Tamerlane)
  3. Genghis Khan
  4. Julius Caesar
  5. Caesar Augustus
  6. Gandhi
  7. Sitting Bull
  8. Kwame Nkrumah
  9. Charles de Gaulle
  10. Otto von Bismarck
  11. Peter the Great (of Russia)
  12. Simón Bolívar
  13. VI Lenin
  14. Napoléon Bonaparte
  15. Alexander the Great
  16. Saladin
  17. Josef Stalin
  18. Adolf Hitler
  19. Benito Mussolini
  20. Winston Churchill
  21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  22. Harry Truman
  23. Mao Tse-tung
  24. Shaka Zulu
  25. Pol Pot
  26. Hirohito
  27. Franz Ferdinand
  28. Charlemange
  29. Victoria of the United Kingdom
  30. Wilhelm II (Germany)
  31. Cleopatra

Modern international politicians & leaders[edit source]

  1. George W. Bush
  2. Gerhard Schröder
  3. Jacques Chirac
  4. Silvio Berlusconi
  5. Kofi Annan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Tony Blair
  8. Manmohan Singh

Others[edit source]

  1. Bill Gates
  2. Steve Jobs
  3. Richard Stallman
  4. Martin Luther King
  5. Gavrilo Princip

Literature[edit source]

  1. Thousand and One Nights
  2. Qur'an
  3. Bible
  4. Don Quixote
  5. Odyssey/Iliad
  6. Plato's The Republic
  7. Machiavelli's The Prince
  8. Dante's Divine Comedy

Countries:[edit source]

Domestics[edit source]

  1. Bread
  2. Coffee
  3. Maize
  4. Cotton
  5. Soya bean
  6. Sorghum
  7. Wheat
  8. Barley
  9. Oats
  10. Fruit
  11. Vegetable
  12. Tobacco
  13. Cheese
  14. Alcohol
  15. Tea
  16. Rice

Beverage[edit source]

  1. Water
  2. Beer
  3. Wine
  4. Coca Cola

Geography[edit source]

  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Oceania
  5. Europe
  6. North America
  7. South America

Other regions[edit source]

  1. Middle East
  2. Latin Merika

Other[edit source]

  1. Sahara
  2. Andes
  3. Amazon River
  4. Nile River
  5. Atlantic Ocean
  6. Indian Ocean
  7. Pacific Ocean
  8. Southern Ocean
  9. Arctic Ocean
  10. Mediterranean Sea
  11. Black Sea
  12. North Sea
  13. Baltic Sea
  14. Volcano
  15. Himalaya
  16. Great Barrier Reef
  17. Mississippi River
  18. Niagara falls
  19. Lake Tanganyika
  20. Lake Titicaca
  21. Lake Baikal
  22. Great Lakes

Cities[edit source]

  1. London
  2. Paris
  3. Berlin
  4. Constantinople
  5. St. Petersburg
  6. Moscow
  7. New Delhi
  8. Jerusalem
  9. Mecca
  10. Tokyo
  11. Shanghai
  12. Beijing
  13. New York
  14. Washington
  15. Tenochtitlán
  16. Chicago
  17. Mumbai

History[edit source]

  1. Dinosaur
  2. Stone Age
  3. Bronze Age
  4. Sumer
  5. Ancient Egypt
  6. Iron Age
  7. Classical Greece
  8. Roman Empire
  9. Dark Age
  10. Vikings
  11. Crusades
  12. The Great Schism
  13. Black Death
  14. Renaissance
  15. Discovery of the Americas -- there is actually no WP article on this, most of the story is in the article on Columbus.
  16. Spanish Inquisition
  17. Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
  18. English Civil War
  19. Slavery
  20. the Enlightenment
  21. French Revolution
  22. Industrial Revolution
  23. American Civil War
  24. The Scramble for Africa
  25. World War I
  26. Russian Revolution
  27. Russian Civil War
  28. Spanish Civil War
  29. World War II
  30. The Holocaust
  31. Cold War
  32. Space Race
  33. Vietnam War
  34. Apartheid

Politics[edit source]

  1. Anarchy
  2. Capitalism
  3. Communism
  4. Democracy
  5. Dictatorship
  6. Fascism
  7. Globalisation
  8. Imperialism
  9. Liberalism
  10. Monarchy
  11. Nationalism
  12. Racism
  13. Religious Fundamentalism
  14. Socialism

Human issues[edit source]

  1. Abortion
  2. Birth control
  3. Capital punishment
  4. Feminism
  5. Homosexuality
  6. Human rights
  7. Sexism
  8. Racism

International[edit source]

  1. United Nations
  2. Nobel Prize
  3. Arab League
  4. NATO
  5. European Union
  6. Olympic Games
  7. OPEC
  8. Diplomacy
  9. Freedom
  10. Red Cross/Red Crescent
  11. WHO


Religion[edit source]

  1. God
  2. Gods
  3. Spirits
  1. Bahá'í Faith
    1. The Báb
    2. Bahá'u'lláh
  2. Buddhism
    1. Gautama Buddha
  3. Christianity
    1. Jesus
    2. the Pope
    3. Bible
    4. Church
  4. Confucianism
    1. Confucius
  5. Hinduism
  6. Islam
    1. Muhammad
    2. Qur'an
    3. Mosque
  7. Jainism
  8. Judaism
    1. Synagogue
  9. Shinto
  10. Sikhism
  11. Taoism
  12. Zoroastrianism
    1. Zoroaster
  13. Voodoo
  14. Paganism

With necessary mention of non-religiousness:

  1. Atheism
  2. Agnosticism
  3. Humanism

Popular Culture[edit source]

  1. Television
  2. Radio
  3. Film
  4. Gambling
  5. Literature
  6. Dance
  7. Art
  8. Music
    1. Pop music
    2. Rock and roll
    3. Traditional
    4. Art (Classical/Jazz)
  9. Comics
  10. The Beatles
  11. Games
    1. Chess
    2. Go (board game)
    3. Mancala
    4. Checkers
    5. Backgammon
    6. Playing cards
    7. Dice
    8. Minecraft

Science[edit source]

  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Biology
    1. Bacterium
    2. Archaea
    3. Protist
    4. Fungus
    5. Plant
      1. Tree
      2. Flower
    6. Animal
      1. Bird
      2. Fish
      3. Horse
      4. Insect
      5. Mammal
      6. Reptile
      7. Snake
      8. Elephant
      9. Camel
      10. Cattle
      11. Sheep
      12. Dog
      13. Cat
      14. Lion
      15. Eagle
      16. Bear
      17. Dragon
      18. Kangaroo
      19. Crab
  4. Geology
  5. Medicine
    1. AIDS
    2. Smallpox
    3. Malaria
    4. Cholera
    5. Dysentery
  6. Ecology
  7. Astronomy
    1. Sun
    2. Moon
    3. Earth
    4. Galaxy
    5. Milky Way
    6. Mercury
    7. Venus
    8. Mars
    9. Jupiter
    10. Saturn
    11. Uranus
    12. Neptune
    13. Pluto
  8. Inclined plane
  9. Wheel
  10. Big Bang
  11. Mineral
    1. Gold
    2. Silver
    3. Salt
    4. Diamond
    5. Iron
    6. Copper
  12. Steel
  13. Oil
  14. Meteorology
    1. Rain
    2. Cloud
    3. Hurricane
    4. Global warming
    5. El Niño
    6. La Niña
  15. Metallurgy
  16. Fire
  17. Alphabet
  18. Writing
  19. Pulley
  20. Lever
  21. Screw
  22. Wedge

Language[edit source]

  1. English
  2. Mandarin
  3. Arabic
  4. German
  5. Hindi
  6. Bahasa Indonesia
  7. Italian
  8. Japanese
  9. Russian
  10. Spanish
  11. French
  12. Esperanto
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Latin - Vulgar Latin is a feature

Architecture[edit source]

  1. Arch
  2. Dome
  3. Bridge
  4. Nail
  5. Seven Wonders of the World
  6. Pyramids
  7. Great Wall of China
  8. Taj Mahal

Mathematics[edit source]

  1. Geometry
  2. Algebra
  3. Calculus
  4. Trigonometry
  5. Calendar

Anatomy[edit source]

  1. Heart
  2. Lungs
  3. Brain
  4. Vagina
  5. Penis
  6. Liver
  7. Intestines
  8. Skeleton
  9. Pregnancy
  10. Blindness
  11. Deafness
  12. Mental illness
  13. Breast
  1. Soccer
  2. Cricket
  3. Baseball
  4. American football

Technology[edit source]

  1. Computer
    1. Linux
    2. Microsoft Windows
    3. Mac OS
    4. Minecraft
  2. Automobile
  3. Gun
  4. Axe
  5. Radio
  6. Electricity
  7. Electronics
  8. Television
  9. Explosives
  10. Gunpowder
  11. Sail
  12. Internet
  13. Bicycle
  14. Train
  15. Airplane
  16. Weapon

Disasters[edit source]

  1. Earthquake
  2. Volcano
  3. Hurricane
  4. Flood
  5. Avalanche
  6. Nuclear meltdown
  7. Tornado

Colors[edit source]

  1. Black
  2. Blue
  3. Red
  4. Green
  5. Yellow
  6. White