Wikipedia:1000 Artikal
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]
Musicians[edit source]
Explorers[edit source]
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- Marco Polo
- Hernán Cortés
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Francis Drake
- Roald Amundsen
- Edmund Hillary
- Sir Walter Ralegh
Inventors and scientists[edit source]
- Albert Einstein
- Henry Ford
- Johann Gutenberg
- the Wright Brothers
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Charles Darwin
- Isaac Newton
- Galileo Galilei
- Thomas Alva Edison
Writers and thinkers[edit source]
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Martin Luther
- Adam Smith
- Karl Marx
- William Shakespeare
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Socrates
- Pythagoras
- Dante Alighieri
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Rosa Luxemburg
- George Orwell
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Immanuel Kant
- Lao Zi
- Homer
- Socrates
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
- Confucius
- Voltaire
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Molière
- Victor Hugo
Political persons[edit source]
- Leon Trotsky
- Timur (Tamerlane)
- Genghis Khan
- Julius Caesar
- Caesar Augustus
- Gandhi
- Sitting Bull
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Charles de Gaulle
- Otto von Bismarck
- Peter the Great (of Russia)
- Simón Bolívar
- VI Lenin
- Napoléon Bonaparte
- Alexander the Great
- Saladin
- Josef Stalin
- Adolf Hitler
- Benito Mussolini
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Mao Tse-tung
- Shaka Zulu
- Pol Pot
- Hirohito
- Franz Ferdinand
- Charlemange
- Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Wilhelm II (Germany)
- Cleopatra
Modern international politicians & leaders[edit source]
- George W. Bush
- Gerhard Schröder
- Jacques Chirac
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Kofi Annan
- Nelson Mandela
- Tony Blair
- Manmohan Singh
Others[edit source]
Literature[edit source]
- Thousand and One Nights
- Qur'an
- Bible
- Don Quixote
- Odyssey/Iliad
- Plato's The Republic
- Machiavelli's The Prince
- Dante's Divine Comedy
Countries:[edit source]
- Everything in List of countries
- Currently featured country articles are: Cambodia, India, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Australia
Domestics[edit source]
- Bread
- Coffee
- Maize
- Cotton
- Soya bean
- Sorghum
- Wheat
- Barley
- Oats
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Tobacco
- Cheese
- Alcohol
- Tea
- Rice
Beverage[edit source]
Geography[edit source]
Other regions[edit source]
Other[edit source]
- Sahara
- Andes
- Amazon River
- Nile River
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Mediterranean Sea
- Black Sea
- North Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Volcano
- Himalaya
- Great Barrier Reef
- Mississippi River
- Niagara falls
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Baikal
- Great Lakes
Cities[edit source]
- London
- Paris
- Berlin
- Constantinople
- St. Petersburg
- Moscow
- New Delhi
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Tokyo
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- New York
- Washington
- Tenochtitlán
- Chicago
- Mumbai
History[edit source]
- Dinosaur
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Sumer
- Ancient Egypt
- Iron Age
- Classical Greece
- Roman Empire
- Dark Age
- Vikings
- Crusades
- The Great Schism
- Black Death
- Renaissance
- Discovery of the Americas -- there is actually no WP article on this, most of the story is in the article on Columbus.
- Spanish Inquisition
- Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- English Civil War
- Slavery
- the Enlightenment
- French Revolution
- Industrial Revolution
- American Civil War
- The Scramble for Africa
- World War I
- Russian Revolution
- Russian Civil War
- Spanish Civil War
- World War II
- The Holocaust
- Cold War
- Space Race
- Vietnam War
- Apartheid
Politics[edit source]
- Anarchy
- Capitalism
- Communism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Fascism
- Globalisation
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Monarchy
- Nationalism
- Racism
- Religious Fundamentalism
- Socialism
Human issues[edit source]
International[edit source]
- United Nations
- Nobel Prize
- Arab League
- NATO
- European Union
- Olympic Games
- OPEC
- Diplomacy
- Freedom
- Red Cross/Red Crescent
- WHO
Religion[edit source]
- Bahá'í Faith
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Confucianism
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Zoroastrianism
- Voodoo
- Paganism
With necessary mention of non-religiousness:
Popular Culture[edit source]
Science[edit source]
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Geology
- Medicine
- Ecology
- Astronomy
- Inclined plane
- Wheel
- Big Bang
- Mineral
- Steel
- Oil
- Meteorology
- Metallurgy
- Fire
- Alphabet
- Writing
- Pulley
- Lever
- Screw
- Wedge
Language[edit source]
- English
- Mandarin
- Arabic
- German
- Hindi
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Italian
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
- French
- Esperanto
- Sanskrit
- Latin - Vulgar Latin is a feature
Architecture[edit source]
Mathematics[edit source]
Anatomy[edit source]
- Heart
- Lungs
- Brain
- Vagina
- Penis
- Liver
- Intestines
- Skeleton
- Pregnancy
- Blindness
- Deafness
- Mental illness
- Breast
Sport[edit source]
Technology[edit source]
- Computer
- Automobile
- Gun
- Axe
- Radio
- Electricity
- Electronics
- Television
- Explosives
- Gunpowder
- Sail
- Internet
- Bicycle
- Train
- Airplane
- Weapon