Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have
There are a lot of Wikipedias. Some of them are very big, and some are very small. They all need certain basic articles. They can even just be stubs.
This is a list of 1,000 basic articles every Wikipedia needs. This page should include the same article as meta:List of articles all languages should have. When change is needed, please change at Meta first.
Biography hlela
At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures.
Actors, dancers and models hlela
- Bardot, Brigitte
- Bernhardt, Sarah
- Brando, Marlon
- Chaplin, Charlie
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Marx Brothers
- Monroe, Marilyn
- Camargo, Hebe
Artists and architects hlela
- Dalí, Salvador
- Donatello
- Dürer, Albrecht
- El Greco
- Escher, Maurits Cornelis
- Gogh, Vincent van
- Goya, Francisco
- Kahlo, Frida
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Matisse, Henri
- Michelangelo
- Picasso, Pablo
- Pollock, Jackson
- Raphael
- Rembrandt
- Rubens, Peter Paul
- Velázquez, Diego
- Vermeer, Johannes
- Warhol, Andy
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
Authors, playwrights and poets hlela
- Abu Nuwas
- Arnaut, Daniel
- Bashō
- Beckett, Samuel
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Byron, George
- Camões, Luís de
- Cervantes, Miguel de
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Chekhov, Anton
- Dante Alighieri
- Darío, Rubén
- Dickens, Charles
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Ferdowsi
- Fuzûlî
- Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
- Homer
- Horace
- Hugo, Victor
- Ibsen, Henrik
- Joyce, James
- Kafka, Franz
- Kālidāsa
- Khayyam, Omar
- Li Bai
- Lewis, CS
- Mahfouz, Naguib
- Milton, John
- Molière
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Ovid
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Premchand, Munshi
- Proust, Marcel
- Pushkin, Alexander
- Rimbaud, Arthur
- Rustaveli, Shota
- Saramago, Josè
- Sappho
- Shakespeare, William
- Sophocles
- Sturluson, Snorri
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Tolstoy, Leo
- Twain, Mark
- Virgil
- Wilde, Oscar
- Wu Cheng'en
- Yeats, William Butler
Composers and musicians hlela
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Beatles, The
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Berlioz, Hector
- Bruckner, Anton
- Brahms, Johannes
- Tchaikovsky, Petr
- Chopin, Frédéric
- Dvořák Antonín
- Händel, Georg Frideric
- Hendrix, Jimi
- Jackson, Michael
- Madonna
- Mahler, Gustav
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- Puccini, Giacomo
- Presley, Elvis
- Rolling Stones, The
- Schubert, Franz
- Smetana, Bedřich
- Schumann, Robert
- Sibelius, Jean
- Stravinsky, Igor
- Verdi, Giuseppe
- Vivaldi, Antonio
- Wagner, Richard
Explorers hlela
- Amundsen, Roald
- Armstrong, Neil
- Cartier, Jacques
- Columbus, Christopher
- Cook, James
- Cortés Hernán
- Gagarin, Yuri
- Gama, Vasco da
- Magellan, Ferdinand
- Polo, Marco
- Zheng He
- von Humboldt, Alexander
Film directors and screenwriters hlela
- Bergman, Ingmar
- Disney, Walt
- Fellini, Federico
- Hitchcock, Alfred
- Kubrick, Stanley
- Kurosawa, Akira
- Lucas, George
- Spielberg, Steven
Inventors, scientists and mathematicians hlela
- Archimedes
- Bell, Alexander Graham
- Berners-Lee, Tim
- Brahe, Tycho
- Copernicus, Nicolaus
- Curie, Marie
- Darwin, Charles
- Edison, Thomas
- Einstein, Albert
- Euclides
- Euler, Leonard
- Faraday, Michael
- Fermi, Enrico
- Fibonacci
- Ford, Henry
- Fourier, Joseph
- Galileo Galilei
- Gauss, Carl Friedrich
- Gutenberg, Johann
- Haeckel, Ernst
- Joule, James Prescott
- Kepler, Johannes
- Keynes, John Maynard
- Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa al-
- Leibniz, Gottfried
- Linnaeus, Carolus
- Maxwell, James Clerk
- Mendeleev, Dmitri
- Meucci, Antonio
- Newton, Sir Isaac
- Pascal, Blaise
- Pasteur, Louis
- Planck, Max
- Rutherford, Ernest
- Schrödinger, Erwin
- Stallman, Richard
- Tesla, Nikola
- Turing, Alan
- Watt, James
- Wright brothers
Social scientists (philosophers, economists, historians and thinkers) hlela
- Aquinas, Thomas
- Aristotle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Avicenna
- Bruno, Giordano
- Beauvoir, Simone de
- Chomsky, Noam
- Descartes, René
- Durkheim, Émile
- Francis of Assisi, Saint
- Freud, Sigmund
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
- Kant, Immanuel
- Locke, John
- Luther, Martin
- Luxemburg, Rosa
- Machiavelli, Niccolò
- Marx, Karl
- Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Paul of Tarsus
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Smith, Adam
- Socrates
- Sun Tzu
- Voltaire
- Weber, Max
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Politicians, leaders and aristocrats hlela
- Akbar
- Alexander the Great
- Atatürk, Kemal
- Augustus
- Ben-Gurion, David
- Bismarck, Otto von
- Bolívar, Simón
- Bonaparte, Napoleon
- Bush, George W.
- Caesar, Julius
- Charlemagne
- Churchill, Winston
- Cixi, Empress Dowager
- Cleopatra
- Constantine the Great
- De Gaulle, Charles
- Gandhi, Indira
- Elizabeth I of England
- Genghis Khan
- Haile Selassie
- Hirohito
- Hitler, Adolf
- Lenin, Vladimir
- Louis XIV
- Macdonald, John A.
- Mandela, Nelson
- Mao Zedong
- Mussolini, Benito
- Nkrumah, Kwame
- Peter I of Russia
- Qin Shi Huang
- Saladin
- Stalin, Joseph
- Thatcher, Margaret
- Truman, Harry S.
- Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Washington, George
Religious figures hlela
Revolutionaries and activists hlela
History hlela
This section is for events and periods in human history and prehistory. At least five sentences on:
Prehistory and ancient world hlela
Middle Ages and Early Modern hlela
- Age of Enlightenment
- Aztec
- Byzantine Empire
- Crusades
- Holy Roman Empire
- Hundred Years War
- Middle Ages
- Mongol Empire
- Ming Dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
- Protestant Reformation
- Renaissance
- Thirty Years War
- Vikings
Modern hlela
Geography hlela
This section is for geographical concepts and for specific places.
- Geography
- Capital
- City
- Continent
- Country
- Desert
- Earth science
- Map
- North Pole
- Ocean
- Rainforest
- River
- Sea
- South Pole
Continents and major regions hlela
At least three sentences on each.
Countries hlela
Eventually, there should be articles on most or all of the 243 countries listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries. However, for the smaller Wikipedias, some of the more high-priority countries to have articles on are:
- I-Afugani
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- INdiya
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Republic of Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- IJaphani
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
- Portugal
Cities hlela
- Amsterdam
- Athens
- Baghdad
- Bangkok
- Beijing
- Beirut
- Berlin
- Brisbane
- Brussels
- Buenos Aires
- Cairo
- Canberra
- Cape Town
- Chicago
- Damascus
- Dar es Salaam
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Florence
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul
- Jakarta
- Jerusalem
- Karachi
- Kyoto
- Los Angeles
- London
- Mecca
- Melbourne
- Mexico City
- Milan
- Montreal
- Moscow
- Mumbai
- Nairobi
- Naples
- New Delhi
- New York City
- Paris
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rome
- Saint-Petersburg
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Tehran
- Tel Aviv
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Venice
- Vienna
- Washington, D.C.
Bodies of water hlela
- Amazon River
- Aral Sea
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Caribbean Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Congo River
- Danube
- Dead Sea
- Euphrates
- Ganges River
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Lakes
- Indian Ocean
- Indus River
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Victoria
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mississippi River
- Niagara Falls
- Niger River
- Nile
- North Sea
- Pacific Ocean
- Panama Canal
- Rhine
- Suez Canal
- Southern Ocean
- Tigris
- Volga River
- Yangtze River
Mountains, valleys and deserts hlela
Society hlela
Umndeni neTihlobo hlela
Thought, behavior and emotion hlela
Politics hlela
- Politics
- Anarchism
- Colonialism
- Communism
- Conservatism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Diplomacy
- Fascism
- Globalization
- Government
- Ideology
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Marxism
- Monarchy
- Nationalism
- Nazism
- Republic
- Socialism
- State
- Political party
- Propaganda
Business and economics hlela
Law hlela
International organizations hlela
- African Union
- Arab League
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Commonwealth of Nations
- European Union
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- NATO
- Nobel Prize
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- Mhlabuhlangene
- World Bank Group
- World Trade Organization
War and military hlela
Social issues hlela
Emasiko nebuciko hlela
At least three sentences on:
Language and literature hlela
- Lúlwîmi
- Alphabet
- Grammar
- Linguistics
- Literacy
- Literature
- Pronunciation
- Specific languages
- Word
- Writing
Architecture and civil engineering hlela
Film, radio and television hlela
Music hlela
Recreation hlela
World view and religion hlela
- Deity
- Nkulunkulu
- Mythology
- Worldview philosophies
- Soul
- Lukholo
- Specific religions
- Spirituality
Philosophy hlela
Isayensi hlela
At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields.
Astronomy hlela
- Astronomy
- Asteroid
- Big Bang
- Black hole
- Comet
- Galaxy
- Light year
- Moon
- Planet
- Solar system
- Star
- Universe
Ibhayoloji hlela
- Ibhayoloji
- Biological materials
- Botany
- Death
- Ecology
- Domestication
- Life
- Scientific classification
Biological processes hlela
Anatomy hlela
- Anatomy
- Cell
- Circulatory system
- Endocrine system
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Integumentary system
- Muscle
- Nervous system
- Reproductive system
- Respiratory system
- Skeleton
Health and medicine hlela
- Medicine
- Addiction
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cancer
- Cholera
- Common cold
- Dentistry
- Disability
- Disease
- Medication
- Ethanol
- Nicotine
- Drugs
- Health
- Headache
- Heart attack
- Heart disease
- Malaria
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Pandemic
- Penicillin
- Pneumonia
- Poliomyelitis
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Stroke
- Tuberculosis
- Diabetes
- Virus
Organisms hlela
Ikhemisi hlela
Weather, climate and geology hlela
Physics hlela
- Physics
- Acceleration
- Atom
- Energy
- Force
- Light
- Magnet
- Mass
- Molecule
- Quantum mechanics
- Sound
- Speed
- Theory of relativity
- Time
- Velocity
- Weight
- Length
Timekeeping hlela
Technology hlela
Communication hlela
Electronics hlela
- Electronics
- Components
Computers and Internet hlela
- Computer
- Artificial Intelligence
- Information technology
- Internet
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Software
- User interface
Energy and fuels hlela
Raw materials hlela
Transportation hlela
Weapons hlela
Foodstuffs hlela
Beverages hlela
Mathematics hlela
- Mathematics
- Algebra
- Arithmetic
- Axiom
- Calculus
- Geometry
- Group theory
- Mathematical proof
- Number
- Infinity
- Set theory
- Statistics
- Trigonometry
Measurement and units hlela
- If you support this effort, please add to the list. We can then decide what the basic sentences can be for each article.