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
hlelaAt 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
hlelaRevolutionaries and activists
hlelaHistory
hlelaThis section is for events and periods in human history and prehistory. At least five sentences on:
Prehistory and ancient world
hlelaMiddle 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
hlelaGeography
hlelaThis 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
hlelaAt least three sentences on each.
Countries
hlelaEventually, 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
hlelaSociety
hlelaUmndeni neTihlobo
hlelaThought, behavior and emotion
hlelaPolitics
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
hlelaLaw
hlelaInternational 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
hlelaSocial issues
hlelaEmasiko nebuciko
hlelaAt least three sentences on:
Language and literature
hlela- Lúlwîmi
- Alphabet
- Grammar
- Linguistics
- Literacy
- Literature
- Pronunciation
- Specific languages
- Word
- Writing
Architecture and civil engineering
hlelaFilm, radio and television
hlelaMusic
hlelaRecreation
hlelaWorld view and religion
hlela- Deity
- Nkulunkulu
- Mythology
- Worldview philosophies
- Soul
- Lukholo
- Specific religions
- Spirituality
Philosophy
hlelaIsayensi
hlelaAt 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
hlelaAnatomy
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
hlelaIkhemisi
hlelaWeather, climate and geology
hlelaPhysics
hlela- Physics
- Acceleration
- Atom
- Energy
- Force
- Light
- Magnet
- Mass
- Molecule
- Quantum mechanics
- Sound
- Speed
- Theory of relativity
- Time
- Velocity
- Weight
- Length
Timekeeping
hlelaTechnology
hlelaCommunication
hlelaElectronics
hlela- Electronics
- Components
Computers and Internet
hlela- Computer
- Artificial Intelligence
- Information technology
- Internet
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Software
- User interface
Energy and fuels
hlelaRaw materials
hlelaTransportation
hlelaWeapons
hlelaFoodstuffs
hlelaBeverages
hlelaMathematics
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.