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< Wikipedia:Vital articles
List of 10,000 most vital articles on the English Wikipedia

Overview
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
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Vital articles
Vital articles

The five nested vital article Levels are meant to give direction to the prioritization of improvements of English Wikipedia articles (e.g. which articles to bring to WP:GA and WP:FA status), to provide a measurement of quality of overall English Wikipedia (e.g. what proportion of the most important articles are at GA and FA status), and to serve as a centralized watchlist of English Wikipedia's most important articles. Unlike the list of articles every Wikipedia should have, they are tailored to the English Wikipedia and are actively maintained by the dedicated WikiProject Vital Articles. This page contains links to the 10,000 articles of the Level 4 list.

Any modification to these lists should ONLY BE MADE after a discussion on the Level 4 talk page.

Level 1 (10 articles) < Level 2 (100 articles) < Level 3 (1,000 articles) < Level 4 (10,000 articles) < Level 5 (50,000 articles)

Overview
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Level 4 Sublists

People History Geography Arts Philosophy and religion Everyday life Society and social sciences Biology and health sciences Physical sciences Technology Mathematics

Improve a random Level 4 vital article

Current total

Counts updated from subpages by: Lophotrochozoa (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sublist Current Target Variance
People 1,997 2,000 -3
History 695 700 -5
Geography 1,201 1,200 1
Arts 681 700 -19
Philosophy and religion 433 450 -17
Everyday life 467 450 17
Society and social sciences 928 900 28
Biology and health sciences 1,483 1,500 -17
Physical sciences 1,100 1,100 0
Technology 739 700 39
Mathematics 299 300 -1
Total 10,023 10,000 23
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Vital article lists
Top 1,000
(Levels 1 to 3)
  • Level 1 (10)
  • Level 2 (100)
  • Level 3 (1,000)
Top 10,000
(Level 4)
  • People
  • History
  • Geography
  • Arts
  • Philosophy and religion
  • Everyday life
  • Society and social sciences
  • Biological and health sciences
  • Physical sciences
  • Technology
  • Mathematics
Top 50,000
(Level 5)
People
  • Writers/journalists
  • Artists/musicians/composers
  • Entertainers/directors/producers/screenwriters
  • Philosophers/historians/social scientists
  • Religious figures
  • Politicians/leaders
  • Military leaders/revolutionaries/activists
  • Scientists/inventors/mathematicians
  • Sports figures
  • Miscellaneous
Geography
  • Physical geography
  • Countries and subdivisions
  • Cities
Humanities
  • Arts
  • History
  • Philosophy and religion
Society
  • Social studies
  • Politics and economics
  • Culture
  • Everyday life
  • Sports, games and recreation
Biological
  • Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology
  • Animals
  • Plants, fungi, and other organisms
  • Health, medicine, and disease
Sciences
  • Basics and measurement
  • Astronomy
  • Chemistry
  • Earth science
  • Physics
  • Technology
  • Mathematics
User-suggested
  • SethAllen623's vital articles
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    • 200
    • 2,000
    • 20,000
    • 100,000
Published lists
Macropædia 2007
Other article lists
  • Most referenced articles
  • Articles every Wikipedia should have
  • Top-rated importance articles
See Documentation of this template for more lists.
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