List of articles every Wikipedia should have

There are a growing number of Wikipedia projects, some very large, and others quite moribund. I propose that we invigorate them, and ensure that they each contain a minimum of information that will be of use to users. This way, people will be encouraged to see use these projects and help in their growth.

I therefore suggest that we make a list of 1,000 basic articles that we should try to ensure appear on every existing Wikipedia.

These articles should be very basic, and incorporate the most essential information. In some cases, it will be only a table, while in other cases, it will be a stub. This will, however, provide some impetus for the smaller projects to grow.

My proposals are for the following:

Biography

At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures

1. Albert Einstein
2. Karl Marx
3. William Shakespeare
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Charles de Gaulle
7. Otto von Bismarck
8. Peter the Great (of Russia)
9. Plato
10. Napoléon Bonaparte
11. Alexander the Great
12. Christopher Columbus
13. Leonardo Da Vinci
14. Aristotle
15. Martin Luther
16. Johann Gutenberg
17. Simón Bolívar
18. Lenin
19. the Wright Brothers
20. Saladin
21. Josef Stalin
22. Adolf Hitler
23. Ferdinand Magellan
24. Pythagoras

Some important politicians of today

1. George W. Bush
2. Gerhard Schröder
3. Jacques Chirac
4. Silvio Berlusconi
5. Kofi Annan
6. Nelson Mandela

Countries:

• France
• Germany
• UK
• Russia
• United States
• Iraq
• Israel
• Iran
• India
• Japan
• People's Republic of China
• Republic of China (at Taiwan)
• Ireland
• Brazil
• South Africa
• Peru
• Canada
• North Korea
• Republic of Korea
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Mexico

Geography

At least three sentences on each of the continents

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Australia
4. Europe
5. North America
6. South America

History

At least five sentences on:

1. French Revolution
2. World War I
3. World War II
4. Russian Revolution
5. Roman Empire
6. Discovery of the Americas
7. Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
8. Industrial Revolution
9. Crusades
10. The Great Schism
11. Classical Greece
12. Ancient Egypt

International

1. United Nations
2. Nobel Prize
3. Arab League
4. NATO
5. European Union

Religion

At least a five-sentence introduction to the twelve classical religions:

1. Baha'i
   1. The Báb
   2. Bahá'u'lláh
2. Buddhism
   1. Gautama Buddha
3. Christianity
   1. Jesus Christ
   2. the Pope
4. Confucianism
   1. Confucius
5. Hinduism
6. Islam
   1. Muhammad
7. Jainism
8. Judaism
9. Shinto
10. Sikhism
11. Taoism
12. Zoroastrianism
    1. Zoroaster

With necessary mention of non-religiousness:

1. Atheism/Agnosticism

Popular Culture

At least three sentences on:

1. Television
2. Film
3. Literature
4. Art
5. Music

Science

At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields:

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Biology
   1. Bacterium
   2. Archaea
   3. Protist
   4. Fungus
   5. Plant
   6. Animal
4. Geology
5. Medicine
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

1. Article about the language of that Wikipedia

Technology

1. Computers
2. Automobile

If you support this effort, please add to the list. We can then decide what the basic sentences can be for each article.