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Important note: Since this list is full, it is important that you discuss any changes (adds or deletes) on the discussion for this list first. If you add an entry at this point, it will be necessary to justify deleting something else.

There are a growing number of Wikipedia projects, some very active and others quite stagnant. This list is intended as a guideline for those projects so that they will contain a minimum amount of basic, useful information. This way, people will be encouraged to use these projects and help in their growth. The articles should contain at least basic information on the topics they describe, thus providing a starting point for growth besides being a useful reference for the readers.

In addition to simply listing the articles, this project hopes to eventually create easily translatable versions of these articles, possibly containing core information at simple:Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have. Until then, links to corresponding Wikidata objects are provided, containing links to articles in various Wikipedias which can be used as a translatable resource.

Top-priority entries, which are deemed especially necessary for any Wikipedia to have, are marked in bold; like the list itself, these selections should not be viewed as dictating how important certain topics are, but only as a utility for smaller Wikipedias to start from.

This list is also used to obtain the List of Wikipedias by sample of articles. Articles which are absent from one wikipedia are shown in List of Wikipedias by sample of articles/Absent Articles.

This list is limited to 1000 articles, but a much larger list is available at List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded.

Five versions from the history of this page can be found at Version 1.0 (14 August 2006), Version 1.1 (15 November 2008), Version 1.2 (3 February 2010), Version 1.3 (24 June 2012) and Version 1.4 (1 June 2014).

Thanks to Wikidata it's also possible to list the top 1000 most translated (linked) pages in some languages, at Wikidata Terminator; or even compare any two wikis, with Not in the other language.
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2024-03-25 Colombia Venezuela
2024-03-20 Soviet Union Cultural Revolution
2024-03-02 Algae Marine mammal
2024-01-19 Discrimination Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2023-12-26 Shinto Zen
2023-12-05 Reincarnation Yoga
2022-11-11 Taste Breast
2022-08-17 Korean Hangul
2022-04-02 Trade Japanese Yen
2022-04-02 Table salt Oat
2022-04-02 Shia Islam Sufism
2022-03-18 Citrus Lemon
2022-03-02 Swimming Karate
Section Version 1.1 Current Number Target Number Vital articles
Biography 216 204 TBD 120
Philosophy and psychology 18 18 TBD 25
World view and religion 21 25 TBD 46
Social sciences 71 70 TBD 93
Language and literature 43 46 TBD 36
Arts and recreation 73 75 TBD 84
Measurements 19 12 TBD 0
Science 195 257 TBD 250
* Astronomy 22 22 TBD 26
* Biology 118 83 TBD 104
* Health and medicine 34 38 TBD 42
* Chemistry 27 27 TBD 36
* Earth science 21 21 TBD 19
* Physics 36 39 TBD 41
* Mathematics 22 25 TBD 61
Food and agriculture 34 34 TBD 21
Technology 69 67 TBD 106
History 40 46 TBD 62
Geography 148 146 TBD 87
Total 1000 1000 1000 972

Count checked: 16:16, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

How to use this list

There are several different ways to use this list. The first is to translate it into the language of your Wikipedia and see whether you have articles on all of these topics. The topics here are linked to corresponding items in the Wikidata project. If your Wikipedia is missing an article, or if you are starting out with a new language, you may want to translate these basic articles from a different language that you are familiar with (for example, English). Language links to Wikipedias in which the topic is covered are provided at the bottom of each Wikidata item page.

Biography

Artists and architects

  1. Le Corbusier
  2. Dalí, Salvador
  3. Dürer, Albrecht
  4. Gogh, Vincent van
  5. Goya, Francisco de
  6. Hokusai, Katsushika
  7. Kahlo, Frida
  8. Leonardo da Vinci
  9. Matisse, Henri
  10. Michelangelo
  11. Picasso, Pablo
  12. Raphael
  13. Rembrandt
  14. Rubens, Peter Paul
  15. Sinan, Mimar
  16. Velázquez, Diego
  17. Warhol, Andy
  18. Wright, Frank Lloyd

Authors, playwrights and poets

  1. Abu Nuwas
  2. Andersen, Hans Christian
  3. Bashō
  4. Borges, Jorge Luis
  5. Byron, George
  6. Cervantes, Miguel de
  7. Chaucer, Geoffrey
  8. Chekhov, Anton
  9. Dante Alighieri
  10. Dickens, Charles
  11. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
  12. García Márquez, Gabriel
  13. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
  14. Hafez
  15. Homer
  16. Hugo, Victor
  17. Joyce, James
  18. Kafka, Franz
  19. Kālidāsa
  20. Li Bai
  21. Naguib Mahfouz
  22. Molière
  23. Ovid
  24. Proust, Marcel
  25. Pushkin, Alexander
  26. Shakespeare, William
  27. Sophocles
  28. Tagore, Rabindranath
  29. Tolstoy, Leo
  30. Twain, Mark
  31. Virgil

Composers and musicians

  1. Armstrong, Louis
  2. Bach, Johann Sebastian
  3. Beatles, The
  4. Beethoven, Ludwig van
  5. Brahms, Johannes
  6. Chopin, Frédéric
  7. Dvořák, Antonín
  8. Handel, Georg Frideric
  9. Haydn, Joseph
  10. Mahler, Gustav
  11. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  12. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
  13. Piaf, Édith
  14. Presley, Elvis
  15. Puccini, Giacomo
  16. Schubert, Franz
  17. Stravinsky, Igor
  18. Tchaikovsky, Petr
  19. Verdi, Giuseppe
  20. Vivaldi, Antonio
  21. Wagner, Richard

Explorers and travelers

  1. Amundsen, Roald
  2. Armstrong, Neil
  3. Cartier, Jacques
  4. Columbus, Christopher
  5. Cook, James
  6. Cortés, Hernán
  7. Gagarin, Yuri
  8. da Gama, Vasco
  9. Ibn Battuta
  10. Magellan, Ferdinand
  11. Polo, Marco
  12. Zheng He

Film directors, screenwriters and actors

  1. Bergman, Ingmar
  2. Bernhardt, Sarah
  3. Chaplin, Charlie
  4. Dietrich, Marlene
  5. Disney, Walt
  6. Eisenstein, Sergei
  7. Fellini, Federico
  8. Hitchcock, Alfred
  9. Kubrick, Stanley
  10. Kurosawa, Akira
  11. Monroe, Marilyn
  12. Ray, Satyajit
  13. Spielberg, Steven

Inventors, scientists and mathematicians

  1. Archimedes
  2. Avicenna
  3. Berners-Lee, Tim
  4. Brahmagupta
  5. Copernicus, Nicolaus
  6. Curie, Marie
  7. Darwin, Charles
  8. Edison, Thomas
  9. Einstein, Albert
  10. Euclid
  11. Euler, Leonhard
  12. Faraday, Michael
  13. Fermi, Enrico
  14. Ford, Henry
  15. Galen
  16. Galileo Galilei
  17. Gauss, Carl Friedrich
  18. Gutenberg, Johannes
  19. Hilbert, David
  20. Joule, James Prescott
  21. Kepler, Johannes
  22. al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa
  23. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
  24. Linnaeus, Carl
  25. Maxwell, James Clerk
  26. Mendeleev, Dmitri
  27. Newton, Sir Isaac
  28. Pasteur, Louis
  29. Planck, Max
  30. Rutherford, Ernest
  31. Schrödinger, Erwin
  32. Tesla, Nikola
  33. Turing, Alan
  34. Watt, James

Philosophers and social scientists

  1. Aristotle
  2. Beauvoir, Simone de
  3. Chanakya
  4. Chomsky, Noam
  5. Confucius
  6. Descartes, René
  7. Freud, Sigmund
  8. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
  9. Ibn Khaldun
  10. Kant, Immanuel
  11. Keynes, John Maynard
  12. Laozi
  13. Locke, John
  14. Machiavelli, Niccolò
  15. Marx, Karl
  16. Nietzsche, Friedrich
  17. Plato
  18. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
  19. Sartre, Jean-Paul
  20. Sima Qian
  21. Smith, Adam
  22. Socrates
  23. Voltaire
  24. Weber, Max
  25. Wittgenstein, Ludwig
  26. Zhu Xi

Political leaders

  1. Akbar
  2. Alexander the Great
  3. Ashoka
  4. Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal
  5. Augustus
  6. von Bismarck, Otto
  7. Bolívar, Simón
  8. Bonaparte, Napoleon
  9. Caesar, Julius
  10. Charlemagne
  11. Churchill, Winston
  12. Constantine the Great
  13. Cyrus the Great
  14. de Gaulle, Charles
  15. Elizabeth I of England
  16. Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
  17. Genghis Khan
  18. Guevara, Che
  19. Hitler, Adolf
  20. Joan of Arc
  21. King, Martin Luther, Jr.
  22. Lenin, Vladimir
  23. Lincoln, Abraham
  24. Louis XIV
  25. Luxemburg, Rosa
  26. Mandela, Nelson
  27. Mao Zedong
  28. Nehru, Jawaharlal
  29. Nkrumah, Kwame
  30. Peter the Great
  31. Qin Shi Huang
  32. Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  33. Saladin
  34. Stalin, Joseph
  35. Suleiman the Magnificent
  36. Sun Yat-sen
  37. Tamerlane
  38. Umar
  39. Washington, George

Religious figures and theologians

  1. Abraham
  2. Aquinas, Thomas
  3. Augustine of Hippo
  4. Buddha
  5. Al-Ghazali
  6. Jesus
  7. Luther, Martin
  8. Moses
  9. Muhammad
  10. Nagarjuna

Philosophy and psychology

Philosophy

  1. Beauty
  2. Dialectic
  3. Ethics
  4. Epistemology
  5. Feminism
  6. Free will
  7. Knowledge
  8. Logic
  9. Mind
  10. Philosophy
  11. Probability
  12. Reality
  13. Truth

Psychology

  1. Behavior
  2. Emotion
  3. Love
  4. Psychology
  5. Thought

World view and religion

  1. God
  2. Mythology
  3. Worldview philosophies
    1. Atheism
    2. Fundamentalism
    3. Materialism
    4. Monotheism
    5. Polytheism
  4. Soul
  5. Religion
  6. Specific religions
    1. Buddhism
    2. Christianity
      1. Catholic Church
    3. Confucianism
    4. Hinduism
      1. Trimurti
    5. Islam
      1. Shia Islam
    6. Jainism
    7. Judaism
    8. Sikhism
    9. Taoism
    10. Zoroastrianism
  7. Spiritual practices
    1. Sufism
    2. Yoga
    3. Zen

Social sciences

  1. Society
  2. Civilization
  3. Education

Family and relationships

  1. Family
  2. Child
  3. Man
  4. Marriage
  5. Woman

Politics

  1. Politics
  2. Anarchism
  3. Colonialism
  4. Communism
  5. Conservatism
  6. Democracy
  7. Dictatorship
  8. Diplomacy
  9. Fascism
  10. Globalization
  11. Government
  12. Ideology
  13. Imperialism
  14. Liberalism
  15. Marxism
  16. Monarchy
  17. Nationalism
  18. Republic
  19. Socialism
  20. State (polity)
  21. Political party
  22. Propaganda
  23. Terrorism

Business and economics

  1. Economics
  2. Capital
  3. Capitalism
  4. Currency
    1. Euro
    2. Japanese yen
    3. United States dollar
  5. Industry
  6. Money
  7. Tax

Law

  1. Law
  2. Constitution

International organizations

  1. African Union
  2. Arab League
  3. ASEAN
  4. Commonwealth of Nations
  5. European Union
  6. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  7. NATO
  8. Nobel Prize
  9. OPEC
  10. United Nations
    1. International Court of Justice
    2. International Monetary Fund
    3. UNESCO
    4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    5. World Health Organization
  11. World Bank
  12. World Trade Organization

War and military

  1. Military
  2. Peace
  3. War
    1. Civil war

Social issues

  1. Abortion
  2. Capital punishment
  3. Human rights
  4. Poverty
  5. Racism
  6. Slavery

Language and literature

  1. Language
  2. Specific languages
    1. Arabic
    2. Bengali
    3. Chinese
    4. English
    5. French
    6. German
    7. Greek
    8. Hebrew
    9. Hindi-Urdu
    10. Japanese
    11. Latin
    12. Persian
    13. Portuguese
    14. Russian
    15. Sanskrit
    16. Spanish
    17. Swahili
    18. Turkish
  3. Linguistics
  4. Grammar
  5. Word
    1. Phoneme
    2. Syllable
  6. Writing system
    1. Arabic alphabet
    2. Chinese characters
    3. Cyrillic script
    4. Greek alphabet
    5. Hangul
    6. Latin alphabet
  7. Literacy
  8. Translation
  9. Literature
    1. Prose
    2. The Art of War
    3. Fiction
      1. One Thousand and One Nights
    4. Novel
      1. Dream of the Red Chamber
      2. The Tale of Genji
    5. Poetry
      1. Epic of Gilgamesh
      2. Iliad
      3. Mahābhārata
      4. Shāhnāma

Measurements

  1. Measurement
  2. International System of Units

Weight, volume and distance

  1. Kilogram
  2. Litre
  3. Metre

Time

  1. Calendar
    1. Gregorian calendar
  2. Clock
  3. Second
  4. Day
  5. Year
  6. Time zone

Science

  1. Science
  2. Nature

Astronomy

  1. Astronomy
  2. Asteroid
  3. Big Bang
  4. Black hole
  5. Comet
  6. Galaxy
    1. Milky Way
  7. Moon
  8. Planet
    1. Earth
    2. Jupiter
    3. Mars
    4. Mercury
    5. Neptune
    6. Saturn
    7. Uranus
    8. Venus
  9. Solar System
  10. Spaceflight
  11. Star
    1. Sun
  12. Universe

Biology

  1. Biology
  2. Biological materials
    1. DNA
    2. Enzyme
    3. Protein
  3. Botany
  4. Death
    1. Suicide
  5. Ecology
    1. Endangered species
  6. Domestication
  7. Life
  8. Biological classification
    1. Species

Biological processes

  1. Metabolism
    1. Digestion
    2. Photosynthesis
    3. Breathing
  2. Evolution
  3. Reproduction
    1. Pregnancy
    2. Sex

Organisms

  1. Organism
  2. Animal
    1. Nematode
    2. Mollusca
    3. Arthropod
      1. Insect
        1. Ant
        2. Bee
        3. Mosquito
      2. Spider
    4. Chordate
      1. Amphibian
      2. Bird
        1. Chicken
        2. Pigeons and doves
      3. Fish
        1. Shark
      4. Mammal
        1. Camel
        2. Cat
        3. Cattle
        4. Dog
        5. Horse
        6. Sheep
        7. Rodent
        8. Domestic pig
        9. Primate
          1. Human
        10. Marine mammal
          1. Whales, dolphins and porpoises
      5. Reptile
        1. Dinosaur
        2. Snake
  3. Archaea
  4. Bacteria
  5. Fungus
  6. Plant
    1. Flower
    2. Tree
  7. Protist

Anatomy

  1. Anatomy
  2. Breast
  3. Cell
  4. Circulatory system
    1. Blood
    2. Heart
  5. Endocrine system
  6. Human gastrointestinal tract
    1. Large intestine
    2. Small intestine
    3. Liver
  7. Muscle
  8. Nervous system
    1. Brain
    2. Nerve
    3. Sensory system
      1. Ear
      2. Nose
      3. Eye
  9. Reproductive system
  10. Respiratory system
  11. Skeleton
  12. Skin

Health and medicine

  1. Medicine
  2. Addiction
    1. Ethanol
    2. Tobacco
  3. Alzheimer's disease
  4. Cancer
  5. COPD
  6. Common cold
  7. Dentistry
  8. Disability
    1. Blindness
    2. Deafness
  9. Mental disorder
  10. Disease
  11. Epilepsy
  12. Pharmaceutical drug
    1. Antibiotic
  13. Health
  14. Gastroenteritis
  15. Headache
  16. Heart attack
  17. Immune system
  18. Malaria
  19. Malnutrition
  20. Menstruation
  21. Obesity
  22. Pandemic
  23. Pneumonia
  24. Poliomyelitis
  25. Sexually transmitted disease
    1. AIDS
  26. Stroke
  27. Tuberculosis
  28. Diabetes mellitus
  29. Vaccine
  30. Virus
    1. Influenza
    2. Smallpox

Chemistry

  1. Chemistry
  2. Inorganic chemistry
  3. Biochemistry
    1. Hormone
  4. Chemical compound
    1. Acid
    2. Base (chemistry)
    3. Salt
  5. Chemical element
    1. Periodic table
    2. Aluminium
    3. Carbon
    4. Copper
    5. Gold
    6. Hydrogen
    7. Iron
    8. Nitrogen
    9. Oxygen
    10. Silver
    11. Tin
  6. Organic chemistry
    1. Alcohol
    2. Carbohydrate
    3. Lipid
  7. Molecule
  8. Analytical chemistry
  9. Physical chemistry

Earth science

  1. Avalanche
  2. Climate
    1. El Niño–Southern Oscillation
    2. Global warming
  3. Earthquake
  4. Geology
    1. Mineral
      1. Diamond
    2. Plate tectonics
    3. Rock
  5. Natural disaster
    1. Flood
    2. Tsunami
  6. Volcano
  7. Weather
    1. Cloud
    2. Rain
    3. Snow
    4. Tornado
    5. Tropical cyclone
    6. Wind

Physics

  1. Physics
  2. Acceleration
  3. Atom
  4. Energy
    1. Conservation of energy
  5. Electromagnetic radiation
    1. Infrared
    2. Ultraviolet
    3. Light
      1. Color
  6. Classical mechanics
  7. Force
    1. Electromagnetism
      1. Magnetic field
    2. Gravitation
    3. Strong interaction
    4. Weak interaction
  8. Magnet
  9. Mass
  10. Metal
    1. Steel
  11. Nuclear fission
  12. State of matter
    1. Gas
    2. Liquid
    3. Plasma
    4. Solid
  13. Quantum mechanics
  14. Radioactive decay
  15. General relativity
  16. Special relativity
  17. Semiconductor
  18. Sound
  19. Velocity
    1. Speed of light
  20. Temperature
  21. Time
  22. Thermodynamics
  23. Vacuum

Mathematics

  1. Mathematics
  2. Arithmetic
    1. Logarithm
    2. Number
    3. Number theory
  3. Algebra
    1. Complex number
    2. Equation
    3. Linear algebra
  4. Geometry
    1. Angle
    2. Area
    3. Coordinate system
    4. Pi
    5. Pythagorean theorem
    6. Symmetry
    7. Trigonometry
  5. Mathematical analysis
    1. Differential equation
    2. Numerical analysis
  6. Probability and statistics
    1. Statistics
  7. Logic and foundations
    1. Function (mathematics)
    2. Infinity
    3. Mathematical proof
    4. Set theory

Food and agriculture

Agriculture

  1. Agriculture
    1. Irrigation
    2. Plough

Food

  1. Food
  2. Bread
  3. Cereal
    1. Barley
    2. Maize
    3. Oat
    4. Rice
    5. Rye
    6. Sorghum
    7. Wheat
  4. Cheese
  5. Chocolate
  6. Honey
  7. Fruit
    1. Apple
    2. Banana
    3. Grape
    4. Soybean
    5. Lemon
    6. Nut (fruit)
  8. Meat
  9. Sugar
  10. Vegetable
    1. Potato

Beverages

  1. Beer
  2. Coffee
  3. Juice
  4. Milk
  5. Tea
  6. Water
  7. Wine

Technology

  1. Technology
  2. Biotechnology
  3. Clothing
    1. Cotton
  4. Engineering
    1. Machine
    2. Robot
    3. Screw
    4. Wheel
  5. Metallurgy
  6. Nanotechnology

Communication

  1. Communication
  2. Book
  3. Information
    1. Encyclopedia
  4. Journalism
    1. Newspaper
    2. Mass media
  5. Printing
  6. Telephone

Electronics

  1. Electronics
    1. Electric current
    2. Frequency
  2. Components
    1. Capacitor
    2. Inductor
    3. Transistor
    4. Diode
    5. Resistor
    6. Transformer

Computers and Internet

  1. Computer
    1. Hard disk drive
    2. Central processing unit
  2. Artificial intelligence
  3. Information technology
    1. Algorithm
  4. Internet
    1. Email
    2. World Wide Web
  5. Operating system
  6. Programming language
  7. Software

Energy and fuels

  1. Renewable energy
  2. Electricity
    1. Nuclear power
  3. Fossil fuel
  4. Internal combustion engine
  5. Steam engine
  6. Fire

Materials

  1. Glass
  2. Paper
  3. Plastic
  4. Wood

Transportation

  1. Transport
  2. Aircraft
  3. Automobile
  4. Bicycle
  5. Submarine
  6. Ship
  7. Train

Weapons

  1. Weapon
    1. Sword
    2. Firearm
      1. Machine gun
    3. Nuclear weapon
  2. Tank
  3. Explosive material
    1. Gunpowder

Arts and recreation

  1. Culture
  2. Art
    1. Comics
    2. Painting
    3. Photography
    4. Sculpture
    5. Pottery
  3. Dance
  4. Fashion
  5. Theatre
  6. Calligraphy

Architecture and civil engineering

  1. Architecture
  2. Arch
  3. Bridge
  4. Canal
  5. Dam
  6. Dome
  7. House
  8. Specific structures
    1. Angkor Wat
    2. Colosseum
    3. Great Wall of China
    4. Eiffel Tower
    5. Empire State Building
    6. Hagia Sophia
    7. Parthenon
    8. Giza Pyramid Complex
    9. St. Peter's Basilica
    10. Statue of Liberty
    11. Taj Mahal
    12. Three Gorges Dam
  9. Pyramid
  10. Tower

Film, radio and television

  1. Film
    1. Animation
  2. Radio
  3. Television

Music

  1. Music
  2. Song
  3. Specific music genres
    1. Blues
    2. Classical music
      1. Opera
      2. Symphony
    3. Electronic music
    4. Flamenco
    5. Hip hop
    6. Jazz
    7. Reggae
    8. Rock music
    9. Samba
  4. Specific musical instruments
    1. Drum
    2. Flute
    3. Guitar
    4. Piano
    5. Trumpet
    6. Violin

Recreation

  1. Game
    1. Backgammon
    2. Chess
    3. Go (game)
    4. Video game
  2. Gambling
  3. Martial arts
    1. Karate
    2. Judo
  4. Olympic Games
  5. Sport
    1. Athletics
    2. Baseball
    3. Basketball
    4. Cricket
    5. Association football
    6. Golf
    7. Rugby
    8. Tennis
  6. Toy

History

This section is for events and periods in human history and prehistory. At least five sentences on:

  1. History

Prehistory and ancient world

  1. Prehistory
  2. Stone Age
  3. Bronze Age
  4. Iron Age
  5. Mesopotamia
  6. Sumer
  7. Ancient Egypt
  8. Ancient Greece
  9. Roman Empire
  10. Han Dynasty
  11. Gupta Empire

Middle Ages and Early Modern

  1. Abbasid Caliphate
  2. Age of Enlightenment
  3. Aztec
  4. Byzantine Empire
  5. Crusades
  6. Holy Roman Empire
  7. Inca
  8. Mali Empire
  9. Mayan Civilization
  10. Middle Ages
  11. Mongol Empire
  12. Ming Dynasty
  13. Ottoman Empire
  14. Protestant Reformation
  15. Renaissance
  16. Tang Dynasty
  17. Vikings

Modern

  1. Arab-Israeli conflict
  2. American Civil War
  3. Apartheid
  4. British Empire
  5. Cold War
  6. Cultural Revolution
  7. French Revolution
  8. Great Depression
  9. The Holocaust
  10. Industrial Revolution
  11. Nazi Germany
  12. Meiji Restoration
  13. Russian Revolution
  14. Qing Dynasty
  15. Vietnam War
  16. World War I
  17. World War II

Geography

This section is for geographical concepts and for specific places.

  1. Geography
  2. City
  3. Continent
  4. Forest
  5. Mountain
  6. Desert
  7. North Pole
  8. Ocean
  9. River
  10. Sea
  11. South Pole

Continents and major regions

  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Europe
  5. Middle East
  6. North America
  7. Oceania
  8. South America

Countries

Eventually, there should be articles on most or all of the countries listed at List of countries. However, for the smaller Wikipedias, some of the more high-priority countries to have articles on are:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Argentina
  4. Australia
  5. Austria
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Brazil
  8. Canada
  9. China
  10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  11. Cuba
  12. Egypt
  13. Ethiopia
  14. France
  15. Germany
  16. India
  17. Indonesia
  18. Iran
  19. Iraq
  20. Israel
  21. Italy
  22. Japan
  23. Mexico
  24. Netherlands
  25. New Zealand
  26. Nigeria
  27. Pakistan
  28. Poland
  29. Portugal
  30. Russia
  31. Saudi Arabia
  32. Singapore
  33. South Africa
  34. South Korea
  35. Spain
  36. Sudan
  37. Switzerland
  38. Tanzania
  39. Thailand
  40. Turkey
  41. Ukraine
  42. United Kingdom
  43. United States
  44. Vatican City
  45. Venezuela
  46. Vietnam

Cities

  1. Amsterdam
  2. Athens
  3. Baghdad
  4. Bangkok
  5. Beijing
  6. Berlin
  7. Bogotá
  8. Brussels
  9. Buenos Aires
  10. Cairo
  11. Cape Town
  12. Damascus
  13. Delhi
  14. Dhaka
  15. Dubai
  16. Hong Kong
  17. Istanbul
  18. Jakarta
  19. Jerusalem
  20. Karachi
  21. Kinshasa
  22. Kolkata
  23. Lagos
  24. London
  25. Los Angeles
  26. Madrid
  27. Mecca
  28. Mexico City
  29. Moscow
  30. Mumbai
  31. Nairobi
  32. New York City
  33. Paris
  34. Rio de Janeiro
  35. Rome
  36. Saint Petersburg
  37. São Paulo
  38. Seoul
  39. Shanghai
  40. Sydney
  41. Tehran
  42. Tokyo
  43. Vienna
  44. Washington, D.C.

Bodies of water

  1. Amazon River
  2. Arctic Ocean
  3. Atlantic Ocean
  4. Baltic Sea
  5. Black Sea
  6. Caribbean Sea
  7. Caspian Sea
  8. Congo River
  9. Danube
  10. Ganges
  11. Great Barrier Reef
  12. Great Lakes
  13. Indian Ocean
  14. Indus River
  15. Lake Baikal
  16. Lake Tanganyika
  17. Lake Victoria
  18. Mediterranean Sea
  19. Mississippi River
  20. Niger River
  21. Nile
  22. North Sea
  23. Pacific Ocean
  24. Panama Canal
  25. Rhine
  26. Suez Canal
  27. Southern Ocean
  28. Volga River
  29. Yangtze River
  30. Yellow River

Mountains and deserts

  1. Alps
  2. Andes
  3. Himalayas
    1. Mount Everest
  4. Mount Kilimanjaro
  5. Rocky Mountains
  6. Sahara
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