Wikipedia:List of articles Wikipedia should have
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This is a list of articles this Wikipedia should have.
Featured articles (The only one so far has been ᏂᎰᏂ) are in boldface).
[edit] Biography
At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures
[edit] Musicians
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Richard Wagner
[edit] Explorers
- Roald Amundsen
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- James Cook
- Hernán Cortés
- Francis Drake
- Leif Ericsson
- Vasco da Gama
- Edmund Hilary
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Marco Polo
- Zheng He
[edit] Inventors and scientists
- Archimedes
- Carl Benz
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Marie Curie
- Charles Darwin
- Albert Einstein
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Enrico Fermi
- Richard Feynman
- Henry Ford
- Sigmund Freud
- Galileo Galilei
- Johann Gutenberg
- Edward Jenner
- Johannes Kepler
- John Maynard Keynes
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Isaac Newton
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- The Wright Brothers
- Buckminster Fuller
- Ole Christensen Roemer
- Tycho Brahe
- Hans Christian Oersted
- Niels Bohr
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Ernest Rutherford
- Nikola Tesla
[edit] Mathematicians, not listed elsewhere
- Leonhard Euler
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
- Karl Friedrich Gauss
- Kurt Gödel
- David Hilbert
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann
- Thales
- Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Musa al-Khwarizmi
[edit] Writers and thinkers
- Aristotle
- Averroes
- Augustinus
- Matsuo Basho
- Dante Alighieri
- Rene Descartes
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
- Homer
- Immanuel Kant
- Lao Tzu
- Li Po
- Martin Luther
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Karl Marx
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Nagarguna
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Bertrand Russell
- William Shakespeare
- Adam Smith
- Socrates
- Sun Tzu
- Tu Fu
- Thomas Aquinas
- Virgil
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Zeami
- Confucius
- Sima Qian
[edit] Artists
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Paul Cézanne
- Vincent van Gogh
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Claude Monet
- Pablo Picasso
- Jackson Pollock
- Nicolas Poussin
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Auguste Rodin
- Rafael Sancho
- Andy Warhol
[edit] Past politicans and leaders
- Akbar the Great
- Alexander the Great
- Yasser Arafat
- Kemal Atatürk
- Cæsar Augustus
- Otto von Bismarck
- Simón Bolívar
- Charlemagne
- Winston Churchill
- Cleopatra
- Constantine the Great
- Franz Ferdinand
- Mohandas Gandhi
- Charles de Gaulle
- Genghis Khan
- Che Guevara
- Hammurabi
- Hannibal
- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
- Adolf Hitler
- Thomas Jefferson
- Julius Caesar
- Lenin
- Abraham Lincoln
- Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nelson Mandela
- Mao Tse-tung
- Benito Mussolini
- Napoleon I
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Peter the Great (of Russia)
- Pol Pot
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Saladin
- Shaka Zulu
- Sitting Bull
- Josef Stalin
- Tamerlane
- Leo Trotsky
- Harry Truman
- Queen Victoria (UK)
- George Washington
- Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
- Qin Shihuang
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda
[edit] Modern politicans and leaders
- Kofi Annan
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Tony Blair
- George W. Bush
- Fidel Castro
- Jacques Chirac
- Nelson Mandela
- Vladimir Putin
- Gerhard Schröder
- Queen Elizabeth II (UK)
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Mahatir Bin Muhammad
[edit] Women in history
- Cleopatra
- Hildegard von Bingen
- Indira Gandhi
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
- Nefertiti
- Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
- Queen Elizabeth I (of England)
- Queen Victoria (of the United Kingdom)
- Queen Liliuokalani
- Kaahumanu
- Joan of Arc
- Rachel Carson
- Marie Curie
- Amelia Earhart
- Mary Harris (Mother Jones)
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Golda Meir
- Florence Nightingale
- Rosa Parks
- Cixi (Tse Hsi, Tz'u-hsi) (The Dowager Empress of China, 1835 - 1908)
- Eva Peron
- Sappho
- Mary Wollstonecraft
[edit] Computers and Internet
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs
- Donald Knuth
- Richard Stallman
- Alan Turing
- Linus Torvalds
- Dennis Ritchie
[edit] Terrorists
- Gavrilo Princip
- Osama bin Laden
[edit] Countries, Law and Politics
- One sentence and the table on all countries in this list (203 articles): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries
- Communist Manifesto
- Constitution
- Declaration of the Rights of Man
- Law
- Magna Carta
- Leviathan
[edit] Domestics
- Agriculture
- Barley
- Bread
- Cheese
- Chocolate
- Cotton
- Honey
- Fruit
- Apple
- Banana
- Grape
- Lemon
- Orange
- Maize
- Oats
- Potato
- Rice
- Sorghum
- Soya bean
- Sugar
- Tobacco
- Vegetable
- Wheat
[edit] Beverages
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Wine
- Cola
- Coffee
- Tea
- Water
- Milk
[edit] Geography
- Earth science
[edit] Continents
At least three sentences on each of the continents
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- ᎡᎶᏆ
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
[edit] Other regions
- Latin America
- Middle East
- Oceania
[edit] Major cities
Cities with historical, economical, political and/or religious importance and significance
- Athens
- Bangkok
- Beijing
- Berlin
- Bombay
- Brussels
- Cairo
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul
- Jakarta
- Jerusalem
- London
- Manila
- Madrid
- Mecca
- Mexico City
- Moscow
- Nailobi
- New York
- New Delhi
- Paris
- Rio de Janiero
- Rome
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- St. Petersburg
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Washington, D.C.
[edit] Currency
- American Dollar
- British Pound (Sterling)
- Euro
- Yen
- Renminbi
- Rupee
[edit] Miscellaneous geographical concepts
- Capital
- City
- Continent
- Desert
- Ocean
- Rain forest
- River
- Sea
- Volcano
[edit] Geographical entities
[edit] Ocean, Sea
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Great Barrier Reef
- Indian Ocean
- Mediterranean Sea
- North Sea
- Pacific Ocean
- Panama Canal
- Suez Canal
- Southern Ocean
[edit] Poles
- North Pole
- South Pole
[edit] Mountains, Vallay, Deserts and inland watery
- The Alps
- Amazon River
- Andes
- Aral Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- Great Lakes
- Great Rift Valley
- Himalayas
- Kilimanjaro
- Mississippi River
- Mount Everest
- Niagara falls
- Nile River
- Rocky Mountains
- Sahara Desert
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Victoria
[edit] History
At least five sentences on:
- Archaeology
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Sumer
- Ancient Egypt
- Iron Age
- Classical Greece
- Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Seljuk Empire
- Middle Ages
- Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- The Vikings
- Crusades
- The Great Schism
- Ottoman Empire
- Renaissance
- Reformation
- Discovery of the Americas
- Colonization of North-east America
- Colonization of South America
- Spanish Inquisition
- English Civil War
- British Empire
- Slavery
- the Enlightenment
- French Revolution
- Industrial Revolution
- American Civil War
- Franco-Prussian War
- German unification
- The Scramble for Africa
- Meiji Restoration
- World War I
- Russian Revolution
- Russian Civil War
- Soviet Union
- Spanish Civil War
- World War II
- Holocaust
- Korean War
- Cold War
- Afghan Soviet War
- Outer space exploration (Sputnik, Apollo programs, shuttles)
- Vietnam War
- Apartheid
- Gulf war (which one?)
- Han Dynasty
- Tang Dynasty
- Sung Dynasty
- Yuan Dynasty
- Qing Dynasty
- Ming Dynasty
[edit] Politics
- Anarchism
- Anarchy
- Capitalism
- Communism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Fascism
- Feminism
- Religious Fundamentalism
- Globalisation
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Monarchy
- Nationalism
- Racism
- Republic
- Socialism
- Separation of power:
- Judiciary
- Legislature
- Executive
- Political party
- Theocracy
[edit] Human issues
- Abortion
- Birth control
- Capital punishment
- Homosexuality
- Human rights
- Sexism
- Slavery
[edit] International
- ASEAN
- Arab League
- Antiglobalization
- Diplomacy
- European Union
- Freedom
- Globalization
- IMF
- NATO
- Nobel Prize
- Olympic Games, preferably with a mention of the Paralympics
- OPEC
- Red Cross/Red Crescent/Red Star of David
- United Nations
- WHO
- UNICEF
- UNESCO
- World Bank
[edit] Religion
- Religion
At least a five-sentence introduction to the religions:
- Baha'i
- The Báb
- Bahá'u'lláh
- Buddhism
- Gautama Buddha
- Christianity
- ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ
- The Pope
- Church
- Protestantism
- Confucianism
- Confucius
- ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ
- Hinduism
- Brahma
- Vishnu
- Siva
- Islam
- Ali
- Muhammad
- Mosque
- Omar
- Mecca
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Moses
- Synagogue
- Jerusalem
- Israel
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Nanak
- Spirits
- Taoism
- Voodoo
- Zoroastrianism
- Zoroaster
With necessary mention of non-religiousness:
- Agnosticism
- Atheism
- Humanism
[edit] Culture
At least three sentences on:
- Art
- Architecture
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Astrology
- Culture
- Dance
- Film
- Actors
- Directors
- Ingmar Bergman
- Walt Disney
- Akira Kurosawa
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Gambling
- Game
- Chess
- Go
- Mancala
- Checkers
- Backgammon
- Literature
- Novel
- Don Quixote
- Thousand and One Nights
- Poetry
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- Iliad
- Mahabharata
- Odyssey
- Novel
- Books
- The Bible
- The Qur'an
- Music
- CD
- Classical music
- Opera
- Symphony
- Jazz
- Pop music
- Reggae
- Soul and gospel
- Aretha Franklin
- Rock and roll
- The Beatles
- Heavy metal
- Elvis Presley
- The Rolling Stones
- Traditional
- Gamelan
- Indian classical music
- Musical Instruments
- Drum
- Flute
- Guitar
- Piano
- String instrument
- Trumpet
- Violin/Fiddle
- Radio
- Television
- Theater
- Broadway
- Noh
- Tourism
[edit] Science
At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields:
[edit] Astronomy
- Astronomy
- Asteroid
- Big Bang
- Black hole
- Comet
- Earth
- Galaxy
- Jupiter
- Light year
- Mars
- Mercury
- Milky Way
- Moon
- Neptune
- Planet
- Pluto
- Saturn
- Solar System
- Star
- Sun
- Uranus
- Venus
[edit] Biology
- Biology
[edit] Biological materials
- DNA
- Enzyme
- Protein
[edit] Mammalian anatomy
- Digestive system
- Large intestine
- Small intestine
- Liver
- Respiratory system
- Lungs
- Skeletal system
- Nervous system
- Brain
- Sensory system
- Auditory system
- Ear
- Visual system
- Eye
- Olfactory system
- Gustatory system
- Somatosensory system
- Auditory system
- Endocrine system
- Circulatory system
- Blood
- Heart
- Reproductive system
- Penis
- Vagina
- Integumentary system
- Skin
- Breast
[edit] Biological processes
- Digestion
- Evolution
- Excretion
- Photosynthesis
- Pregnancy
- Reproduction
- Respiration
[edit] Organisms
- Animal
- Chordate
- Amphibian
- Frog
- Bird
- Dove
- Eagle
- Fish
- Shark
- Mammal
- Bat
- Bear
- Camel
- Cat
- Cattle
- Dog
- Dolphin
- Elephant
- Horse
- Sheep
- Lion
- Mammoth
- Monkey
- Pig
- Whale
- Reptile
- Snake
- Amphibian
- Insect
- Ant
- Bee
- Butterfly
- Arachnid
- Chordate
- Archea
- Bacterium
- Fungus
- Plant
- Flower
- Palm
- Tree
- Protist
- Cell
[edit] Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Element
- List of elements
- Biochemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Periodic table
- Aluminium
- Carbon
- Copper
- Gold
- Iron
- Helium
- Hydrogen
- Lithium
- Neon
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Silver
- Zinc
[edit] Ecology
- Ecology
- Species
- Endangered species
[edit] Geology
- Basalt
- Flint
- Limestone
- Earth (Geology)
[edit] Medicine
- Medicine
- AIDS
- Alcoholism
- Cancer
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Cholera
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dysentery
- Heart disease
- Hypertension
- Influenza
- Lung cancer
- Malaria
- Malnutrtion
- Obesity
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Smallpox
- Stroke
- Syphilis
- Tuberculosis
- Virus
- Blindness
- Mental Illness
- Deafness
[edit] Meterology
- Cloud
- El Niño
- Global Warming
- Tornado
- Tropical cyclone
- Rain
- Snow
[edit] Physics
- Physics
- Atom
- Electron
- Neutron
- Proton
- Energy
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Radio
- IR
- Visible
- Spectrum
- Black
- White
- Red
- Yellow
- Green
- Blue
- UV
- Gamma
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Isotope
- Molecule
- Light
- Forces
- Gravitation
- Electromagnetism
- Weak nuclear force
- Strong nuclear force
- Acceleration
- Force
- Mass
- Speed
- Time
- Velocity
- Weight
- Quantum mechanics
- Theory of relativity
[edit] Human sciences
- Anthropology
- Education
- University
- Human
- Psychology
- Sociology
[edit] Resources
- Minerals
- Diamond
- Salt
[edit] Others
- Oil
- Gas
- Coal
[edit] SI units and others
- SI Unit System
- Metre
- Litre
- Kilogram
- Volt
- Watt
- Newton
[edit] Calendars and timekeeping
- Calendar
- Day
- Gregorian calendar
- Day-of-week algorithm
- Calculation of date of Easter
- Leap year
- Gregorian calendar
- Month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Time zone
- Daylight Saving Time / Summer Time
- Year
[edit] Language
- ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
- Dialect
- Grammar
- Linguistics
- Pronunciation
- Syntax
- Word
- ᏣᎳᎩ
- ᎠᎳᏈ
- Bengal
- ᎩᎵᏏ
- Esperanto
- ᎠᎦᎸᏥ
- ᎠᏛᏥ
- ᎬᎵᎧ
- ᎮᏊ
- ᎯᏅᏗ
- ᏂᎰᏂ
- ᎳᏘᎾ
- ᎷᏏᎥ
- Sanskrit
- ᏍᏆᏂ
- ᏥᏂᏍ (deleted Mandarin, because it is a dialect of Chinese)
- ᏔᎻᎵ
- ᏚᎸᎩ
- ᏍᏩᎯᎵ
- !Xóõ
[edit] Architecture
also civil engeering
- Architecture
- Arch
- Bridge
- Canal
- Dam
- Dome
- Nail
- Tower
[edit] Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Algebra
- Axiom
- Calculus
- Integration
- Differentiation
- Geometry
- Circle
- Pi
- Square
- Triangle
- Circle
- Group theory
- Mathematical logic
- Mathematical proof
- Proof by deduction
- Proof by induction
- Proof by contradiction
- Number
- Complex number
- Integer
- Natural number
- Prime number
- Rational number
- Infinity
- Set theory
- Statistics
- Trigonometry
[edit] Military
- Army
- Artillery
- Cavalry
- Infantry
- Navy
- Airforce
[edit] Sport
- Sport
- Athletics
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Judo
- Soccer
- Motor racing
- Hockey
- Tennis
- Badminton
- Olympics
- Waterpolo
[edit] Industry
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Refining
[edit] Technology
[edit] Computers
- Computer
- Processor
- RAM
- Motherboard
- Hard disk
- Boot loader
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer science
- Algorithm
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows
- Mac OS
- Linux
- Unix
- Programming language
- C
- Java
- Pascal
- PHP
- Software
- User interface
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Monitor
[edit] Common technology
- Coinage
- Combustion engine
- Engineering
- Fire
- Inclined plane
- Lever
- Metallurgy
- Printing
- Pulley
- Screw
- Steam engine
- Wedge
- Wheel
[edit] Communication
- Letters / Alphabet
- Chinese character
- Cyrillic alphabet
- Greek alphabet
- Latin alphabet
- Literacy
- Information
- Internet
- Internet protocol
- TCP
- World Wide Web
- Web browser
- HTTP
- HTML
- Wiki
- Journalism
- Newspaper
- Mass media
- Radio
- Railroad
- Telegraph
- Telephone
- Mobile telephone
- Television
- Writing
[edit] Electricity
- Renewable sources
- Solar
- Hydro
- Wind
- Waves
- Wood
- Depletable sources and fossil fuels
- Coal
- Gas
- Oil
- Nuclear
[edit] Electronics
- Electronics
- Voltage
- Current
- Charge
- Frequency
- Phase
- Resistance
- Reactance
- Inductance
- Capacitance
- Gain
- Components
- Transistor
- Diode
- Resistor
- Capacitor
- Transformer
- Inductor
[edit] Materials
- Glass
- Paper
- Plastic
[edit] Transportation
- Transport
- Aeroplane / Airplane
- Automobile
- Bicycle
- Boat
- Ship
- Train
[edit] Weapons
- Axe
- Explosives
- Firearms
- Gunpowder
- Machine gun
- Martial arts (i.e. one's own body as a weapon)
- Nuclear weapon
- Sword
- Tank
[edit] Disasters
- Avalanche
- Earthquake
- Flood
- Hurricane
- Nuclear meltdown
- ᏧᎾᎻ
[edit] Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Eastern philosophy
- Scientific method
- Beauty
- Ethics
- Existence
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Moral (or Morality)
- Logic
- Truth
[edit] Economics
- Economics
- Money
- Supply & Demand
- Free Market
- Capital
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics