Shortcut: WP:VA/E

This page is a list of important subjects for which Wikipedia should have a corresponding high-quality article, and ideally a featured article. It also serves as a centralized watchlist.

This page is an expanded version of Wikipedia:Vital articles, as a huge list of highly notable articles, which could be maintained easier as a set of sub-lists of a thousand notable articles in each sublist. It formerly listed approximately 2,000 Wikipedia articles, but had expanded to 3,652 (11 Sep 09) in an effort to provide 10x the details of the vital list (not just double). For example,

• horse/dog now include breeds/types: Appaloosa, Quarter horse, Beagle, Dalmatian, etc.
• actors were expanded with the top 50 actors of AFI's "100 Years...100 Stars";
• film directors were expanded to include those who won 2 Academy Awards;
• section "Olympic/sports figures" was added with Top 100 of 20th Century & more;
• section "Journalists" was added to include major TV/print reporters;
• section "Magicians/mystics" was added for Houdini, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, ...
• food meat/cheese was expanded to list types: Ham, Porkchop, Edam, Colby,...
• food fruit/vegetables were expanded: Guava, Mango, Pear, Squash, Turnip, Yam, ...
• "automobile" was expanded as 35 makes and over 50 models.

The intent is to represent a cross-section of topics, as groups of the most-notable in a field. The goal is not just a short list, but a representative short list: the 1 topic "horse" was expanded to include breeds, famous racehorses & others.

See also m:List of articles every Wikipedia should have, Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics, and Core 1,000 articles

Contents 1 People 1.1 Actors and entertainers 1.2 Artists, visual 1.3 Authors 1.4 Composers and musicians 1.5 Directors, producers & screenwriters 1.6 Entrepreneurs 1.7 Explorers 1.8 Performing artists 1.9 Philosophers and social scientists 1.10 Religious figures 1.11 Politicians and leaders 1.12 Revolutionaries and activists 1.13 Scientists, inventors and mathematicians 1.14 Journalists 1.15 Magicians/Mystics 1.16 Olympic/sports figures 1.16.1 Racehorses 1.17 Mythical figures/places 1.18 Super heroes/villains 2 History 2.1 Basics 2.2 Prehistory to Renaissance 2.3 Modern history 3 Geography 3.1 Basics 3.2 Bodies of water 3.3 Cities 3.4 Continents and regions 3.5 Countries 3.6 Mountains, valleys and deserts 4 Arts 4.1 Basics 4.2 Architecture 4.3 Literature 4.4 Music 4.5 Performing arts 4.6 Visual arts 5 Philosophy and religion 5.1 Philosophy 5.2 Philosophical schools and traditions 5.3 Religion 5.4 Specific religions 6 Everyday life 6.1 Basics 6.2 Family and relationships 6.3 Thought, behavior and emotion 6.4 Food and drink 6.5 Language 6.6 Specific languages 6.7 Recreation and entertainment 6.8 Timekeeping 7 Society and social sciences 7.1 Basics 7.2 Business and economics 7.3 Education 7.4 International organizations 7.5 Law 7.6 Media 7.7 Politics and government 7.8 Social issues 7.9 Social sciences 7.10 War and military 8 Health and medicine 8.1 Health and fitness 8.2 Medicine 8.3 Disease 9 Science 9.1 Basics 9.2 Astronomy 9.3 Biology 9.3.1 Anatomy 9.3.2 Biological processes 9.3.3 Organisms 9.4 Chemistry 9.5 Earth science 9.6 Physics 10 Technology 10.1 Basics 10.2 Electronics 10.3 Energy and raw materials 10.4 Food and health 10.5 Information technology 10.6 Material and chemical 10.7 Mechanical and structural engineering 10.8 Media and communication 10.9 Navigation and timekeeping 10.10 Optical 10.11 Space 10.12 Transportation 10.13 Weapons 11 Mathematics 12 Measurement

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