सदस्य:Bhadani/Sandbox
There are a lot of Wikipedias. Some of them are very big, and some are very small. They all need certain basic articles. They can even just be stubs.
This is a list of 1,000 basic articles every Wikipedia needs.
Biography
[संपादित करें]At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures.
Artists
[संपादित करें]- Vincent van Gogh
- Michelangelo
- Pablo Picasso
- Rembrandt
- Diego Velázquez
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Joseph Mallord William Turner
Composers and musicians
[संपादित करें]Explorers
[संपादित करें]- Roald Amundsen
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- Hernán Cortés
- Francis Drake
- Vasco da Gama
- Edmund Hillary
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Marco Polo
Political leaders and activists
[संपादित करें]- Akbar the Great
- Alexander the Great
- Kofi Annan
- Augustus
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Otto von Bismarck
- Tony Blair
- Simón Bolívar
- George W. Bush
- Julius Caesar
- Hugh Capet of France
- Charlemagne
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Jacques Chirac
- Winston Churchill
- Cleopatra
- Elizabeth I of England
- Franz Ferdinand
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Charles de Gaulle
- Hirohito
- Adolf Hitler
- Genghis Khan
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Vladimir Lenin
- Louis XIV of France
- Nelson Mandela
- Mao Zedong
- Benito Mussolini
- Napoleon
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Peter I of Russia
- Phillip II of Spain
- Józef Piłsudski
- Pol Pot
- Richard I of England
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Saladin
- Gerhard Schröder
- Shaka Zulu
- Sitting Bull
- Josef Stalin
- Tamerlane
- Leon Trotsky
- Harry Truman
- Tutankhamun
- Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Lech Wałęsa
- Wilhelm II
- William I of England
Scientists, inventors and mathematicians
[संपादित करें]- Al-Khawarizmi
- Archimedes
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Charles Darwin
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Fibonacci
- Henry Ford
- Galileo Galilei
- Bill Gates
- Karl Friedrich Gauss
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Nikolai Lobachevsky
- Isaac Newton
- Blaise Pascal
- Claudius Ptolemaeus
- Pythagoras
- Wright Brothers
Writers and thinkers
[संपादित करें]- Dante Alighieri
- Aristotle
- Aristophanes
- Isaiah Berlin
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Confucius
- René Descartes
- Diogenes of Sinope
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
- Homer
- Victor Hugo
- Immanuel Kant
- Lao Tzu
- Martin Luther
- Karl Marx
- Molière
- Montesquieu
- Plato
- Bertrand Russell
- William Shakespeare
- Adam Smith
- Socrates
- Sun Tzu
- Virgil
- Voltaire
- Zeno of Citium
- Zeno of Elea
History
[संपादित करें]- History
Note: This is rather anglocentric, and tells a story of "Western civilization"; needs expansion for other cultures significant epochs and events.
At least five sentences on:
Prehistory and ancient world
[संपादित करें]- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Bronze Age
- Byzantine Empire
- Human evolution
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Iron Age
- Macedonian Empire
- Mesoamerica
- Prehistory
- Seljuk Empire
- Stone Age
- Sumer
Middle Ages and Renaissance
[संपादित करें]- American Revolutionary War
- Black Death
- British Empire
- Counter-Reformation
- Crusade
- Dutch Revolt
- East-West Schism
- English Civil War
- Enlightenment
- European colonization of the Americas
- French Revolution
- Holy Roman Empire
- Inca
- Middle Ages
- Ming Dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Partitions of Poland
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Protestant Reformation
- Renaissance
- Vikings
- Yuan Dynasty
Industrial age
[संपादित करें]- 1973 oil crisis
- Afghan-Soviet War
- American Civil War
- Apartheid
- British Raj
- Chinese Civil War
- Cold War
- Decolonization
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- Establishment of the State of Israel
- Franco-Prussian War
- German unification
- Great Depression
- Gulf War
- Holocaust
- Imperial Russia
- Indian Independence Movement
- Industrial Revolution
- Iranian Revolution
- Italian unification
- Korean War
- Meiji Restoration
- Napoleonic Wars
- Nazi Germany
- Partition of India
- Qing Dynasty
- Reunification of Germany
- Russian Civil War
- Russian Revolution
- Scramble for Africa
- Solidarity
- Space exploration
- Spanish Civil War
- Treaty of Versailles
- Vietnam War
- World War I
- World War II
Geography
[संपादित करें]Continents and major regions
[संपादित करें]At least three sentences on each of the continents and major regions of the world:
Countries
[संपादित करें]One sentence and the table on all countries in this list.
Cities
[संपादित करें]- Athens
- Baghdad
- Bangkok
- Beijing
- Berlin
- Buenos Aires
- Cairo
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul
- Jerusalem
- London
- Madrid
- Manila
- Mecca
- Mexico City
- Moscow
- Mumbai
- New York
- Paris
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rome
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- St. Petersburg
- Tehran
- Tokyo
- Vienna
- Washington, D.C.
Bodies of water
[संपादित करें]- Amazon River
- Antarctic Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Lakes
- Indian Ocean
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mississippi River
- Niagara Falls
- Nile
- North Sea
- Pacific Ocean
Mountains, valleys and deserts
[संपादित करें]Society
[संपादित करें]Family
[संपादित करें]Politics
[संपादित करें]- Politics
- Anarchism
- Capitalism
- Communism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Diplomacy
- Fascism
- Globalization
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Monarchy
- Nationalism
- Socialism
International organizations
[संपादित करें]- African Union
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Arab League
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Council of Europe
- European Union
- Geneva Conventions
- Interpol
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Nobel Prize
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Olympic Games, preferably with a mention of the Paralympic Games
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Organization of American States
- United Nations
- IAEA
- IMF
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- World Bank Group
Social issues
[संपादित करें]Culture
[संपादित करें]At least three sentences on:
Architecture
[संपादित करें]Games, sports and activities
[संपादित करें]Language and literature
[संपादित करें]Philosophy
[संपादित करें]- Philosophy
- Aesthetics
- Body
- Consciousness
- Free will
- Humanism
- Metaphysics
- Mind
- Reality
- Truth
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Feminism
Religion
[संपादित करें]At least a five-sentence introduction to the religions:
- Baha'i
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Confucianism
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Zoroastrianism
- Voodoo
And an introduction to the concepts:
Science
[संपादित करें]At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields:
Astronomy
[संपादित करें]Biology
[संपादित करें]Anatomy
[संपादित करें]- Anatomy
- Heart
- Lung
- Vagina
- Penis
- Kidney
- Stomach
- Liver
- Spleen
- Intestine
- Skeleton
- Breast
- Skin
- Head
- Arm
- Leg
Food and drink
[संपादित करें]Medicine
[संपादित करें]Organisms
[संपादित करें]Chemistry and geology
[संपादित करें]- Chemistry
- Geology
- Acid
- Alkali
- Chemical element
- Chemical reaction
- Compound
- Metal
- Mineral
- Molecule
- Oil
- Organic chemistry
- pH
- Salt
Physics
[संपादित करें]- Physics
- Acceleration
- Area
- Atom
- Atomic theory
- Electricity
- Energy
- Force
- Gravity
- Heat
- Length
- Light
- Magnetism
- Mass
- Newton's laws of motion
- Particle physics
- Photon
- Quantum mechanics
- Relativity
- Thermodynamics
- Time
- Velocity
Weather and climate
[संपादित करें]- Weather
- Climate
- Avalanche
- Cloud
- Drought
- Earthquake
- ENSO
- Flood
- Global warming
- Meteorology
- Nuclear meltdown
- Rain
- Snow
- Tornado
- Tropical cyclone
- Tsunami
- Volcano
Technology
[संपादित करें]- Technology
- Invention
- Agriculture
- Human use of fire
- Clothing
- Metallurgy
- Writing
- Alphabet
- Ship
- Sail
- Inclined plane
- Wheel
- Pulley
- Lever
- Screw
- Wedge
- Weapon
- Explosives
- Bicycle
- Steam engine
- Train
- Automobile
- Electricity
- Electronics
- Electric motor
- Telephone
- Aircraft
- Computer
- Operating system
- Linux
- Unix
- Microsoft Windows
- Mac OS
- MS-DOS (still very much used in developing countries)
- Laser
- Internet
- WWW
- FTP
- HTTP
- Ethernet
- Electronic mail (e-mail)
- virus
- search service
- Internet service provider (ISP)
Mathematics
[संपादित करें]If you support this effort, please add to the list. We can then decide what the basic sentences can be for each article.