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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.
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Billy the Kid Jack the Ripper Al Capone Pablo Escobar [ change source ] Claude Lévi-Strauss Margaret Mead Walter Benjamin Clement Greenberg
Erwin Panofsky
Edward Said Many Wikipedias have provisions for including current heads of government in their expanded vital article list. This list suggests the higher priority heads of state and government.
Athletics, 23 Roger Bannister *Usain Bolt *Bob Beamon
Sergey Bubka
Sebastian Coe Dick Fosbury Haile Gebrselassie
Eric Heiden (US)
Stefka Kostadinova
Jackie Joyner-Kersee *Rafer Johnson (US)Yelena Isinbayeva Sawao Kato
Carl Lewis * (US)Kipchoge Keino
Bobby Morrow (US)Edwin Moses (US)
Paavo Nurmi *Jesse Owens * (US)Lilia Podkopayeva
Wilma Rudolph (US)Babe Didrikson Zaharias (US)Emil Zátopek *Alpine skiing, 5 Jean-Claude Killy
Hermann Maier
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Ingemar Stenmark Lindsey Vonn (US)American/Irish/Australian Football, 3 Jim Brown * (US)O. J. Simpson * (US)Jerry Rice * (US)
Badminton, 2 Lin Dan
Peter Gade Basketball, 10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (US)Sergei Belov Larry Bird (US)Wilt Chamberlain (US)Tim Duncan (US)Magic Johnson * (US)Michael Jordan * (US)Dražen Petrović Bill Russell * (US)Arvydas Sabonis Baseball, 6 Hank Aaron (US)Ty Cobb (US)Lou Gehrig (US)Willie Mays (US)Jackie Robinson (US)Babe Ruth * (US)Biathlon, 1 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Bicycle, 6 Jacques Anquetil Gino Bartali
Fausto Coppi Bernard Hinault Miguel Indurain Eddy Merckx *Boxing, 8 Muhammad Ali * (US)Henry Armstrong (US)
Jack Dempsey (US)Rocky Marciano (US)Joe Louis (US)Ingemar Johansson Sugar Ray Robinson (US)Sugar Ray Leonard (US)Chess, 2 Bobby Fischer * (US)Garry Kasparov *Cricket, 3 Don Bradman W.G. Grace Sachin Tendulkar *Equestrian, 1 Reiner Klimke Field hockey, 2 Luciana Aymar
Dhyan Chand Figureskating, 7 Robin Cousins
Scott Hamilton (US)
Sonja Henie Michelle Kwan (US)Tara Lipinski (US)Axel Paulsen
Irina Rodnina Golf, 8 Ben Hogan (US)Bobby Jones (US)
Jack Nicklaus (US)Arnold Palmer (US)Gary Player Annika Sörenstam
Lee Trevino (US)Tiger Woods * (US)Gymnastics, 6 Nadia Comăneci Olga Korbut Larisa Latynina Li Ning
Vitaly Scherbo
Ludmilla Tourischeva Handball, 1 Igor Turchin (handball)* Icehockey, 9 Wayne Gretzky *Valeri Kharlamov
Gordie Howe Bobby Hull Mario Lemieux Sergei Makarov Bobby Orr Maurice Richard Vladislav Tretiak Motorsports, 6 Mario Andretti Juan Manuel Fangio Alain Prost Michael Schumacher *Ayrton Senna Jackie Stewart Nordic skiing, 2 Bjørn Dæhlie
Matti Nykänen Sailing, 2 Ben Ainslie
Paul Elvstrøm Soccer, 22 Franz Beckenbauer David Beckham *Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Bobby Charlton *Johan Cruyff *Alfredo Di Stéfano Eusébio Sir Alex Ferguson Garrincha Mia Hamm Diego Maradona *Lionel Messi *Gerd Müller *Michel Platini Ferenc Puskas *Ronaldo *Cristiano Ronaldo Pelé *Marco van Basten Lev Yashin Zinedine Zidane *Speedskating, 2 Bonnie Blair
Johann Olav Koss Swimming, 4 Jim Thorpe *Mark Spitz *Michael Phelps * (US)Greg Louganis (US)Table tennis, 1 Jan-Ove Waldner Team handball, 2 Ivano Balić
Anja Andersen Tennis, 16 Andre Agassi * (US)Björn Borg Margaret Court Chris Evert (US)Roger Federer *Novak Djokovic Steffi Graf *Billie Jean King (US)Rod Laver Suzanne Lenglen
John McEnroe (US)Rafael Nadal Martina Navratilova *Pete Sampras * (US)Bill Tilden (US)
Serena Williams (US)Volleyball, 1 Karch Kiraly (US)Sepp Blatter Pierre de Coubertin Juan Antonio Samaranch Transcluded from Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded/History .
History of Central America
History of the Caribbean
History of the Balkans
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Atlas Mountains Drakensberg Ethiopian Highlands Great Rift Valley (geographical concept) American Cordillera North America, 11 Adirondack Mountains Appalachian Mountains Black Hills Bryce Canyon National Park Canadian Shield Grand Canyon Great Plains Columbia Plateau
Pacific Coast Ranges
Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Rocky Mountains South America, 4 Andes Altiplano Brazilian Highlands
Guiana Shield Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, 7 Iranian plateau Zagros Mountains Hindu Kush Caucasus Mountains Tian Shan Alborz
Turan Depression Eastern Asia, 5 North China Plain Tibetan Plateau Kunlun Mountains Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
Mongolian Plateau Northern Asia, 6 West Siberian Plain
Central Siberian Plateau
Altai Mountains Sayan Mountains
Verkhoyansk Range
Sikhote-Alin Southern Asia, 5 Deccan Plateau Himalayas Karakoram Indo-Gangetic Plain
Western Ghats Southeastern Asia, 0 Western Asia, 3 Pontic Mountains Taurus Mountains Najd Alps Apennine Mountains Balkan Mountains Carpathian Mountains East European Plain North European Plain
Pyrenees Scandinavian Mountains Ural Mountains Great Dividing Range Southern Alps Transantarctic Mountains
Abu Dhabi Ahmedabad Almaty Amman Ankara Ashgabat Baghdad Baku Bangalore Bangkok Beijing Beirut Bishkek Busan Chengdu Chennai Chongqing Colombo Damascus Delhi Dhaka Dili Doha Dubai Dushanbe Isfahan Gaza Guangzhou Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jaipur Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Kabul Karachi Kathmandu Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Kuwait City Kyoto Lahore Lhasa Manama Manila Mecca Moroni, Comoros Mumbai Muscat, Oman Nagoya Nanjing Naypyidaw New Delhi Nur-Sultan Osaka Phnom Penh Pyongyang Pune Ramallah Riyadh Samarkand Sana'a Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Shenzhen Singapore Surabaya Surat Taipei Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran Tel Aviv Thimphu Tianjin Tokyo Ulan Bator Vientiane Vladivostok Wuhan Xi'an Yangon Yerevan Yokohama Abuja Accra Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers Antananarivo Bamako Bissau Brazzaville Bujumbura Cairo Cape Town Casablanca Conakry Dakar Dar es Salaam Durban Gaborone Harare Johannesburg Kampala Khartoum Kinshasa Lagos Libreville Lilongwe Lomé Luanda Lusaka Malabo Malé Maputo Maseru Mbabane Mogadishu Monrovia Nairobi N'Djamena Niamey Nouakchott Ouagadougou Port Louis Porto-Novo Praia Pretoria Rabat São Tomé Tripoli Tunis Victoria, Seychelles Windhoek Yaoundé South America Asunción Bogotá Brasília Buenos Aires Caracas Curitiba Georgetown, Guyana La Paz Lima Montevideo Paramaribo Quito Recife Rio de Janeiro Santiago São Paulo Sucre Valparaiso USA and Canada Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Los Angeles Las Vegas Miami Montreal New Orleans New York City Ottawa Philadelphia Phoenix St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Toronto Vancouver Washington, D.C. Middle America Bridgetown Castries Guadalajara Guatemala City Havana Kingston, Jamaica Kingstown Managua Mexico City Monterrey Nassau, Bahamas Panama City Port-au-Prince Port of Spain Roseau San Juan, Puerto Rico San José, Costa Rica San Salvador Santo Domingo St. George's, Grenada St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Tegucigalpa Bratislava Budapest Lisbon Ljubljana Nicosia Prague Valletta Amsterdam Brussels The Hague Scandinavia Copenhagen Helsinki Oslo Reykjavík Stockholm Balkans Athens Belgrade Bucharest Podgorica Sarajevo Skopje Sofia Thessaloniki Tirana Zagreb Germany, Austria and Switzerland Berlin Bern Cologne Dresden Düsseldorf Frankfurt Geneva Hamburg Hanover Munich Nuremberg Stuttgart Vienna Zurich United Kingdom and Ireland Birmingham Dublin Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds Liverpool London Manchester France Bordeaux Lyon Marseille Paris Strasbourg Toulouse Italy and Spain Barcelona Florence Genoa Madrid Milan Naples Palermo Rome Seville Turin Valencia Venice Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Chișinău Kharkiv Kiev Lviv Minsk Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Odessa Saint Petersburg Volgograd Yekaterinburg Poland and Baltic region Gdańsk Kraków Riga Tallinn Vilnius Warsaw Canberra Funafuti Honiara Honolulu Majuro Melbourne Nukuʻalofa Palikir Perth Port Vila Suva Sydney Wellington Transcluded from Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded/Arts .See also Tecnology>Construction section
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For appliance, see under "Mechanical engineering and machinery"
"Media"-based entertainment are in other categories: "Literature" (books, plays), "Performing arts" (theater, ballet etc.), "Mass Media" (television), and "Visual arts" (movies and comics).
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Africa, 4 University of al-Karaouine Al-Azhar University Cairo University
University of Cape Town Americas, 25 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro National Autonomous University of Mexico University of British Columbia University of Buenos Aires University of Toronto USA, 20 University of Chicago California Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University Duke University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Virginia University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles Ivy League, 9 Ivy League Harvard University Yale University Princeton University Brown University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College University of Pennsylvania
Asia, 12 Kyoto University University of Tokyo India, 4 University of Calcutta Indian Institute of Science Indian Institutes of Technology Indian Institutes of Management China, 6 Fudan University University of Hong Kong Nanjing University Peking University Tsinghua University Zhejiang University Europe, 23 University of Bologna University of Copenhagen Complutense University of Madrid University of Vienna Leiden University Sapienza University of Rome
University of Salamanca ETH Zurich France, 3 University of Paris Sorbonne (building)
Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University Germany, 4 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Humboldt University of Berlin Goethe University Frankfurt Heidelberg University UK, 3 University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of London Eastern Europe, 5 Charles University in Prague Jagiellonian University Moscow State University Saint Petersburg State University Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Oceania, 1 Australian National University For technology of mass communication (television, radio, etc.) see technology section
Civil society
Institution Only those not treated previously
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Circulatory system, 7 Artery Blood Circulatory system Heart Red blood cell Vein White blood cell Gastrointestinal tract, 9 Human digestive system Colon (anatomy) Small intestine Liver Large intestine Mouth Human tooth Pancreas Stomach Integumentary system, 8 Integumentary system Breast Skin Feather Fur Hair Nail (anatomy) Scale (anatomy) Muscular system, 3 Muscular system Myocyte Skeletal striated muscle Nervous system, 18 Nervous system Brain nerve Sensory system Auditory system
Ear Gustatory system Olfactory system
Nose Somatosensory system Visual system
Eye Intelligence Hearing Taste Olfaction Pain Visual perception Reproductive system, 7 Reproductive system Penis Vagina Sex organ Clitoris Ovary Testicle Respiratory system, 3 Respiratory system Lung Gill Skeletal system, 7 Skeleton Bone Chest Pelvis Skull Vertebral column Joint Tissues, 4 Epithelium Connective tissue Muscle Nervous tissue Urinary system, 2 Kidney Urinary bladder Digestion
Bird Archaeopteryx Grebe Flamingo Hummingbird Mousebird Penguin Sandgrouse Tinamou Tropicbird Accipitriformes and Falconiformes, 6 Accipiter Eagle Falcon New World vulture Osprey Secretarybird Anseriformes, 4 Anatidae Duck Goose Swan Apodiformes, 1 Swift Caprimulgiformes, 2 Caprimulgiformes Nightjar Charadriiformes, 7 Charadriiformes Auk Buttonquail
Gull Sandpiper Skua Tern Ciconiiformes, 5 Heron Ibis Shoebill Spoonbill Stork Columbiformes, 3 Dodo Columbidae Passenger Pigeon Coraciiformes, 3 Bee-eater Hornbill Hoopoe Cuculiformes, 3 Cuckoo Hoatzin Turaco Galliformes, 7 Galliformes Chicken Grouse Guineafowl Common Pheasant Common Quail Turkey (bird) Gruiformes, 4 Gruiformes Crane (bird) Bustard Rallidae Passerines, 23 Passerine Songbird Corvoidea, 5 Bird-of-paradise Corvidae
Crow Eurasian Magpie Shrike Passerida, 16 Bulbul Emberizidae Finch Lark Motacillidae
Old World flycatcher
European Robin Common Nightingale Nuthatch Sparrow Starling Sunbird Swallow Tit (bird) Thrush (bird) Wren Pelecaniformes, 4 Cormorants
Sulidae
Frigatebird Pelican Piciformes, 4 Piciformes Honeyguide Toucan Woodpecker Procellariiformes, 3 Albatross Procellariidae Storm petrel Psittaciformes, 3 Parrot Budgerigar Cockatoo Ratites, 6 Cassowary Emu Kiwi Moa Ostrich Rhea (bird) Strigiformes, 5 Owl True owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Little Owl Tytonidae Trogoniformes, 1 Trogon
Fish Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)Acanthodii ("spiny sharks")Osteichthyes (bony fish)
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish)Placodermi Electric eel Anglerfish Mullet (fish)
Flathead mullet
Arapaima Batoidea, 3 Batoidea Sawfish Electric ray Characiformes, 2 Characiformes Serrasalmidae Chondrosteans, 1 Sturgeon Clupeiformes, 3 Clupeiformes Anchovy Clupeidae Cypriniformes, 8 Cypriniformes Cyprinidae
Common bream
Carassius
Common carp Goldfish Grass Carp
Tench Cyprinodontiformes, 1 Guppy Elopomorpha, 1 Eel Gadiformes, 3 Gadiformes
Burbot Haddock Perciformes, 8 Perciformes Cichlid Goby European seabass
Swordfish Remora Scombridae
Thunnus Pleuronectiformes, 2 Flatfish Turbot Salmoniformes, 2 Salmonidae Trout Scorpaeniformes, 1 Scorpaeniformes Sharks, 5 Shark Great white shark Hammerhead shark Tiger shark Whale shark Siluriformes, 2 catfish Wels catfish Syngnathiformes, 1 Seahorse Tetraodontiformes, 1 Tetraodontidae (pufferfish)
Mammal Aardvark Armadillo Colugo Pangolin Treeshrew Bats, 4 Bat Megabat Microbat Vampire bat Carnivora, 26 Carnivora Bear
Brown bear Giant panda Polar bear Canidae
Dog Fox Coyote Gray wolf Jackal Felidae
Cat Cheetah Cougar Jaguar Leopard Lion Lynx Tiger Hyena Mongoose Mustelidae Procyonidae Skunk Viverridae Cetaceans, 9 Cetacea Marine mammal Whale Blue whale Oceanic dolphin
Killer whale Humpback whale Porpoise Sperm whale Erinaceids, 2 Erinaceidae Hedgehog Even-toed ungulates, 36 Even-toed ungulate Ruminantia Bovid
African buffalo American bison Antelope Capra (genus) Cattle Gazelle Gaur Goat Impala Muskox Sheep Water buffalo Wildebeest European bison Yak Camel Bactrian camel Dromedary Deer
Elk Moose Red deer Reindeer Llama Giraffe Guanaco Hippopotamus Peccary
Pig
Wild boar Domestic pig Pronghorn Vicuña Lagomorphs, 4 Lagomorpha Hare Pika Rabbit Marsupials, 6 Marsupial Diprotodontia
Kangaroo Koala Dasyuromorphia
Tasmanian devil Monotremes, 3 Monotreme Echidna Platypus Odd-toed ungulates, 7 Odd-toed ungulate Donkey Equidae Horse Rhinoceros Tapir Zebra Pilosa, 1 Sloth Pinnipeds, 4 Pinniped Eared seal Earless seal Walrus Primates, 15 Primate Monkey Ape
Chimpanzee Gibbon Gorilla Orangutan Human Old World monkey
Baboon Macaque Strepsirrhini
Galago Lemur Tarsier Afrotheria, 7 Proboscidea
Elephantidae Sirenia Procaviidae
Afrosoricida Macroscelididae
Tubulidentata Rodents, 15 Rodent Capybara Coypu Beaver Dipodidae Dormouse Guinea pig Hamster Marmot Mouse Muridae Muskrat Rat Squirrel Spermophilus Soricomorpha, 2 Shrew Talpidae Plant
Angiosperms Geranium Lilium Convolvulaceae (Morning glory)Asparagales, 9 Asparagales Agave Aloe Gladiolus Iridaceae Lily of the Valley Narcissus (plant) Orchidaceae Yucca Alismatales, 3 Alismatales Araceae Anthurium Ericales, 6 Ericales Ericaceae
Rhododendron Theaceae
Camellia Primulaceae (Primrose)Asterales, 9 Asterales Asteraceae
Chrysanthemum Dahlia Bellis perennis Taraxacum Sunflower Tagetes (Marigold)Campanulaceae (Bellflowers)Gentianales, 2 Gentianales Apocynaceae (dogbane family)Brassicales, 1 Brassicales Cucurbitales, 1 Cucurbitaceae Poales, 3 Poales Poaceae or Gramineae (grass family)
Bamboo Rosales, 6 Rosales Rosaceae
Almond Rose Ulmaceae
Elm Lamiales, 5 Lamiales Lamiaceae or Labiatae (mint family)Oleaceae
Fraxinus (Ash tree)Salvia Malpighiales, 4 Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)Poinsettia Viola (plant) Malvales, 2 Malvaceae
Adansonia (Baobab)Myrtales, 3 Myrtales Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Eucalyptus Fagales, 11 Fagales Betulaceae
Alder Birch Hazel Hornbeam Fagaceae
Chestnut Beech Oak Juglandaceae (Wallnut)Sapindales, 2 Sapindales Cashew Arecales, 2 Arecaceae (Palm tree)Coconut Proteales, 2 Nelumbo Platanus Cornales, 1 Cornus (genus) (Dogwood tree) Fabales, 2 Fabales Fabaceae Urticales, 1 Moraceae Transcluded from Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded/Physical sciences .Astronomy Astrobiology Extinction (astronomy) Extraterrestrial life Magnitude (astronomy) [ change source ] Absolute magnitude Apparent magnitude Observatory For specific geographical objects see Geography
Cartography Map This list contains units of measurement and articles on metrology. For the measured quantities see Science and Mathematics sections.
Degree (angle) Radian Steradian Transcluded from Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded/Technology .See also Arts>Architecture section
Weapon Chariot Stealth technology Tank Torpedo War elephant Ammunition, 6 Ammunition Cartridge (firearms) Gunpowder Arrow Bullet
Caliber Armour, 7 Armour Bulletproof vest Combat helmet
Helmet Mail (armour) Plate armour Shield Explosive weapons, 6 Bomb Cluster munition Improvised explosive device Hand grenade Land mine Missile Incendiary weapons, 3 Greek fire Molotov cocktail Napalm Melee weapons, 13 Nunchaku Blade weapons, 11 Bayonet Battle axe Dagger Épée Katana Knife Rapier
Sabre Spear Sword Tomahawk (axe) Blunt weapons, 1 Club (weapon) Firearm, 12 Firearm Assault rifle
AK-47 Pistol Machine gun Uzi Rifle Artillery, 5 Artillery Battering ram Cannon Howitzer Mortar (weapon) Military aviation, 4 Military aircraft Bomber Fighter aircraft Attack aircraft Naval warfare, 10 Battleship Aircraft carrier Dreadnought Dromon
Galley Submarine Capital ship
Ship of the line Trireme Warship Projectile weapons, 8 Ballista Boomerang Bow and arrow Catapult Crossbow Musket Shotgun Sling (weapon) Weapon of mass destruction, 5 Weapon of mass destruction Biological warfare Chemical weapon Nuclear weapon Thermonuclear weapon Transcluded from Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded/Mathmatics .see alsoScientists, inventors and mathematicians