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Please do not change this list. It is still being discussed. See the IRC channel #wikilist at irc.freenode.org.
The purpose of this list is to show the uncreated articles.
The original version of this list is from Simple: . See also the version on Meta: m:List of articles all languages should have.
Biography
At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures
- Virgil
- Akbar the Great
- ???(Zeami)
Musicians
Explorers
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- Marco Polo
- Hernán Cortés
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Francis Drake
- Roald Amundsen
- Edmund Hilary
Inventors and scientists
- Albert Einstein
- Henry Ford
- Johann Gutenberg
- the Wright Brothers
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Charles Darwin
- Isaac Newton
- Galileo Galilei
- Thomas Alva Edison
Writers and thinkers
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Martin Luther
- Adam Smith
- Karl Marx
- William Shakespeare
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Socrates
- Pythagoras
- Dante Alighieri
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Rosa Luxemburg
- George Orwell
- JRR Tolkien
- Immanuel Kant
- Lao Tzu
- Homer
- Socrates
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
Political persons
- Trotski
- Tamerlane
- Genghis Khan
- Julius Cæsar
- Cæsar Augustus
- Gandhi
- Sitting Bull
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Charles de Gaulle
- Otto von Bismarck
- Peter the Great (of Russia)
- Simón Bolívar
- VI Lenin
- Napoléon Bonaparte
- Alexander the Great
- Saladin
- Josef Stalin
- Adolf Hitler
- Benito Mussolini
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Mao Tse-tung
- Shaka Zulu
- Pol Pot
- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
- Franz Ferdinand
- Charlemange
- Queen Victoria (UK)
- Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
- Cleopatra
Modern international politicans & leaders
- George W. Bush
- Gerhard Schröder
- Jacques Chirac
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Kofi Annan
- Nelson Mandela
- Tony Blair
Others
Literature
- Thousand and One Nights
- Qur'an
- Bible
- Don Quixote
- Odyssey/Iliad
- Plato's The Republic
- Machiavelli's The Prince
Countries:
One sentence and the table on all countries in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_countries
Domestics
- Bread
- Coffee
- Maize
- Cotton
- Soya bean
- Sorghum
- Wheat
- Barley
- Oats
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Tobacco
- Cheese
- Alcohol
- Tea
- Rice
Beverage
Geography
At least three sentences on each of the continents
Other regions
Other
- Sahara
- Andes
- Amazon River
- Nile River
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Mediterranean Sea
- Black Sea
- North Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Volcano
- Himalayas
- Great Barrier Reef
- Mississippi River
- Niagara falls
- Lake Tanganyika
- Titaca
- Great Lakes
Cities
- London
- Paris
- Berlin
- Constantinople
- St. Petersburg
- Moscow
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Tokyo
- Shanghai
- Beijing
- New York
- Washington
- Tenochtitlán
History
At least five sentences on:
- Dinosaur
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Sumer
- Ancient Egypt
- Iron Age
- Classical Greece
- Roman Empire
- Dark Age
- The Vikings
- Crusades
- The Great Schism
- Black Death
- Renaissance
- Discovery of the Americas
- Spanish Inquisition
- Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- English Civil War
- Slavery
- the Enlightenment
- French Revolution
- Industrial Revolution
- American Civil War
- The Scramble for Africa
- World War I
- Russian Revolution
- Russian Civil War
- Spanish Civil War
- World War II
- Holocaust
- Cold War
- Vietnam War
- Apartheid
Politics
- Anarchy
- Communism
- Fascism
- Democracy
- Monarchy
- Dictatorship
- Nationalism
- Globalisation
- Socialism
- Liberalism
- Capitalism
- Imperialism
- Racism
- Feminism
- Religious Fundamentalism
Human issues
International
- United Nations
- Nobel Prize
- Arab League
- NATO
- European Union
- Olympic Games
- OPEC
- Diplomacy
- Freedom
- Red Cross/Red Crescent
- WHO
Religion
At least a five-sentence introduction to the religions:
- Baha'i
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Jesus Christ
- the Pope
- Bible
- Church
- Confucianism
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Zoroastrianism
- Voodoo
With necessary mention of non-religiousness:
Popular Culture
At least three sentences on:
- Television
- Radio
- Film
- Gambling
- Literature
- Dance
- Art
- Music
- Pop
- Rock
- Traditional
- Art (Classical/Jazz)
- Comics
- The Beatles
- Games
Science
At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Geology
- Medicine
- Ecology
- Astronomy
- Inclined Plane
- Wheel
- Big Bang
- Minerals
- Steel
- Oil
- Meterology
- Metallurgy
- Fire
- Alphabet
- Writing
- Pulley
- Lever
- Screw
- Wedge
Language
- Simple English
- English
- Mandarin
- Arabic
- German
- Hindi
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Russian
- Spanish
- French
- Esperanto
- Sanskrit
- Latin
Architecture
Mathematics
Anatomy
- Heart
- Lungs
- Brain
- Vagina
- Penis
- Liver
- Intestines
- Skeleton
- Pregnancy
- Blindness
- Deafness
- Mental illness
- Breast
Sport
Technology
- Computer
- Automobile
- Gun
- Axe
- Radio
- Television
- Explosives
- Gunpowder
- Sail
- Internet
- Bicycle
- Train
- Airplane
- Weapon