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This is a list of 1,000 basic articles every Misplaced Pages needs.

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

  1. Virgil
  2. Akbar the Great
  3. ???(Zeami)

Musicians

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach

Explorers

  1. Jacques Cartier
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Marco Polo
  4. Hernán Cortés
  5. Vasco da Gama
  6. Ferdinand Magellan
  7. Francis Drake
  8. Roald Amundsen
  9. Edmund Hilary

Inventors and scientists

  1. Albert Einstein
  2. Henry Ford
  3. Johann Gutenberg
  4. the Wright Brothers
  5. Leonardo Da Vinci
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Isaac Newton
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Thomas Alva Edison

Writers and thinkers

  1. Plato
  2. Aristotle
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Adam Smith
  5. Karl Marx
  6. William Shakespeare
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  8. Socrates
  9. Pythagoras
  10. Dante Alighieri
  11. Mary Wollstonecraft
  12. Rosa Luxemburg
  13. George Orwell
  14. JRR Tolkien
  15. Immanuel Kant
  16. Lao Tzu
  17. Homer
  18. Socrates
  19. Herodotus
  20. Hippocrates

Political persons

  1. Trotski
  2. Tamerlane
  3. Genghis Khan
  4. Julius Cæsar
  5. Cæsar Augustus
  6. Gandhi
  7. Sitting Bull
  8. Kwame Nkrumah
  9. Charles de Gaulle
  10. Otto von Bismarck
  11. Peter the Great (of Russia)
  12. Simón Bolívar
  13. VI Lenin
  14. Napoléon Bonaparte
  15. Alexander the Great
  16. Saladin
  17. Josef Stalin
  18. Adolf Hitler
  19. Benito Mussolini
  20. Winston Churchill
  21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  22. Harry Truman
  23. Mao Tse-tung
  24. Shaka Zulu
  25. Pol Pot
  26. Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
  27. Franz Ferdinand
  28. Charlemange
  29. Queen Victoria (UK)
  30. Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
  31. Cleopatra

Modern international politicans & leaders

  1. George W. Bush
  2. Gerhard Schröder
  3. Jacques Chirac
  4. Silvio Berlusconi
  5. Kofi Annan
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Tony Blair

Others

  1. Bill Gates
  2. Steve Jobs
  3. Martin Luther King
  4. Gavrilo Princip

Literature

  1. Thousand and One Nights
  2. Qur'an
  3. Bible
  4. Don Quixote
  5. Odyssey/Iliad
  6. Plato's The Republic
  7. Machiavelli's The Prince

Countries:

One sentence and the table on all countries in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_countries

Domestics

  1. Bread
  2. Coffee
  3. Maize
  4. Cotton
  5. Soya bean
  6. Sorghum
  7. Wheat
  8. Barley
  9. Oats
  10. Fruit
  11. Vegetable
  12. Tobacco
  13. Cheese
  14. Alcohol
  15. Tea
  16. Rice

Beverage

  1. Water
  2. Beer
  3. Wine
  4. Coca Cola

Geography

At least three sentences on each of the continents

  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Oceania
  5. Europe
  6. North America
  7. South America

Other regions

  1. Middle East
  2. Latin America

Other

  1. Sahara
  2. Andes
  3. Amazon River
  4. Nile River
  5. Atlantic Ocean
  6. Indian Ocean
  7. Pacific Ocean
  8. Southern Ocean
  9. Arctic Ocean
  10. Mediterranean Sea
  11. Black Sea
  12. North Sea
  13. Baltic Sea
  14. Volcano
  15. Himalayas
  16. Great Barrier Reef
  17. Mississippi River
  18. Niagara falls
  19. Lake Tanganyika
  20. Titaca
  21. Great Lakes

Cities

  1. London
  2. Paris
  3. Berlin
  4. Constantinople
  5. St. Petersburg
  6. Moscow
  7. Jerusalem
  8. Mecca
  9. Tokyo
  10. Shanghai
  11. Beijing
  12. New York
  13. Washington
  14. Tenochtitlán

History

At least five sentences on:

  1. Dinosaur
  2. Stone Age
  3. Bronze Age
  4. Sumer
  5. Ancient Egypt
  6. Iron Age
  7. Classical Greece
  8. Roman Empire
  9. Dark Age
  10. The Vikings
  11. Crusades
  12. The Great Schism
  13. Black Death
  14. Renaissance
  15. Discovery of the Americas
  16. Spanish Inquisition
  17. Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
  18. English Civil War
  19. Slavery
  20. the Enlightenment
  21. French Revolution
  22. Industrial Revolution
  23. American Civil War
  24. The Scramble for Africa
  25. World War I
  26. Russian Revolution
  27. Russian Civil War
  28. Spanish Civil War
  29. World War II
  30. Holocaust
  31. Cold War
  32. Vietnam War
  33. Apartheid

Politics

  1. Anarchy
  2. Communism
  3. Fascism
  4. Democracy
  5. Monarchy
  6. Dictatorship
  7. Nationalism
  8. Globalisation
  9. Socialism
  10. Liberalism
  11. Capitalism
  12. Imperialism
  13. Racism
  14. Feminism
  15. Religious Fundamentalism

Human issues

  1. Sexism
  2. Human rights
  3. Capital punishment
  4. Abortion
  5. Birth control

International

  1. United Nations
  2. Nobel Prize
  3. Arab League
  4. NATO
  5. European Union
  6. Olympic Games
  7. OPEC
  8. Diplomacy
  9. Freedom
  10. Red Cross/Red Crescent
  11. WHO


Religion

At least a five-sentence introduction to the religions:

  1. God
  2. Gods
  3. Spirits
  1. Baha'i
    1. The Báb
    2. Bahá'u'lláh
  2. Buddhism
    1. Gautama Buddha
  3. Christianity
    1. Jesus Christ
    2. the Pope
    3. Bible
    4. Church
  4. Confucianism
    1. Confucius
  5. Hinduism
  6. Islam
    1. Muhammad
    2. Qur'an
    3. Mosque
  7. Jainism
  8. Judaism
    1. Synagogue
  9. Shinto
  10. Sikhism
  11. Taoism
  12. Zoroastrianism
    1. Zoroaster
  13. Voodoo

With necessary mention of non-religiousness:

  1. Atheism
  2. Agnosticism
  3. Humanism

Popular Culture

At least three sentences on:

  1. Television
  2. Radio
  3. Film
  4. Gambling
  5. Literature
  6. Dance
  7. Art
  8. Music
    1. Pop
    2. Rock
    3. Traditional
    4. Art (Classical/Jazz)
  9. Comics
  10. The Beatles
  11. Games
    1. Chess
    2. Go
    3. Mancala
    4. Checkers
    5. Backgammon
    6. Playing cards
    7. Dice

Science

At least a five-sentence introduction to the major fields:

  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Biology
    1. Bacterium
    2. Archaea
    3. Protist
    4. Fungus
    5. Plant
      1. Tree
      2. Flower
    6. Animal
      1. Bird
      2. Fish
      3. Horse
      4. Insect
      5. Mammal
      6. Reptile
      7. Snake
      8. Elephant
      9. Camel
      10. Cattle
      11. Sheep
      12. Dog
      13. Cat
      14. Lion
      15. Eagle
      16. Bear
      17. Dragon
  4. Geology
  5. Medicine
    1. AIDS
    2. Smallpox
    3. Malaria
    4. Cholera
    5. Dysentery
  6. Ecology
  7. Astronomy
    1. Sun
    2. Moon
    3. Earth
    4. Galaxy
    5. Milky Way
    6. Mercury
    7. Venus
    8. Mars
    9. Jupiter
    10. Saturn
    11. Uranus
    12. Neptune
    13. Pluto
  8. Inclined Plane
  9. Wheel
  10. Big Bang
  11. Minerals
    1. Gold
    2. Silver
    3. Salt
    4. Diamond
    5. Iron
    6. Copper
  12. Steel
  13. Oil
  14. Meterology
    1. Rain
    2. Cloud
    3. Hurricane
    4. Global warming
    5. El Niño
    6. La Niña
  15. Metallurgy
  16. Fire
  17. Alphabet
  18. Writing
  19. Pulley
  20. Lever
  21. Screw
  22. Wedge

Language

  1. Simple English
  2. English
  3. Mandarin
  4. Arabic
  5. German
  6. Hindi
  7. Bahasa Indonesia
  8. Russian
  9. Spanish
  10. French
  11. Esperanto
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Latin

Architecture

  1. Pyramids
  2. Great Wall of China
  3. Arch
  4. Dome
  5. Bridge
  6. Nail
  7. The seven wonders of the world
  8. Taj Mahal

Mathematics

  1. Geometry
  2. Algebra
  3. Calculus
  4. Trigonometry
  5. Calendar

Anatomy

  1. Heart
  2. Lungs
  3. Brain
  4. Vagina
  5. Penis
  6. Liver
  7. Intestines
  8. Skeleton
  9. Pregnancy
  10. Blindness
  11. Deafness
  12. Mental illness
  13. Breast

Sport

  1. Soccer
  2. Cricket
  3. Baseball
  4. American football

Technology

  1. Computer
    1. Linux
    2. Microsoft Windows
    3. MacOS
  2. Automobile
  3. Gun
  4. Axe
  5. Radio
  6. Television
  7. Explosives
  8. Gunpowder
  9. Sail
  10. Internet
  11. Bicycle
  12. Train
  13. Airplane
  14. Weapon

Disasters

  1. Earthquake
  2. Volcano
  3. Hurricane
  4. Flood
  5. Avalanche
  6. Nuclear meltdown
  7. Tornado

Colors

  1. Blue
  2. Red
  3. Green
  4. Yellow ...
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