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.

At least three sentences on 100 key historical figures.

  1. Vincent van Gogh
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Pablo Picasso
  4. Rembrandt
  5. Diego Velázquez
  6. Leonardo da Vinci
  7. Joseph Mallord William Turner
  1. Johann Sebastian Bach
  2. The Beatles
  3. Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Felix Mendelssohn
  1. Roald Amundsen
  2. Jacques Cartier
  3. Christopher Columbus
  4. Hernán Cortés
  5. Francis Drake
  6. Vasco da Gama
  7. Edmund Hillary
  8. Ferdinand Magellan
  9. Marco Polo

Political leaders and activists

संपादित करें
  1. Akbar the Great
  2. Alexander the Great
  3. Kofi Annan
  4. Augustus
  5. Silvio Berlusconi
  6. Otto von Bismarck
  7. Tony Blair
  8. Simón Bolívar
  9. George W. Bush
  10. Julius Caesar
  11. Hugh Capet of France
  12. Charlemagne
  13. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
  14. Jacques Chirac
  15. Winston Churchill
  16. Cleopatra
  17. Elizabeth I of England
  18. Franz Ferdinand
  19. Mahatma Gandhi
  20. Charles de Gaulle
  21. Hirohito
  22. Adolf Hitler
  23. Genghis Khan
  24. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  25. Vladimir Lenin
  26. Louis XIV of France
  27. Nelson Mandela
  28. Mao Zedong
  29. Benito Mussolini
  30. Napoleon
  31. Kwame Nkrumah
  32. Peter I of Russia
  33. Phillip II of Spain
  34. Józef Piłsudski
  35. Pol Pot
  36. Richard I of England
  37. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  38. Saladin
  39. Gerhard Schröder
  40. Shaka Zulu
  41. Sitting Bull
  42. Josef Stalin
  43. Tamerlane
  44. Leon Trotsky
  45. Harry Truman
  46. Tutankhamun
  47. Victoria of the United Kingdom
  48. Lech Wałęsa
  49. Wilhelm II
  50. William I of England

Scientists, inventors and mathematicians

संपादित करें
  1. Al-Khawarizmi
  2. Archimedes
  3. Nicolaus Copernicus
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Thomas Alva Edison
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Fibonacci
  8. Henry Ford
  9. Galileo Galilei
  10. Bill Gates
  11. Karl Friedrich Gauss
  12. Johannes Gutenberg
  13. Nikolai Lobachevsky
  14. Isaac Newton
  15. Blaise Pascal
  16. Claudius Ptolemaeus
  17. Pythagoras
  18. Wright Brothers
  1. Dante Alighieri
  2. Aristotle
  3. Aristophanes
  4. Isaiah Berlin
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Confucius
  7. René Descartes
  8. Diogenes of Sinope
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  10. Herodotus
  11. Hippocrates
  12. Homer
  13. Victor Hugo
  14. Immanuel Kant
  15. Lao Tzu
  16. Martin Luther
  17. Karl Marx
  18. Molière
  19. Montesquieu
  20. Plato
  21. Bertrand Russell
  22. William Shakespeare
  23. Adam Smith
  24. Socrates
  25. Sun Tzu
  26. Virgil
  27. Voltaire
  28. Zeno of Citium
  29. Zeno of Elea
  1. 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
  1. Ancient China
  2. Ancient Egypt
  3. Ancient Greece
  4. Ancient Rome
  5. Archaeology
  6. Bronze Age
  7. Byzantine Empire
  8. Human evolution
  9. Indus Valley Civilization
  10. Iron Age
  11. Macedonian Empire
  12. Mesoamerica
  13. Prehistory
  14. Seljuk Empire
  15. Stone Age
  16. Sumer

Middle Ages and Renaissance

संपादित करें
  1. American Revolutionary War
  2. Black Death
  3. British Empire
  4. Counter-Reformation
  5. Crusade
  6. Dutch Revolt
  7. East-West Schism
  8. English Civil War
  9. Enlightenment
  10. European colonization of the Americas
  11. French Revolution
  12. Holy Roman Empire
  13. Inca
  14. Middle Ages
  15. Ming Dynasty
  16. Mughal Empire
  17. Ottoman Empire
  18. Partitions of Poland
  19. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  20. Protestant Reformation
  21. Renaissance
  22. Vikings
  23. Yuan Dynasty
  1. 1973 oil crisis
  2. Afghan-Soviet War
  3. American Civil War
  4. Apartheid
  5. British Raj
  6. Chinese Civil War
  7. Cold War
  8. Decolonization
  9. Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  10. Establishment of the State of Israel
  11. Franco-Prussian War
  12. German unification
  13. Great Depression
  14. Gulf War
  15. Holocaust
  16. Imperial Russia
  17. Indian Independence Movement
  18. Industrial Revolution
  19. Iranian Revolution
  20. Italian unification
  21. Korean War
  22. Meiji Restoration
  23. Napoleonic Wars
  24. Nazi Germany
  25. Partition of India
  26. Qing Dynasty
  27. Reunification of Germany
  28. Russian Civil War
  29. Russian Revolution
  30. Scramble for Africa
  31. Solidarity
  32. Space exploration
  33. Spanish Civil War
  34. Treaty of Versailles
  35. Vietnam War
  36. World War I
  37. World War II
  1. Geography
  2. City
  3. Continent
  4. Country
  5. Desert
  6. Mountain
  7. Ocean
  8. Region
  9. River
  10. Sea

Continents and major regions

संपादित करें

At least three sentences on each of the continents and major regions of the world:

  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Europe
  5. Latin America
  6. Middle East
  7. North America
  8. Oceania
  9. South America

One sentence and the table on all countries in this list.

  1. Athens
  2. Baghdad
  3. Bangkok
  4. Beijing
  5. Berlin
  6. Buenos Aires
  7. Cairo
  8. Hong Kong
  9. Istanbul
  10. Jerusalem
  11. London
  12. Madrid
  13. Manila
  14. Mecca
  15. Mexico City
  16. Moscow
  17. Mumbai
  18. New York
  19. Paris
  20. Rio de Janeiro
  21. Rome
  22. Seoul
  23. Shanghai
  24. St. Petersburg
  25. Tehran
  26. Tokyo
  27. Vienna
  28. Washington, D.C.
  1. Amazon River
  2. Antarctic Ocean
  3. Arctic Ocean
  4. Atlantic Ocean
  5. Baltic Sea
  6. Black Sea
  7. Great Barrier Reef
  8. Great Lakes
  9. Indian Ocean
  10. Lake Baikal
  11. Lake Tanganyika
  12. Lake Titicaca
  13. Mediterranean Sea
  14. Mississippi River
  15. Niagara Falls
  16. Nile
  17. North Sea
  18. Pacific Ocean

Mountains, valleys and deserts

संपादित करें
  1. Alps
  2. Andes
  3. Grand Canyon
  4. Himalaya
  5. Sahara Desert
  1. Family
  2. Boy
  3. Child
  4. Girl
  5. Man
  6. Woman
  1. Politics
  2. Anarchism
  3. Capitalism
  4. Communism
  5. Democracy
  6. Dictatorship
  7. Diplomacy
  8. Fascism
  9. Globalization
  10. Imperialism
  11. Liberalism
  12. Monarchy
  13. Nationalism
  14. Socialism

International organizations

संपादित करें
  1. African Union
  2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  3. Arab League
  4. Commonwealth of Independent States
  5. Commonwealth of Nations
  6. Council of Europe
  7. European Union
  8. Geneva Conventions
  9. Interpol
  10. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
  11. Nobel Prize
  12. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  13. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
  14. Olympic Games, preferably with a mention of the Paralympic Games
  15. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  16. Organization of American States
  17. United Nations
  1. Abortion
  2. Birth control
  3. Capital punishment
  4. Freedom
  5. Human rights
  6. Peace
  7. Racism
  8. Sexism
  9. Slavery
  10. War

At least three sentences on:

  1. Culture
  2. Art
  3. Dance
  4. Film
  5. Music
  6. Radio
  7. Television
  1. Architecture
  2. Arch
  3. Bridge
  4. Dome
  5. Great Wall of China
  6. Nail
  7. Pyramid
  8. Seven Wonders of the World
  9. Taj Mahal

Games, sports and activities

संपादित करें
  1. Athletics
  2. Gambling
  3. Game
  4. Sport
  5. Swimming
  1. Language
  2. Literature
  1. Philosophy
  2. Aesthetics
  3. Body
  4. Consciousness
  5. Free will
  6. Humanism
  7. Metaphysics
  8. Mind
  9. Reality
  10. Truth
  11. Epistemology
  12. Ethics
  13. Feminism
  1. Religion

At least a five-sentence introduction to the religions:

  1. Baha'i
  2. Buddhism
  3. Christianity
  4. Confucianism
  5. Hinduism
  6. Islam
  7. Jainism
  8. Judaism
  9. Shinto
  10. Sikhism
  11. Taoism
  12. Zoroastrianism
  13. Voodoo

And an introduction to the concepts:

  1. Agnosticism
  2. Atheism
  3. Deity
  4. Religious fundamentalism
  5. Soul
  6. Spirit
  7. Theism
    1. Monotheism
    2. Polytheism

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

  1. Science
  1. Astronomy
  2. Big Bang
  3. Solar system
  4. Galaxy
  5. Planet
  6. Star
  1. Asexual reproduction
  2. Biology
  3. Ecology
  4. Sexual reproduction
  1. Anatomy
  2. Heart
  3. Lung
  4. Vagina
  5. Penis
  6. Kidney
  7. Stomach
  8. Liver
  9. Spleen
  10. Intestine
  11. Skeleton
  12. Breast
  13. Skin
  14. Head
  15. Arm
  16. Leg
  1. Drink
  1. Medicine
  2. Health
  3. Illness
  4. Medical treatment
  1. Organism
  2. Animal
  3. Archaea
  4. Bacteria
  5. Fungus
  6. Plant
  7. Protist
  1. Chemistry
  2. Geology
  3. Acid
  4. Alkali
  5. Chemical element
  6. Chemical reaction
  7. Compound
  8. Metal
  9. Mineral
  10. Molecule
  11. Oil
  12. Organic chemistry
  13. pH
  14. Salt
  1. Physics
  2. Acceleration
  3. Area
  4. Atom
  5. Atomic theory
  6. Electricity
  7. Energy
  8. Force
  9. Gravity
  10. Heat
  11. Length
  12. Light
  13. Magnetism
  14. Mass
  15. Newton's laws of motion
  16. Particle physics
  17. Photon
  18. Quantum mechanics
  19. Relativity
  20. Thermodynamics
  21. Time
  22. Velocity
  1. Weather
  2. Climate
  3. Avalanche
  4. Cloud
  5. Drought
  6. Earthquake
  7. ENSO
  8. Flood
  9. Global warming
  10. Meteorology
  11. Nuclear meltdown
  12. Rain
  13. Snow
  14. Tornado
  15. Tropical cyclone
  16. Tsunami
  17. Volcano
  1. Technology
  2. Invention
  3. Agriculture
  4. Human use of fire
  5. Clothing
  6. Metallurgy
  7. Writing
  8. Alphabet
  9. Ship
  10. Sail
  11. Inclined plane
  12. Wheel
  13. Pulley
  14. Lever
  15. Screw
  16. Wedge
  17. Weapon
  18. Explosives
  19. Bicycle
  20. Steam engine
  21. Train
  22. Automobile
  23. Electricity
  24. Electronics
  25. Electric motor
  26. Telephone
  27. Aircraft
  28. Computer
  29. Operating system
  30. Laser
  31. Internet
  1. Mathematics
  2. Number
  3. Geometry
  4. Algebra
  5. Calculus
  6. Trigonometry
  7. Calendar
  8. Set theory
  9. Logic

If you support this effort, please add to the list. We can then decide what the basic sentences can be for each article.