User:Silence/Core
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The Core Topics subproject of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team is intended to work toward improvement of the most important articles (realizing that "important" is subjective). For the time being, our work is limited to about 160 articles, which are listed with comments in the table below. A supplementary list, similar in size, has been created to cover some other important subjects.
- /Core topics COTF
- /Category sets
- /Tree
- /Requests for pictures and images
- /Supplement
See also Wikipedia:Concise.
How you can help
If you're interested in helping, good places to start are:
- Our collaboration of the fortnight
- Core topics at Article Improvement Drive
- Re-assess articles in the table (see "Comments" for date if recently done)
- Work on any article listed in the table and update its status if needed. Especially, use the article status summary as a guide. The summary lists the best and worst of the core topics. (The "Start Class" topics are more than stubs but often need serious work).
- Another option is helping the Wikiprojects. That group communicates with Wikiprojects and related groups. For example, topical Wikiprojects could be encouraged to work on core topic articles, etc.
Article status summary
Mini-tree of articles most in need of attention
- Culture: Popular culture
- Arts: Fiction
- Language and Communication: Communication | Mass media
- Science and Mathematics: Health | Measurement | Universe ("Universe" needs initial evaluation)
- Earth Sciences: Climate | Earth ("Earth" needs initial evaluation) | Landform
- Engineering and Technology: Electronics | Telecommunication
General
- Featured Articles: Antarctica | Big Bang | Race | Sun
- A-Class: Advertising | Alphabet | Archaeology | Bacteria | Cell (biology) | Computer | Drawing | Earth | Economics | Film | Gender | Mathematics | Moon | Natural disaster | Sociology | Television | Virus | Water
- Good Articles: (only non-A-Class GAs are listed here) Agriculture | Biology | Crime | History of the world | Physics | Planet | Sound | Statistics
- B-Blass: (Most of the Core Topics fall into this "middle ground" category.)
- Start Class: Anatomy | Chemical element | Climate | Communication | Community | Continent | Country | Electronics | Fiction | Food | Fuel | Health | Humour | Landform | Mass media | Matter | Measurement | Metal | Motion (physics) | Nature | Organism | Personal life | Sex | Society | Technology | Tool | Transport | Visual arts | Year
Background
By popular demand, more or less... This is begun December 4, 2004, to be a list of maybe about 100 core subjects that would go in a "release" version of Wikipedia. Please help us get all of these up to distribution quality!
Articles have been classified in the table below according to their top-level category, and a basic assessment carried out, with specific comments added in the final column. Please take a look at the articles and make any adjustments necessary (the articles are always changing!), and add comments accordingly. Links to relevant portals and collaborations are included, since we may want to request help from subject experts.
The list is small to be tightly focused. Articles on individual countries are core topics, but beyond the scope of this list because there are so many and their value is clear. At least as a rule of thumb, biographies are beyond the scope of this list, because there are multitudes and their value when considered individually is too subjective. Other contenders for core articles include articles on the English language, timelines, maps and any reference material.
Articles in Core topics that may need images, photos or diagrams, can be listed at Requests for pictures and images.
This is a work in progress. And the list started out closer to 150 than 100, but I hope it will at least not go past 200.
Similar lists
- Wikipedia:Top 45
- m:List of articles all languages should have
- simple:Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have
- Wikipedia:Vital articles (similar to the previous two, but run more as a project; has images noting GAs and FAs, and bold for ones with cleanup tags)
- List of basic topic lists
- The original version was Larry Sanger's idea of core topics, worth a look!
- Wikipedia:Concise (longest of these lists)
Members
- Martin Walker
- Ahmed Al-Hilali
- Tastemyhouse
- Deliri
- Maurreen
- Gflores
- Randy Johnston
- E Pluribus Anthony
- Jaranda
- Silence
- NCurse
Proposed initial quality standards
Copied to talk page. May be moot, if Release Version Qualifying takes off. Maurreen 04:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Table
| Status of articles in the core topics worklist | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article | Category | FA/GA status | 1.0 Assessment | Groups and Projects | Portal | Comments | |
| Advertising | Mass media |  A | Business and Economics | (Jun 16) | |||
| Africa | Geography | B | African COF | Africa | talk page lists shortcomings, needs refs (May 23) | ||
| Agriculture | Society |  GA | B | Agropedia | GA list (May 23) | ||
| Aircraft | Technology | B | WP Aircraft | Aviation | Needs refs (May 23) | ||
| Algebra | Mathematics | B | Math COW | Mathematics | Only history, classes, meanings, no examples (May 23) | ||
| Alphabet | Writing | GA | A | Language | GA list (Jun 16) | ||
| Anatomy | Science | Start | WP Anatomy | Biology | Needs expansion, refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Animal | Science | B | Biology | Seems rather technical, only 2 refs. (May 23) | |||
| Antarctica | Geography |  FA | Geography | Well developed. (May 23) | |||
| Anthropology | Society | B | Society | No refs. (May 23) | |||
| Archaeology | Society | GA | A | WP Archaeology | Archaeology | GA list (May 23) | |
| Architecture | B | WP Architecture | Architecture | Separation of style and history? Domestic arch. vs. great buildings? Some famous architects & their influences? Still too weak for V0.5? (May 27) | |||
| Art | Art | B | WP Arts | Art | Nice, but short descriptions of history & schools would be useful. (May 27) | ||
| Asia | Geography | B | Geography | Needs content esp. culture, recent history, refs. Map notes are rather overpowering. (May 27) | |||
| Astronomy | Science | B | WP Space | Astronomy | Needs more content, refs. (May 27) | ||
| Atom | Science | B | Physics | Only one reference. (Jun 16) | |||
| Automobile | Technology | B | WP Automobiles | Transport | Types of autos? More on "non-cars"? Refs. (May 27) | ||
| Bacteria | Science | GA | A | Biology | GA list Some long paragraphs need breaking down. (Jun 16) | ||
| Big Bang | Science | FA | Physics | (Jun 16) | |||
| Biology | Science | GA | B | Science COW | Biology | GA list Very nicely written, though needs formal refs, short paragraph on history and perhaps some famous biologists. (May 27) | |
| Brain | Science | GA | A | WP Neuroscience | Mind and Brain | GA list (Jun 17) | |
| Business | Business | B | WP Business and Economics | Business and Economics | Usable, needs a broader view. (Jun 5) | ||
| Cell (biology) | Science | GA | A | Biology | GA list (Jun 16) | ||
| Chemical element | Science | Start | WP Elements | Chemistry | Needs refs, expansion, periodic table. (Jun 16) | ||
| Chemistry | Science | B | WP Chemistry | Chemistry | Needs refs. (Jun 5) | ||
| City | Society | Former GA | B | WP Cities | Society | Lot of work here; various POVs represented; all sections developed, but few references. (Jun 5) | |
| Civilization | Society | B | Society | Decent article, parts need rewrite, lots of reading but no refs. (Jun 5) | |||
| Climate | Start | WP Climate | Weather | Usable, relatively short; much of it is a list, no refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Clothing | B | Fashion | Needs refs. (Jun 16) | ||||
| Color | Science | B | WP Color | Physics | Expansive, but needs refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Communication | Society | Start | Technology | Usable, rel. short, no refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Community | Society | Start | WP Community, WP Communities | Community | Short, no refs; "complete rewrite" requested. (Jun 17) | ||
| Computer | Technology | GA | A | WP Computing | Information technology | GA list Needs refs. (Jun 16) | |
| Continent | Geography | Start | Geography | Needs much cleanup, refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Country | Geography | Start | WP Countries | Geography | Short, but that might be OK, needs refs, POV/scope debate | ||
| Crime | Society | GA | B | Society | GA list Needs refs, POV dispute | ||
| Culture | Culture | B | WP Culture | Culture | Needs breadth, inordinate attention given to definition Merge proposal active | ||
| Dance | Culture | B | WP Dance | Dance | Seems short, but good. (Jun 16) | ||
| Day | Measurement | B | WP Days of the year | Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 16) | |||
| Death | Science | B | Biology | Needs refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Drawing | GA | A | Art | GA list More refs helpful? | |||
| Earth | Science | GA | A | Earch sciences | GA list (Jun 16) | ||
| Ecology | Science | B | WP Ecology | Biology | Needs refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Economics | Society | Former FA | A | WP Business and Economics | Business and Economics | Could use more refs. (Jun 16) | |
| Education | Society | B | WP Education | Personal life | Could use more refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Electricity | Science | B | Physics | Expansive, but needs refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Electronics | Technology | Start | Technology | Usable, much of it is a list, needs refs. Merge proposed. | |||
| Emotion | Psychology | B | Psychology | Has plenty of refs; needs images, organization. (Jun 16) | |||
| Energy | Physics | B | Physics | Needs refs. (Jun 17) | |||
| Engineering | Technology | B | Engineering | ||||
| Europe | Geography | B | Europe | Needs refs | |||
| Family | Society | B | WP Family and relationships | Personal life | |||
| Fiction | Culture | Start | Literature | Usable, but little more than a stub. Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 17) | |||
| Film | Mass media | GA | A | WP Films | Film | GA list Plenty of refs, but could use inline citations. (Jun 17) | |
| Fire | Science | B | Fire | A good start, but too listy. (Jun 16) | |||
| Food | Culture | Start | WP Food and drink | Food | Far too many lists; needs organization, expansion, refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Force | Science | B | Physics | ||||
| Fuel | Science | Start | Chemistry | Smallish. No refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Fungus | Science | B | Biology | Needs cleanup, expansion. (Jun 16) | |||
| Galaxy | Science | B | Astronomy | Only two refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Game | Culture | B | WP Games | Sports and games | POV dispute because some content is speculation | ||
| Gender | Society | GA | A | WP Gender Studies | Portal:Society | GA list | |
| Geography | Geography | B | WP Geography | Geography | Some lists need rewriting, needs refs | ||
| Geology | Category:Science | B | Earth sciences | Needs refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Geometry | Mathematics | B | Mathematics | Needs refs, C20th section | |||
| Government | Society | B | Society | Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 16) | |||
| Health | Society | Start | Medicine | Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 16) | |||
| Heat | Science | B | Physics | Almost A-Class, some minor problems. (Jun 16) | |||
| History | History | B | WP History | History | Needs refs, pics (Now 1 fair use image); "See also" section seems too long. (Jun 16) | ||
| History of the world | History | GA | B | History | GA list Nice, just needs more inline refs & intro to be A; should be moved from history of the world to less colloquial and ambiguous title, like human history or history of humanity. (Jun 16) | ||
| House | B | Society | Usable, short, needs refs | ||||
| Human | Former FA | B | Personal life | "Society and culture" | |||
| Humour | Start | Personal life | Too many lists, needs more refs | ||||
| Information | Science | B | Information technology | Expansive, but needs format work. (Jun 16) | |||
| Internet | Technology | B | Information technology | Needs more refs. Cleanup tag (Dec 05) | |||
| Landform | Geography | Start | Geography | Consists largely of a giant list. Should have sections for major types of landforms, like mountains, deserts, bodies of water.. (Jun 16) | |||
| Language | Culture | B | WP Languages | Language | Good content, but rather short. (Jun 16) | ||
| Law | Society | B | WP Law | Law | Good, but short. (Jun 16) | ||
| Life | Science | B | Biology | Needs expansion, images. (Jun 16) | |||
| Light | Science | Former GA | B | Physics | Needs expansion. (Jun 16) | ||
| Linguistics | Science | B | WP Linguistics | Linguistics | Too many lists, needs more intro. (Jun 16) | ||
| Literature | Culture | B | WP Books, Book Club | Literature, Books | |||
| Logic | Philosophy | B | Philosophy | Very good but needs a pic or two. Short but OK because many sub-pages e.g. Mathematical logic | |||
| Love | Society | B | Personal life | Has tons of refs, but little real content. Intro needs more clarity. (Jun 16) | |||
| Mass media | Society | Start | WP Media | Society | |||
| Mathematics | Mathematics | GA | A | WP Mathematics, Math COW | Mathematics | GA list | |
| Matter | Physics | Start | Physics | ||||
| Measurement | Science | Start | Science COW | Science | Needs much more, e.g. errors, precision vs. accuracy, sig figs etc | ||
| Medicine | Science | B | WP Medicine, Medicine COW | Medicine | Needs more refs, fewer lists | ||
| Metal | Science | Start | WP Metalworking | Chemistry | Decent start, but needs cleanup and lots of expansion. (Jun 16) | ||
| Mind | Psychology | B | Mind and Brain | Needs more content | |||
| Mineral | Science | B | WP Rocks and minerals | Earth sciences | Needs more breadth, content, refs | ||
| Money | Society | B | Business and Economics | ||||
| Moon | Science | GA | A | Astronomy | GA list (Jun 16) | ||
| Motion (physics) | Science | Start | Physics | Very short, lacks refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Music | B | WP Music | Music | Needs polishing. (Jun 16) | |||
| Mythology | Culture | B | WP Mythology | Mythology | Good, but prob. needs more. (Jun 16) | ||
| Natural disaster | Failed GA | A | Earth sciences | Article is a set of paragraphs linking to other articles, we should get the full set. A major reason for GA rejection (poor refs) now dealt with. (May 27) | |||
| Nature | Science | Start | Science | ||||
| North America | Geography | B | North America | No refs; lots of lists, not enough prose. (Jun 16) | |||
| Nuclear power | Technology | B | Technology | Very expansive; may need shortening. (Jun 16) | |||
| Number | Mathematics | Former GA | B | WP Numbers | Mathematics | This has been removed from the GA list. (Apr 13) | |
| Ocean | Geography | B | Water | A little short; only one ref. (Jun 16) | |||
| Oceania | Geography | B | Oceania | Lots of lists, no refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Organism | Science | Start | Biology | Lots of external links, but no refs; barely more than a stub. (Jun 16) | |||
| Personal life | Society | Start | Personal life | Stubby. No refs. Factual accuracy disputed. (Jun 18) | |||
| Phase (matter) | Science | B | Physics | Expansive, but needs refs. (Jun 16) | |||
| Philosophy | Culture | B | WP Philosophy | Philosophy | |||
| Physics | Science | GA | B | WP Physics | Physics | GA list | |
| Planet | Science | GA | B | Astronomy | GA list Close to A-class; needs some polishing. (Jun 16) | ||
| Plant | Science | B | WP Plants | Biology | |||
| Poetry | Culture | Former FA | B | WP Poetry | Poetry | Rated "A-Class" by Version 0.5. Current FAC. (Jun 18) | |
| Politics | Society | B | WP Politics | Politics | Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 18) | ||
| Popular culture | B | Culture | Some good expansion lately, still needs some work | ||||
| Psychology | Science | B | WP Psychology | Psychology | |||
| Race | Society | FA | Society | Overlong: needs summarization, daughter articles. (Jun 16) | |||
| Radio | Technology | B | WP Radio Stations | Radio | Needs expansion, polishing. (Jun 18) | ||
| Religion | Culture | B | WP Religion | Religion | Eval. 3/11/06. Some sections developed; some sections stubby; needs more in-article references. | ||
| Science | Science | B | WP Science, Science COW | Science | Lacks general content. (Jun 16) | ||
| Sculpture | Culture | Failed GA | B | Art | A few sections need work; see article talk page. (Feb 12) | ||
| Sex | Science | B | WP Sexology and sexuality | Biology | (Jun 17) | ||
| Ship | Technology | B | WP Ships | Transport | Lots of lists. (Jun 16) | ||
| Sleep | Psychology | B | Psychology | Very expansive; close to A-Class. (Jun 16) | |||
| Society | Society | Start | Society | Short and not well-outlined. (Jun 17) | |||
| Sociology | Society | GA | A | WP Sociology | Society | GA list some minor clean-up needed. inline references missing. | |
| Sound | Science | GA | B | Physics | GA list Very usable, but short. Needs expansion, cleanup. (Jun 18) | ||
| South America | Geography | B | Geography | Needs refs. (Jun 18) | |||
| Sport | B | WP Sports | Sports and games | Good start, but more information could be added. (Jun 16) | |||
| Star | Science | B | Astronomy | Only two references. (Jun 16) | |||
| Statistics | Mathematics | Former GA | B | Mathematics | Could use more background/historical information. (Jun 16) | ||
| Sun | Science | FA | Astronomy | (Jun 16) | |||
| Technology | Technology | B | WP Technology | Technology | Some sections need more POVs; contains many stubby sections; needs more inline refs. (Jun 17) | ||
| Telecommunication | Technology | B | Technology | Well-referenced. (Jun 17) | |||
| Television | Technology | GA | A | WP Television | Television | GA list | |
| Theatre | Culture | B | WP Theatre | Theatre | Many lists. Needs refs, expansion. | ||
| Time | Measurement | B | WP Time | Science | POV dispute in philosophy section. (Jun 16) | ||
| Tool | Technology | Start | Technology | Alot of links to different types of tools but no general content | |||
| Toy | B | Personal life | Former COTF | ||||
| Tradition | Culture | B | Society | Not bad, could use an image or two | |||
| Train | Technology | B | WP Trains | Trains | Good basic intro, but needs more content/refs | ||
| Transport | Technology | Start | Transport | Needs refs, expansion. (Jun 16) | |||
| Universe | Science | B | Astronomy | Not comprehensive; only one ref. (Jun 16) | |||
| Virus | Science | A | WP Viruses | Biology | (Jun 16) | ||
| Visual arts | Culture | Start | WP Visual arts | Visual arts | Contains a list of links to other articles. Only one ref; needs wikification, lots of cleanup and expansion. (Jun 16) | ||
| War | Society | B | WP Military history | War | |||
| Water | Science | GA | A | Water | GA list (Jun 16) | ||
| Weapon | Technology | B | WP Weaponry | War | Fairly comprehensive, but lacks any refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Weather | Science | B | WP Meteorology | Weather | Has been expanded nicely, but still lacks refs. (Jun 16) | ||
| Writing | Technology | B | WP Writing systems | Language | Lots of stylistic failings; needs refs, expansion, organization. (Jun 16) | ||
Removed entries
- See also: /Supplement
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