Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5

The five nested vital article Levels are meant to give direction to the prioritization of improvements of English Wikipedia articles (e.g. which articles to bring to WP:GA and WP:FA status), to provide a measurement of quality of overall English Wikipedia (e.g. what proportion of the most important articles are at GA and FA status), and to serve as a centralized watchlist of English Wikipedia's most important articles. Unlike the list of articles every Wikipedia should have, they are tailored to the English Wikipedia and are actively maintained by the dedicated WikiProject Vital Articles. All users are welcome to particpate in the process of addition to or removal from these lists. This page contains links to the 50,000 articles of the Level 5 list. This Level 5 list is discussed at the relevant Level 5 sub talk pages.

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Level 1 (10 articles) < Level 2 (100 articles) < Level 3 (1,000 articles) < Level 4 (10,000 articles) < Level 5 (50,000 articles)

Sublist	Current	Target	At quota?	Change in effect?
People	14,542	14,600	Yes	N/a
Writers and journalists	1,894	1,900	Yes	N/a
Artists, musicians, and composers	2,192	2,100	Too many	Trim
Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters	2,062	2,100	Slightly under	N/a
Philosophers, historians, and social scientists	1,359	1,400	Slightly under	Brainstorm
Religious figures	501	500	Yes	N/a
Politicians and leaders	2,376	2,400	Slightly under	N/a
Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists	869	900	Slightly under	N/a
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians	1,278	1,300	Slightly under	Brainstorm
Sports figures	1,006	1,000	Yes	N/a
Miscellaneous	1,005	1,000	Yes	N/a
History	3,288	3,300	Yes	N/a
Geography	5,178	5,200	Yes	N/a
Basics and technical geography	138	100	Slightly over	N/a
Physical geography	1,781	1,800	Yes	N/a
Regions and countries	1,265	1,300	Slightly under	N/a
Cities	1,994	2,000	Yes	N/a
Arts	3,823	3,800	Yes	N/a
Audiovisual arts	1,942	1,900	Slightly over	N/a
Narrative arts	1,881	1,900	Yes	N/a
Everyday life	2,465	2,500	Slightly under	?
Everyday life	1,313	1,300	Yes	N/a
Sports, games and recreation	1,152	1,200	Slightly under	?
Philosophy and religion	1,507	1,500	Yes	N/a
Society and social sciences	4,274	4,200	Slightly over	?
Social studies	552	500	Too many	?
Politics and economics	2,042	2,000	Slightly over	?
Culture	1,680	1,700	Slightly under	?
Biology and health sciences	5,674	5,600	Slightly over	N/a
Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology	1,148	1,100	Slightly over	N/a
Animals	2,403	2,400	Yes	N/a
Plants, fungi, and other organisms	1,005	1,000	Yes	N/a
Health, medicine, and disease	1,118	1,100	Yes	Brainstorm
Physical sciences	4,750	4,800	Slightly under	N/a
Basics and measurement	299	300	Yes	N/a
Astronomy	901	900	Yes	N/a
Chemistry	1,183	1,200	Yes	N/a
Earth science	1,193	1,200	Yes	N/a
Physics	1,174	1,200	Slightly under	N/a
Technology	3,242	3,200	Slightly over	?
Mathematics	1,210	1,200	Yes	N/a

Unallocated quota slots	N/a	100	N/a	N/a
Total	49,953	50,000	Yes	N/a

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