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 participate 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 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

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	14,462	14,450	Yes	N/a
Writers and journalists	1,873	1,900	Slightly under	N/a
Artists, musicians, and composers	2,164	2,100	Too many	Trim
Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters	2,024	2,000	Slightly over	Trim
Philosophers, historians, and social scientists	1,358	1,350	Yes	N/a
Religious figures	502	500	Yes	N/a
Politicians and leaders	2,373	2,400	Slightly under	N/a
Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists	872	900	Slightly under	N/a
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians	1,290	1,300	Yes	N/a
Sports figures	1,000	1,000	Yes	N/a
Miscellaneous	1,006	1,000	Yes	N/a
History	3,285	3,300	Yes	N/a
Geography	5,166	5,200	Yes	N/a
Basics and technical geography	143	150	Yes	N/a
Physical geography	1,777	1,750	Slightly over	N/a
Regions and countries	1,262	1,300	Slightly under	N/a
Cities	1,984	2,000	Yes	N/a
Arts	3,830	3,850	Yes	N/a
Audiovisual arts	1,945	1,950	Yes	N/a
Narrative arts	1,885	1,900	Yes	N/a
Everyday life	2,469	2,450	Yes	N/a
Everyday life	1,317	1,300	Yes	N/a
Sports, games and recreation	1,152	1,150	Yes	N/a
Philosophy and religion	1,514	1,500	Yes	N/a
Society and social sciences	4,346	4,350	Yes	N/a
Social studies	557	550	Yes	N/a
Politics and economics	2,096	2,100	Yes	N/a
Culture	1,693	1,700	Yes	N/a
Biology and health sciences	5,688	5,650	Yes	N/a
Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology	1,156	1,150	Yes	N/a
Animals	2,401	2,400	Yes	N/a
Plants, fungi, and other organisms	1,006	1,000	Yes	N/a
Health, medicine, and disease	1,125	1,100	Slightly over	Brainstorm
Physical sciences	4,756	4,800	Yes	N/a
Basics and measurement	299	300	Yes	N/a
Astronomy	903	900	Yes	N/a
Chemistry	1,181	1,200	Yes	N/a
Earth science	1,199	1,200	Yes	N/a
Physics	1,174	1,200	Slightly under	N/a
Technology	3,268	3,200	Too many	?
Mathematics	1,212	1,200	Slightly over	?

Unallocated quota slots	N/a	50	N/a	N/a
Total	49,996	50,000	Yes	N/a

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