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* [[:Meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have|Articles every Wikipedia should have]]
* [[:Category:Top-importance articles|Top-rated importance articles]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 1|Level 1 (10)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 2|Level 2 (100)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 3|Level 3 (1,000)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4|Level 4 (10,000)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5|Level 5 (50,000)]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/People|People]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/History|History]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Geography|Geography]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Arts|Arts]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Philosophy and religion|Philosophy and religion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Everyday life|Everyday life]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Society and social sciences|Society and social sciences]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Biology and health sciences|Biological and health sciences]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Physical sciences|Physical sciences]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Technology|Technology]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 4/Mathematics|Mathematics]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Writers and journalists|Writers/journalists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Artists, musicians, and composers|Artists/musicians/composers]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters|Entertainers/directors/producers/screenwriters]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Philosophers, historians, political and social scientists|Philosophers/historians/social scientists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Religious figures|Religious figures]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Politicians and leaders|Politicians/leaders]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists|Military leaders/revolutionaries/activists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians|Scientists/inventors/mathematicians]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Sports figures|Sports figures]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/People/Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]

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| list2 = [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/History|History]]

| group3 = [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Geography|Geography]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Geography/Technical|Basics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Geography/Physical|Physical geography]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Geography/Regions and countries|Regions and countries]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Geography/Cities|Cities]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Arts/Audiovisual arts|Audiovisual arts]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Arts/Narrative arts|Narrative arts]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Everyday life/Sports, games and recreation|Sports, games and recreation]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Philosophy and religion|Philosophy and religion]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Society and social sciences/Social studies|Social studies]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Society and social sciences/Politics and economics|Politics and economics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Society and social sciences/Culture|Culture]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Biology and health sciences/Biology|Biology]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Biology and health sciences/Animals|Animals]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Biology and health sciences/Plants|Plants]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Biology and health sciences/Health|Health]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Physical sciences/Basics and measurement|Basics and measurement]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Physical sciences/Astronomy|Astronomy]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Physical sciences/Chemistry|Chemistry]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Physical sciences/Earth science|Earth science]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Physical sciences/Physics|Physics]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Technology/Agriculture|Agriculture]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Technology/Computing and communication|Computing and communication]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Technology/Optical, navigation and astronomical|Optical, navigation and astronomical]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Technology/Transportation|Transportation]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Technology/Weapons|Weapons]]

| group11 = Mathematics
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* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level 5/Mathematics|Mathematics]]
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==Related content, and items to add or consider==
Scratchpad for related lists, to be integrated into this template (or eventually merged into each other).

Please <s>strikeout</s> or annotate items as they are dealt with. (merged, marked {{tl|historical}}, etc)

====Vital articles====
* 10 [[WP:Vital articles/Level 1]]
* 100 [[WP:Vital articles/Level 2]]
* 1,000 [[WP:Vital articles/Level 3]]
* 10,000 [[WP:Vital articles/Level 4]]
* 50,000 [[WP:Vital articles/Level 5]]

====Other lists by number====
* ~150 [[WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics]]
* ~296 [[WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics/Supplement]] (aiming for 200)
* ~1,000 [[meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have]]

====Categories====
* [[:Category:Wikipedia vital articles]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia core topics]]
* [[:Category:Top-importance articles]]

====Topic specific====
* [[WP:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies]]
* [[WP:Core culture and society topics]]
* [[WP:Core math, science and technology topics]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women/Women in Green/Most prominent women]]

====Other groupings====
* [https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/massviews/?platform=all-access&agent=user&source=quarry&start=2024-04-05&end=2025-04-05&project=en.wikipedia.org&target=92573&sort=views&direction=1&view=list&target=92573 VIT3 articles sorted by number of views]
* [[WP:Most referenced articles]] (320 articles, 170 year articles)

====Old or historic====
* ~45 [[WP:Core topics, inner levels]]
* ~1,000 [[WP:1,000 core topics]]
* ~1,900 [[WP:Version 0.5]]
* ~31,000 [[WP:Version 0.7]]
* [[WP:Key article]] (descriptive stub. not a list)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Concise&oldid=85461811 WP:Concise] (Old diff. It is currently a redirect to [[Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge]]. However, it was previously split into [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&ns0=1&ns4=1&ns10=1&redirs=1&advanced=1&search=prefix%3AWikipedia%3AConcise%2F&limit=50&offset=0 27 subpages which still exist])

====Consult====
* [[WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]
* [[WP:WikiProject Vital Articles]]

====Miscellaneous====
* [[Wikipedia:List of 2007 Macropædia articles]]

[[Category:Wikipedia-internal navigational templates]]
[[Category:Wikipedia core topics| ]]
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