Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3

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. This page contains the 1,000 articles of the Level 3 list.

Any modification to this list should ONLY BE MADE after a discussion on the Level 3 talk page.

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

Current total
Last updated by  starship .paint  (RUN) 06:40, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

The following table summarizes the quality of the articles on this list. It is updated daily by Cewbot.

Total 999 articles.

=Level 3 vital articles=

Leaders and politicians

 * Hammurabi
 * Ramesses II
 * Cyrus the Great
 * Alexander the Great
 * Ashoka
 * Qin Shi Huang
 * Julius Caesar
 * Cleopatra
 * Augustus
 * Charlemagne
 * Genghis Khan
 * Mansa Musa
 * Timur
 * Joan of Arc
 * Suleiman the Magnificent
 * Akbar
 * Elizabeth I
 * Catherine the Great
 * George Washington
 * Napoleon
 * Simón Bolívar
 * Abraham Lincoln
 * Mahatma Gandhi
 * Joseph Stalin
 * Adolf Hitler
 * Mao Zedong
 * Nelson Mandela

Explorers

 * Marco Polo
 * Zheng He
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Vasco da Gama
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * James Cook
 * Roald Amundsen

Artists

 * Leonardo da Vinci
 * Michelangelo
 * Rembrandt
 * Hokusai
 * Pablo Picasso
 * Vincent van Gogh

Philosophers and social scientists

 * Confucius
 * Laozi
 * Herodotus
 * Socrates
 * Plato
 * Aristotle
 * Cicero
 * Thomas Aquinas
 * Ibn Khaldun
 * Niccolò Machiavelli
 * René Descartes
 * John Locke
 * Adam Smith
 * Immanuel Kant
 * Mary Wollstonecraft
 * Karl Marx
 * Friedrich Nietzsche
 * Sigmund Freud

Writers

 * Homer
 * Virgil
 * Li Bai
 * Murasaki Shikibu
 * Rumi
 * Dante Alighieri
 * Miguel de Cervantes
 * William Shakespeare
 * Voltaire
 * Leo Tolstoy
 * Rabindranath Tagore

Musicians

 * Johann Sebastian Bach
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Ludwig van Beethoven
 * Louis Armstrong
 * The Beatles
 * Michael Jackson

Filmmakers

 * Charlie Chaplin
 * Walt Disney

Scientists and inventors

 * Hippocrates
 * Avicenna
 * Shen Kuo
 * Johannes Gutenberg
 * Nicolaus Copernicus
 * Galileo Galilei
 * Isaac Newton
 * Carl Linnaeus
 * Antoine Lavoisier
 * Michael Faraday
 * Charles Darwin
 * Florence Nightingale
 * Louis Pasteur
 * James Clerk Maxwell
 * Dmitri Mendeleev
 * Thomas Edison
 * Nikola Tesla
 * Marie Curie
 * Albert Einstein

Mathematicians

 * Archimedes
 * Euclid
 * Al-Khwarizmi
 * Leonhard Euler
 * Carl Friedrich Gauss
 * Emmy Noether
 * Kurt Gödel
 * Alan Turing

Religious figures

 * The Buddha
 * Jesus
 * Paul the Apostle
 * Muhammad
 * Ali
 * Adi Shankara
 * Martin Luther

Businesspeople

 * Henry Ford

History: General

 * History (Level 2)
 * Human history (Level 1)
 * Civilization (Level 2)
 * Archaeology

History by region

 * History of Africa
 * History of Asia
 * History of East Asia
 * History of India
 * History of the Middle East
 * History of Europe
 * History of North America
 * History of Oceania
 * History of South America

History by subject

 * History of science (Level 2)
 * History of art
 * History of agriculture
 * History of architecture
 * History of film
 * History of literature
 * History of mathematics
 * History of medicine
 * History of music
 * History of philosophy
 * History of technology
 * Military history

Prehistory

 * Prehistory (Level 2)
 * Stone Age
 * Early human migrations
 * Neolithic Revolution

Ancient history

 * Ancient history (Level 2)
 * Bronze Age
 * Ancient Egypt
 * Indus Valley Civilisation
 * Mesopotamia
 * Sumer
 * Phoenicia
 * Iron Age
 * Ancient Greece
 * Ancient Rome
 * Achaemenid Empire
 * Gupta Empire
 * Han dynasty
 * Silk Road
 * Pre-Columbian era
 * Andean civilizations
 * Mesoamerica
 * Maya civilization

Post-classical history

 * Post-classical history (Level 2)
 * Aztecs
 * Inca Empire
 * Islamic Golden Age
 * Middle Ages
 * Black Death
 * Byzantine Empire
 * Crusades
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Viking Age
 * Mongol Empire
 * Ottoman Empire
 * Tang dynasty

Modern history

 * Early modern period (Level 2)
 * Renaissance
 * Age of Discovery
 * European colonization of the Americas
 * Western imperialism in Asia
 * Spanish Empire
 * Reformation
 * Mughal Empire
 * Scientific Revolution
 * Age of Enlightenment
 * Modern era (Level 2)
 * British Empire
 * American Revolution
 * French Revolution
 * Industrial Revolution
 * Scramble for Africa
 * World War I
 * Soviet Union
 * Great Depression
 * World War II
 * Contemporary history
 * Decolonization
 * Cold War
 * Information Age

Geography: General

 * Geography (Level 2)

Continents and regions

 * Continent
 * Africa (Level 2)
 * Antarctica
 * Asia (Level 2)
 * Europe (Level 2)
 * North America (Level 2)
 * South America (Level 2)
 * Geographical regions
 * Arctic
 * Caribbean
 * Middle East
 * Oceania (Level 2)

Terrestrial features

 * Land (Level 2)
 * Desert
 * Sahara
 * Forest
 * Amazon rainforest
 * Grassland
 * Island
 * Mountain
 * Alps
 * Andes
 * Himalayas
 * Rocky Mountains

Hydrological features

 * Sea (Level 2)
 * Arctic Ocean
 * Atlantic Ocean
 * Mediterranean Sea
 * Indian Ocean
 * Pacific Ocean
 * Great Barrier Reef
 * Southern Ocean
 * Lake
 * Caspian Sea
 * Great Lakes
 * Lake Victoria
 * River
 * Amazon River
 * Ganges
 * Mississippi River
 * Nile
 * Yangtze
 * Glacier

Countries

 * Country (Level 2)
 * Africa
 * Algeria
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Egypt
 * Ethiopia
 * Kenya
 * Nigeria
 * South Africa
 * Tanzania
 * Asia
 * South Asia
 * Bangladesh
 * India
 * Pakistan
 * East Asia
 * China
 * Japan
 * South Korea
 * Taiwan
 * Southeast Asia
 * Indonesia
 * Malaysia
 * Myanmar
 * Philippines
 * Thailand
 * Vietnam
 * West Asia
 * Iran
 * Israel
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Turkey
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Europe
 * France
 * Germany
 * Italy
 * Netherlands
 * Poland
 * Russia
 * Spain
 * Ukraine
 * United Kingdom
 * North America
 * Canada
 * Mexico
 * United States
 * Oceania
 * Australia
 * South America
 * Argentina
 * Brazil
 * Colombia

Cities

 * City (Level 2)
 * Africa
 * Cairo
 * Lagos
 * Asia
 * East Asia
 * Beijing
 * Hong Kong
 * Tokyo
 * Southeast Asia
 * Jakarta
 * Singapore
 * South Asia (India)
 * Delhi
 * Mumbai
 * West Asia (Middle East)
 * Istanbul
 * Jerusalem
 * Mecca
 * Europe
 * London
 * Moscow
 * Paris
 * Rome
 * North America
 * Mexico City
 * New York City
 * South America
 * São Paulo

Arts: General

 * The arts (Level 1)
 * Art
 * Prehistoric art
 * Fashion
 * Museum

Artistic movements

 * Abstract art
 * Modernism
 * Realism
 * Romanticism

Architecture

 * Architecture (Level 2)
 * Great Pyramid of Giza
 * Great Wall of China

Literature

 * Literature (Level 2)
 * English literature
 * Fiction
 * Novel
 * Short story
 * Fairy tale
 * Poetry
 * Epic poetry

Music

 * Music (Level 2)
 * Musical instrument
 * Singing
 * Musical genres
 * Classical music
 * Folk music
 * Jazz
 * Pop music
 * Rock music

Performing arts

 * Performing arts (Level 2)
 * Dance
 * Opera
 * Orchestra
 * Theatre

Visual arts

 * Visual arts (Level 2)
 * Film
 * Animation
 * Comics
 * Design
 * Drawing
 * Painting
 * Photography
 * Pottery
 * Sculpture

Philosophy: General

 * Philosophy (Level 1)
 * Philosophy of science

Philosophical branches and concepts

 * Aesthetics
 * Epistemology
 * Knowledge (Level 2)
 * Belief
 * Reason
 * Truth
 * Ethics (Level 2)
 * Good and evil
 * Logic (Level 2)
 * Metaphysics
 * Free will
 * Ontology

Philosophy by region and period

 * Eastern philosophy
 * Confucianism
 * Western philosophy

Mythology

 * Myth
 * Greek mythology

Religion

 * Religion (Level 2)
 * Afterlife
 * Deity (Level 2)
 * God
 * Meditation
 * New religious movement
 * Prayer
 * Ritual
 * Shamanism
 * Soul
 * Spirituality
 * Secularism
 * Atheism

Abrahamic religions

 * Abraham
 * Christianity
 * Bible
 * Catholic Church
 * Eastern Orthodox Church
 * Protestantism
 * Islam
 * Shia Islam
 * Sunni Islam
 * Quran
 * Judaism
 * Talmud
 * Moses

East Asian religions

 * Chinese folk religion
 * Shinto
 * Taoism

Indian religions

 * Buddhism
 * Mahayana
 * Theravada
 * Hinduism
 * Vedas
 * Bhagavad Gita
 * Jainism
 * Sikhism

Other religions

 * Traditional African religions

Everyday life: General

 * Clothing (Level 2)
 * Home (Level 2)
 * Furniture
 * Jewellery

Family and kinship

 * Ethnicity (Level 2)
 * Family (Level 2)
 * Adult
 * Adolescence
 * Child
 * Infant
 * Marriage
 * Old age
 * Parenting
 * Friendship

Sexuality and gender

 * Human sexuality (Level 2)
 * Sexual intercourse
 * Sexual orientation
 * Gender
 * Man
 * Woman

Food and drink

 * Cooking
 * Food (Level 2)
 * Bread
 * Cereal
 * Wheat
 * Maize
 * Rice
 * Cheese
 * Fruit
 * Meat
 * Salt
 * Spice
 * Sugar
 * Vegetable
 * Potato
 * Soybean
 * Drink
 * Alcoholic beverage
 * Coffee
 * Drinking water
 * Milk
 * Tea

Recreation and entertainment

 * Entertainment (Level 2)
 * Play (activity)
 * Game
 * Board game
 * Card game
 * Gambling
 * Video game
 * Sport (Level 2)
 * Association football
 * Sport of athletics
 * Olympic Games
 * Toy
 * Martial arts
 * Swimming
 * Tourism

Society and social sciences: General

 * Culture (Level 2)
 * Folklore (Level 2)
 * Festival
 * Oral tradition
 * Popular culture
 * Society (Level 1)
 * Community
 * Power (social and political)
 * Social class
 * Communication (Level 2)
 * Social science
 * Anthropology
 * Sociology

Politics and government

 * Politics (Level 2)
 * Political party
 * Political science
 * Colonialism
 * Imperialism
 * Government (Level 2)
 * Democracy
 * Dictatorship
 * Monarchy
 * Ideology
 * Anarchism
 * Capitalism
 * Communism
 * Conservatism
 * Fascism
 * Liberalism
 * Nationalism
 * Socialism
 * State
 * Diplomacy
 * Military
 * International organizations
 * European Union
 * International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
 * NATO
 * United Nations

Conflict

 * War (Level 2)
 * Genocide
 * Peace
 * Terrorism

Education

 * Education (Level 2)
 * School
 * Library
 * University

Business and economics

 * Business (Level 2)
 * Corporation
 * Management
 * Marketing
 * Retail
 * Trade union
 * Economics (Level 2)
 * Trade (Level 2)
 * Supply and demand
 * Employment
 * Finance
 * Bank
 * Money
 * Insurance
 * Tax
 * Economy
 * Agriculture (Level 2)
 * Manufacturing (Level 2)
 * Construction
 * Fishing
 * Hunting
 * Mining

Social issues

 * Abortion
 * Disability
 * Discrimination
 * Racism
 * Sexism
 * Environmentalism
 * Pollution
 * Famine
 * Feminism
 * Globalization
 * Human migration
 * Human rights
 * Liberty
 * Privacy
 * Slavery
 * Social equality
 * Suffrage
 * Indigenous peoples
 * Poverty
 * Violence
 * Welfare

Law

 * Law (Level 2)
 * Crime
 * Constitution
 * Justice
 * Police
 * Property

Psychology

 * Psychology (Level 2)
 * Emotion (Level 2)
 * Anger
 * Fear
 * Happiness
 * Humour
 * Love
 * Mind (Level 2)
 * Consciousness
 * Dream
 * Memory
 * Thought
 * Human behavior
 * Intelligence
 * Learning
 * Personality

Language

 * Language (Level 2)
 * Indo-European languages
 * Bengali
 * English
 * French
 * German
 * Greek
 * Hindustani
 * Latin
 * Portuguese
 * Russian
 * Spanish
 * Other languages
 * Arabic
 * Chinese
 * Japanese
 * Malay
 * Swahili
 * Linguistics
 * Grammar
 * Word
 * Personal name
 * Speech
 * Writing (Level 2)
 * Alphabet
 * Arabic script
 * Brahmic scripts
 * Cyrillic script
 * Greek alphabet
 * Latin script
 * Arabic numerals
 * Chinese characters

Media

 * Mass media (Level 2)
 * Broadcasting
 * News
 * Publishing

Illness and injury

 * Disease (Level 2)
 * Allergy
 * Asthma
 * Cancer
 * Cardiovascular disease
 * Stroke
 * Diabetes
 * Gastroenteritis
 * Infection
 * Common cold
 * Influenza
 * Malaria
 * Pneumonia
 * Sexually transmitted infection
 * HIV/AIDS
 * Smallpox
 * Tuberculosis
 * Mental disorder
 * Injury

Health, fitness, and medicine

 * Medicine (Level 2)
 * Dentistry
 * Hospital
 * Nursing
 * Surgery
 * Ageing
 * Exercise
 * Health
 * Mental health
 * Hygiene
 * Sanitation
 * Nutrition
 * Obesity

Drugs and medication

 * Drug
 * Medication
 * Anesthesia
 * Antibiotic
 * Birth control
 * Vaccine
 * Addiction
 * Alcoholism
 * Smoking

Science: General

 * Science (Level 1)
 * Scientific method
 * Measurement
 * International System of Units
 * Nature

Astronomy

 * Astronomy (Level 2)
 * Universe (Level 2)
 * Solar System (Level 2)
 * Sun (Level 2)
 * Mercury
 * Venus
 * Earth (Level 1)
 * Moon (Level 2)
 * Mars
 * Jupiter
 * Saturn
 * Uranus
 * Neptune
 * Asteroid
 * Big Bang
 * Black hole
 * Comet
 * Galaxy
 * Milky Way
 * Natural satellite
 * Orbit
 * Outer space
 * Physical cosmology
 * Planet
 * Star
 * Supernova

Physics

 * Physics (Level 2)
 * Energy (Level 2)
 * Time (Level 2)
 * Day
 * Year
 * Classical mechanics
 * Mass
 * Momentum
 * Motion
 * Newton's laws of motion
 * Force
 * Electromagnetism
 * Gravity
 * Strong interaction
 * Weak interaction
 * Magnetism
 * Matter
 * State of matter
 * Atom (Level 2)
 * Particle physics
 * Standard Model
 * Subatomic particle
 * Electron
 * Neutron
 * Photon
 * Proton
 * Quantum mechanics
 * Radioactive decay
 * Space
 * Vacuum
 * Thermodynamics
 * Heat
 * Temperature
 * Theory of relativity
 * Speed of light
 * Wave
 * Electromagnetic radiation
 * Light
 * Color
 * Optics
 * Sound

Biology

 * Biology (Level 2)
 * Molecular biology
 * Life (Level 1)
 * Cell (Level 2)
 * Death (Level 2)
 * Suicide
 * Abiogenesis
 * Ecology (Level 2)
 * Biodiversity
 * Ecosystem
 * Extinction
 * Evolution (Level 2)
 * Human evolution
 * Natural selection
 * Organism
 * Archaea
 * Bacteria
 * Eukaryote
 * Animal (Level 2)
 * Zoology
 * Amphibian
 * Arthropod
 * Crustacean
 * Insect
 * Bird
 * Chicken
 * Fish
 * Mammal
 * Cat
 * Cattle
 * Dog
 * Horse
 * Pig
 * Primate
 * Human (Level 1)
 * Rodent
 * Sheep
 * Mollusca
 * Reptile
 * Dinosaur
 * Plant (Level 2)
 * Algae
 * Botany
 * Flower
 * Seed
 * Tree
 * Fungus
 * Virus
 * Anatomy
 * Human body
 * Circulatory system
 * Blood
 * Heart
 * Lung
 * Immune system
 * Liver
 * Nervous system
 * Brain
 * Ear
 * Eye
 * Sense
 * Skeletal muscle
 * Skeleton
 * Bone
 * Skin
 * Physiology
 * Digestion
 * Metabolism
 * Photosynthesis
 * Reproduction
 * Egg
 * Sex
 * Pregnancy
 * Sleep
 * Genetics
 * Gene
 * Heredity
 * Paleontology
 * Taxonomy
 * Species

Chemistry

 * Chemistry (Level 2)
 * Biochemistry
 * Carbohydrate
 * DNA
 * Hormone
 * Lipid
 * Protein
 * RNA
 * Inorganic chemistry
 * Organic chemistry
 * Physical chemistry
 * Chemical element (Level 2)
 * Periodic table
 * Aluminium
 * Carbon
 * Copper
 * Gold
 * Hydrogen
 * Iron
 * Nitrogen
 * Oxygen
 * Phosphorus
 * Silicon
 * Silver
 * Sulfur
 * Chemical compound
 * Water (Level 2)
 * Carbon dioxide
 * Chemical bond
 * Molecule
 * Chemical reaction
 * Acid–base reaction
 * Catalysis
 * Redox
 * Metal
 * Alloy
 * Bronze
 * Steel

Earth science

 * Earth science
 * History of Earth
 * Atmosphere of Earth
 * Internal structure of Earth
 * Season
 * Flood
 * Climate (Level 2)
 * Climate change
 * Weather
 * Cloud
 * Rain
 * Snow
 * Tornado
 * Tropical cyclone
 * Wind
 * Geology (Level 2)
 * Earthquake
 * Erosion
 * Mineral
 * Plate tectonics
 * Rock
 * Soil
 * Volcano

Technology: General

 * Technology (Level 1)
 * Engineering (Level 2)
 * Civil engineering
 * Mechanical engineering

Energy

 * Electricity (Level 2)
 * Electric battery
 * Fire (Level 2)
 * Explosive
 * Gunpowder
 * Fossil fuel
 * Coal
 * Natural gas
 * Petroleum
 * Nuclear power
 * Renewable energy
 * Hydropower
 * Solar energy
 * Wind power

Food and health

 * Animal husbandry
 * Domestication
 * Biotechnology
 * Genetic engineering
 * Fertilizer
 * Food preservation
 * Garden
 * Medical imaging
 * Oven
 * Refrigeration

Weapons

 * Weapon
 * Armour
 * Bomb
 * Bow and arrow
 * Firearm
 * Knife

Tools and machinery

 * Tool (Level 2)
 * Simple machine
 * Wheel
 * Engine
 * Electric motor
 * Internal combustion engine
 * Steam engine
 * Robotics

Media and communication

 * Printing
 * Book (Level 2)
 * Mail
 * Telecommunications
 * Internet
 * Radio
 * Telephone
 * Mobile phone
 * Television

Computing and information technology

 * Computer science
 * Computer (Level 2)
 * Artificial intelligence
 * Cryptography

Electronics

 * Electronics
 * Electric light
 * Integrated circuit
 * Semiconductor device

Space

 * Rocket
 * Satellite
 * Space exploration
 * Spaceflight
 * Space station

Transportation

 * Transport (Level 2)
 * Aircraft
 * Bicycle
 * Bridge
 * Canal
 * Car
 * Road
 * Ship
 * Train

Navigation and timekeeping

 * Navigation
 * Compass
 * Map
 * Radar
 * Calendar
 * Clock

Structures

 * Fortification
 * Infrastructure
 * Building
 * Dam

Materials

 * Concrete
 * Glass
 * Masonry
 * Metallurgy
 * Natural rubber
 * Paper
 * Plastic
 * Textile
 * Cotton
 * Wood

Optical

 * Camera
 * Laser
 * Lens
 * Microscope
 * Telescope

Mathematics: General

 * Mathematics (Level 1)
 * Algorithm
 * Mathematical proof
 * Set
 * Function

Counting and numbers

 * Number (Level 2)
 * Real number
 * $e$
 * $\pi$
 * Fraction
 * Integer
 * 0
 * Natural number
 * Prime number
 * Complex number
 * Number theory

Algebra

 * Algebra
 * Equation
 * Variable
 * Linear algebra

Analysis

 * Mathematical analysis
 * Calculus
 * Infinity
 * Limit
 * Series

Arithmetic

 * Arithmetic (Level 2)
 * Exponentiation
 * Logarithm
 * nth root

Geometry and topology

 * Geometry (Level 2)
 * Angle
 * Trigonometry
 * Area
 * Circle
 * Line
 * Polygon
 * Triangle
 * Three-dimensional space
 * Volume
 * Topology

Probability and statistics

 * Probability
 * Statistics (Level 2)