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{{short description|List of 10,000 most vital articles on the English Wikipedia}}
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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 [[meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have|list of articles every Wikipedia should have]], they are tailored to the English Wikipedia and are actively maintained by the dedicated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles|WikiProject Vital Articles]]. '''This page contains links to the 10,000 articles of the Level 4 list.'''

'''Any addition to or removal from these lists should ONLY BE MADE after a discussion on the [[Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Level/4|Level 4 talk page]].'''

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

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==Current total==

Counts updated from subpages by: [[User:Lophotrochozoa|Lophotrochozoa]] ([[User talk:Lophotrochozoa|talk]]) 20:14, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Sublist !! Current !! Target !! Variance
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/People|People]] || 1,984 || 2,000
| -16
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/History|History]] || 696 || 700
| -4
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Geography|Geography]] || 1,205 || 1,200
| 5
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Arts|Arts]] || 694 || 700
| -6
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Philosophy and religion|Philosophy and religion]] || 433 || 450
| -17
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Everyday life|Everyday life]] || 476 || 450
| 26
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Society and social sciences|Society and social sciences]] || 913 || 900
| 13
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Biology and health sciences|Biology and health sciences]] || 1,481 || 1,500
| -19
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Physical sciences|Physical sciences]] || 1,102 || 1,100
| 2
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Technology|Technology]] || 724 || 700
| 24
|-
| [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Mathematics|Mathematics]] || 299 || 300
| -1
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,007'''
|'''10,000'''
|'''7'''
|}

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