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Vital articles

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 addition to or removal from 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)

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Current total

Last updated by: -- QuicoleJR (talk) 13:24, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

Added Non-fiction per talk page.

The following table summarizes the quality of the articles on this list. It is updated daily by Cewbot. Total 999 articles.

Class	#Articles
Template:Icon FA	79
Template:Icon GA	144
Template:Icon A	1
Template:Icon B	446
Template:Icon C	329
Template:Icon FFA	81
Template:Icon DGA	92
Template:Icon FFLC	1
Template:Icon Start	1

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 The following table summarizes the quality of the articles on this list. It is updated daily by [[User:Cewbot|Cewbot]].
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-Total 998 articles.
+Total 999 articles.
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
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 | {{Icon|FA}} [[:Category:FA-Class vital articles|FA]] || 79
 |-
-| {{Icon|GA}} [[:Category:GA-Class vital articles|GA]] || 143
+| {{Icon|GA}} [[:Category:GA-Class vital articles|GA]] || 144
 |-
 | {{Icon|A}} [[:Category:A-Class vital articles|A]] || 1
 |-
-| {{Icon|B}} [[:Category:B-Class vital articles|B]] || 441
+| {{Icon|B}} [[:Category:B-Class vital articles|B]] || 446
 |-
-| {{Icon|C}} [[:Category:C-Class vital articles|C]] || 335
+| {{Icon|C}} [[:Category:C-Class vital articles|C]] || 329
 |-
 | {{Icon|FFA}} [[:Category:Wikipedia former featured articles|FFA]] || 81
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 |-
 | {{Icon|FFLC}} [[:Category:Wikipedia featured list candidates (contested)|FFLC]] || 1
+|-
+| {{Icon|Start}} [[:Category:Start-Class vital articles|Start]] || 1
 |}
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 =Level 3 vital articles=
-{{Vital article count|998|quota=1000}}
+{{Vital article count|999|quota=1000}}
 ==People==
 {{Vital article count|111}}
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 * {{Icon|C}} [[Vasco da Gama]]
 * {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Ferdinand Magellan]]
-* {{Icon|B}} [[James Cook]]
+* {{Icon|GA}} [[James Cook]]
 ===Artists ===
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 * {{Icon|C}} [[Herodotus]]
 * {{Icon|GA}} [[Socrates]]
-* {{Icon|C}} [[Plato]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Plato]]
 * {{Icon|GA}} [[Aristotle]]
 * {{Icon|B}} [[Cicero]]
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 * {{Icon|C}} [[History of film]]
 * {{Icon|B}} [[History of literature]]
-* {{Icon|C}} [[History of mathematics]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[History of mathematics]]
 * {{Icon|C}} [[History of medicine]]
 * {{Icon|B}} [[History of music]]
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 ==Geography ==
-{{Vital article count|106}}
+{{Vital article count|107}}
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 {{center|{{Clickable button 2|Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Geography|Expanded list}}}}
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 ===Continents and regions ===
 {{Vital article count|11}}
-* {{Icon|C}} [[Continent]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Continent]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} '''[[Africa]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ** {{Icon|FA}} [[Antarctica]]
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 {{Col-break|width=32%}}
-===Cities ===
+===Human settlements ===
-{{Vital article count|21}}
+{{Vital article count|22}}
 * {{Icon|C}} '''[[Human settlement]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
-* {{Icon|B}} [[City]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[City]]
+** {{Icon|C}} [[Village]]
 * ''Africa''
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Cairo]]
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 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Novel]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Short story]]
-* {{Icon|C}} [[Non-fiction]]
+* {{Icon|Start}} [[Non-fiction]]
 * {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Poetry]]
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 ==Everyday life ==
-{{Vital article count|57}}
+{{Vital article count|56}}
 {{center|{{Clickable button 2|Improve a random Level 3 vital article in Everyday life|class=mw-ui-progressive|url=https://randomincategory.toolforge.org/?category=Wikipedia%20level-3%20vital%20articles%20in%20Everyday%20life&server=en.wikipedia.org&cmnamespace=&cmtype=&returntype=subject}}}}
 {{center|{{Clickable button 2|Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Everyday life|Expanded list}}}}
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 * {{Icon|B}} [[Jewellery]]
-===Family and kinship ===
+===Family, kinship and friendship===
-{{Vital article count|10}}
+{{Vital article count|4}}
-* {{Icon|C}} '''[[Ethnicity]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 * {{Icon|B}} '''[[Family]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Marriage]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Parenting]]
-* Stages of life
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Adult]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Adolescence]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Child]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} [[Infant]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Old age]]
 * {{Icon|B}} [[Friendship]]
+===Stages of life===
+{{Vital article count|5}}
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Adult]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Adolescence]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Child]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Infant]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Old age]]
 ===Sexuality and gender ===
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 * {{Icon|C}} [[Cooking]]
 * {{Icon|B}} '''[[Food]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Bread]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Bread]]
 ** {{Icon|GA}} [[Cereal]]
 *** {{Icon|GA}} [[Wheat]]
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 ==Society and social sciences ==
-{{Vital article count|146}}
+{{Vital article count|147}}
 {{center|{{Clickable button 2|Improve a random Level 3 vital article in Society and social sciences|class=mw-ui-progressive|url=https://randomincategory.toolforge.org/?category=Wikipedia%20level-3%20vital%20articles%20in%20Society%20and%20social%20sciences&server=en.wikipedia.org&cmnamespace=&cmtype=&returntype=subject}}}}
 {{center|{{Clickable button 2|Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Society and social sciences|Expanded list}}}}
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 {{Col-break|width=32%}}
 ===Society and social sciences: General===
-{{Vital article count|14}}
+{{Vital article count|15}}
 * {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} '''[[Culture]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ** {{Icon|B}} '''[[Folklore]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
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 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Anthropology]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} {{Icon|DGA}} [[Sociology]]
+* {{Icon|C}} '''[[Ethnicity]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ===Politics and government ===
@@ Line 801: / Line 806: @@
 ** {{Icon|B}} '''[[Trade]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 *** {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Supply and demand]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Work (human activity)]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Finance]]
 *** {{Icon|C}} [[Bank]]
@@ Line 808: / Line 812: @@
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Service (economics)]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Tax]]
+** {{Icon|C}} [[Work (human activity)]]
 * {{Icon|C}} [[Economy]]
 ** {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Agriculture]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
@@ Line 892: / Line 897: @@
 * {{Icon|C}} [[Personal name]]
 * {{Icon|C}} [[Speech]]
-* {{Icon|C}} '''[[Writing]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
+* {{Icon|B}} '''[[Writing]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ** {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} [[Alphabet]]
 *** {{Icon|B}} [[Arabic script]]
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 * {{Icon|B}} [[Exercise]]
 * {{Icon|B}} [[Health]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Mental health]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Mental health]]
 * {{Icon|C}} [[Hygiene]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Sanitation]]
@@ Line 960: / Line 965: @@
 ===Drugs and medication ===
 {{Vital article count|9}}
-* {{Icon|C}} [[Drug]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Drug]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Medication]]
 *** {{Icon|C}} [[Anesthesia]]
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 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Year]]
 * {{Icon|C}} [[Classical mechanics]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} [[Force]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Mass]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Momentum]]
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 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Newton's laws of motion]]
 * {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Electricity]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
-* {{Icon|GA}} [[Force]]
+* Fundamental interactions
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Electromagnetism]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[Gravity]]
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 ** {{Icon|GA}} [[Natural selection]]
 * {{Icon|GA}} [[Organism]]
-** {{Icon|FA}} [[Archaea]]
-** {{Icon|FA}} [[Bacteria]]
-** {{Icon|GA}} [[Eukaryote]]
-*** {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Animal]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
-**** {{Icon|B}} [[Zoology]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Arthropod]]
-***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Crustacean]]
-***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Insect]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Mollusca]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Vertebrate]]
-***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Amphibian]]
-***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Bird]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} [[Chicken]]
-***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Fish]]
-***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Mammal]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Cat]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} [[Cattle]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} [[Dog]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} [[Horse]]
-****** {{Icon|GA}} [[Pig]]
-****** {{Icon|FA}} [[Primate]]
-******* {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} '''''[[Human]]''''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1|Level 1]])
-****** {{Icon|FA}} [[Rodent]]
-****** {{Icon|FA}} [[Sheep]]
-***** {{Icon|B}} [[Reptile]]
-****** {{Icon|FA}} [[Dinosaur]]
-*** {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Plant]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
-**** {{Icon|B}} [[Algae]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Botany]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Flower]]
-**** {{Icon|B}} [[Seed]]
-**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Tree]]
-*** {{Icon|FA}} [[Fungus]]
-** {{Icon|FA}} [[Virus]]
-* {{Icon|GA}} [[Anatomy]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Human body]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Circulatory system]]
-*** {{Icon|C}} [[Blood]]
-*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Heart]]
-*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Lung]]
-** {{Icon|FA}} [[Immune system]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Liver]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Nervous system]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} [[Brain]]
-*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Ear]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} [[Eye]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} [[Sense]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Skeletal muscle]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Skeleton]]
-*** {{Icon|C}} [[Bone]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Skin]]
-* {{Icon|B}} [[Physiology]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Digestion]]
-** {{Icon|FA}} [[Metabolism]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Photosynthesis]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Reproduction]]
-*** {{Icon|C}} [[Egg]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} [[Sex]]
-*** {{Icon|B}} [[Pregnancy]]
-** {{Icon|B}} [[Sleep]]
 * {{Icon|FA}} [[Genetics]]
 ** {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Gene]]
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 * {{Icon|GA}} [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]]
 ** {{Icon|GA}} [[Species]]
+====Specific organisms====
+{{Vital article count|32}}
+* {{Icon|FA}} [[Archaea]]
+* {{Icon|FA}} [[Bacteria]]
+* {{Icon|GA}} [[Eukaryote]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Animal]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
+*** {{Icon|B}} [[Zoology]]
+*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Arthropod]]
+**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Crustacean]]
+**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Insect]]
+*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Mollusca]]
+*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Vertebrate]]
+**** {{Icon|FA}} [[Amphibian]]
+**** {{Icon|FA}} [[Bird]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Chicken]]
+**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Fish]]
+**** {{Icon|GA}} [[Mammal]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} [[Cat]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Cattle]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Dog]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Horse]]
+***** {{Icon|GA}} [[Pig]]
+***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Primate]]
+****** {{Icon|GA}} {{Icon|FFA}} '''''[[Human]]''''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1|Level 1]])
+***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Rodent]]
+***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Sheep]]
+**** {{Icon|B}} [[Reptile]]
+***** {{Icon|FA}} [[Dinosaur]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} '''[[Plant]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
+*** {{Icon|B}} [[Algae]]
+*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Botany]]
+*** {{Icon|GA}} [[Tree]]
+** {{Icon|FA}} [[Fungus]]
+* {{Icon|FA}} [[Virus]]
+====Anatomy====
+{{Vital article count|19}}
+=====Animal anatomy=====
+{{Vital article count|17}}
+* {{Icon|GA}} [[Anatomy]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Human body]]
+* {{Icon|C}} [[Circulatory system]]
+** {{Icon|C}} [[Blood]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} [[Heart]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} [[Lung]]
+* {{Icon|FA}} [[Immune system]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Liver]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Nervous system]]
+** {{Icon|B}} {{Icon|DGA}} [[Brain]]
+** {{Icon|GA}} [[Ear]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Eye]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Sense]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Skeletal muscle]]
+* {{Icon|C}} [[Skeleton]]
+** {{Icon|C}} [[Bone]]
+* {{Icon|C}} [[Skin]]
+=====Plant anatomy=====
+{{Vital article count|2}}
+* {{Icon|GA}} [[Flower]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Seed]]
+====Physiology====
+{{Vital article count|9}}
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Physiology]]
+* {{Icon|C}} [[Digestion]]
+* {{Icon|FA}} [[Metabolism]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Photosynthesis]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Reproduction]]
+** {{Icon|C}} [[Egg]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Sex]]
+** {{Icon|B}} [[Pregnancy]]
+* {{Icon|B}} [[Sleep]]
 {{Col-break}}
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 * {{Icon|C}} [[Earth science]]
 ** {{Icon|B}} [[History of Earth]]
-** {{Icon|C}} [[Atmosphere of Earth]]
+** {{Icon|C}} '''[[Atmosphere of Earth]]''' ([[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]])
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Internal structure of Earth]]
 ** {{Icon|C}} [[Season]]

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Current total

Level 3 vital articles

People

Leaders and politicians

Explorers

Artists

Philosophers and social scientists

Writers

Musicians

Filmmakers

Scientists and inventors

Mathematicians

Religious figures

Businesspeople

History

History: General

History by region

History by subject

Prehistory

Ancient history

Post-classical history

Modern history

Geography

Geography: General

Continents and regions

Terrestrial features

Hydrological features

Countries

Human settlements

Arts

Arts: General

Artistic movements

Architecture

Literature

Music

Performing arts

Visual arts

Philosophy and religion

Philosophy

Philosophy: General

Philosophical branches and concepts

Philosophy by region and period

Mythology

Religion

Specific religions

Abrahamic religions

East Asian religions

Indian religions

Other religions

Everyday life

Everyday life: General

Family, kinship and friendship

Stages of life

Sexuality and gender

Food and drink

Recreation and entertainment

Society and social sciences

Society and social sciences: General

Politics and government

Conflict

Education

Business and economics

Social issues

Law

Psychology

Language

Media

Health, medicine and disease

Illness and injury

Health, fitness, and medicine

Drugs and medication

Science

Science: General

Astronomy

Physics

Biology

Specific organisms

Anatomy