Vital articles is a list of subjects for which Wikipedia should have corresponding high-quality articles. It serves as a centralized watchlist to track the status of Wikipedia's most essential articles. This is one of eleven Level 4 sub-lists of ten thousand articles and is currently under construction.
Articles in the Vital list have their assessments labelled as:
Featured articles
Former featured articles
A-class articles
Good articles
Delisted good articles
Failed good article nominees
B-class articles
C-class articles
Start-class articles
Stub-class articles
List-class articles
Unassessed articles
The progress bar is auto-updated via category count, and the symbols and article counts are updated daily by User:cewbot. Please read the FAQ before modifying the article list.
This list is tailored to the English-language Wikipedia. There is also a list of ten thousand articles considered vital to Wikipedias of all languages.
For more information on this list and the process for adding articles, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. Total 475 articles.
| Class | #Articles |
|---|---|
 FA |
6 |
 GA |
19 |
 B |
163 |
 C |
220 |
 LIST |
1 |
 FFA |
22 |
 DGA |
29 |
 Start |
66 |
Everyday life
[edit]This section contains 475 articles.
Clothing and fashion
[edit]This section contains 36 articles.
Cooking, food and drink
[edit]This section contains 117 articles. For fruits, vegetables, herbs, and animals kept for food, see Biology: Organisms
Basics[edit]This section contains 13 articles. Cuisine[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Food types[edit]This section contains 21 articles. |
Preparation and serving[edit]This section contains 15 articles. Meat and other animal products[edit]This section contains 15 articles. Dairy and analogues[edit]This section contains 9 articles. |
Grains[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Seasonings and condiments[edit]This section contains 12 articles. Drinks[edit]This section contains 20 articles. Non-alcoholic drinks[edit]This section contains 7 articles. Alcoholic drinks[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
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Family and kinship
[edit]This section contains 45 articles.
Family and kinship: General[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Interpersonal relationships[edit]This section contains 8 articles. |
Marriage and parenting[edit]This section contains 15 articles. |
Family members[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
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Household items
[edit]This section contains 18 articles. For appliances, see Technology: Household appliances
Furniture and interior design[edit]This section contains 10 articles. |
Cooking and eating[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
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Housing
[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
Residential and housing units
[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
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Rooms and spaces
[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
Sexuality and gender
[edit]This section contains 34 articles.
Stages of life
[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
Sports and recreation
[edit]This section contains 203 articles.
Entertainment
[edit]This section contains 71 articles. For media-based entertainment, such as books, plays, theater, ballet, television, and film, see: Arts.
Entertainment and leisure[edit]This section contains 16 articles.
Recreation and tourism[edit]This section contains 8 articles. Toys[edit]This section contains 12 articles. |
Games[edit]This section contains 35 articles.
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Sports
[edit]This section contains 132 articles.
Basics[edit]This section contains 14 articles. Team sports[edit]This section contains 32 articles. |
Athletics[edit]This section contains 15 articles. Skating[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Water sports[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Combat sport and martial arts[edit]This section contains 14 articles. |
Other individual sports[edit]This section contains 42 articles.
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