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 1,205 articles.
| Class | #Articles |
|---|---|
 FA |
21 |
 GA |
46 |
 A |
1 |
 B |
524 |
 C |
522 |
 FFA |
49 |
 DGA |
80 |
 Start |
91 |
Geography
[edit]This section contains 1205 articles.
- See also: Earth science.
Basics
[edit]This section contains 40 articles.
Basics: General[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Continents[edit]This section contains 9 articles. |
Cartography[edit]This section contains 16 articles. |
Earth[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
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Physical geography
[edit]This section contains 380 articles.
Bodies of water
[edit]This section contains 189 articles.
Oceans and seas
[edit]This section contains 55 articles.
Lakes
[edit]This section contains 38 articles.
Africa[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Europe[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
North America[edit]This section contains 10 articles. South America[edit]This section contains 2 articles. |
Asia[edit]This section contains 11 articles.
Antarctica[edit]This section contains 1 article. Oceania[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Rivers
[edit]This section contains 67 articles.
Asia[edit]This section contains 25 articles. |
North America[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
South America[edit]This section contains 10 articles. |
Africa[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Europe[edit]This section contains 12 articles. Oceania[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Straits
[edit]This section contains 20 articles.
Canals
[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Shipping routes
[edit]This section contains 2 articles.
Other hydrologic features
[edit]This section contains 11 articles.
Waterfalls[edit]This section contains 4 articles. |
Seabed[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Wetlands[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Glaciers[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Aquifers[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Islands
[edit]This section contains 75 articles.
Africa[edit]This section contains 5 articles. North America[edit]This section contains 15 articles. Caribbean[edit]This section contains 8 articles. South America[edit]This section contains 5 articles. |
Asia[edit]This section contains 24 articles.
Antarctica[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 15 articles.
Oceania[edit]This section contains 10 articles.
New Zealand[edit]This section contains 2 articles.
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Peninsulas
[edit]This section contains 17 articles.
Africa[edit]This section contains 2 articles. North America[edit]This section contains 2 articles. South America[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Asia[edit]This section contains 7 articles. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Antarctica[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Land relief
[edit]This section contains 53 articles.
Land relief: General[edit]This section contains 2 articles. North America[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
South America[edit]This section contains 7 articles. Antarctica[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Asia[edit]This section contains 17 articles. Southern Asia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Western Asia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Eastern Asia[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Central and Northern Asia[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 8 articles.
Africa[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
Oceania[edit]This section contains 4 articles.
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Mountain peaks
[edit]This section contains 22 articles.
Africa[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Asia[edit]This section contains 7 articles. |
North America[edit]This section contains 3 articles. South America[edit]This section contains 1 article. Oceania[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Antarctica[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Deserts
[edit]This section contains 10 articles.
Forests
[edit]This section contains 3 articles.
Parks and preserves
[edit]This section contains 18 articles.
Parks and preserves: General[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Africa[edit]This section contains 4 articles.
Asia[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
North America[edit]This section contains 6 articles.
South America[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 1 article. Oceania[edit]This section contains 2 articles.
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Countries
[edit]This section contains 207 articles.
Africa
[edit]This section contains 54 articles.
North Africa[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Southern Africa[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Central Africa[edit]This section contains 9 articles. |
East Africa[edit]This section contains 18 articles. |
West Africa[edit]This section contains 16 articles. |
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Asia
[edit]This section contains 47 articles.
East Asia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Southeast Asia[edit]This section contains 11 articles. |
Central Asia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. South Asia[edit]This section contains 8 articles. |
West Asia[edit]This section contains 18 articles. |
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Europe
[edit]This section contains 44 articles.
Northern Europe[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Western Europe[edit]This section contains 9 articles. |
Southern Europe[edit]This section contains 15 articles. |
Eastern Europe[edit]This section contains 10 articles. |
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North America
[edit]This section contains 23 articles.
Northern America[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Central America[edit]This section contains 7 articles. |
Caribbean[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
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Oceania
[edit]This section contains 14 articles.
Australia and New Zealand[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Polynesia[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
Micronesia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. |
Melanesia[edit]This section contains 4 articles.
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South America
[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
Unrecognized or largely unrecognized states, and disputed regions
[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
State-like entities
[edit]This section contains 1 article.
Regions and country subdivisions
[edit]This section contains 110 articles.
Regions and country subdivisions: General[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Cultural spheres[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Africa[edit]This section contains 7 articles. Americas[edit]This section contains 22 articles. Brazil[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Canada[edit]This section contains 2 articles. United States[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
Oceania[edit]This section contains 4 articles. |
Asia[edit]This section contains 42 articles. China[edit]This section contains 16 articles.
India[edit]This section contains 9 articles.
Indonesia[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Middle East[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Pakistan[edit]This section contains 2 articles. |
Europe[edit]This section contains 29 articles. Europe: General[edit]This section contains 1 article. Belgium[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Eastern Europe[edit]This section contains 2 articles. France[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Germany[edit]This section contains 1 article. Italy[edit]This section contains 1 article. Northern Europe[edit]This section contains 1 article. Romania[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Russia[edit]This section contains 7 articles. Spain[edit]This section contains 4 articles. United Kingdom[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
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Cities
[edit]This section contains 450 articles.
Urban studies and planning
[edit]This section contains 18 articles.
Africa
[edit]This section contains 71 articles.
West Africa[edit]This section contains 24 articles. Benin[edit]This section contains 1 article. Burkina Faso[edit]This section contains 1 article. Cameroon[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Chad[edit]This section contains 1 article. Ghana[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Guinea[edit]This section contains 1 article. Ivory Coast[edit]This section contains 1 article. Liberia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Mali[edit]This section contains 1 article. Mauritania[edit]This section contains 1 article. Niger[edit]This section contains 1 article. Nigeria[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Senegal[edit]This section contains 1 article. Sierra Leone[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
East Africa[edit]This section contains 16 articles. Eritrea[edit]This section contains 1 article. Ethiopia[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Kenya[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Madagascar[edit]This section contains 1 article. Malawi[edit]This section contains 1 article. Mozambique[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Rwanda[edit]This section contains 1 article. Somalia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Tanzania[edit]This section contains 1 article. Uganda[edit]This section contains 1 article. Zambia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Zimbabwe[edit]This section contains 1 article. Central Africa[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Angola[edit]This section contains 1 article. Central African Republic[edit]This section contains 1 article. DR Congo[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Republic of the Congo[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
North Africa[edit]This section contains 18 articles. Algeria[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Egypt[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Libya[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Morocco[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Sudan[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Tunisia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Southern Africa[edit]This section contains 7 articles. Botswana[edit]This section contains 1 article. Namibia[edit]This section contains 1 article. South Africa[edit]This section contains 5 articles.
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Asia
[edit]This section contains 177 articles.
Central Asia[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Kazakhstan[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Uzbekistan[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Eastern Asia[edit]This section contains 55 articles. China[edit]This section contains 0 article. North China[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Northeast China[edit]This section contains 4 articles. East China[edit]This section contains 10 articles. South Central China[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Southwest China[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Northwest China[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Special administrative regions[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Japan[edit]This section contains 10 articles. Mongolia[edit]This section contains 1 article. North Korea[edit]This section contains 1 article. South Korea[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Taiwan[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
South Asia[edit]This section contains 51 articles. Afghanistan[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Bangladesh[edit]This section contains 3 articles. India[edit]This section contains 0 article. North India[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
West India[edit]This section contains 6 articles. South India[edit]This section contains 8 articles. East India[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Central India[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Northeast India[edit]This section contains 1 article. Nepal[edit]This section contains 1 article. Pakistan[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Sri Lanka[edit]This section contains 1 article. Southeast Asia[edit]This section contains 26 articles. Cambodia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Indonesia[edit]This section contains 10 articles. |
Laos[edit]This section contains 1 article. Malaysia[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Myanmar[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Philippines[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Thailand[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Vietnam[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Western Asia[edit]This section contains 41 articles. Armenia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Azerbaijan[edit]This section contains 1 article. Georgia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Iran[edit]This section contains 8 articles. Iraq[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Israel[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Jordan[edit]This section contains 1 article. Kuwait[edit]This section contains 1 article. Lebanon[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Oman[edit]This section contains 1 article. Palestine[edit]This section contains 1 article. Qatar[edit]This section contains 1 article. Saudi Arabia[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Syria[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Turkey[edit]This section contains 7 articles.
United Arab Emirates[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Yemen[edit]This section contains 2 articles.
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Europe
[edit]This section contains 93 articles.
Northern Europe[edit]This section contains 17 articles. Denmark[edit]This section contains 1 article. Estonia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Finland[edit]This section contains 1 article. Ireland[edit]This section contains 1 article. Latvia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Lithuania[edit]This section contains 1 article. Norway[edit]This section contains 1 article. Sweden[edit]This section contains 1 article. United Kingdom[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Southern Europe[edit]This section contains 20 articles. Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]This section contains 1 article. Croatia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Greece[edit]This section contains 1 article. Italy[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Portugal[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Serbia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Spain[edit]This section contains 5 articles. |
Eastern Europe[edit]This section contains 31 articles. Belarus[edit]This section contains 1 article. Bulgaria[edit]This section contains 1 article. Czech Republic[edit]This section contains 1 article. Hungary[edit]This section contains 1 article. Poland[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Romania[edit]This section contains 1 article. Russia[edit]This section contains 13 articles.
Slovakia[edit]This section contains 1 article. Ukraine[edit]This section contains 6 articles. |
Western Europe[edit]This section contains 25 articles. Austria[edit]This section contains 1 article. Belgium[edit]This section contains 2 articles. France[edit]This section contains 8 articles. Germany[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Netherlands[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Switzerland[edit]This section contains 2 articles. |
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North America
[edit]This section contains 51 articles.
United States[edit]This section contains 26 articles. Northeast[edit]This section contains 4 articles. Midwest[edit]This section contains 5 articles. South[edit]This section contains 10 articles.
West[edit]This section contains 7 articles. |
Canada[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Mexico[edit]This section contains 9 articles. Caribbean[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Cuba[edit]This section contains 1 article. Dominican Republic[edit]This section contains 1 article. Haiti[edit]This section contains 1 article. Jamaica[edit]This section contains 1 article. Puerto Rico[edit]This section contains 1 article. |
Central America[edit]This section contains 6 articles. Costa Rica[edit]This section contains 1 article. El Salvador[edit]This section contains 1 article. Guatemala[edit]This section contains 1 article. Honduras[edit]This section contains 1 article. Nicaragua[edit]This section contains 1 article. Panama[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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Oceania
[edit]This section contains 6 articles.
Australia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. |
New Zealand[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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South America
[edit]This section contains 34 articles.
Brazil[edit]This section contains 12 articles.
Bolivia[edit]This section contains 2 articles. |
Argentina[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Chile[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Ecuador[edit]This section contains 2 articles. Peru[edit]This section contains 3 articles. |
Colombia[edit]This section contains 5 articles. Venezuela[edit]This section contains 3 articles. Paraguay[edit]This section contains 1 article. Uruguay[edit]This section contains 1 article.
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