Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5

Vital articles on Wikipedia are written about important topics, organized into five list levels in decreasing importance: 1 (10 articles), 2 (100 articles), 3 (1000 articles), 4 (10,000 articles) and 5 (50,000 articles). An article at the top level also belongs to the lower levels. The articles are organized into groups of topics, with lower levels having more granular subdivisions. The lists serve as guidance to prioritize improvement of important articles and for monitoring their quality.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Improve a random level 5 Vital article

Because of its size, Vital articles Level 5 has been split into many sub-lists. If you spot a duplicate listing, please remove one of them; if you aren't sure in which section a topic belongs, please initiate a discussion on the talk page. Please do not duplicate items on the same level of the list.

As of March 2023, the level 5 Vital Articles list includes 49,711 individual articles. This list is in the process of being created, so you may add relevant articles to incomplete sections. List of articles rated top/high importance in each individual WikiProjects is a useful accompany to this list. If the sections are complete (>98% at capacity) or you are unsure, you should propose it on the talk page. Feel free to remove irrelevant articles from the list, however, it may be contested by a discussion. Mass deletes of articles should always be preceded by discussion.

The level 5 Vital Articles list is monitored by the WikiProject Vital Articles. A more detailed explanation on the purpose, mechanisms and history of the Vital Articles list can be found at its FAQ page.

• 3.6% List-Class
• 34.2% Start-Class
• 32.4% C-Class
• 21.6% B-Class
• 4.8% GA-Class
• 0% A-Class
• 2.4% FA-Class
• 1% remaining

Article in the Vital list have their assessment 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.

Sublist	Current	Target	Complete?
People	15,588	15,000	Yes
Writers and journalists	2,133	2,000	Yes
Artists, musicians, and composers	2,287	2,175	Yes
Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters	2,355	2,175	Yes
Philosophers, historians, and social scientists	1,334	1,300	Yes
Religious figures	500	500	Yes
Politicians and leaders	2,456	2,300	Yes
Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists	1,010	1,000	Yes
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians	1,115	1,150	Yes
Sports figures	1,209	1,200	Yes
Miscellaneous	1,189	1,200	Yes
History	3,300	3,300	Yes
Geography	5,336	5,300	Yes
Physical geography	1,905	1,900	Yes
Countries and subdivisions	1,400	1,400	Yes
Cities	2,031	2,000	Yes
Arts	3,320	3,300	Yes
Philosophy and religion	1,420	1,400	Yes
Everyday life	2,434	2,400	Yes
Everyday life	1,200	1,200	Yes
Sports, games and recreation	1,234	1,200	Yes
Society and social sciences	4,340	4,100	Yes
Social studies	429	500	No
Politics and economics	1,859	1,850	Yes
Culture	2,052	1,750	Yes
Biological and health sciences	5,073	6,000	No
Biology, biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology	961	1,200	No
Animals	2,400	2,400	Yes
Plants, fungi, and other organisms	871	1,200	No
Health, medicine, and disease	841	1,200	No
Physical sciences	4,602	4,875	No
Basics and measurement	345	375	No
Astronomy	900	900	Yes
Chemistry	1,212	1,200	Yes
Earth science	1,086	1,200	No
Physics	1,056	1,200	No
Technology	3,150	3,150	Yes
Mathematics	1,136	1,175	No
Total	49,711	50,000	No

Counts updated by: --RekishiEJ (talk) 03:56, 24 March 2023 (UTC)