Wikipedia:The most basic encyclopedia article topics

Let's consult complete list of encyclopedia topics and pull from it the topics that are the most important, whether we've covered them or not. Here's how I (LMS) propose that we do this. (1) Identify a broad area about which you know a lot. (2) Review complete list of encyclopedia topics (which Magnus Manske has magnanimously contributed) and pick out topics in that are, in your opinion, among the most important, say, one-tenth of topics, and add them to the appropriate "basic topics" page. ("One-tenth" is just a rough estimate. The point is that we should be pretty selective, because we want to know what the most basic articles in a field are.)

So, why do this? To get a good idea of what blanks we need to fill in--hopefully, this will focus a good number of people on the task of writing about those topics. We'll discover a lot of exciting topics that no one has touched yet, and get to work on them. This will increase traffic to the website and make it a lot more useful.

Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science

Astronomy and Astrophysics basic topics - Biology basic topics - Chemistry basic topics - Earth Sciences basic topics - Mathematics basic topics - Philosophy basic topics - Physics basic topics - Statistics basic topics

Social Sciences

Anthropology basic topics - Archaeology basic topics - Economics basic topics - Geography basic topics - History basic topics - History of Science and Technology basic topics - Linguistics basic topics - Parapsychology basic topics - Political Science basic topics - Psychology basic topics - Sociology basic topics

Applied Arts and Sciences

Agricultural sciences basic topics - Architecture basic topics - Business and Industry basic topics - Communication basic topics - Computer Science basic topics - Education basic topics - Engineering basic topics - Family and Consumer Science basic topics - Health Sciences basic topics - Law basic topics - Library and Information Science basic topics - Public Affairs basic topics - Technology basic topics - Transport basic topics

Culture

Classics basic topics - Cooking basic topics - Critical Theory basic topics - Dance basic topics - Entertainment basic topics - Film basic topics - Games basic topics - Hobbies basic topics - Literature basic topics - Music basic topics - Opera basic topics - Painting basic topics - Recreation basic topics - Religion basic topics - Sculpture basic topics - Sports basic topics - Theater basic topics - Tourism basic topics - Visual Arts and Design basic topics