Wikipedia:Brilliant prose

We think the following Wikipedia pages are pretty good. This is a selected list -- since there are over a hundred thousand pages on Wikipedia, we couldn't possibly keep track of all of the brilliant prose here! The notion of "brilliant prose", however, does not mean that these articles are "complete" in any sense -- each and every article can always be improved, so be bold in updating pages.

If you wish to add a new page to this list, please put it on Wikipedia:Brilliant prose candidates first (see that page for further instructions).

If you think an article here is mediocre at most or needs some more work, just remove it from this list, preferably with a comment why you think so. If you want to know the secrets about writing brilliant prose, read how to write a great article.

Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science Alchemy -- Astronomy and astrophysics -- Biology -- Carbon -- Cladistics -- Comet -- Computational complexity theory (and related pages) -- Diamond -- DNA -- Earth -- Electron hole -- Free will -- Game theory -- Gene -- Geologic ages (and related pages) -- Glass -- Global warming -- Helium -- LSD -- Ockham's Razor -- Ordinal -- Paleontology -- Paradox (and related pages) -- Periodic table -- Platypus -- Protista (and related pages) -- Pythagorean theorem -- Quantum mechanics -- Rainbow -- Statistics (and related pages) -- Symposium

Applied Arts and Sciences Algorithm -- API -- ASCII -- Code -- Computer numbering formats -- Echelon -- Fountain pen -- Information theory -- Knot -- Markup language -- Nuclear weapon -- Quantum computer -- Road transport -- Search engine -- Secure computing -- Spamming -- Typewriter -- Telephone switch -- World Wide Web

Biography Achilles -- Mortimer Adler -- Alexander the Great -- Ibn Battuta -- Humphrey Bogart -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Paul Erdös -- Jim Henson -- Alfred Hitchcock -- Homer -- Stephen King -- Rudyard Kipling -- Lamarck -- Nella Larsen -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Joshua A. Norton -- Perseus -- Rhazes -- Rembrandt van Rijn -- Martha Stewart -- Eugene Wigner

Culture Analogue disc record -- Aztalan State Park -- Crime fiction -- Montparnasse -- Prostitution -- Same-sex marriage

Economics Economics -- English/British coin Penny -- Euro -- London Congestion Charge -- Market form (and related pages) -- Prisoners dilemma

Film, TV and radio Film theory -- Have I Got News For You -- Paramount Pictures -- The Simpsons episodes, for example There's No Disgrace Like Home -- Star Trek -- The Today programme -- Three Colors: Blue

Games Blackjack -- Bridge -- Chess -- Chess strategy and tactics -- Go (board game) -- Prisoner's dilemma -- Poker -- Pub quiz -- Sample chess game -- Stone, Paper, Scissors

History Battle of Jutland -- Behistun Inscription -- Byzantine Empire -- Chinese history -- East Germany -- Falkland Islands War -- History of Egypt -- History of England -- History of Germany -- History of Levant -- History of Scotland -- History of the Netherlands -- History of the United States -- Irish Houses of Parliament -- Krakow -- MKULTRA -- Nagasaki -- Operation Market Garden -- Peloponnesian War -- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack -- Treblinka extermination camp -- World War I

Language British English -- Hebrew language -- Chinese language -- Chinese written language -- Japanese language -- Neologism -- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Law Copyright -- Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Negligence -- Statute of limitations -- Terrorism

Medicine & health

Anorexia nervosa -- Tuberculosis -- Menstrual cycle -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Military Nuclear warfare -- Tank -- Tank history -- V1 Flying Bomb

Music Disco -- Freestyle music -- Hip hop -- Jazz -- Madonna -- Musical instrument -- Roy Orbison -- Pickup -- Punk rock -- Saxophone -- Sex Pistols -- Simon and Garfunkel -- Talking Heads

Politics Anarchism -- Gough Whitlam -- Libertarian socialism -- Libertarianism -- President of the United States of America -- Prime Minister of Australia -- Propaganda

Psychology Milgram experiment -- Psychosis

Religion and beliefs The Book of Mormon -- Christianity -- End times -- Greek mythology (and related pages) -- Idolatry -- Norse mythology (category) -- Protestantism -- Scientology -- Sons of Noah

Sport Baseball -- Bodyline (cricket) -- Montreal Canadiens -- Summer Olympic Games

Other Anno Domini -- Bulldogging -- Freemasonry -- Gulliver's Travels -- Hebrew calendar -- Horse-breaking -- Horseshoe -- Leet -- Nude celebrities on the Internet -- Political correctness -- Science fiction -- Sheepshead -- Sniper -- Spacecraft propulsion -- Tea

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Again, feel free to add to the list when you think an article deserves the mention!

see also The dark side of Wikipedia, Brilliant pictures