List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded/Quotas

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This page is intended for defining quotas, reserved for various topics in the List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded. The preliminary quotas were calcuated basing on 1000 articles list by the following procedure:

  • For every section in the expanded list a correponding section in the 1000 list was found.
  • The 'coefficient of growth' was calculated based on decimal logarithmic function. I.e. 1 article in 1000 list 'grows' to 7 articles in the expanded list; 10 articles grow to 80; 100 grows to 900; 1,000 grows to 10,000.
  • The number of articles in 1000 list were multiplied by the found coefficient, making a rough preliminary quota suggestion.
  • The 'corrected quota' column is reserved for quota correction, as mechanical multiplication gives sometimes an unballanced result. It has to be corrected manually after proper discussion.
Section Current article count Article count in 1000 list Quota based on 1000 list Proposed correction Corrected quota Comment
1 People 1321 204 1900 +100 2000 see Talk:List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded#Quotas/Big Talk Part 1: People
1.1 Actors and Actresses 115 4 30 70
1.2 Artists / Architects 77 18 150 160
1.3 Authors / Poets 101 31 260 240
1.4 Composers and musicians 125 21 170 150
1.5 Directors, producers & screenwriters 67 9 70 60
1.6 Entrepreneurs 22 0 0 40
1.7 Explorers 26 12 100 30
1.8 Performing artists 39 0 0 30
1.9 Philosophers, historians, political and social scientists 92 26 220 350
1.10 Religious figures 37 10 80 130
1.11 Politicians and leaders 98 39 340 300
1.13 Revolutionaries and activists 18 0 0 30
1.14 Scientists, inventors and mathematicians 198 34 290 300
1.15 Journalists 42 0 0 30
1.16 Olympic/sports figures 180 0 0 50
1.17 Mythical and legendary people 29 0 0 15
1.18 Fictional/cartoon characters 19 0 0 15
2 History 516 45 390 +410 800 Roughly as important as geography. Some 300 taken from geography section.
2.1 Basics 45 1 10 10
2.2 History by continent 6 0 0 0
2.3 History by region 2 0 0 0
2.4 History by country 35 0 0 0
2.5 Prehistory and Ancient history 127 10 80 80
2.6 Middle Ages 90 13 110 110
2.7 Early modern history 67 3 20 20
2.8 Modern history 144 18 150 150
3 Geography 917 146 1340 -340 1000 It was really big in 1000 list due to lots of countries and cities. Shouldn'd be scaled proportionally. Roughly as important as history. 300 moved to history.
3.1 Basics 24 11 90 90
3.2 Physical geography 402 37 320 320
3.3 Parks and preserves 43 0 0 0
3.4 Cities 200 44 380 380
3.5 Countries/territories 243 46 400 400
3.6 Regions 5 8 60 60
4 Arts 325 64 560 +40 600
4.1 Basics 1 4 30 30
4.2 Architecture 120 21 170 170
4.3 Literature 23 14 110 110
4.4 Music 76 19 160 160
4.5 Performing arts 40 0 0 0
4.6 Visual arts 65 6 50 50
5 Philosophy and religion 224 38 330 +20 350
5.1 Philosophy 66 13 110 110
5.2 Religion and spiritualty 20 12 100 100
5.3 Specific religions 87 13 110 110
5.4 Esoterics, magic and mythology 51 0 0 0
6 Anthropology, psychology and everyday life 594 101 910 -110 800 Cooking subsection is too big, can be reduced a bit. Not much to add to this section.
6.1 Anthropology 4 0 0 0
6.2 Family and kinship 51 5 40 40
6.3 Cooking, food and drink 140 31 260 260
6.4 Household items 38 0 0 0
6.5 Sexuality 7 0 0 0
6.6 Stages of life 13 0 0 0
6.7 Psychology 54 5 40 40
6.8 Language 93 34 290 290
6.9 Recreation: games and sports 154 20 170 170
6.10 Timekeeping 26 6 50 50
6.11 Colors 14 0 0 0
7 Society and social sciences 355 70 620 +280 900 Social science needs major expansion.
7.1 Basics 6 3 20 20
7.2 Business and economics 53 10 80 80
7.3 Education 92 0 0 0
7.4 International organizations 29 18 150 150
7.5 Law 22 2 10 10
7.6 Mass media 23 5 40 40
7.7 Museums 11 0 0 0
7.8 Politics and government 29 23 190 190
7.9 Social issues 17 5 40 40
7.10 Social sciences 6 0 0 0
7.11 War and military 67 4 30 30
8 Biology and health sciences 1358 119 1080 +20 1100
8.1 Basic 20 11 90 90
8.2 Anatomy and Morphology 68 24 200 200
8.3 Biochemistry 19 0 0 0
8.4 Biological processes and Physiology 35 8 60 60
8.5 Ecology 4 2 10 10
8.6 Organisms 982 39 340 340
8.7 Animal breeding 29 0 0 0
8.8 Health and fitness 27 0 0 0
8.9 Medicine 105 35 300 300
8.10 Disease 79 0 0 0
9 Physical sciences 1042 111 1000 +300 1300 Science needs expansion.
9.1 Science 7 2 10 +10 20 new subspecialities appear all the time
9.2 Astronomy 269 22 180 +90 270 catch up with overquota
9.3 Chemistry 275 27 230 +50 280 catch up with overquota
9.4 Earth science 221 21 170 +50 220 catch up with overquota
9.5 Physics 273 39 340 340
10 Technology 523 70 620 +180 800 Too many cars, but in general this section can be expanded and is quite unfinished.
10.1 Basics 7 6 50 50
10.2 Agriculture 29 3 20 20
10.3 Construction 77 0 0 0
10.4 Industry 35 11 90 90
10.5 Machinery and tools 39 5 40 40
10.6 Optical 10 0 0 0
10.7 Electronics 16 9 70 70
10.8 Navigation and timekeeping 11 0 0 0
10.9 Information technology 76 12 100 100
10.10 Media and communication 16 9 70 70
10.11 Space 19 0 0 0
10.12 Transportation 117 7 50 50
10.13 Weapons 71 8 60 60
11 Mathematics 253 25 210 +90 300
12 Measurement 84 7 50 0 50
TOTAL 7512 1000 9010 +990 10000
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