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 |