Talk:List of articles every Wikipedia should have

Archives

---

• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• Topic index

Please add new topics to the bottom of this page

---

Guidelines being agreed upon:

1. A change of the list needs more support than opposition
2. Proposals should be provided with a reason
3. a change needs at least 5 supporters on the discussion page
4. swapping like for like (category switch only with reason)
5. single swaps (no mass changes)

Add Romania or Greece, remove Switzerland

I'm not sure if we need every major Western European country on here. We've got Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Portugal on here already, not to mention Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Vienna also being listed. It's between Switzerland and Amsterdam for me, but I'd prefer to make individual swaps between countries and cities. And while Switzerland is projected to hit $1 trillion GDP in 2026, tax havens are not something we should list in the majority of cases.

Our only geographical article covering the Balkans is Athens, and we don't list any regions other than the Middle East, so either Romania or Greece is the best non-city to cover the Balkans. It's a tossup between the two for me. OhnoitsvileplumeXD (talk) 17:51, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Support

Oppose

1.  Oppose Not convinced that Romania is more important than Switzerland. --Toku (talk) 07:39, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
2.  Oppose I'm opposed to this proposal, at least until the proponent choose between Romania or Greece. --Tegest Vonis (talk) 14:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

   I chose Romania, as stated in the comment below. OhnoitsvileplumeXD (talk) 14:37, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

3.  Oppose I'm surprised by this suggestion. Switzerland has a rather small population, but in every other respect it is one of the world's leading countries. Switzerland is truly one of the world's economic centers and, due to its unique political position, plays a major role in international politics.　To begin with, Romania's GDP is only about 40% of Switzerland's, and Switzerland is clearly superior in terms of national power.　From these points of view, Switzerland is more important.--Opqr (talk) 13:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
4.  Oppose I think it is important to have this neutral country in the list. Minoo (talk) 21:49, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Neutral

Discussion

• Please clarify, Romania or Greece. We don't vote for unclear propositions.--Reprarina (talk) 00:43, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

  I'll give the edge to Romania, since it has a much larger population and economy, and we already list many articles covering Greece's importance, most importantly Ancient Greece and Athens. I do understand that this is not a great nomination, so I will be met with strong opposition. OhnoitsvileplumeXD (talk) 02:11, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

• I’d support your suggestion of Amsterdam or Netherlands for Romania or Greece LightProof1995 (talk) 09:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Add Tourism, remove Rugby

Unlike other sports on the list, the Rugby (Rugby football in English Wikipedia, just Rugby in many other ones) article talks about a certain general concept that combines several similar sports into one (Rugby union, Rugby league, which in turn are divided into smaller ones). It’s difficult to write an article about this, and for example, in my language community, few people use “rugby football” as a term and as a concept and in the same time call rugby union just rugby. Relatively few Wikipedias have an article on Rugby football, and virtually no Wikipedias where it has received status.

It seems to me that tourism in the topic of recreation is a more suitable article.

For clarity, it’s worth comparing how many language sections already have an article about the subject.

• Rugby football: 122
• Backgammon: 92
• Go: 110
• Video game: 129
• Gambling: 104
• Swimming: 116
• Judo: 126
• Martial arts: 107
• Athletics: 127

versus Tourism: 146

I am convinced that tourism in the topic of recreation is undoubtedly one of the most important articles.--Reprarina (talk) 00:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom--Reprarina (talk) 00:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC) #:The category in which sports is included is called "Recreation". I have no idea why tourism is not one of the most important items in the Recreation category. Nothing bad will happen if there are fewer sports topics. Certain sports are characterized by the fact that they are of great importance for some countries. The list prioritizes the most international things. Tourism is an international topic, and one of the most important. Reprarina (talk) 18:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

1.  Support Probably one of the many anglo-centric articles in the list. Among all the ball games icluded Rugby or Cricket are the least internationally known and important. Changing one of them (Rugby prefered for the reasons stated above) to a broader topic, that is internationally important is a good idea.--Flaverius (talk) 14:35, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
2.  Support per nom and Flaverius LightProof1995 (talk) 09:25, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutre Since tourism is a very important subject and also belongs to the category of recreation, the problem of category swapping does not arise. I'm in favor of adding tourism, but I can't judge the removal of rugby. In terms of the number of language versions you provided as the basis for this proposal, rugby has 122 articles, more than any other item. This is not a valid basis; other items have fewer articles, right?--Opqr (talk) 13:35, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1.  Oppose Not convinced by a swap between two different categories, especially with such comparisons. --Toku (talk) 07:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
2.  Oppose Per Toku. --Nicolas Eynaud (talk) 14:27, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
3.  Oppose Invalid proposal (swap in the same category). If I remember well, rugby is a sport and tourism an economic activity. Best regards, --Algovia (talk) 17:08, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
4.  Oppose Tourism belongs to Business and economics category and Rugby to Recreations. I don't think a swap between these two different categories is necessary. --Tegest Vonis (talk) 14:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
5.  Oppose I agree that the sport list is not balanced (centered on ball games), but tourism belongs to another category. As described above there should be a reason why you want to swap between categories. Best Minoo (talk) 21:54, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
6.  Oppose I agree that the article "Tourism" does not belong to the category "Arts and recreation". Subsequently, I don't think useful to analyze the other arguments. --Novaria85 (talk) 20:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

I disagree with the opposers Tourism would go under Economics. It is travel for leisure, so wouldn't it go under Recreation? If so, there wouldn't be a category swap. Best regards, LightProof1995 (talk) 16:25, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the articles connected at d:Q49389 seem to be written more about tourism as a recreational activity, than an industry. For the industry, we have d:Q9323634. Will anyone want to change their vote in light of that? whym (talk) 02:24, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Swap Algeria out for Morocco

Morocco is the much more important country in history than Algeria is. Interstellarity (talk) 18:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 18:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Is it a new part of Morocco and Algeria conflict on the web ? If not, Algeria is more populated, has a more important GDP and is more important in recent history than Morocco. --Tegest Vonis (talk) 18:46, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
2.  Oppose The nomination is not substantiated. In what ways is Algeria less important?--Reprarina (talk) 22:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
3.  Oppose Algeria is the largest country in Africa. LightProof1995 (talk) 22:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
4.  Oppose Minoo (talk) 21:57, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Neutral

Discussion

Add South China Sea, Remove Lake Tanganyika

No need to list this African Great Lake when we have Lake Victoria listed, which is the largest one. To list the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, but not the South China Sea, is Western bias. The South China Sea is important polticially for everyone that does trade in the region, which is everyone!

Support

1. As nom LightProof1995 (talk) 16:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Add Ali, Remove Umar

Ali is the second-most important person in Islam, not Umar. Ali is the reason for the Sunni-Shia split, and was one of the foremost scribes of the Quran. I also considerd Abu Bakr, but I believe Ali is the better choice due to his importance to both Sunnis and Shias.

Support

1. As nom LightProof1995 (talk) 16:34, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Add Stonehenge, Remove St. Peter's Basilica

We already list Vatican City and the Catholic Church... we also list two structures in NYC, two in Rome, and two in China, but none in London, or even the British Isles.

Therefore, I propose we swap out St. Peter's Basilica with Stonehenge. I feel the importance of St. Peter's Basilica is linked more to its relation with the Catholic Church and Vatican, than its architecture. Stonehenge is an iconic and ancient structure of the British Isles, about as old as the Pyramids of Giza, which are listed.

Support

1. As nom LightProof1995 (talk) 07:10, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1.  Oppose Why base the change request on geographical criteria? In this case, why a monument located in the British Isles? Why not another region? Finally, what is the proposal: Add Stonehenge, Remove St. Peter's Basilica as indicated in the title or Add Newgrange, Remove St. Peter's Basilica as said in the discussion? Best regards, --Toku (talk) 05:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

   Great questions! So, I’m a geography nerd I suppose. I’m into maps! So that’s just personal taste. My thinking was actually almost entirely geographic—- at first I thought “NYC and London are both considered A++ as Gawc Economic cities. However out of the 12 structures listed, we have two in NYC, and two in Rome, but none in London, or even the British Isles!” I then felt I’d choose Stonehenge or Newgrange for the list of all structures on the British Isles. However, my proposal is for Stonehenge, as it says in the title. In the discussion I end it by stating Newgrange receives less English Wikipedia views than Stonehenge, so the proposal is for Stonehenge. LightProof1995 (talk) 07:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

2.  Oppose As I have already said, I am against the compensatory approach in the spirit of "there is Catholicism in this section, so there is no need something related to Catholicism to be in another section." On the contrary, different sections should be related to each other.--Reprarina (talk) 17:25, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

   Excellent point. This is something we just disagree on, and that’s okay. If we think of it the way you suggest, then we would simply ask “Is Stonehenge more important than St. Peter’s Basilica?” and I believe the answer is yes. LightProof1995 (talk) 19:06, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Another option is Newgrange, in Ireland, which is even older than Stonehenge. However, it isn't as well-known, receiving around 15,000 views vs the 125,000 views of Stonehenge. (St. Peter's Basilica gets ~82,000). LightProof1995 (talk) 07:10, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Newgrange is not included even in the expanded list. The number of views in the English Wikipedia for a multilingual project is a very bad indicator. Here, on the contrary, we are trying hard to get away from Anglocentrism. Which is not working out very well so far, especially in the extended list. Stonehenge, although not built by English-speaking people, is likely to be perceived by them as more important than it is, since it is located in English-speaking territory and is included in all sorts of predominantly English-speaking school curricula, etc. Reprarina (talk) 03:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, you’re right. I see why this got opposals right away, lol. I’m leaving it up because I still think it’s cooler than St Peters Basilica, which I mean come on… Cristo Redentor is better as both a Christian monument, and geographically awesome as it takes a structure out of Rome, which has the Colosseum, and puts it in South America, which has none. But, if we’re doing South America, I’d say we swap in Machu Picchu instead. Or perhaps you have another suggestion that’s also not Anglo-centric ? LightProof1995 (talk) 03:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Add Protestantism, Remove Trimurti

I don't think the concept of Trimurti belongs here, because I don't think it is that critical a concept to Hinduism:

1. It only appears twice on the entire English Wikipedia's entry on Hinduism: once in a caption, and once in a reference's notes. So not even in the main text of the article.

2. It doesn't appear at all on Hindi Wikipedia's article on Hinduism.

3. It is listed under "Specific religions", where everything else listed is a religion or its denomination. For Hinduism , the major denominations are Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Shaktism. Two of these denominations consider one of the gods of the Trimurti to be the supreme one, but the third considers a goddess to be the supreme ruler of all. So, the concept of Trimurti doesn't even align with the major Hindu denominations.

I think Protestantism belongs instead. Christianity is the world's largest religion. The second-largest, Islam, has its two main denominations listed: Sunni and Shia Islam. So, it makes sense Christianity should also have is two largest denominations listed. (To elaborate, ~36% of Christians are Protestants, while 10% of Muslims are Shia. There are around 1 billion Protestants in the world, and around 200 million Shia Muslims.)

Support

1. As nom LightProof1995 (talk) 07:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

Discussion

• I think the Trimurti can probably be excluded. In the Hindi language (and most other languages in India) this article is a micro-stub. Perhaps the importance of this concept in Hinduism was exaggerated when the list was created. I am not sure if Protestantism and Shia Islam are important enough for this list, as I think the Bible and the Quran are a bit more important. I am also totally not sure that the Bible and the Quran are less important than The Tale of Genji, for example. On the other hand, Hinduism is still a very large religion, is it enough for it to have only the article Hinduism? --Reprarina (talk) 13:55, 7 October 2024 (UTC) P.S. Trimurti has 105 language sections, Brahma has 110, Vishnu has 119, Shiva has 130.--Reprarina (talk) 14:08, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I still oppose Dentistry in the list

My attempt to replace dentistry with surgery was not successful. However, I urge you to think. To be honest, I don't understand by what criteria dentistry is included in this list. It is not the most important section of medicine, it is a subsection of a broader section - surgery, the article about which also has more language sections. It is not the most specific section of medicine (compare with psychiatry). Why is dentistry the only medical discipline included in the list?

In my opinion, there are at least several alternatives to dentistry:

• Surgery (as a broader concept, of which dentistry is a part)
• Psychiatry (as a somewhat specific section of medicine)
• Health care (a very broad concept and very important)
• Nursing (an underestimated part of the health care system)
• Cardiology (very important; according to World Health Organization, the world’s biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 13% of the world’s total deaths)
• finally, Tooth (not from medicine, but I do not understand the logic of having dentistry without having a tooth, and having an eye without having ophthalmology)

Does anyone have arguments for preserving specifically dentistry?--Reprarina (talk) 20:27, 13 October 2024 (UTC)