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margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="mw-ui-button" style="background-color:#CCC;color:#666">Overview</span></a></span><br/> <span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/1" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1"><span class="mw-ui-button">Level 1</span></a></span> <span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/2" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2"><span class="mw-ui-button">Level 2</span></a></span> <span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3"><span class="mw-ui-button">Level 3</span></a></span> <span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/"><span class="mw-ui-button">Level 4</span></a></span> <span class="plainlinks clickbutton"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/"><span class="mw-ui-button">Level 5</span></a></span></div> <p><br/> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Vital_articles_in_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Vital_articles_in_Wikipedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Vital_articles_in_Wikipedia"></span>Vital articles in Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Vital_articles_in_Wikipedia"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vital articles in Wikipedia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are <a href="/wiki/Special:Statistics" title="Special:Statistics">6,922,619</a> articles on the English Wikipedia, and 50,000 (circa 0.73%) have been selected as <b>vital articles</b> to the project. They are organized into five levels: Level 1 contains the ten most vital articles, Level 2 contains the one hundred most vital articles (and by definition, includes the articles of Level 1), and each further level expands on the selection of the previous level, as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;width:8em;">Vital article<br/> Level </th> <th rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;width:10em;">Target number of vital articles </th> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:centre;width:20em;">Current situation (at end May 2024) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;width:12em;"><b><br/>Current number</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;width:12em;"><b>At or above<br/><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_b_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="B-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/23px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/31px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span>-class (%)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;width:12em;"><b>At or above<br/><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Good article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/16px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/23px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/31px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span> class (%)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/1" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 (100%) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 (50%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/2" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2">2</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">67 (67%) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26 (26%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">999 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">617 (62%) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">220 (22%) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4">4</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,000 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,019 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">? (?) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">? (?) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5">5</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">50,000 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,911 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,021 (32%) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,714 (7%) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The five nested vital article levels are meant to give direction to the <b>prioritization of improvements</b> of English Wikipedia articles (e.g. which articles to bring to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">WP:GA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FA">WP:FA</a> status), to provide a <b>measurement of quality</b> of overall English Wikipedia (e.g. what proportion of the most important articles are at GA and FA status), and to serve as a <b>centralized watchlist</b> of English Wikipedia's most important articles. Unlike the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_articles_every_Wikipedia_should_have" class="extiw" title="meta:List of articles every Wikipedia should have">list of articles every Wikipedia should have</a>, they are tailored to the English Wikipedia and are actively maintained by the dedicated <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">WikiProject Vital Articles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_makes_an_article_"vital"?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_makes_an_article_"vital"?"><span id="What_makes_an_article_.22vital.22.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_makes_an_article_"vital"?"></span>What makes an article "vital"?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_makes_an_article_"vital"?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: What makes an article "vital"?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:VITALCRITERIA"></span><span id="WP:VACRIT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VITALCRITERIA&redirect=no">WP:VITALCRITERIA</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VACRIT&redirect=no">WP:VACRIT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The key criteria in determining whether an article is vital are: </p> <ol><li><b>Coverage</b>: Vital articles at higher levels tend to "cover" more topics and be broader in their scope. For example, <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">Science</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/1" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1">1</a> is a Vital-1 article, while <a href="/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">Scientific method</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Science:_General" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> is a lower level of vitality. Determining which articles are vital at lower levels often involves looking at the articles at higher levels. For example, since <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">History</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/2#History" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2">2</a> is of high vitality, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Modern_history" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> is also a vital article, just at a lower level.</li> <li><b>Essential to Wikipedia's other articles</b>: While <a href="/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">Scientific method</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Science:_General" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> may be less vital than <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">Science</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/1" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1">1</a>, since it is such a critical topic regarding science, covering many science-related topics in Wikipedia, it is undoubtedly a vital article.</li> <li><b>Notability</b>: Individuals within the People section represent the pinnacles of their field with a material impact on the course of humanity, such as <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Scientists_and_inventors" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> in "Inventors and scientists", <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Writers" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> in "Authors", and <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Leaders_and_politicians" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a> on "Leaders".</li> <li><b>No (Western) bias</b>: While the vitals list is for English Wikipedia, the focus is on the world. For example, the current consensus for Level 3 is to list two cities in China (<a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>) and India (<a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>), but <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">only one in the United States</a>.</li> <li><b>Pageviews</b>: The number of views a page receives should be considered (i.e. it is a proxy on its importance to Wikipedia's structure), however, pageviews should be treated with caution as they can be driven by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RECENTISM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RECENTISM">WP:RECENTISM</a>, which is a particular concern at Levels 1-4.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span>Nominating or removing a vital article<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nominating or removing a vital article"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:XC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:XC">extended confirmed editors</a> are welcome to propose an article that should be added, removed, or demoted from one of the Level 1-4 vital article lists (which are ECP-protected from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Archive_25#Proposal_for_Extended_confirmed_protection_for_Levels_1-4" title="Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Archive 25">here</a>), and/or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:!VOTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:!VOTE">!vote</a> or comment on any existing proposal. Any editor can make a proposal at Level 5. </p><p>A number of guidelines/practices have been agreed regarding the proposal process: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-checks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pre-checks-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pre-checks-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span>Pre-checks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pre-checks-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pre-checks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When proposing to add or remove a particular topic from the vital articles list, we strongly recommend that the proposer review and compare the other articles in the same category to get a better sense of what is considered vital in that area and that they also check the talk page archives for that Level to see if the topic was previously proposed, and what was the resulting discussion. Use the 'VA link' template to allow editors to easily check its location (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Media_and_communication" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_skipping" data-mw-thread-id="h-No_skipping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-No_skipping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span>No skipping<span data-mw-comment-end="h-No_skipping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: No skipping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:VANOSKIP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VANOSKIP&redirect=no">WP:VANOSKIP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A proposed vital article must exist at a lower level before being nominated at a higher level, as agreed <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Level/4/Archive_76#Proposal:_New_rule_that_an_article_must_be_listed_at_a_lower_level_before_being_nominated_for_inclusion_at_a_higher_level" title="Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Level/4/Archive 76">here</a>. For example, a proposal to move the Level 5 vital article <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Social_network_and_blogging" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Technology">5</a> to Level 3 could not happen until it had first been successfully proposed for Level 4. Only after it had been added to the Level 4 list, could it then be proposed to Level 3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swapping" data-mw-thread-id="h-Swapping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Swapping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span>Swapping<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Swapping-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Swapping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Levels 1 to 4 are usually at their full quota, and any nomination to 'Add' a topic to one of these Levels is often accompanied by a proposal to 'Remove' an existing topic. For example, a Level 3 proposal could say: "Add <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/People#Businesspeople" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/People">4</a>" and Remove <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/11px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/17px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/22px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3#Businesspeople" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">3</a>". While it is not obligatory to frame proposals as a swap (and not needed if the proposal is to 'Remove'), it is recommended, as some discussions may fail to progress (and be closed as 'no consensus'), as no agreement could be reached on a suitable swap candidate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span>Other<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other-Nominating_or_removing_a_vital_article"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>There is currently no limit to how soon a failed proposal can be re-proposed, although editors are encouraged not to be disruptive or abuse this.</li></ul> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redlink" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redlink">redlink</a> (i.e. a Wikipedia article that has not yet been written) can be proposed as a vital article (from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Archive_25#Nominating_a_redlink" title="Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Archive 25">here</a>).</li></ul> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">good article</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FA">featured article</a> creator should be courtesy pinged where their article has been proposed at vital articles (from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Archive_26#Proposal_for_courtesy_pings" title="Wikipedia talk:Vital articles/Archive 26">here</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Closing_a_proposal" data-mw-thread-id="h-Closing_a_proposal"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Closing_a_proposal"></span>Closing a proposal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Closing_a_proposal"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Closing a proposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of guidelines/practices have been agreed regarding the closing of proposals: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Level_1–4_closes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Level_1–4_closes-Closing_a_proposal"><span id="Level_1.E2.80.934_closes"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Level_1–4_closes-Closing_a_proposal"></span>Level 1–4 closes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Level_1–4_closes-Closing_a_proposal"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Level 1–4 closes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Any Level 1–4 proposal can be closed by any editor, including editors who have already !voted in the proposal (i.e. the concept of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INVOLVED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INVOLVED">WP:INVOLVED</a> does not arise in vital article closures), provided it meets the following specific criteria: </p> <ol><li>After 15 days it may be closed as PASSED if there are (a) 5 or more supports, AND (b) at least two-thirds are in support.</li> <li>After 30 days it may be closed as FAILED if there are (a) 3 or more opposes, AND (b) it failed to earn two-thirds support.</li> <li>After 30 days it may be closed as NO CONSENSUS if the proposal hasn't received any !votes for +30 days, regardless of tally.</li> <li>After 60 days it may be closed as NO CONSENSUS if the proposal has (a) less than 5 supports, AND (b) less than two-thirds support.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Level_5_closes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Level_5_closes-Closing_a_proposal"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Level_5_closes-Closing_a_proposal"></span>Level 5 closes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Level_5_closes-Closing_a_proposal"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Level 5 closes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Any Level 5 proposal can also be closed by any editor, including editors who have already !voted in the proposal, provided it meets the following specific criteria (these are different from Level 4 due to the greater frequency of proposals at Level 5): </p> <ol><li>Before being closed, a Level 5 discussion must: <ol><li>Run for at least 14 days; AND</li> <li>Allow at least 7 days since the most recent vote; AND</li> <li>Have at least 4 participants.</li></ol></li> <li>For a proposal to be implemented on the Level 5 list: <ol><li>It must have over 60% support; AND</li> <li>It must have at least 4 support !votes.</li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executing_a_close" data-mw-thread-id="h-Executing_a_close-Closing_a_proposal"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Executing_a_close-Closing_a_proposal"></span>Executing a close<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Executing_a_close-Closing_a_proposal"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Executing a close"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The closer of any proposal, following the above rules for closing, must execute the resulting changes to the existing vital article lists (e.g. adding or removing an article from the relevant vital article lists); <b>closers who are not able to do this should not close proposals</b>. Once a Level 1-5 proposal is closed on the VA talk page, it should be left for auto-archiving and not be immediately archived by the closer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Cewbot" title="User:Cewbot">Cewbot</a> will later update the VA-status on the talk page of the article in question (i.e. removing, adding, or updating the VA level per the latest VA article lists). The closer of a VA discussion does not need to edit the article's talk page.</li> <li>A useful script for automatically closing discussions is the <a href="/wiki/User:DannyS712/DiscussionCloser" title="User:DannyS712/DiscussionCloser">User:DannyS712/DiscussionCloser</a> tool, however, this tool only closes the discussion on the talk page, and does not make the physical changes to the articles and the VA lists that are needed as part of any close.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Article_improvement_drives_and_awards" data-mw-thread-id="h-Article_improvement_drives_and_awards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Article_improvement_drives_and_awards"></span>Article improvement drives and awards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Article_improvement_drives_and_awards"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Article improvement drives and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been many initiatives around improving vital article quality which are listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles</a>, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Core_Contest" title="Wikipedia:The Core Contest">The Core Contest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord/Team-B-Vital" title="Wikipedia:Discord/Team-B-Vital">Team-B-Vital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles/30_kB_drive" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles/30 kB drive">The 30 kB drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles/Vital_GA_Drive" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles/Vital GA Drive">The Vital GA Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_improvement" title="Wikipedia:Articles for improvement">Articles for improvement</a></li></ul> <p>Rewards for improving vital articles include: </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Good_Article_Barnstar" title="Template:Good Article Barnstar">Good Article Barnstar</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>: Awarded for improving a Level 1 article to Good Article status. Prize awarded by <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sdkb">Sdkb</a></span> with no expiry date. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reward_board#Vital_article_quality_markers" title="Wikipedia:Reward board"><i>More details...</i></a>.</li> <li>$100 reward for improving a level 3 or above vital article to Featured Article status. Prize awarded by <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Feminist">Feminist</a></span> until 10 August 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reward_board#Improve_Level_3_vital_articles_to_Featured_Article_status" title="Wikipedia:Reward board"><i>More details...</i></a></li></ul> <p>Please contact the prize sponsors for additional information. Remember to adhere to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a>, and to exercise common sense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Maintenance_of_lists" data-mw-thread-id="h-Maintenance_of_lists"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Maintenance_of_lists"></span>Maintenance of lists<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Maintenance_of_lists"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Maintenance of lists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Vital_articles_update_report" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Vital articles update report">Wikipedia:Database reports/Vital articles update report</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Some notes about our maintainer <a href="/wiki/User:Cewbot" title="User:Cewbot">User:Cewbot</a>:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>All attributes of articles are fetched from corresponding categories.</li> <li>The bot will automatically update the summary table if there are summary table marks.</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The historical landing page was at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles</a></li> <li>The forum for discussion with the vital articles community, and for making proposals on the topic, is at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles" title="Wikipedia talk:Vital articles">Wikipedia talk:Vital articles</a>.</li> <li>Further analysis and statistics on vital articles can be found at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Statistics" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Statistics">Wikipedia:Vital articles/Statistics</a>.</li> <li>A list of members who contribute to the vital article topic is at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Members" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Members">Wikipedia:Vital articles/Members</a>.</li> <li>An explanation of how articles are graded in Wikipedia is at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">Wikipedia:Content assessment</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Userboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Userboxes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Userboxes"></span>Userboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Userboxes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Userboxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">userboxes</a> are available: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Template </th> <th>Appearance </th> <th>Purpose </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_Vital" title="Template:User Vital">User Vital</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #36c;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eaf3ff;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#eaf3ff;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vital articles"><img alt="Vital articles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/40px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/60px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg/80px-C%C3%ADrculos_Conc%C3%A9ntricos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215"/></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user contributes to <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vital Articles</a></b> on Wikipedia.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td>For members of vital articles. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Vital_userbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Vital userbox">Vital userbox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #36c;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#eaf3ff;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#eaf3ff;text-align:center;font-size:20pt;font-weight:bold;color:Black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg/40px-Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg/60px-Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg/80px-Original_Vital_Barnstar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1900"/></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:Black;vertical-align:middle">This user has received a <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles#Awards" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">Vital barnstar</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td>Good old <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Userbox">userbox</a>, given to those that have done a good job. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Good_Vital_infobox" title="Template:Good Vital infobox">Good Vital infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #C0EFBA;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#F0FFEA;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0EFBA;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_support_vote.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/40px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/60px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/80px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has helped promote <b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles#Awards" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">vital good articles</a></b> on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td>Userbox for those that have successfully nominated a Vital good article. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Featured_Vital_infobox" title="Template:Featured Vital infobox">Featured Vital infobox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid #f0e68c;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#fafad2;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#f0e68c;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cscr-featured.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/40px-Cscr-featured.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/60px-Cscr-featured.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Cscr-featured.svg/80px-Cscr-featured.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="443"/></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has helped promote <b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vital_Articles#Awards" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital Articles">vital featured articles</a></b> on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td>Userbox for those that have successfully nominated a Vital featured article. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Core_topics" title="Template:Core topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Core_topics" title="Template talk:Core topics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Core_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Core topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Vital_article_lists" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vital article lists</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Top 1,000<br/>(Levels 1 to 3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/1" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1">Level 1 (10)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/2" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2">Level 2 (100)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/3" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3">Level 3 (1,000)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4">Top 10,000<br/>(Level 4)</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/People" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/People">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/History" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/History">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Geography" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Geography">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Arts" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Arts">Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Philosophy_and_religion" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Philosophy and religion">Philosophy and religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Everyday_life" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Everyday life">Everyday life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Society_and_social_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Society and social sciences">Society and social sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Biology_and_health_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Biology and health sciences">Biological and health sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Physical_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Physical sciences">Physical sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Technology" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Technology">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/4/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Mathematics">Mathematics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5">Top 50,000<br/>(Level 5)</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Writers_and_journalists" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Writers and journalists">Writers/journalists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Artists,_musicians,_and_composers" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Artists, musicians, and composers">Artists/musicians/composers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Entertainers,_directors,_producers,_and_screenwriters" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters">Entertainers/directors/producers/screenwriters</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians">Scientists/inventors/mathematicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Sports_figures" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Sports figures">Sports figures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Geography/Physical" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Geography/Physical">Physical geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Geography/Countries" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Geography/Countries">Countries and 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