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- Every time you modify this template, please adjust User:Cewbot/log/20200122/configuration#Topics as well! This will avoid articles being listed in Category:All Wikipedia vital articles in an unknown topic.
| Vital article/doc has been listed as a level-5 vital article in People, Sports. If you can improve it, please do. This article has been rated as GA-Class. |
Usage
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- topic can be one of the following (if you don't remember which – some do overlap a bit – use the descriptions and "includes" links below to find the article in the correct topic list):
People– includes: all individual or group (e.g. band) biographies, regardless of possible topic below – except sports teams/squads/clubs (underSocietyas organizations). For peoples, useSociety(current) orHistory(ancient)Arts, a.k.a.Art– includes: fine, literary, musical, performing, and visual (but not mass-media) arts; architecture; cultural venues; fictional subjectsGeography– includes: landmasses; extant places, except architectural works; bodies of water; cartographyHistory– includes: prehistory to modern history (general); historical (defunct) places; histories of disciplines (of science, technology, etc., but not philosophy); history as a discipline itselfEveryday life, a.k.a.Life– includes: fashion; color; food and drink; family and kinship; household items; sexuality and gender; stages of life; sports and recreation;Mathematics– includes: all maths topics, from arithmetic to calculus, including statisticsPhilosophy, orReligion– includes: philosophy and philosophies; history of philosophy; philosophy of disciplines (of science, etc.); religions and deities; spirituality; esotericism; new religious movements; mythologyBiology, a.k.a.Health– includes: general biology (zoology, botany, bacteriology, etc.); anatomy and morphology; biochemistry and molecular biology; bodily process and physiology; cell biology; ecology; health (including fitness and disabilities, but not spiritual beliefs about health); medicine (including medical fields, practice, and procedures, but not medical or bio-tech), and disease (including contagions, parasites, disabilities, and mental disorders); organisms (animals, plants, fungi, etc.).Societyincludes: anthropology; business and economics; culture; education; ethnology and ethnic groups; international organizations; language; law; mass media (but not communications tech); politics and government; psychology; society, institutions, class, and discrimination (but not transportation); sociology; war and military (but not military tech).Science– includes: all sciences besides bio/health, social, and engineering (see below for subcategorization into: Basics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth science, and Physics)Technology– includes: agriculture, biotech and medical tech, computing and IT, electronics, engineering, industry, infrastructure, machinery and tools, media and communication, military tech, navigation and timekeeping, optics, space (but not astronomy/cosmology), textiles, transportation
- level can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
- class can be A, B, C, FA, GA, Start, or Stub
- A subpage parameter can be used on level-4 Science articles to determine which subpage to link to. Use one of the following (they do not do much as of 2017, but will likely become level-5 subcategories in the future):
- One of:
Basics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Earth science, orPhysics– includes: those named major disciplines, plus: measurement; cosmology; weather and natural disasters; nuclear science; excludes engineering, and philosophy of science. - Deprecated: Biology – includes: general biology (zoology, botany, bacteriology, etc.); anatomy and morphology; biochemistry and molecular biology; bodily process and physiology; cell biology; ecology; health (including fitness and disabilities, but not spiritual beliefs about health); medicine (including medical fields, practice, and procedures, but not medical or bio-tech), and disease (including contagions, parasites, disabilities, and mental disorders); organisms (animals, plants, fungi, etc.).
Update: Use|topic=Biology, which has been split from the Science topic.
- One of:
- For level 5 articles, the subpage options are:
- People:
Writers, a.k.a.Journalists– includes: writers and journalists (ancient to modern)Artists, a.k.a.Musicians– includes: artists, musicians, and composersEntertainers– includes: entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwritersPhilosophers, a.k.a.Historians, orSocial scientists– includes: philosophers, historians, political and social scientistsReligious figures– includes: religious figuresPoliticiansa.k.a.Leaders– includes: politicians and leaders (ancient to modern)Military leaders, a.k.a.Revolutionaries, orActivists– includes: military leaders, revolutionaries, and activistsScientists, a.k.a.Inventors, orMathematicians– includes: scientists, inventors, and mathematiciansSports figures, a.k.a.Sportspeople,Sports, orSport– includes: sports-related biographies of all sorts, except teams/squads/clubs (under the main Society topic as organizations)Miscellaneousa.k.a.Businesspeople,Business,Explorers,JuristsLaw enforcement,fire service,Chefs,bartenders,winemakers,Hobbyists,Case studies,Make-up artists|,hairdressers,Sex work,Socialites,Tradespeople,Other, orCriminals– includes: Many other types of biographies
- Geography:
Cities– includes: only the 2,500 most important cities and major towns in the world.Countries, orCountry subdivisions– includes: all the world's countries (broadly defined), and major subnational divisions of the larger ones.Physical– includes: general geography and cartography; the earth, its continents, islands; bodies of water and the sea bed; regions and peninsulas; land relief (mountain ranges, canyons); deserts; forests; parks and preserves.
- Biology:
Animals- includes species and breeds of animals, as well as individual animals.Plants- includes species and breeds of plants.FungiandMicroorganismsare included on the same page.Health,Medicine, andDisease- includes topics related to medicine and medication, diseases, and health and fitness.General- includes other biological topics, including biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology.
- Science:
Basics- includes high-level concepts about science as a whole, as well as units of measurement.Astronomy- includes topics related to the study of astronomy, as well as stars and constellations.Chemistry- includes topics related to the study of chemistry, as well as chemical elements and compounds.Earth science- includes topics related to the study of earth science, as well as types of rocks and gems.Physics- includes topics related to the study of physics.
- Everyday life:
Sports, games and recreation, a.k.a.Sports,Games,EntertainmentorRecreation- includes topics related to sports, games, entertainment and recreation.
- People:
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The article is inserted into the following categories:
- All Wikipedia level-y vital articles
- All Wikipedia vital articles in TopicZ
- All Wikipedia x-Class vital articles
- Wikipedia level-y vital articles in TopicZ
- Wikipedia x-Class vital articles in TopicZ
- Wikipedia x-class level-y vital articles
See also