Overviews of WikipediaAn overview surveys what is covered in an area. - Overviews – one-page outline of Wikipedia, divided into 12 major subjects
- List of academic disciplines – knowledge divided by field
Other topic listsWikipedia has thousands more topic lists; some are even lists of other lists. - Lists – of related articles
- Category:Lists – alphabetical list of lists
- Outlines – subject overviews; structured lists that map out subjects
Two of the broadest list collections are: - Lists of countries and territories and many lists by country
- Lists of people including by nationality and by occupation
Featured contentFeatured content is the best Wikipedia has to offer, via vigorous peer review. Presented by type: - Featured articles
- Featured lists
- Featured pictures
- Featured portals
- Featured sounds
- Featured topics
BooksBooks are collections of Wikipedia articles, that can be viewed, downloaded, or printed into a book. - Category:Wikipedia books (community books) – alphabetical list of the books
- Category:Wikipedia books – categorized by topic
GlossariesGlossaries are lists of terms with definitions: - Glossaries – a list of glossaries arranged by subject
- Category:Glossaries – glossaries in the category and subcategories, arranged alphabetically
PortalsA portal introduces the reader to a subject by presenting images, categories and excerpts of key articles. Portals also guide editing by providing to-do lists. - List of portals
- Category:Portals
TimelinesTimelines list articles chronologically. The top-level timelines and timeline sets are: - List of timelines – historical timelines, arranged by subject. Find more in Category:Timelines
- List of centuries – (e.g., 20th century)
- List of decades – (e.g., 1910s)
- List of historical anniversaries – (e.g., today)
- 2024 – major events this year
- Portal:Current events – featured current events and related project activities
- Recent deaths – lists notable people who died not long ago
- Category:Graphical timelines – graphical timelines in the category and subcategories, arranged alphabetically
Alphabetical indexes- Complete alphabetical index – sorted by the first two letters of the title, e.g., "Aa Ab Ac Ad..."
Categorical indexesWikipedia's category system is generated from category tags at the bottom of articles. The top-end pages are: - Categories – an index of major categories, arranged by subject – that section of the page is an exception to the category autogeneration rule, as it is crafted by hand
- Category:Articles – the category in which all article category systems are located
- Category:Categories – the highest level or "root" category in Wikipedia – its autogenerated entries are listed at the bottom of the page
- Category:Contents – the category equivalent to this page
- Category:Fundamental categories – the category containing the most fundamental ontological categories such that every article category system can reasonably be expected to be within it
- Special:Categories – every category listed alphabetically
Wikipedia's other broad categorical indices are: - List of Dewey Decimal classes – top two levels of this library classification system, linked to Wikipedia articles
- Library of Congress Classification – LCC subjects linked to Wikipedia articles
- Outline of Roget's Thesaurus – articles organised into a system based on six classes, with thousands of branches, following Roget's system
Spoken articles- Category:Spoken articles – articles that are available as spoken word recordings
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