The purpose of this page is to provide a hierarchy of article topics which can be used both by Wikipedia release versions and the good article project. The two projects are broadly in agreement on the 10 topic top-level Wikipedia 1.0 list, but have diverged on the subtopic-level. The main task, therefore, is to harmonize the subtopics between the two projects. It would also be helpful if this hierarchy were broadly compatible with the categories used on the featured article page: those categories are also listed here under the 10 topics (some FA categories fall under more than one of the 10 topics: this is indicated by an asterisk).
Arts
Featured articles
Art, architecture and archaeology*
Literature and theatre*
Media*
Music
Art and architecture
Release versions
General
Architecture and architects
Art
Artists
Museums and galleries
Good articles
Architecture
Art
Artists and architects
Museums and galleries
Typography
Music
Release versions
By nation, people, region or country
Classical music, including performers and composers
Genres, styles and eras
Instruments
Music festivals
Performers and composers, except classical
Recordings and compositions
Good articles
By nation, people, region or country
Genres, styles and music eras
Instruments
Theory and techniques
Music festivals
Performers, groups, composers, and related people
Businesses
Recordings and compositions
Theater
Theatre, film and television
Release versions
Theatre
Opera and ballet
Film
Actors, models and celebrities
Producers, directors and media figures
Television
Television programmes
Good articles
Actors, models, performers and celebrities
Cinema
Films
Language and literature
Featured articles
Language and linguistics
Literature and theatre*
Language and Linguistics
Release versions
Alphabets and transliteration
Languages
Linguistics
Good articles
Alphabets and transliteration
Languages
Words and linguistics
Miscellaneous
Literature
Release versions
Literature
Miscellaneous
Classes of literature
Specific works -- novels
Specific works -- miscellaneous
Cartoons
Poetry
Writers and critics -- Americas
Writers and critics -- Europe
Writers and critics - other continents
Good articles
Characters
Literature
Works
Writers and critics
Miscellaneous
Philosophy and religion
Featured articles
Philosophy and psychology*
Religion, mysticism and mythology
Philosophy
Release versions
Philosophers
Philosophical thought and movements
Good articles
Philosophers
Philosophies and movements
Topics
Religion
Release versions
Divinities
Myths
Places of worship
Symbols
Religious disputes
Religious figures and leaders
Religious movements, traditions and organizations
Religious texts
Miscellaneous
Good articles
Divinities
Myths & mythology
Protohistoric figures
Religion and science
Religious disputes
Religious doctrines, teachings and creeds
Religious fesitivals
Religious figures and leaders
Religious movements, traditions and organizations
Religious texts and symbols
Religious terms
Everyday life
Featured articles
Food and drink
Sport and recreation
Video games
Everyday life
Release versions
General topics
Agriculture and aquaculture
Good articles
Agriculture
Aquaculture
Forestry
Horticulture
Food and drink
Release versions
Food and agriculture
Drink
Good articles
Cuisines
Food
Drink
Recreation
Release versions
Video games
Games
Sports
Sports events
Sport and game people
Sports teams
Good articles
Video games
Video game series
Video game characters
Video game genres, systems, and terms
Fictional sites in video games
Games
Sports and other activities
Sport and games people
Sporting events and organizations
Sports mascots
Sports teams
Sports venues and stadiums
Miscellaneous
Social sciences and society
Featured articles
Awards, decorations and vexillology
Business, economics and finance
Culture and society
Education
Law
Media*
Politics and government
Philosophy and psychology*
Awards and heraldry
Release versions
Military decorations
Civilian awards
Heraldry
Good articles
Military decorations
Orders of chivalry
Economics and business
Release versions
Business
Economics
Currency
Good articles
Businesspeople
Businesses
Business management
Economics
Education
Release versions
Education
Educational institution
Good articles
Education
Educational institutions
Educators
Law
Release versions
Law
Good articles
Law
Crime, criminals, punishment and victims
Ethics
Lawyers, judges and legal academics
Legal institutions and buildings
Media, journalism and television
Good articles
Anime and manga
Fictional characters and technologies
Journalism
Magazines and journals
Media
Television and Radio shows and series
Television episodes
Poltics and government
Release versions
Miscellaneous
Politically significant people
Politics and government
Flags
Good articles
Heads of state and heads of government
Intelligence and espionage
International organizations
Political and governmental institutions
Political events
Political parties and movements
Political theory
Politicians
Politics and government
Psychology
Release versions
Psychologists
Psychology
Good articles
Psychologists
Psychology
Sociology and society
Release versions
Peoples
Community organisations
Mass media
Sociology and social phenomena
Sociologists and Anthropologists
Good articles
Cultural and social studies
Cultural phenomena, movements and subcultures
Festivities
Internet culture
Organizations
Peoples
Recreation
Americana
Miscellaneous
Geography and places
Featured articles
Geography and places
Geography
Release versions
Geographers and explorers
Geography
Bodies of water
Good articles
Bodies of water
Geographers and explorers
Geography
Landforms
Parks, conservation areas and historical sites
Places
Release versions
Worldwide
Africa
+ Countries
+ Cities
+ Miscellaneous
Antarctica
Asia
+ Countries
+ Cities
+ Miscellaneous
Europe
+ Countries
+ Cities
+ Miscellaneous
North America
+ Countries
+ Canada
+ U.S. cities
+ U.S. parks and related
+ U.S. miscellaneous
+ Miscellaneous
+ Other North American
Oceania
+ Countries
+ Cities
+ Miscellaneous
South America
+ Countries
+ Cities
+ Miscellaneous
Good articles
Countries
Places - Africa
Places - Asia
Places - Australia and the Pacific
Places - Europe
Islands - Europe
Places - North America
Places - South America
History and warfare
Featured articles
Art, architecture and archaeology*
History
Royalty, nobility and heraldry
Warfare
Archaeology
Release versions
Archaeology
Good articles
Archaeology
History
Release versions
Historians, chroniclers and history books
Historical figures (by area of importance, not birth)
+ African figures
+ Asian figures
+ European figures (incl. Byzantium)
+ North or South American figures
+ Oceania - historical figures
General history articles by area of importance
+ World history
+ Africa
+ Asia
+ Europe
+ North and South America
+ Oceania
+ Time periods
Good articles
Historians, chroniclers and history books
Historical figures - heads of state
Historical figures - politicians
Historical figures - other
Africa
Americas
Asia and Oceania
Europe
Middle East
World
Monarchs, nobility and heraldry
Good articles
Heraldry
Monarchs
Royalty and nobility
Military and war
Release versions
General
Armies and military units
Biographies of military people
Conflicts, battles and military exercises, World War II
Conflicts, battles and military exercises, 20th/21st century miscellaneous
Conflicts, battles and military exercises, pre-20th century
Military camps, tribunals and facilities
Military history
Weapons and military equipment
Tactics
Good articles
Armies and military units
Conflicts, battles and military exercises
Legal issues
Military people
Weapons and military equipment
Applied sciences and technology
Featured articles
Computing
Engineering and technology
Transport
Computing
Release versions
People in computing
Cryptography
Hardware and infrastructure
Programming
Software
Websites and the Internet
Good articles
Computer-related businesspeople
Cryptography
Hardware and infrastructure
Programming
Software
Websites and the Internet
Engineering
Release versions
Engineering
Engineers and inventors
Good articles
Engineers and inventors
Engineering and technology
Engineering failures and disasters
Transport
Release versions
Air transport
Bridges and tunnels
Maritime transport
Railway transport
Road transport
Space transport
Good articles
Air transport
Maritime transport
Railroad transport
Railway bridges and train stations
Road transport
Trains and locomotives
Mathematics
Featured articles
Mathematics
Mathematics
Release versions
Mathematics
Mathematicians
Good articles
Mathematicians
Mathematics
Puzzles
Natural sciences
Featured articles
Biology and medicine
Chemistry and mineralogy
Geology, geophysics and meteorology
Physics and astronomy
General science
Atmospheric sciences
Release versions
Climatology
Meteorology
Storms
Good articles
Climate
Observatories
Storm sciences, Hurricane seasons & Storm Effects
Tropical cyclones - Atlantic
Tropical cyclones - Eastern Pacific
Tropical cyclones - Northwestern Pacific
Tropical cyclones - Southwestern Pacific and Indian
