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Wikipedia's contents can be explored on several complementary pages. Some contents pages are comprehensive by topic, while others are comprehensive by the type of page. The top-level contents pages are listed below. Topical contents pages The topical contents pages cover the full range of Wikipedia subjects. They also organize the topics by type of page. General reference Culture and the arts Geography and places Health and fitness History and events Mathematics and logic Natural and physical sciences People and self Philosophy and thinking Religion and belief systems Society and social sciences Technology and applied sciences Type-oriented contents pages The type-oriented contents pages organize material with similar characteristics and formats, usually by topic. Featured content Featured 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 Glossaries Glossaries are lists of terms with definitions. Glossaries · Category:Glossaries Lists Wikipedia has thousands more topic lists; some even are lists of other lists. Lists – of related articles · Category:Lists 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 Outlines Outlines are subject overviews in structured lists that show how topics are related to each other. Outlines · Category:Outlines Overviews An overview surveys what is covered in an area. Overview – survey of key articles in Wikipedia, divided into 12 major topics List of academic disciplines – knowledge divided by field of study Portals A 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. Portals · Category:Portals Spoken articles Growing collections of Wikipedia articles are available as spoken word recordings. Spoken articles · Category:Spoken articles Timelines Timelines 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) ២០២៤ – 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 Wikipedia books Wikipedia books 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 Alphabetical indexes Alphabetical indexes are the exceptions to the topical section rule. Complete alphabetical index – pages sorted by the first two letters of the title, e.g., "Aa Ab Ac Ad..." Special:Categories – every category listed alphabetically Categorical indexes Wikipedia's category system is generated from category tags at the bottom of articles and other pages. The top-level pages are: Categories – an index of major categories, arranged by subject (because this page is crafted by hand, it is an exception to the category autogeneration rule) Category:Articles – the category in which all article category systems are located Category:Categories – pages and categories which themselves specifically relate to categories Category:Contents – the highest level or "root" category in Wikipedia – its subcategories contain various types of encyclopedic content, content that assists with the navigation of the encyclopedia, as well as pages related to the maintenance of the encyclopedia – its autogenerated entries are listed at the bottom of the 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 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

Content listings

Lists

• Overviews
• Outlines
• Featured content
• Lists
• Glossaries
• Portals
• Indexes

• Reference
• Culture
• Geography
• Health
• History
• Mathematics
• Nature
• People
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Society
• Technology

• Academic disciplines
• Anniversaries
  • today
• Countries and territories
• Current events
• People
  • deaths this year
• Timelines
  • centuries
  • decades

Indices

• A–Z index
• Categories
• Dewey Decimal classes
• Library of Congress Classification
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Spoken articles
• Wikipedia books