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We think the following [[Wikipedia]] pages are pretty good. This is a selected list--since there are thousands of pages on Wikipedia, we couldn't possibly keep track of ''all'' the brilliant prose here! ''But if you come across a particularly impressive page, why not add it to the list as your way of saying "Thanks, good job"?''
We think the following [[Wikipedia]] pages are pretty good. This is a selected list--since there are thousands of pages on Wikipedia, we couldn't possibly keep track of ''all'' the brilliant prose here! ''But if you come across a particularly impressive page, why not add it to the list as your way of saying "Thanks, good job"?''




Be aware that you are most likely not the best judge of your own work. Even if you think a page you have contributed a large majority of the content to is brilliant, it is best that you wait for somebody else to recognise it as such.
Be aware that you are most likely not the best judge of your own work. Even if you think a page you have contributed a large majority of the content to is brilliant, it is best that you wait for somebody else to recognise it as such.




=== Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science ===
=== Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science ===




[[Pythagorean Theorem]]
[[Pythagorean Theorem]]

-- [[ordinal]]
-- [[ordinal]]

-- [[statistics]] (the whole area)
-- [[statistics]] (the whole area)

-- [[Classical Mechanics]]
-- [[Classical Mechanics]]

-- [[Quantum Mechanics]]
-- [[Quantum Mechanics]]

-- [[periodic table]]
-- [[periodic table]]

-- [[carbon]]
-- [[carbon]]

-- [[alchemy]]
-- [[alchemy]]

-- [[Biology]] (many excellent pages here, and a good start generally)
-- [[Biology]] (many excellent pages here, and a good start generally)

-- [[cladistics]]
-- [[cladistics]]

-- [[protista]] (the whole area)
-- [[protista]] (the whole area)

-- [[DNA]]
-- [[DNA]]

-- [[Astronomy and Astrophysics]]
-- [[Astronomy and Astrophysics]]

-- [[Comet]]
-- [[Comet]]

-- [[Earth]]
-- [[Earth]]

-- [[Paleontology]]
-- [[Paleontology]]

-- [[geologic ages]] (and related pages)
-- [[geologic ages]] (and related pages)

-- [[game theory]]
-- [[game theory]]

-- [[Global warming]]
-- [[Global warming]]

-- [[LSD]]
-- [[LSD]]




=== Social Sciences ===
=== Social Sciences ===




'''History'''
'''History'''

-- [[History of Levant]]
-- [[History of Levant]]

-- [[Behistun Inscription]]

-- [[Peloponnesian War]]
-- [[Peloponnesian War]]

-- [[Byzantine Empire]]
-- [[Byzantine Empire]]

-- [[History of Egypt]]
-- [[History of Egypt]]

-- [[History of United States]]
-- [[History of United States]]

-- [[World War I]]
-- [[World War I]]

-- [[History of Germany]]
-- [[History of Germany]]

-- [[East Germany]]
-- [[East Germany]]

-- [[Netherlands/History]]
-- [[Netherlands/History]]

-- [[History of England]]
-- [[History of England]]

-- [[History of Scotland]]
-- [[History of Scotland]]

-- [[Chinese history]]
-- [[Chinese history]]

-- [[History of Science and Technology]]
-- [[History of Science and Technology]]

-- [[Nagasaki]]
-- [[Nagasaki]]

-- [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]]
-- [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]]

-- [[Battle of Jutland]]
-- [[Battle of Jutland]]




'''Language'''
'''Language'''

-- [[Language]] (some of the individual language pages are excellent)
-- [[Language]] (some of the individual language pages are excellent)

-- [[Japanese language]]
-- [[Japanese language]]

-- [[British English]]
-- [[British English]]

-- [[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]] (excellent summary of a contentious topic)
-- [[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]] (excellent summary of a contentious topic)

-- [[Hebrew language]]
-- [[Hebrew language]]




'''Politics'''
'''Politics'''

-- [[Anarchism]]
-- [[Anarchism]]

-- [[Capitalism]]
-- [[Capitalism]]

-- [[Democracy]]
-- [[Democracy]]

-- [[countries of the world]] (the CIA pages, anyway; hey, the CIA did a great job!)
-- [[countries of the world]] (the CIA pages, anyway; hey, the CIA did a great job!)

-- [[Voting system]]
-- [[Voting system]]

-- [[propaganda]]
-- [[propaganda]]

-- [[City]] (a few of the city articles are good)
-- [[City]] (a few of the city articles are good)

-- [[Prime Minister of Australia]]
-- [[Prime Minister of Australia]]




'''Economics'''
'''Economics'''

-- [[Economics]]
-- [[Economics]]

-- [[Capitalism]]
-- [[Capitalism]]

-- [[market forms]] (and related pages)
-- [[market forms]] (and related pages)

-- [[prisoners dilemma]]
-- [[prisoners dilemma]]




'''Law'''
'''Law'''

-- [[intellectual property]]
-- [[intellectual property]]

-- [[copyright]] (and related pages)
-- [[copyright]] (and related pages)

-- [[trade secret]]
-- [[trade secret]]

-- [[Law]] (bunches of good brief articles)
-- [[Law]] (bunches of good brief articles)

-- [[hate crime]]
-- [[hate crime]]

-- [[negligence]]
-- [[negligence]]

-- [[Terrorism]]
-- [[Terrorism]]







'''Sociology'''
'''Sociology'''

-- [[Milgram experiment]]
-- [[Milgram experiment]]

-- [[Disabilities/Disability Etiquette]]
-- [[Disabilities/Disability Etiquette]]




=== Applied Arts and Sciences ===
=== Applied Arts and Sciences ===




[[Echelon]]
[[Echelon]]

-- [[code]]
-- [[code]]

-- [[The Singularity]]
-- [[The Singularity]]

-- [[Linux]]
-- [[Linux]]

-- [[computer system]]
-- [[computer system]]

-- [[World Wide Web]]
-- [[World Wide Web]]

-- [[Search Engine]]
-- [[Search Engine]]

-- [[markup language]]
-- [[markup language]]

-- [[ASCII]]
-- [[ASCII]]

-- [[Computer Security]]
-- [[Computer Security]]

-- [[information theory]]
-- [[information theory]]

-- (probably others about [[Computing]])
-- (probably others about [[Computing]])

-- [[Road Transport]]
-- [[Road Transport]]




=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===




[[Chess/Strategy and Tactics]]
[[Chess/Strategy and Tactics]]

-- [[Spacecraft Propulsion]]
-- [[Spacecraft Propulsion]]

-- [[Star Trek]]
-- [[Star Trek]]

-- [[science fiction]]
-- [[science fiction]]

-- [[film theory]]
-- [[film theory]]

-- [[Paramount]]
-- [[Paramount]]

-- [[horse-breaking]]
-- [[horse-breaking]]

-- [[horseshoe]]
-- [[horseshoe]]

-- [[bulldogging]]
-- [[bulldogging]]

-- [[jazz]]
-- [[jazz]]

-- [[punk rock]]
-- [[punk rock]]

-- [[disco]]
-- [[disco]]

-- [[hip hop]]
-- [[hip hop]]

-- [[freestyle music]]
-- [[freestyle music]]

-- [[musical instrument]]
-- [[musical instrument]]

-- [[saxophone]]
-- [[saxophone]]

-- [[Hammond Organ]]
-- [[Hammond Organ]]

-- [[Greek Mythology]] (and related pages)
-- [[Greek Mythology]] (and related pages)

-- [[Christianity]]
-- [[Christianity]]

-- [[Catholicism]]
-- [[Catholicism]]

-- [[Protestantism]]
-- [[Protestantism]]

-- [[The Book of Mormon]]
-- [[The Book of Mormon]]

-- [[Scientology]]
-- [[Scientology]]

-- [[political correctness]]
-- [[political correctness]]

-- [[Game]] (this whole area is excellent)
-- [[Game]] (this whole area is excellent)

-- [[Go]]
-- [[Go]]

-- [[Poker]] (amazing!)
-- [[Poker]] (amazing!)

-- [[Sheepshead]]
-- [[Sheepshead]]

-- [[Bridge]]
-- [[Bridge]]

-- [[video game]] (a great start)
-- [[video game]] (a great start)

-- [[Stone, Paper, Scissors]]
-- [[Stone, Paper, Scissors]]

-- [[Summer Olympic Games]]
-- [[Summer Olympic Games]]

-- [[Talking Heads]]
-- [[Talking Heads]]

-- [[calendar]]
-- [[calendar]]

-- [[Norse Mythology]] (category)
-- [[Norse Mythology]] (category)

-- [[Pickup]]
-- [[Pickup]]

-- [[Hebrew Calendar]]
-- [[Hebrew Calendar]]

-- ''[[Anno Domini]]''
-- ''[[Anno Domini]]''

-- [[Freemasonry]]
-- [[Freemasonry]]

-- [[baseball]]
-- [[baseball]]




=== Biography ===
=== Biography ===




[[Mortimer Adler]]
[[Mortimer Adler]]

-- [[Achilles]]
-- [[Achilles]]

-- [[Alexander the Great]]
-- [[Alexander the Great]]

-- [[Humphrey Bogart]]
-- [[Humphrey Bogart]]

-- [[Paul Erdos]]
-- [[Paul Erdos]]

-- [[Ernest Hemingway]]
-- [[Ernest Hemingway]]

-- [[Jim Henson]]
-- [[Jim Henson]]

-- [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
-- [[Alfred Hitchcock]]

-- [[Homer]]
-- [[Homer]]

-- [[Stephen King]]
-- [[Stephen King]]

-- [[Rudyard Kipling]]
-- [[Rudyard Kipling]]

-- [[Lamarck]]
-- [[Lamarck]]

-- [[Mozart]]
-- [[Mozart]]

-- [[Joshua A. Norton]]
-- [[Joshua A. Norton]]

-- [[Perseus]]
-- [[Perseus]]

-- [[H. G. Wells]]
-- [[H. G. Wells]]

-- [[Eugene Wigner]]
-- [[Eugene Wigner]]




=== Wikipedia ===
=== Wikipedia ===




[[Wikipedia FAQ]]
[[Wikipedia FAQ]]

-- [[Wikipedia NEWS]]
-- [[Wikipedia NEWS]]

-- [[WikiProject U.S. States]]
-- [[WikiProject U.S. States]]




''Again, feel free to add to the list when you feel an article deserves the mention! Perhaps some of these may be pages for the [[Wikipedia/Article a day queue]] list.''
''Again, feel free to add to the list when you feel an article deserves the mention! Perhaps some of these may be pages for the [[Wikipedia/Article a day queue]] list.''




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Revision as of 07:16, 11 December 2001

We think the following Wikipedia pages are pretty good. This is a selected list--since there are thousands of pages on Wikipedia, we couldn't possibly keep track of all the brilliant prose here! But if you come across a particularly impressive page, why not add it to the list as your way of saying "Thanks, good job"?


Be aware that you are most likely not the best judge of your own work. Even if you think a page you have contributed a large majority of the content to is brilliant, it is best that you wait for somebody else to recognise it as such.


Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science

Pythagorean Theorem

-- ordinal

-- statistics (the whole area)

-- Classical Mechanics

-- Quantum Mechanics

-- periodic table

-- carbon

-- alchemy

-- Biology (many excellent pages here, and a good start generally)

-- cladistics

-- protista (the whole area)

-- DNA

-- Astronomy and Astrophysics

-- Comet

-- Earth

-- Paleontology

-- geologic ages (and related pages)

-- game theory

-- Global warming

-- LSD


Social Sciences

History

-- History of Levant

-- Behistun Inscription

-- Peloponnesian War

-- Byzantine Empire

-- History of Egypt

-- History of United States

-- World War I

-- History of Germany

-- East Germany

-- Netherlands/History

-- History of England

-- History of Scotland

-- Chinese history

-- History of Science and Technology

-- Nagasaki

-- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack

-- Battle of Jutland


Language

-- Language (some of the individual language pages are excellent)

-- Japanese language

-- British English

-- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (excellent summary of a contentious topic)

-- Hebrew language


Politics

-- Anarchism

-- Capitalism

-- Democracy

-- countries of the world (the CIA pages, anyway; hey, the CIA did a great job!)

-- Voting system

-- propaganda

-- City (a few of the city articles are good)

-- Prime Minister of Australia


Economics

-- Economics

-- Capitalism

-- market forms (and related pages)

-- prisoners dilemma


Law

-- intellectual property

-- copyright (and related pages)

-- trade secret

-- Law (bunches of good brief articles)

-- hate crime

-- negligence

-- Terrorism



Sociology

-- Milgram experiment

-- Disabilities/Disability Etiquette


Applied Arts and Sciences

Echelon

-- code

-- The Singularity

-- Linux

-- computer system

-- World Wide Web

-- Search Engine

-- markup language

-- ASCII

-- Computer Security

-- information theory

-- (probably others about Computing)

-- Road Transport


Culture

Chess/Strategy and Tactics

-- Spacecraft Propulsion

-- Star Trek

-- science fiction

-- film theory

-- Paramount

-- horse-breaking

-- horseshoe

-- bulldogging

-- jazz

-- punk rock

-- disco

-- hip hop

-- freestyle music

-- musical instrument

-- saxophone

-- Hammond Organ

-- Greek Mythology (and related pages)

-- Christianity

-- Catholicism

-- Protestantism

-- The Book of Mormon

-- Scientology

-- political correctness

-- Game (this whole area is excellent)

-- Go

-- Poker (amazing!)

-- Sheepshead

-- Bridge

-- video game (a great start)

-- Stone, Paper, Scissors

-- Summer Olympic Games

-- Talking Heads

-- calendar

-- Norse Mythology (category)

-- Pickup

-- Hebrew Calendar

-- Anno Domini

-- Freemasonry

-- baseball


Biography

Mortimer Adler

-- Achilles

-- Alexander the Great

-- Humphrey Bogart

-- Paul Erdos

-- Ernest Hemingway

-- Jim Henson

-- Alfred Hitchcock

-- Homer

-- Stephen King

-- Rudyard Kipling

-- Lamarck

-- Mozart

-- Joshua A. Norton

-- Perseus

-- H. G. Wells

-- Eugene Wigner


Wikipedia

Wikipedia FAQ

-- Wikipedia NEWS

-- WikiProject U.S. States


Again, feel free to add to the list when you feel an article deserves the mention! Perhaps some of these may be pages for the Wikipedia/Article a day queue list.



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