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June 2014 saw the centenary of the start of World War I. This was a mammoth commemoration of one of the most significant wars in history, attracting vast interest from schools, universities, veterans groups and the media. It offered us the chance to showcase what a brilliant resource Wikipedia is by producing a string of FA-quality articles covering all the most significant topics in World War I.
Operation Great War Centennial attempted to identify core topics on World War I and aimed to bring them to top quality before the Centenary. Initially, the effort focused on producing a list of core topics and encouraging existing Military history WikiProject editors to improve them. The plan was to reach out to other relevant WikiProjects and editors in general to encourage participation and get balanced viewpoints.
An attempt to illustrate WWI related articles with newly-restored featured images.
New featured pictures: 18% complete | ||
Provisional list of top-level World War I topics:
The stats were produced by searching the raw text of the 14/12/2008 2100 stats file.
i.e. World War I itself and 'Main Article's branching from it
An estimate of all the highest-importance topics for the Western Front. Generating a list like this for each of the high-level topics would probably result in a list of all core WWI topics.
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Schlieffen Plan | 70 | 1,364,278 | B |
Plan XVII | 4 | 53,497 | B |
Operational Plan Three | B | ||
Trench warfare | 1 | 49,495 | C |
Infantry tactics in World War I | — | — | — |
Zimmermann Telegram | B | ||
Baltic Project | Stub |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) | 8 | 125,069 | B |
Belgian Army in World War I | — | — | — |
Kitchener's Army | 3 | 14,956 | C |
French Army in World War I | — | — | C |
German Army in World War I | — | — | C |
French Army Mutinies (1917) | 2 | 21,170 | B |
American Expeditionary Forces | 19 | 338,782 | Start |
British Indian Army in World War I | — | — | GA |
Canadian Expeditionary Force | — | — | C |
First Australian Imperial Force | — | — | GA |
British Army during World War I | — | — | A |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Liège | 3 | 40,788 | B |
Battle of the Frontiers | 8 | 192,523 | B |
First Battle of the Marne | 46 | 977,139 | Start |
Race to the Sea | 9 | 113,499 | B |
First Battle of Ypres | 17 | 160,069 | B |
Battle of Neuve Chapelle | 7 | 78,974 | B |
Second Battle of Ypres | 14 | 365,274 | Start |
Second Battle of Artois | 2 | 70,517 | B |
Second Battle of Champagne | 5 | 76,182 | Start |
Battle of Loos | 4 | 70,689 | B |
Third Battle of Artois | 1 | 32,872 | C |
Battle of Verdun | 58 | 1,164,507 | B |
Battle of the Somme | 129 | 6,677,495 | B |
Battle of Arras (1917) | 4 | 459,575 | FA |
Second Battle of the Aisne | 3 | 71,005 | B |
Battle of Messines (1914) | 7 | 140,853 | B |
Battle of Messines (1917) | A | ||
Battle of Passchendaele | 57 | 2,015,091 | B |
Battle of Cambrai (1917) | 11 | 271,483 | C |
Spring Offensive | 21 | 483,678 | C |
Second Battle of the Marne | 8 | 219,262 | Start |
Hundred Days Offensive | 18 | 461,816 | Start |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Albert I of Belgium | C | ||
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | 11 | 202,594 | Start |
Joseph Joffre | 17 | 533,169 | C |
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | 11 | 697,203 | B |
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | 19 | 855,161 | B |
Alexander von Kluck | 2 | 25,936 | C |
Karl von Bülow | ??? | ??? | Start |
Robert Nivelle | 3 | 32,874 | B |
Ferdinand Foch | 12 | 331,797 | C |
Philippe Pétain | 2 | 153,080 | C |
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 37 | 1,105,885 | B |
Erich von Falkenhayn | 2 | 40,733 | C |
Erich Ludendorff | 17 | 368,077 | C |
George Bell, Jr. | — | ||
John J. Pershing | 40 | 1,725,341 | C |
David Lloyd George | 48 | 2,663,413 | C |
John Monash | B | ||
Arthur Currie | C | ||
T.E. Lawrence | C | ||
Mata Hari | B | ||
Wilfred Owen | C | ||
World War I prisoners of war in Germany | B | ||
Women in the First World War | B | ||
Women's roles in the World Wars | C | ||
Wilhelm II, German Emperor | C |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
German occupation of Belgium during World War I | GA | ||
German occupation of north-east France during World War I | Start | ||
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I | FA | ||
The Rape of Belgium | 14 | 179,894 | C |
Committee on Alleged German Outrages | B | ||
The Crucified Soldier | Start | ||
Harry Band | — | — | — |
Edith Cavell | Start | ||
List of hospital ships sunk in World War I | List |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Poison gas in World War I | 56 | 2,070,509 | C |
Barrage (artillery) | 5 | 181,791 | C |
Hindenburg Line | 5 | 81,958 | B |
Machine gun | 73 | 1,903,367 | C |
Barbed wire | 31 | 594,090 | C |
Tanks in World War I | 26 | 426,296 | C |
Horses in World War I | — | — | FA |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Austro-Hungarian Army | Start | |
Austria-Hungary during World War I | — | — |
Imperial Russian Army | C | |
Russian Revolution (1917) | C |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Luigi Cadorna | C | ||
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Start | ||
Armando Diaz | Start |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Grand Fleet | 271668 | Start |
High Seas Fleet | 68525 | GA |
Unrestricted submarine warfare | 376607 | C |
Convoy | 520450 | C |
Otranto Barrage | Start | |
World War I naval ships of Turkey | C | |
Dover Patrol | Start | |
Marinekorps Flandern | Stub |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Battle of Jutland | 2551718 | Former |
Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918) | 1778125 | 4 of 5 |
Battle of Heligoland Bight | 71660 | |
Battle of Dogger Bank | 96258 | 4 of 5 for |
Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign | 189894 | 4 of 5 for |
Battle of Coronel | 168093 | 4 of 5 for |
Battle of the Falkland Islands | 122484 | 3 of 5 for |
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby | ?? | |
Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft | 1096 | 2 of 5 for |
Operation Albion | ? | |
Zeebrugge Raid | 31808 | 4 of 5 for |
RMS Lusitania | 4 of 5 for | |
United States Navy operations during World War I |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 4 of 5 for | ||
Reinhard Scheer | |||
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | 4 of 5 for | ||
Franz von Hipper | |||
Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher | |||
Winston Churchill | |||
Alfred von Tirpitz | 3 of 5 for | ||
Eduard von Capelle |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Dreadnought | |||
Submarine | 4 of 5 for
Former in 2004 | ||
Depth charge | 4 of for | ||
Naval aviation | 4 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Luftstreitkräfte | 3 of 5 for | |
Royal Flying Corps | 4 of 5 for | |
Royal Naval Air Service | 4 of 5 for | |
Royal Air Force | 4 of 5 for | |
History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942) | 4 of 5 for | |
Imperial Russian Air Force | 2 of 5 for | |
United States Army Air Service | ||
Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops | 3 of 5 for | |
Ottoman Air Force | 4 of 5 for | |
South African Air Force | 3 of 5 for | |
Lafayette Flying Corps | 2 of 5 for | |
Lafayette Escadrille | 3 of 5 for | |
Australian Flying Corps |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Fokker Scourge | 3 of 5 for | |
Bloody April | 3 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Aviation in World War I | ??? | |
Zeppelin | Former | |
Sopwith Camel | 4 of 5 for | |
Fokker E.I | 4 of 5 for | |
Interrupter gear | 4 of 5 for | |
List of military aircraft of Entente Powers in WWI | 4 of 5 for | |
List of military aircraft of Central Powers in WWI | 3 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | Hourly pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Air commanders of World War I | |||
Manfred von Richtofen | 4 of 5 for | ||
René Fonck | 4 of 5 for | ||
Billy Bishop | |||
Ernst Udet | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mick Mannock | 4 of 5 for | ||
Billy Mitchell | 4 of 5 for | ||
Roland Garros (aviator) | 3 of 5 for | ||
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard | |||
List of World War I flying aces | 2 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
G-numbers | ||
Liberty truck | ||
M1909 escort wagon |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Canon de 75 modèle 1897 | 4 of 5 for | |
Paris Gun | ||
Big Bertha | 3 of 5 for | |
3-inch M1918 gun |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Vickers machine gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Lewis Gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Maschinengewehr 08 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Browning M1917 | 4 of 5 for |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | |||
Ross rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
Webley Revolver | |||
Mauser 98 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Luger P08 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mauser C96 | 4 of 5 for | ||
MP18 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Lebel M1886 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Berthier rifle | 3 of 5 for | ||
Modèle 1892 revolver | |||
M1903 Springfield Rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
M1917 Enfield rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
M1911 pistol | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mosin-Nagant | 4 of 5 for | ||
Nagant M1895 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Type 38 rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
Type 26 revolver | 2 of 5 for |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Signal Corps Radio | 3 of 5 for | ||
SCR-68 | 3 of 5 for |
This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
June 2014 saw the centenary of the start of World War I. This was a mammoth commemoration of one of the most significant wars in history, attracting vast interest from schools, universities, veterans groups and the media. It offered us the chance to showcase what a brilliant resource Wikipedia is by producing a string of FA-quality articles covering all the most significant topics in World War I.
Operation Great War Centennial attempted to identify core topics on World War I and aimed to bring them to top quality before the Centenary. Initially, the effort focused on producing a list of core topics and encouraging existing Military history WikiProject editors to improve them. The plan was to reach out to other relevant WikiProjects and editors in general to encourage participation and get balanced viewpoints.
An attempt to illustrate WWI related articles with newly-restored featured images.
New featured pictures: 18% complete | ||
Provisional list of top-level World War I topics:
The stats were produced by searching the raw text of the 14/12/2008 2100 stats file.
i.e. World War I itself and 'Main Article's branching from it
An estimate of all the highest-importance topics for the Western Front. Generating a list like this for each of the high-level topics would probably result in a list of all core WWI topics.
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Schlieffen Plan | 70 | 1,364,278 | B |
Plan XVII | 4 | 53,497 | B |
Operational Plan Three | B | ||
Trench warfare | 1 | 49,495 | C |
Infantry tactics in World War I | — | — | — |
Zimmermann Telegram | B | ||
Baltic Project | Stub |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) | 8 | 125,069 | B |
Belgian Army in World War I | — | — | — |
Kitchener's Army | 3 | 14,956 | C |
French Army in World War I | — | — | C |
German Army in World War I | — | — | C |
French Army Mutinies (1917) | 2 | 21,170 | B |
American Expeditionary Forces | 19 | 338,782 | Start |
British Indian Army in World War I | — | — | GA |
Canadian Expeditionary Force | — | — | C |
First Australian Imperial Force | — | — | GA |
British Army during World War I | — | — | A |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Liège | 3 | 40,788 | B |
Battle of the Frontiers | 8 | 192,523 | B |
First Battle of the Marne | 46 | 977,139 | Start |
Race to the Sea | 9 | 113,499 | B |
First Battle of Ypres | 17 | 160,069 | B |
Battle of Neuve Chapelle | 7 | 78,974 | B |
Second Battle of Ypres | 14 | 365,274 | Start |
Second Battle of Artois | 2 | 70,517 | B |
Second Battle of Champagne | 5 | 76,182 | Start |
Battle of Loos | 4 | 70,689 | B |
Third Battle of Artois | 1 | 32,872 | C |
Battle of Verdun | 58 | 1,164,507 | B |
Battle of the Somme | 129 | 6,677,495 | B |
Battle of Arras (1917) | 4 | 459,575 | FA |
Second Battle of the Aisne | 3 | 71,005 | B |
Battle of Messines (1914) | 7 | 140,853 | B |
Battle of Messines (1917) | A | ||
Battle of Passchendaele | 57 | 2,015,091 | B |
Battle of Cambrai (1917) | 11 | 271,483 | C |
Spring Offensive | 21 | 483,678 | C |
Second Battle of the Marne | 8 | 219,262 | Start |
Hundred Days Offensive | 18 | 461,816 | Start |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Albert I of Belgium | C | ||
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | 11 | 202,594 | Start |
Joseph Joffre | 17 | 533,169 | C |
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | 11 | 697,203 | B |
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | 19 | 855,161 | B |
Alexander von Kluck | 2 | 25,936 | C |
Karl von Bülow | ??? | ??? | Start |
Robert Nivelle | 3 | 32,874 | B |
Ferdinand Foch | 12 | 331,797 | C |
Philippe Pétain | 2 | 153,080 | C |
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | 37 | 1,105,885 | B |
Erich von Falkenhayn | 2 | 40,733 | C |
Erich Ludendorff | 17 | 368,077 | C |
George Bell, Jr. | — | ||
John J. Pershing | 40 | 1,725,341 | C |
David Lloyd George | 48 | 2,663,413 | C |
John Monash | B | ||
Arthur Currie | C | ||
T.E. Lawrence | C | ||
Mata Hari | B | ||
Wilfred Owen | C | ||
World War I prisoners of war in Germany | B | ||
Women in the First World War | B | ||
Women's roles in the World Wars | C | ||
Wilhelm II, German Emperor | C |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
German occupation of Belgium during World War I | GA | ||
German occupation of north-east France during World War I | Start | ||
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I | FA | ||
The Rape of Belgium | 14 | 179,894 | C |
Committee on Alleged German Outrages | B | ||
The Crucified Soldier | Start | ||
Harry Band | — | — | — |
Edith Cavell | Start | ||
List of hospital ships sunk in World War I | List |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Poison gas in World War I | 56 | 2,070,509 | C |
Barrage (artillery) | 5 | 181,791 | C |
Hindenburg Line | 5 | 81,958 | B |
Machine gun | 73 | 1,903,367 | C |
Barbed wire | 31 | 594,090 | C |
Tanks in World War I | 26 | 426,296 | C |
Horses in World War I | — | — | FA |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Austro-Hungarian Army | Start | |
Austria-Hungary during World War I | — | — |
Imperial Russian Army | C | |
Russian Revolution (1917) | C |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Luigi Cadorna | C | ||
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Start | ||
Armando Diaz | Start |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Grand Fleet | 271668 | Start |
High Seas Fleet | 68525 | GA |
Unrestricted submarine warfare | 376607 | C |
Convoy | 520450 | C |
Otranto Barrage | Start | |
World War I naval ships of Turkey | C | |
Dover Patrol | Start | |
Marinekorps Flandern | Stub |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Battle of Jutland | 2551718 | Former |
Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918) | 1778125 | 4 of 5 |
Battle of Heligoland Bight | 71660 | |
Battle of Dogger Bank | 96258 | 4 of 5 for |
Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign | 189894 | 4 of 5 for |
Battle of Coronel | 168093 | 4 of 5 for |
Battle of the Falkland Islands | 122484 | 3 of 5 for |
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby | ?? | |
Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft | 1096 | 2 of 5 for |
Operation Albion | ? | |
Zeebrugge Raid | 31808 | 4 of 5 for |
RMS Lusitania | 4 of 5 for | |
United States Navy operations during World War I |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | 4 of 5 for | ||
Reinhard Scheer | |||
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | 4 of 5 for | ||
Franz von Hipper | |||
Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher | |||
Winston Churchill | |||
Alfred von Tirpitz | 3 of 5 for | ||
Eduard von Capelle |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Dreadnought | |||
Submarine | 4 of 5 for
Former in 2004 | ||
Depth charge | 4 of for | ||
Naval aviation | 4 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Luftstreitkräfte | 3 of 5 for | |
Royal Flying Corps | 4 of 5 for | |
Royal Naval Air Service | 4 of 5 for | |
Royal Air Force | 4 of 5 for | |
History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942) | 4 of 5 for | |
Imperial Russian Air Force | 2 of 5 for | |
United States Army Air Service | ||
Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops | 3 of 5 for | |
Ottoman Air Force | 4 of 5 for | |
South African Air Force | 3 of 5 for | |
Lafayette Flying Corps | 2 of 5 for | |
Lafayette Escadrille | 3 of 5 for | |
Australian Flying Corps |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Fokker Scourge | 3 of 5 for | |
Bloody April | 3 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Aviation in World War I | ??? | |
Zeppelin | Former | |
Sopwith Camel | 4 of 5 for | |
Fokker E.I | 4 of 5 for | |
Interrupter gear | 4 of 5 for | |
List of military aircraft of Entente Powers in WWI | 4 of 5 for | |
List of military aircraft of Central Powers in WWI | 3 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | Hourly pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Air commanders of World War I | |||
Manfred von Richtofen | 4 of 5 for | ||
René Fonck | 4 of 5 for | ||
Billy Bishop | |||
Ernst Udet | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mick Mannock | 4 of 5 for | ||
Billy Mitchell | 4 of 5 for | ||
Roland Garros (aviator) | 3 of 5 for | ||
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard | |||
List of World War I flying aces | 2 of 5 for |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
G-numbers | ||
Liberty truck | ||
M1909 escort wagon |
Article | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|
Canon de 75 modèle 1897 | 4 of 5 for | |
Paris Gun | ||
Big Bertha | 3 of 5 for | |
3-inch M1918 gun |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Vickers machine gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Lewis Gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Maschinengewehr 08 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun | 4 of 5 for | ||
Browning M1917 | 4 of 5 for |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | |||
Ross rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
Webley Revolver | |||
Mauser 98 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Luger P08 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mauser C96 | 4 of 5 for | ||
MP18 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Lebel M1886 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Berthier rifle | 3 of 5 for | ||
Modèle 1892 revolver | |||
M1903 Springfield Rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
M1917 Enfield rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
M1911 pistol | 4 of 5 for | ||
Mosin-Nagant | 4 of 5 for | ||
Nagant M1895 | 4 of 5 for | ||
Type 38 rifle | 4 of 5 for | ||
Type 26 revolver | 2 of 5 for |
Article | Hourly pageviews | Total pageviews | status |
---|---|---|---|
Signal Corps Radio | 3 of 5 for | ||
SCR-68 | 3 of 5 for |