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This is a listing of articles considered to cover "alternative core" topics not covered on the original core list, or topics considered "near to the core". Most of the list stems from several postings on the core topics discussion page and its archives. The listing is currently very rough, and initially contains duplications while it is being organised. Some of the suggestions made on these postings have also been added to the original core list, so these will have to be removed too.

The aim is to get a list of no more than 200 articles, to avoid simply duplicating work already done at WP:VA. We have about 296 as of February 17, 2008.

The short-term goals of this page are to:

1. Coordinate assessments, with the table below, using articles taken from the suggestions given.
2. Review all articles for Version 0.7, this is ongoing at Wikipedia:Version 0.7/Core supplement (June 2007).

Biology and related (41)

Organisms (23)

Animals (12)

1. Amphibian - B
2. Bird - FA
3. Cat – GA
4. Dog - B
5. Fish - GA
6. Frog - FA
7. Insect - B
8. Mammal - B
9. Pet - B
10. Reptile - B
11. Spider - GA

Human (6)

1. Adult - Start
2. AIDS - GA
3. Child - Start
4. Infant - B
5. Man - B
6. Woman - B

Plants (5)

1. Flower - B
2. Fruit - B
3. Tree - B
4. Vegetable - B
5. Wood - B

Miscellaneous (18)

Evolution and reproduction

1. Biological reproduction - B/C
2. DNA - FA
3. Genetics - FA

Medicine and health

1. Cancer - GA
2. Disease - B
3. Injury - start, not included in 0.7
4. Rabies - GA
5. Safety - start, not included in 0.7

Nutrition

1. Nutrition – GA
2. Protein - GA
3. Sugar - start

Miscellaneous

1. Brain - GA/A
2. Microorganism - B
3. Metabolism - FA
4. Nervous system - start
5. Pollution - B
6. Sleep - B
7. Scientific classification - B

Earth (17)

Geology and land

1. Desert - C
2. Earthquake - B
3. Fossil fuel - B
4. Grass - start
5. Mountain - C
6. Plate tectonics - B
7. Rock - B

Water

1. Glacier - B
2. Ocean - B
3. River - B
4. Sea - start
5. Water - B

Miscellaneous

1. Climate change - B
2. Environmentalism - B
3. Global warming - FA
4. Earth's atmosphere - B
5. Volcano - B

Physical science (16)

1. Physical science - start

Astronomy

1. Big Bang - FA
2. Comet - FA
3. Outer space - start
4. Star - FA

Chemistry

1. Chemical element - B
2. Hydrogen - FA
3. Inorganic chemistry - B
4. Molecule - B
5. Organic chemistry - B
6. Periodic table - C
7. Physical chemistry - stub

Earth science

1. Diamond - FA
2. Earth science - start
3. Oceanography - start
4. Petroleum - B

Physics (18)

Classical physics

1. Color - B
2. Electromagnetism - C or Electricity - GA
3. Energy - B
4. Force - GA
5. Gravity - B
6. Light - B
7. Mass - B
8. Thermodynamics - GA
9. Weight - B

Modern physics

1. Atom - FA
2. Quantum mechanics - B
3. Quark - FA
4. Special relativity - GA
5. Subatomic particle - C

Miscellaneous

1. Big Bang - FA
2. Black hole - B
3. Electrical engineering - FA
4. Electricity - GA

Technology (15)

Materials

1. Glass - B
2. Metal - C
3. Paper - B
4. Steel – GA

Transportation

1. Airplane - start
2. Boat - B
3. Flight - start
4. Rail transport - B

Miscellaneous

1. Biotechnology - B
2. Computer science - start
3. Manufacturing - start
4. Nanotechnology - B
5. Nuclear power - B
6. Nuclear weapon - B
7. Weapon - start
8. Wheel - start
9. World Wide Web - B

Mathematics (9)

1. Algorithm - GA
2. Arithmetic
3. Equation
4. Mathematical analysis - start
5. Mathematical proof
6. Infinity - B+
7. Proof theory - B
8. Theorem
9. Trigonometry

Miscellaneous (9)

1. Botany - B
2. Employment - B
3. Fire - B
4. Natural sciences - start
5. Nature - GA
6. Optics - B
7. Plastic - B
8. Publishing - B
9. Space - start

Everyday life (36)

Business (3)

1. Finance - B
2. Industry - start
3. Personal finance - start

Communication (3)

1. Book - B
2. Literacy - ?
3. Mail - B

Food and drink (15)

1. Beer - GA
2. Black pepper - FA
3. Bread - B
4. Butter - ? (needs to be assessed)
5. Cheese - B
6. Chocolate - B
7. Cocoa - B
8. Coffee - GA
9. Fruit - B
10. Grain - start
11. Meat - B
12. Milk - B
13. Salt - B
14. Tea - B
15. Vegetable - B

Leisure (15)

1. American football - B
2. Baseball - B
3. Basketball - B
4. Festival - start
5. Food and drink - B (redirects to Food)
6. Association football - FA
7. Gambling - B
8. Golf - B
9. Home - ? (House - start)
10. Hobby - start
11. Leisure - start
12. Park - start
13. Party - start
14. Pet - B
15. Recreation - start

History (17)

1. History of Earth - GA
2. Historiography - start

Pre-20th century

1. American Revolutionary War - B
2. Ancient history - C
3. Classical civilization - B
4. The Enlightenment - C/start
5. Dark Ages - B
6. Industrial Revolution - B
7. Middle Ages - B
8. Napoleonic Wars - B
9. Protestant Reformation - B
10. Renaissance - GA

20th century

1. Cold War - A (military history)/B
2. The Holocaust - B
3. Modern Times (history) - ?
4. World War I - B/C (Germany and United States)/start (military history)
5. World War II - B

Humanities (30)

Arts (14)

1. Arts - start
2. Classical music - B
3. Comedy - B
4. Entertainment - ?
5. Folk dance - start
6. Folk music - B
7. Humanities - B
8. Museum - start
9. Opera - B
10. Painting - start (visual arts)/B
11. Performing arts - B
12. Popular music - B
13. Social dance - ?
14. Tragedy - start (theater)/B

Philosophy and religion (16)

1. Ayyavazhi - B
2. Beauty - B
3. Buddhism - B
4. Christianity - B
5. Confucianism - B
6. Ethics - start
7. Free will - FA
8. God - GA
9. Heuristics - start
10. Hinduism - B
11. Islam - FA
12. Judaism - B
13. Metaphysics - B
14. Mysticism - B
15. Soul - B
16. Spirituality - B
17. Taoism - GA
18. Truth - B
19. Zoroastrianism - GA

Social sciences (24)

Government (15)

1. Aid - B
2. Capital punishment - B
3. Civil liberty - C
4. Civil right - C
5. Democracy - B
6. Diplomacy - B
7. Empire - ?
8. Monarchy - B
9. Military - start
10. Municipality - ?
11. Revolution - B
12. Socialism - B
13. State - B
14. United Nations - B
15. United States Declaration of Independence - B

Economics (4)

1. Game theory - B
2. Globalization - B
3. Personal finance - start
4. Work - disambig page & Manual labour - stub

Social sciences miscellaneous (5)

1. Demographics - start
2. Ethnic group - start
3. International law - start
4. Race (classification of humans) - B
5. Social sciences - start

Miscellaneous (18)

1. Animation - start
2. Calendar - C
3. Craft - ?
4. Freedom - disambig
5. Folklore - start
6. Justice - start; Social justice - ?
7. Knowledge - C
8. Love - B
9. Map - start
10. Marriage - B
11. Paranormal - B
12. Peace - B
13. People - ?
14. Person - C
15. Slavery - B
16. Social movement - B
17. Social structure - start
18. Western society - disambig

Biographies (22 items)

1. Biography

Artists

1. Leonardo da Vinci - GA
2. Michelangelo
3. Pablo Picasso
4. Vincent van Gogh - GA

Philosophy and religion

1. Aristotle
2. Buddha
3. Jesus - GA
4. Mahatma Gandhi - FA
5. Muhammad
6. Plato

Scientists

1. Albert Einstein - GA (former FA)
2. Charles Darwin - FA
3. Isaac Newton - FA

Writers

1. Dante Alighieri
2. Homer
3. William Shakespeare - FA

Miscellaneous

1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Adolf Hitler
3. George Washington - GA
4. Karl Marx
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Sigmund Freud

Geography (17)

Americas

1. Canada - FA
2. New York City - FA
3. United States - GA
4. Washington, D.C. - GA

Asia

1. India - FA
2. Japan - FA
3. Middle East
4. People's Republic of China or just China - GA
5. Tokyo

Europe

1. France
2. Germany - FA
3. Ireland - GA
4. London - GA
5. Paris - GA
6. Rome
7. Russia
8. United Kingdom - GA

Unclassified (7)

Miscellaneous

1. English language
2. Environment
3. Exploration
4. Organization
5. Reference
6. Tourism
7. Writing