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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.

Provisional list of top-level World War I topics:

Article Name, 1 hour pageviews, Total pageviews from stats server.

The stats were produced by searching the raw text of the 14/12/2008 2100 stats file.

High-level topics

i.e. World War I itself and 'Main Article's branching from it

Article	Hourly pageviews	Total pageviews	Status
World War			Start
World War I	1336	139,171,424	B
Causes
Causes of World War I	13	1,155,319	C
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria			GA
July Ultimatum			B
Opposition to World War I	3	35,047	Start
Theatres
Western Front (World War I)	64	3,695,892	B
Eastern Front (World War I)	33	679,858	C
Balkans Campaign (World War I)	8	285,451	Start
Italian Campaign (World War I)	29	1,581,914	C
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I	1	142,418	Start
Naval warfare of World War I	3	156,200	C
African theatre of World War I	4	177,539	B
American Theater (1914-1918)			B
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I	5	67,707	C
By country Category:World War I by country
Participants in World War I	—	—	—
Triple Entente			C
Allies of World War I			B
Central Powers			C
Military history of Australia during World War I			GA
Aliyah and Yishuv during World War I			C
South Arabia during World War I			C
Belgium in World War I			C
Bulgaria during World War I			C
Canada in World War I			C
France in World War I	—	—	—
History of Germany during World War I			C
Greece during World War I			C
Hungary in World War I			C
Italy in World War I			Start
Japan during World War I			C
Montserrat in World War I			C
Military history of New Zealand during World War I			Start
Poland during World War I			C
Portugal in World War I			Start
Romania during World War I			C
Siam during World War I			C
Southern Rhodesia in World War I			FA
Switzerland during the World Wars			B
Ukraine in World War I			B
History of the United Kingdom during World War I			GA
United States in World War I			C
American entry into World War I			C
Vietnam during World War I			Start
Historiography of WWI
Timeline of World War I			C
Technology during World War I	29	612,595	C
World War One (TV series)			Start
World War I in art and literature			Start
Fiction based on World War I			List
Aftermath
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk			B
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)			C
Treaty of Versailles	337	12,198,471	C
Treaty of Trianon			C
Treaty of Sèvres			C
Treaty of Lausanne			C
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire			Start
World War I reparations			B
Aftermath of World War I	74	1,745,643	Start
World War I casualties	85	2,681,080	B

Core Western Front Topics

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.

War Plans & Doctrines

Armies and Units

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

Battles and Operations

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

People

Occupations, Atrocities and Propaganda

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

Technologies

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

Core Eastern Front Topics

Combatants & Forces

Battles & Operations

People

Article	Total pageviews	status
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)		C
Aleksei Brusilov		C
Lavr Kornilov		C
Nicholas II of Russia		C
Vladimir Lenin		FA
Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf		C
Maximilian von Prittwitz		Start
August von Mackensen		C
Arthur Zimmermann		C

Core Topics in other Fronts

Italy

Battles & Operations

People

Balkans

Serbia

• Serbian Campaign (World War I)
• Battle of Cer
• Battle of Drina
• Battle of Kolubara
• Battle of Morava
• Battle of Kosovo (1915)
• Serbian Land Forces
• Radomir Putnik

Salonika

• Macedonian front (World War I)
• Eleftherios Venizelos
• Bulgaria during World War I
• Battle of Doiran (1916)
• Battle of Doiran (1917)
• Battle of Dobro Pole
• Battle of Doiran (1918) (currently at Battle of Doiran...
• Armistice with Bulgaria (World War I)
• Gallipoli Campaign
• Nikola Zhekov

Near East

Middle East

Sinai and Palestine Campaign

Article	Views	Class
Sinai and Palestine Campaign		C
Raid on the Suez Canal		Start
Jifjafa raid		B
Battle of Katia		GA
Battle of Romani		GA
Battle of Bir el Abd		B
Battle of Magdhaba		GA
Raid on Nekhl		B
Battle of Rafa		B
First Battle of Gaza		B
Second Battle of Gaza		B
Stalemate in Southern Palestine		B
Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway		B
Battle of Buqqar Ridge		B
Southern Palestine Offensive		B
Battle of Beersheba (1917)		GA
Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe		B
Third Battle of Gaza		GA
Battle of Hareira and Sheria		B
Charge at Sheria		B
Charge at Huj		B
Battle of Mughar Ridge		GA
Battle of Ayun Kara		B
Battle of Jerusalem (1917)		GA
Battle of Nebi Samwil		C
Battle of Jaffa (1917)		B
Battle of El Burj		Stub
Battle of Tell 'Asur		C
Capture of Jericho		B
Occupation of the Jordan Valley		B
First Transjordan attack on Amman		B
Battle of Hijla		Stub
First Battle of Amman		B
Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt		B
Battle of Abu Tellul		Start
Third Transjordan attack		GA
Capture of Jisr ed Damieh		B
Second Battle of Amman		B
Action of Arsuf		C
Battle of Megiddo (1918)		C
Battle of Sharon		GA
Battle of Tulkarm		GA
Battle of Tabsor		GA
Battle of Arara		C
Battle of Nazareth		GA
Capture of Afulah and Beisan		GA
Capture of Jenin		GA
Battle of Haifa (1918)		C
Battle of Samakh		GA
Capture of Tiberias (1918)		GA
Battle of Nablus (1918)		GA
Capture of Damascus		B
Charge at Irbid		B
Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub		B
Charge at Kaukab		B
Charge at Kiswe		B
Charge at Khan Ayash		B
Pursuit to Haritan		B
Battle of Aleppo (1918)		B
Charge at Haritan		C

Mesopotamia Campaign

Arab Revolt

• Lawrence of Arabia
• Siege of Kut
• İsmail Enver
• Dunsterforce
• South Arabia during World War I

Africa

• African theatre of World War I
• East African Campaign (World War I)
• West Africa Campaign (World War I)
• Chilembwe uprising
• Makombe and Barue uprisings (Portuguese East Africa)
• Ruanda-Urundi offensive (1916)

Asia & Pacific

• German East Asia Squadron
• Siege of Tsingtao
• Siege of Toma
• Bombardment of Papeete
• Battle of Coronel
• Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
• Australian occupation of German New Guinea
• Occupation of German Samoa
• Battle of Bita Paka

Core Naval Topics

Navies & Tactics

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

Engagements

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

People

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

Technologies

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

Core Aviation Topics

Air Forces

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

Battles & Events

Article	Total pageviews	status
Fokker Scourge		3 of 5 for
Bloody April		3 of 5 for

Aircraft & Technology

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

People

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

Core Technology Topics

Vehicles

Artillery

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

Machine Guns

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

Small Arms

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

Radios and communication

Article	Hourly pageviews	Total pageviews	status
Signal Corps Radio			3 of 5 for
SCR-68			3 of 5 for

Core Impact and Aftermath Topics

• Detroit's Effort in the Great War-Before the US entered the War,US men going to Canada, 16th Regiment of Engineers(RailWay)
• George Lawrence Price - last commonwealth soldier to die in WWI
• Victoria Cross recipients of World War I (see List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients)
• Medal of Honor recipients of World War I (see List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I)
• Pour le Mérite recipients of World War I (see List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients)
• Frank Buckles - Last American WWI veteran; died 27 February 2011
• Claude Choules - Last Male British WWI veteran; died 5 May 2011
• Florence Green - Last Female British WWI veteran; died 4 February 2012
• Braid movement - Niger delta religious movement which boomed during World War I
• Songs of World War I