Wikipedia:Featured articles
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 of 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.
The notion of "brilliant prose", however, does not mean that these articles are "complete" in any sense. Wikipedia is always improving and every page can be infinitesimally bettered, so if you think you have some even more brilliant insights to add, be bold and put them in!.
Nevertheless, be critical, if you think an article is mediocre at-most or needs some more work, just remove it from this list (until someone else puts it back after you've done your sweeping improvements :) ).
If you want to know the secrets about writing brilliant prose, read how to write a great article.
Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science
Alchemy -- Astronomy and astrophysics -- Biology -- Carbon -- Cladistics -- Comet -- Computational complexity theory (and related pages) -- Diamond -- DNA -- Earth -- Electron hole -- Free will -- Game theory -- Gene -- Geologic ages (and related pages) -- Glass -- Global warming -- Helium -- LSD -- Ockham's Razor -- Ordinal -- Paleontology -- Paradox (and related pages) -- Periodic table -- Platypus -- Protista (and related pages) -- Pythagorean theorem -- Quantum mechanics -- Rainbow -- Statistics (and related pages) -- Symposium
Applied Arts and Sciences
Algorithm -- API -- ASCII -- Code -- Computer numbering formats -- Echelon -- Fountain pen -- Information theory -- Knot -- Markup language -- Nuclear weapon -- Quantum computer -- Road transport -- Search engine -- Secure computing -- Spamming -- Typewriter -- Telephone switch -- World Wide Web
Biography
Achilles -- Mortimer Adler -- Alexander the Great -- Ibn Battuta -- Humphrey Bogart -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Paul Erdös -- Jim Henson -- Alfred Hitchcock -- Homer -- Stephen King -- Rudyard Kipling -- Lamarck -- Nella Larsen -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Joshua A. Norton -- Perseus -- Rhazes -- Rembrandt van Rijn -- Martha Stewart -- Eugene Wigner
Culture
Analogue disc record -- Crime fiction -- Montparnasse -- Prostitution
Economics
Economics -- English/British_coin_Penny -- Euro -- London Congestion Charge -- Market form (and related pages) -- Prisoners dilemma
Film, TV and radio
Film theory -- Have I Got News For You -- Paramount Pictures -- The Simpsons episodes, for example There's No Disgrace Like Home -- Star Trek -- The Today programme -- Three Colors: Blue
Games
Blackjack -- Bridge -- Chess -- Chess strategy and tactics -- Go (board game) -- Prisoner's dilemma -- Poker -- Pub quiz -- Sample chess game -- Stone, Paper, Scissors
History
Battle of Jutland -- Behistun Inscription -- Byzantine Empire -- Chinese history -- East Germany -- Falkland Islands War -- History of Egypt -- History of England -- History of Germany -- History of Levant -- History of Scotland -- History of the Netherlands -- History of the United States -- Irish Houses of Parliament -- Krakow -- Nagasaki -- Operation Market Garden -- Peloponnesian War -- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack -- Treblinka extermination camp -- World War I
Language
British English -- Hebrew language -- Chinese language -- Chinese written language -- Japanese language -- Neologism -- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Law
Copyright -- Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Negligence -- Statute of limitations -- Terrorism
Medicine & health
Anorexia nervosa -- Tuberculosis -- Menstrual cycle -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Military
Nuclear warfare -- Tank -- Tank history -- V1 Flying Bomb
Music
Disco -- Freestyle music -- Hip hop -- Jazz -- Madonna -- Musical instrument -- Roy Orbison -- Pickup -- Punk rock -- Saxophone -- Sex Pistols -- Simon and Garfunkel -- Talking Heads
Politics
Anarchism -- Gough Whitlam -- Libertarian socialism -- Libertarianism -- President of the United States of America -- Prime Minister of Australia -- Propaganda
Psychology
Milgram experiment -- Psychosis
Religion and beliefs
The Book of Mormon -- Christianity -- End times -- Greek mythology (and related pages) -- Idolatry -- Norse mythology (category) -- Protestantism -- Scientology -- Sons of Noah
Sport
Baseball -- Bodyline (cricket) -- Montreal Canadiens -- Summer Olympic Games
Other
Anno Domini -- Bulldogging -- Freemasonry -- Gulliver's Travels -- Hebrew calendar -- Horse-breaking -- Horseshoe -- Leet -- Nude celebrities on the Internet -- Political correctness -- Science fiction -- Sheepshead -- Sniper -- Spacecraft propulsion -- Tea
Wikipedia
Wikipedia FAQ -- WikiProject U.S. States
Again, feel free to add to the list when you think an article deserves the mention!
see also The dark side of Wikipedia, Brilliant pictures