Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Progress
This page details the progress of the WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles. It is intended to give a general overview of the contribution and progress of this project. While it is regularly updated, it may not be completely up to date. Check the individual project pages for a more accurate estimate of progress. Greyed out projects have been completed. Through the life of this project about 290,000 links have been verified and removed or about 225 per day. (Estimate based on June 26, 2007 numbers).
Progress report
[edit]Estimates for finish dates may be very inaccurate for inactive projects and are optimistic for projects that require pruning of an initial list.
| Type | Name | Starting count | Missing count | Percent complete | Date started | Date finished/Est. finish | Days elapsed | Topics per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 1911 Britannica | 14,454 | 0 | 100% | December 5, 2004 | February 27, 2006 | 449 | 32.19 |
| General | 1911 Britannica verification | 22,272 | 4,437 | 80.08% | February 27, 2006 | January 10, 2032 | 7,566 | 2.36 |
| General | General encyclopedic topics | 77,877 | 14,107 | 81.89% | March 6, 2004 | November 23, 2031 | 8,289 | 7.69 |
| General | Hotlist of topics | 72,625 | 8,217 | 88.69% | September 1, 2005 | July 30, 2029 | 7,745 | 8.32 |
| General | List of 2007 Macropædia articles | 699 | 0 | 100% | November 17, 2006 | July 22, 2025 | 6,822 | 0.1 |
| General | Nuttall Encyclopedia | 16,000 | 0 | 100% | April 10, 2005 | November 10, 2005 | 214 | 74.77 |
| General | Citizendium list of missing articles | 442 | 10 | 97.74% | August 8, 2007 | April 27, 2027 | 7,039 | 0.06 |
| General | Most wanted | 261,875 | 203 | 99.92% | June 16, 2007 | November 21, 2026 | 7,092 | 36.9 |
| Crossover | 1911×2004 | 607 | 0 | 100% | July 25, 2005 | October 23, 2005 | 90 | 6.74 |
| Crossover | 1911x2004xNuttall | 28 | 0 | 100% | July 25, 2005 | July 28, 2005 | 3 | 9.33 |
| Crossover | 1911×Biographies | 10 | 0 | 100% | September 7, 2005 | September 15, 2005 | 8 | 1.25 |
| Crossover | 1911×Catholic | 103 | 0 | 100% | August 31, 2005 | February 10, 2006 | 163 | 0.63 |
| Crossover | 1911×Hotlist topics | 78 | 0 | 100% | September 8, 2005 | October 20, 2005 | 42 | 1.86 |
| Crossover | 1911×General encyclopedic topics | 251 | 0 | 100% | August 30, 2005 | November 24, 2005 | 86 | 2.92 |
| Crossover | 1911×Music | 62 | 0 | 100% | August 31, 2005 | December 19, 2005 | 110 | 0.56 |
| Crossover | 1911xNuttall | 174 | 0 | 100% | July 26, 2005 | August 9, 2005 | 14 | 12.43 |
| Crossover | 2004×Encarta | 524 | 0 | 100% | July 30, 2005 | January 4, 2006 | 158 | 3.32 |
| Crossover | Gutenberg authors×misc | 78 | 0 | 100% | September 30, 2005 | October 15, 2005 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Crossover | Top list | 142 | 0 | 100% | January 14, 2006 | March 30, 2007 | 440 | 0.32 |
| Crossover | General×Hotlist | 977 | 0 | 100% | September 23, 2005 | March 6, 2010 | 1,625 | 0.6 |
| Crossover | List of encyclopedia topics×music | 161 | 0 | 100% | December 25, 2005 | February 7, 2012 | 2,235 | 0.07 |
| Biography | Piracy | 1,097 | 825 | 24.79% | May 4, 2007 | February 14, 2086 | N/a | N/a |
| Biography | People list | 400 | 49 | 87.75% | February 19, 2004 | January 17, 2030 | 8,305 | 0.04 |
| Biography | Swiss Women in Red | 12,000 | 10,916 | 9.03% | July 2, 2016 | April 25, 2131 | 3,788 | 0.29 |
| Biography | Women in Science | 814 | 0 | 100% | April 12, 2012 | September 30, 2021 | 3,458 | 0.24 |
| Biography | Gender gap | 6,000 | 202 | 96.63% | October 22, 2012 | May 13, 2027 | 5,137 | 1.13 |
| Biography | Women in Red | 5,000 | 332 | 93.36% | December 5, 2007 | March 21, 2028 | 6,920 | 0.67 |
| Biography | Indigenous Women | 2,000 | 212 | 89.4% | April 25, 2013 | June 24, 2028 | 4,952 | 0.36 |
| Biography | Malaria people | 33 | 24 | 27.27% | June 16, 2010 | August 25, 2070 | 5,996 | 0 |
| Biography | Biographies | 11,089 | 0 | 100% | September 4, 2005 | April 23, 2009 | 1,327 | 8.36 |
| Biography | Find-A-Grave famous people | 46,698 | 4,500 | 90.36% | October 17, 2005 | February 13, 2029 | 7,699 | 5.48 |
| Biography | Project Gutenberg authors | 6,004 | 0 | 100% | September 27, 2005 | June 28, 2015 | 3,561 | 1.69 |
| Biography | World Cat | 1,500 | 9 | 99.4% | April 17, 2007 | December 28, 2026 | 7,152 | 0.21 |
| Biography | List of thinkers on education | 112 | 0 | 100% | October 22, 2008 | August 23, 2010 | 670 | 0.17 |
| Biography | Organized Crime | 1,459 | 1,458 | 0.07% | February 7, 2009 | N/a | 6,490 | 0 |
| Biography | Guantanamo Bay Detainees | 800 | 571 | 28.63% | January 5, 2006 | November 20, 2078 | 7,619 | 0.03 |
| Biography | Swedish Translators | 150 | 78 | 48% | May 2, 2013 | July 16, 2041 | 4,945 | 0.01 |
| Biography | Thomson-Reuters most cited scientists | 6,000 | 86 | 98.57% | October 13, 2013 | January 24, 2027 | 4,781 | 1.24 |
| Biography | Padma Awards | 877 | 777 | 11.4% | October 4, 2015 | March 30, 2113 | 4,060 | 0.02 |
| Biographies | Dictionary of Musicians | 1,976 | 1,596 | 19.23% | November 1, 2007 | November 3, 2106 | 6,954 | 0.05 |
| Biographies | Britannica's Black History biographies | 756 | 0 | 100% | October 20, 2005 | March 20, 2007 | 516 | 1.47 |
| Biographies | Dictionary of New Zealand Bio | 3,049 | 99 | 96.75% | October 20, 2005 | July 31, 2027 | 7,696 | 0.38 |
| Biographies | Bio of English Literature | 1,663 | 0 | 100% | March 12, 2006 | April 22, 2010 | 1,502 | 1.11 |
| Biographies | MacTutor archive bios | 1,869 | 0 | 100% | August 25, 2005 | January 16, 2019 | 4,892 | 0.38 |
| Biographies | MacTutor archive bios phase 2 | 275 | 249 | 9.45% | January 1, 2019 | April 5, 2102 | 2,875 | 0.01 |
| Biographies | DNB | 30,000 | 140 | 99.53% | August 17, 2007 | December 18, 2026 | 7,030 | 4.25 |
| Biographies | 1919 Bartlett's Quotations | 110 | 0 | 100% | February 23, 2007 | December 1, 2008 | 647 | 0.17 |
| Biographies | Australian Dictionary of Biography | 11,908 | 11,095 | 6.83% | February 15, 2012 | February 26, 2228 | 5,387 | 0.15 |
| Biographies | Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie | 27,085 | 27,084 | 0% | December 4, 2011 | N/a | 5,460 | 0 |
| Biographies | List of Poles | 25,000 | 21,881 | 12.48% | May 9, 2005 | November 4, 2177 | 7,860 | 0.4 |
| Biographies | Folk Music | 639 | 151 | 76.37% | January 30, 2021 | August 30, 2028 | 2,115 | 0.23 |
| Specialized | Dsp13 list | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0% | May 14, 2012 | N/a | 5,298 | 0 |
| Specialized | Croatian Encyclopedia | 44,500 | 44,500 | 0% | July 11, 2009 | N/a | 6,336 | 0 |
| Specialized | Mad Max list | 25,103 | 6,745 | 73.13% | June 19, 2006 | May 16, 2034 | 7,454 | 2.46 |
| Specialized | Gardening for the Million | 1,222 | 0 | 100% | August 18, 2006 | June 20, 2007 | 306 | 3.99 |
| Specialized | Grocer's Encyclopedia | 1,755 | 128 | 92.71% | November 8, 2005 | July 11, 2028 | 7,677 | 0.21 |
| Specialized | Literary Encyclopedia | 2,510 | 411 | 83.63% | November 26, 2005 | December 24, 2030 | 7,659 | 0.27 |
| Specialized | Music Encyclopedia topics | 46,082 | 23,737 | 48.49% | June 25, 2005 | August 6, 2049 | 7,813 | 2.86 |
| Specialized | Global Glossary of the Greco-Roman World (incomplete) | 150 | 140 | 6.67% | June 23, 2007 | June 12, 2298 | 7,085 | 0 |
| Specialized | Clothing and Fashion | 640 | 257 | 59.84% | September 24, 2015 | May 8, 2034 | 4,070 | 0.09 |
| Specialized | Massachusetts Indians | 100 | 8 | 92% | August 1, 2015 | November 9, 2027 | 4,124 | 0.02 |
| Specialized | Encyclopedia of Race and Crime | 377 | 93 | 75.33% | February 22, 2017 | January 21, 2030 | 3,553 | 0.08 |
| Specialized | Encyclopaedia of the Viking Age | 493 | 122 | 75.25% | July 29, 2015 | August 3, 2030 | 4,127 | 0.09 |
| Specialized | Wrestling Title Histories | 18,739 | 18,739 | 0% | August 14, 2019 | N/a | 2,650 | 0 |
| Specialized Religion | Catholic Encyclopedia | 12,502 | 1,329 | 89.37% | August 3, 2005 | May 28, 2029 | 7,774 | 1.44 |
| Specialized Religion | Easton's Bible Dictionary | 3,964 | 469 | 88.17% | September 12, 2005 | September 18, 2029 | 7,734 | 0.45 |
| Specialized Religion | Evangelical Dictionary of Theology | 6,259 | 1,906 | 69.55% | October 17, 2009 | May 8, 2034 | 6,238 | 0.7 |
| Specialized Religion | The Encyclopedia Biblica | 855 | 375 | 56.14% | June 29, 2005 | July 30, 2043 | 7,809 | 0.06 |
| Specialized Religion | Jewish Encyclopedia | 15,310 | 5,981 | 60.93% | June 28, 2005 | July 31, 2040 | 7,810 | 1.19 |
| Specialized Religion | Encyclopedia of African Religion | 51 | 44 | 13.73% | June 10, 2020 | April 19, 2067 | 2,349 | 0 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Art & Architecture | 13,669 | 3,423 | 74.96% | November 10, 2005 | November 22, 2033 | 7,675 | 1.33 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Electronics (incomplete) | 426 | 169 | 60.33% | December 11, 2005 | August 20, 2040 | 7,644 | 0.03 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of History of Ideas | 340 | 10 | 97.06% | November 10, 2005 | July 6, 2027 | 7,675 | 0.04 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Mythology & Folklore | 17,346 | 7,632 | 56% | November 13, 2005 | May 18, 2043 | 7,672 | 1.27 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Hotlist of Plants | 3,858 | 1,938 | 49.77% | December 22, 2006 | December 16, 2046 | 7,268 | 0.26 |
| Specialized Hotlist | Missing mammal species | 652 | 254 | 61.04% | October 3, 2007 | January 27, 2039 | 6,983 | 0.06 |
| Arts | Your Paintings | 36,864 | 26,461 | 28.22% | December 13, 2012 | April 14, 2062 | 5,085 | 2.05 |
| Arts | 250 Paintings | 250 | 39 | 84.4% | April 5, 2009 | February 16, 2030 | 6,433 | 0.03 |
| Arts | Satoshi Nakamura’s Photographers | 1,395 | 680 | 51.25% | June 11, 2019 | December 9, 2033 | 2,714 | 0.26 |
| Politicians | American politicians | 4,376 | 480 | 89.03% | April 27, 2011 | October 15, 2028 | 5,681 | 0.69 |
| Politicians | Australian politicians | 373 | 0 | 100% | January 5, 2006 | April 5, 2012 | 2,282 | 0.16 |
| Politicians | Canadian politicians | 1,570 | 0 | 100% | January 8, 2006 | July 15, 2014 | 3,110 | 0.5 |
| Politicians | Canadian politicians 2 | 570 | 0 | 100% | January 22, 2006 | December 20, 2012 | 2,524 | 0.23 |
| Politicians | German politicians | 2,900 | 2,296 | 20.83% | January 11, 2006 | February 8, 2106 | 7,613 | 0.08 |
| Politicians | Miscellaneous Politicians | 1,508 | 346 | 77.06% | September 3, 2006 | November 20, 2032 | 7,378 | 0.16 |
| Politicians | US state Judges | 1,200 | 803 | 33.08% | August 18, 2014 | August 21, 2051 | 4,472 | 0.09 |
| Politicians | EU Parliament | 75 | 54 | 28% | April 29, 2019 | April 13, 2046 | 2,757 | 0.01 |
| Politicians | Chilean Politics | 1,654 | 1,654 | 0% | June 5, 2006 | N/a | 7,468 | 0 |
| Publications | Notable books | 6,284 | 3,473 | 44.73% | December 22, 2005 | September 10, 2052 | 7,633 | 0.37 |
| Publications | Books on History of medicine | 376 | 235 | 37.5% | December 6, 2005 | October 10, 2061 | 7,649 | 0.02 |
| Publications | Books in Portuguese | 400 | 347 | 13.25% | November 1, 2006 | January 26, 2158 | 7,319 | 0.01 |
| Publications | US newspapers | 7,363 | 4,259 | 42.16% | November 13, 2005 | September 11, 2055 | 7,672 | 0.4 |
| Publications | Missing Dictionaries | 52 | 46 | 11.54% | December 7, 2006 | September 30, 2179 | 7,283 | 0 |
| Publications | Academic Journals | 12,850 | 6,780 | 47.24% | November 25, 2006 | March 7, 2049 | 7,295 | 0.83 |
| Education | Colleges and Universities | 3,593 | 331 | 90.79% | January 13, 2006 | December 26, 2028 | 7,611 | 0.43 |
| Education | High Schools | 22,188 | 6,861 | 69.08% | October 28, 2005 | April 17, 2036 | 7,688 | 1.99 |
| Medical | Medical subject headings | 22,568 | 0 | 100% | May 8, 2006 | June 11, 2012 | 2,226 | 10.14 |
| Medical | Genome glossary | 449 | 0 | 100% | November 26, 2006 | December 21, 2014 | 2,947 | 0.15 |
| Medical | Cancer dictionary | 5,004 | 971 | 80.6% | November 26, 2006 | September 6, 2031 | 7,294 | 0.55 |
| Medical | Diseases | 5,647 | 3,469 | 38.57% | January 13, 2006 | January 23, 2060 | 7,611 | 0.29 |
| Movies, Music and TV | Movie Guide | 412 | 238 | 42.23% | June 21, 2010 | April 23, 2049 | 5,991 | 0.03 |
| Movies, music and TV | Notable albums | 2,972 | 0 | 100% | November 8, 2005 | August 8, 2009 | 1,369 | 2.17 |
| Movies, music and TV | Notable films | 1,914 | 0 | 100% | November 7, 2005 | March 12, 2009 | 1,221 | 1.57 |
| Movies, music and TV | Notable songs | 7,028 | 268 | 96.19% | December 19, 2005 | September 14, 2027 | 7,636 | 0.89 |
| Movies, music and TV | TV shows | 10,720 | 1,862 | 82.63% | November 17, 2005 | April 15, 2031 | 7,668 | 1.16 |
| Geography | Antartica Geography | 14,000 | 10 | 99.93% | September 27, 2005 | November 21, 2026 | 7,719 | 1.81 |
| Compiled Lists | Planet Math | 25,069 | 13,774 | 45.06% | August 1, 2005 | November 1, 2052 | 7,776 | 1.45 |
| Compiled Lists | NIST Algorithms | 1,450 | 228 | 84.28% | August 12, 2005 | November 3, 2030 | 7,765 | 0.16 |
| Compiled Lists | Missing Aircraft articles | 4,942 | 824 | 83.33% | April 6, 2009 | May 25, 2030 | 6,432 | 0.64 |
| Compiled lists | List of large companies | 700 | 0 | 100% | October 27, 2005 | November 1, 2010 | 1,831 | 0.38 |
| Compiled lists | Quiz Bowl answers | 1,444 | 0 | 100% | July 1, 2005 | October 6, 2011 | 2,288 | 0.63 |
| Compiled lists | Stanford Archive answers | 39,452 | 495 | 98.75% | December 19, 2008 | February 6, 2027 | 6,540 | 5.96 |
| Compiled lists | US TV stations | 2,084 | 0 | 100% | November 10, 2005 | July 19, 2025 | 7,191 | 0.29 |
| Compiled lists | Major towns and cities | 125 | 0 | 100% | December 17, 2006 | July 15, 2008 | 576 | 0.22 |
| Compiled lists | Patent glossary | 527 | 171 | 67.55% | November 1, 2006 | July 1, 2036 | 7,319 | 0.05 |
| Compiled lists | Molecule of the Month | 124 | 18 | 85.48% | September 16, 2012 | April 11, 2029 | 5,173 | 0.02 |
| Compiled lists | French Wine Project | 381 | 83 | 78.22% | March 2, 2013 | September 9, 2030 | 5,006 | 0.06 |
| Totals | Totals (includes duplicates) | 1,165,558 | 325,311 | 72.09% | March 6, 2004 | August 29, 2035 | 8,289 | 101.37 |