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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.
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
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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
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Battles and Operations
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| 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
|
Occupations, Atrocities and Propaganda
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Core Eastern Front Topics
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Battles & Operations
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Core Topics in other Fronts
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Battles & Operations
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Sinai and Palestine Campaign
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Core Aviation Topics
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Aircraft & Technology
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Core Technology Topics
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Radios and communication
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Core Impact and Aftermath Topics
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