Wikipedia:Encyclopedic genre
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In addition to the standard-level narrative article, there are a number of other examples of encyclopedic genre that have been in use on Wikipedia.
Encyclopedic genres
[edit]- Standard-level articles
- Introductory articles
- Encyclopedic dictionary articles
- Broad-concept articles
- "In popular culture" articles
- Lists (various types)
- Alphabetized lists or indexes
- Annotated lists
- Subheading-structured lists
- Chronological lists
- Sortable lists
- Timelines
- Glossaries
- Words
- Outlines
- Bibliographies
- Portals
- Current events by day
- Topical compendiums
- Wikipedia:Disambiguation
- Wikipedia:Set index articles