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General topics lists One type of article found on Wikipedia are lists. Lists vary by scope, with the vast majority of lists presenting the items of a class of things – those are item lists. The rest are general topics lists, which present the subtopics of a given subject – their scope is an entire subject. With respect to sharks, the item list is List of sharks and it presents shark species. A general topics list on sharks is the Outline of sharks, and its scope is everything about sharks. There are two types of general topics lists: Outlines and Indexes. Outlines are arranged hierarchically, while the topics in indexes are presented alphabetically. Read more: Portal:Contents Prior tip - Next tip