List pages

List pages enumerate items of a particular type, such as the List of sovereign states or List of South Africans. Wikipedia has "lists of lists" when there are too many items to fit
on a single page, when the items can sorted in different ways, or as a way of navigating lists on a topic (for example Lists of countries and territories or Lists of people). There
are several ways to find lists:

Portal:Contents/Lists A limited single-page collection of lists and lists of lists

List of lists of lists A broad single-page collection of lists of lists

Category:Lists Browse lists comprehensively via the multi-page Wikipedia category system

Timelines
Timelines list events chronologically, sometimes including links to articles with more detail. There are several ways to find timelines:

List of timelines has a long single-page collection

Category:Timelines has a comprehensive multi-page collection via the Wikipedia category system

Of particular interest may be:

List of centuries

List of decades

List of historical anniversariese.g. events on January 1 of any year

2017major events this year

Portal:Current eventsfeatured current events and related project activities

Deaths in 2017lists notable people who died this year

Category:Graphical timelinesgraphical timelines in the category and subcategories, arranged alphabetically

Glossaries
Glossaries are lists of terms with definitions. Wikipedia includes hundreds of alphabetical glossaries; they can be found two ways:

Portal:Contents/Glossaries A single-page list of glossaries

Category:Wikipedia glossaries Browse glossaries comprehensively via the Wikipedia category system

Bibliographies
Bibliographies list sources on a given topic, for verification or further reading outside Wikipedia:

Category:Wikipedia bibliographies has a complete multi-page listing

Category:Discographies
Discographies catalog the sound recordings of individual artists or groups.

Category:Discographies has a complete multi-page listing

Special format collections

Portals
Portals include featured articles, images, news, categories, excerpts of key articles, links to related portals, and to-do lists for editors. There are two ways to find portals:

Portal:Contents/Portals A single-page list of portals

Category:Portals Browse portals comprehensively via the Wikipedia category system