There are two types of general topics lists: Outlines and Indexes. Outlines are arranged hierarchically, while the topics in indexes are presented alphabetically.
The vast majority of lists on Wikipedia present the items of a class of things – those are item lists. The rest are general topics lists which are different than item lists because they present the subtopics of a given subject – their scope is an entire subject.
For example, for 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.
L'Ukraine a toujours aspiré à être libre ; mais étant entourée de la Moscovie, des États du grand-seigneur et de la Pologne, il lui a fallu chercher un protecteur, et par conséquent un maître, dans l'un de ces trois Etats. Elle se mit d'abord sous la protection de la Pologne, qui la traita trop en sujette ; elle se donna ensuite au Moscovite, qui la gouverna en esclave autant qu'il le put.
Voltaire. Histoire de Charles XII. Tome XVI. Paris, 1878.
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