Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Template
The following is currently strictly a draft.
Not all sections will be useful for all groups, but this should be suggestive of appropriate ways to handle articles about ethnic groups and other similar human populations.
This article covers GROUP as an ethnic group, Optional phrase: not GROUP meaning citizens of COUNTRY.
Brief introduction, including anything noteworthy about the ethnic group.
| Total population year: | XX Million |
| Significant populations in: | Country 1, ideally with year, number of individuals, and percent of national population. Statistics for multiple years may be appropriate, but don't overdo it. Country 2, etc. |
| Language(s) | Languages used and percentages if needed. |
| terminology needed |
Applicability of the term "ethnic group" to GROUP
Discuss any controversies about defining of GROUP as an ethnic group (other than those which apply to the notion of "ethnic group" in all cases).
History
(OPTIONAL) Main article: History of GROUP.
Probable history of the ethnic group. Topics can include:
- Major migrations
- Origins of ethnic group and/or origins of its identity
- If this is an extinct group or an extinct classification, its demise
Culture
(OPTIONAL) Main article: GROUP Culture.
For those ethnicities not closely connected to a nation state, this is the place to discuss issues similar to what we would cover for the culture of a nation state. Typically (though not always), if a nation state exists, we can just point to that article.
Linguistic variability
Is this group closely associated with a particular language or languages? What other language(s) do they commonly use? Obviously, if they have a language uniquely their own, that needs to be handled according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages.
Religious distribution
Is this group closely associated with a particular religion? What other religion(s) do a large number of them adhere to?
Literature
(OPTIONAL) Main article: GROUP literature. Description of a body of literature or authors associated with the ethnic group. Could also refer to articles on the languages used or the countries in which they live: e.g. Literature of XXXX Country.
Arts
Description and discussion of artifacts, architecture, or inventions that are unique or different when practiced by members of the group.
Geographic distribution
In what countries/regions are people of this ethnicity found, and how many are there in each country.
COUNTRY 1
- Percent of the population of country in YEAR. Multiple years may be relevant if changes are dramatic
- First arrived in country when?
COUNTRY 2
etc.
Issues of Persecution
Targeting in ethnic persecution. This is an area to be particularly careful about POV and about attribution of statements.
Typically appropriate to split by country and/or era
Should include discussion of any persecuting agency, such as the institution of chattel slavery validating oppression of African Americans until the American Civil War, or the Interahamwe attacks on Tutsis in 1990s Rwanda.
Should include discussion of any protecting agency, such as the protection of Moslems and Jews by the Mongols during the Mongol rule over China, or the Russian sponsorship of various Slavic minorities in the Ottoman Empire, or examples of contitutional protection of minority ethnic rights.
Institutions
Countries, regional governments, para-states, ethnic political parties, ethnically-based liberation movements, etc. closely associated with this ethnicity
Classification
A description of larger ethnic classifications under which this group falls.
Subgroups
List of subgroups of the ethnicity. Major subgroups with lots of information should probably have their own page.
External links
Is there anything we want to standardize?
OTHER IDEAS, NOT YET ABSORBED INTO TEMPLATE
- kinship groups and the need for coalitions for survival