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This template is the project banner for WikiProject Ethnic groups, and is added to the talk pages of articles within the Project's scope.
This template adds Category:WikiProject Ethnic groups articles automatically to the Talk pages of articles where it is placed. Other categories may be added depending on the parameters selected. This template is a self-reference. Please add it to the article's talk page.
Usage edit
Just add {{WikiProject Ethnic groups |class= |importance= }} to the top of the talk page of any ethnic group related articles. Additional parameters include:
{{WikiProject Ethnic groups
|class=
|importance=
|attention=
|needs-infobox=
|merge=
|reassess=
}}
Quality scale edit
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Ethnic groups}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Ethnic groups|class=???}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
| FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Ethnic groups articles) |  FA |
|
| A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Ethnic groups articles) |  A |
|
| GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Ethnic groups articles) |  GA |
|
| B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Ethnic groups articles) | B | |
| C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Ethnic groups articles) | C | |
| Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Ethnic groups articles) | Start | |
| Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Ethnic groups articles) | Stub | |
| FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Ethnic groups articles) | FL |
|
| List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Ethnic groups articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
| NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Ethnic groups articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Ethnic groups articles) | ??? |
Importance scale edit
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Ethnic groups}} project banner on its talk page:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
| Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Ethnic groups articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Ethnic groups articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Ethnic groups articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Ethnic groups articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Ethnic groups articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Ethnic groups articles) | ??? |
Other template parameters edit
| Parameter | Associated category | Explanation | Supported values |
|---|---|---|---|
| attention | Category:Ethnic groups articles needing attention | Does this article need active attention (POV issues, badly organized, unreferenced)? | attention=yes The attention value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need attention. |
| merge | Category:Ethnic groups articles needing merge action | Should we consider merging this into another article? | merge=yes The merge value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need to be merged. |
| needs-infobox | Category:Ethnic groups articles needing infoboxes | Is it missing the {{Infobox Ethnic group}} template? | needs-infobox=yes The needs-infobox value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need an infobox. |
| reassess | Category:Ethnic groups articles needing reassessment | Does this article need an independent reassessment or validation of its current rating? | reassess=yes The reassess value should not appear in the template, if the article does not need be reassessed. |
See also edit