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 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.

Contents 1 Small size option 2 Quality scale 3 Importance scale 4 Other template parameters

[edit] Small size option

Setting the parameter |small=yes creates a more compact, right-aligned version. See Talk:Popora people for an example.

[edit] Quality scale

The first table below gives a brief, one-sentence description of possible quality scale values. Before assigning any article to a class, please take a few moments and read the full description of the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team's assessment system.

[Also see the Other Template Parameters, in the second table below.]

Each article may also be assigned to a particular class, intended as a point-in-time assessment of its overall "quality" - relative to the criteria given in the quality scale which is detailed below. Articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed by default in Category:Unassessed Ethnic groups articles.

The following values may be used for the class parameter (they should be entered exactly as given):

Class parameter values (Category:Ethnic groups articles by quality)

Value	Meaning	Category
class=FA	Articles which are currently Featured status articles	FA-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=A	A-class articles;	A-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=GA	Articles with a current Good article status	GA-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=B	B-class articles;	B-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=Start	Start-class articles;	Start-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=Stub	Stub-class articles;	Stub-Class Ethnic groups articles
class=NA	Not applicable; ie for miscellaneous pages such as disambiguation pages, which do not require an assessment	Non-article Ethnic groups pages

[edit] Importance scale

Each article may also be assigned a particular importance; for ethnic groups, we make a ver simple use of this. Articles for which a valid importance has not yet been provided are listed by default in Category:Unknown-importance Ethnic groups articles.

The following values may be used for the importance parameter (they should be entered exactly as given):

Class parameter values (Category:Ethnic groups articles by importance)

Value	Meaning	Category
importance=Top	Major, broad articles like ethnic group, nation	Top-importance Ethnic groups articles
importance=High	All actual ethnic groups and similar entities and articles on the history of any ethnic group within a particular country or region	High-importance Ethnic groups articles
importance=Mid	Other articles that are likely to be of general interest (for example, an article about the theatrical traditions of a particular ethnic group)	Mid-importance Ethnic groups articles
importance=Low	Articles that are not about individual ethnic groups and are not likely to be of general interest (for example, a building that houses an ethnic organization); also miscellaneous pages such as disambiguation pages, which do not require an assessment	Low-importance Ethnic groups articles

[edit] Other template parameters

Parameter	Associated category	Explanation	Supported values
attention	Cat: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.
reassess	Cat: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.
merge	Cat: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	Cat: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.