Template:Infobox Ethnic Group
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This is a documentation subpage for Infobox Ethnic Group. It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template.
The {{Infobox Ethnic Group}} template produces the summary sidebar for an ethnic-group ("people") hub article: a people-level overview of a community's demography, language, history, religion and culture. It always places the article in Category:Ethnic groups.
Usage
Copy the blank syntax to the top of the article, above the lead paragraph.
{{Infobox Ethnic Group
| name =
| native_name =
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| population =
| population_year =
| population_ref =
| regions =
| languages =
| religion =
| related_groups =
| regional_cat =
}}
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
name |
Title-bar name. Defaults to the page name if omitted. |
native_name |
Endonym(s) in native script with transliteration, e.g. ᱦᱚᱲ (Hor).
|
image |
File name only (no File: prefix). Optional.
|
image_alt |
Alt text. Required whenever image is set.
|
caption |
Caption beneath the image. |
population |
Total population figure or range. |
population_year |
Year or range, shown in parentheses. |
population_ref |
Optional <ref> for the total.
|
regions |
Free-form bulleted list of regions with significant populations; nest sub-national rows with **. Put the supporting reference on the first (country) line.
|
languages |
Language(s), wikilinked. |
religion |
Religion(s); summarise contested classifications briefly and point to the body. |
related_groups |
Related ethnic groups, wikilinked. |
regional_cat |
Optional second category (no Category: prefix). Ethnic groups is always added automatically.
|
Accessions
Accessions name the people among whom they were collected in the ethnic_group parameter of
{{Accession}}, which stores Property:Has ethnic group. When at least one accession names the page, the
infobox shows an Accessions row with the count, linked to the article's Accessions section. Place
{{Ethnic group accessions}} under an == Accessions == heading to list them; it shows a short
notice while none are documented.
Example
See Santal people.