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Add Parent Species to Ethnicity Article Template

Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by Cameron_Vec
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Ethnicity Parent Species Parent-Species

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

In the current article template for Ethnicity there is no drop down option for parent species. In worlds with multiple intelligent species this field would add additional clarity without having to use additional articles for blanket ethnicities to fill that gap. For example if there are humans, elves, and dwarves it would be able to say that Gondorian is an ethnicity of humans rather than the others.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

It would give an option to set species, therefore providing additional clarity, instead of having to use other work arounds. For the above example insted of having multiple articles labeled Human (one species and one ethnicity) you would only need the species article.

The Team's Response

Hello beans!   This suggestion did not reach any threshold. First of all establishing a relationship between a species and an ethnicity is already possible via the Species template (Generic > RELATED ETHNICITIES) . As a rule so far all relationships between article types are editable on the
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  • +50

    by Kaiserfish
    on 2021-09-23 02:19

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    by cedes
    on 2021-09-22 17:35

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    by GoldenLokosian
    on 2021-09-22 16:57

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    by B_Sylphaen
    on 2021-09-22 16:10

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    by MorozovBlue
    on 2021-09-22 11:12

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    by PorterOsborne
    on 2021-09-21 23:37

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    by Aila
    on 2021-09-21 23:16

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    by $heckles
    on 2021-09-21 16:33

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    by The Briar Wolf
    on 2021-09-21 02:11

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    by SHDWSTRDR
    on 2021-09-20 23:02

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    by StrayArya
    on 2021-09-20 12:24

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    by masquerin
    on 2021-09-20 10:38

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    by BackworldTraveller
    on 2021-09-19 07:28
    I'm not all that clear how this improves the article explosion problem described in the 2nd part of this issue statement as both species and ethnicity are still needed as articles for the dropdown to work. I'd agree that no "Parent Species" selection is a bit of a nuisance though.

  • +200

    by milcc.
    on 2021-09-18 15:51

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    by A Rambunctious Goblin
    on 2021-09-18 08:26

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    by LiaFelis
    on 2021-09-18 06:01

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    by Foxyowlet
    on 2021-09-18 04:24

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    by ZombieChameleon
    on 2021-09-18 02:45

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    by Sgòthan Laighe
    on 2021-09-18 00:47

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    by PEBOVE
    on 2021-09-18 00:05

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    by Arvid Vajstedt
    on 2021-09-17 16:21

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    by dthdncr
    on 2021-09-17 16:05

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    by aurora-shayde
    on 2021-09-17 05:00

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    by Seth1483
    on 2021-09-17 02:13

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    by ddaniel
    on 2021-09-16 12:51

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    by ptang01
    on 2021-09-16 11:24

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    by Nick_Scryer
    on 2021-09-16 05:52

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    by Bellzee
    on 2021-09-16 03:03

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    by DocGonic
    on 2021-09-15 04:48

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    by 339X
    on 2021-09-15 02:05

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    by mgjemi
    on 2021-09-15 00:46

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    by Lazy_Luzzy
    on 2021-09-14 23:43

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    by Lain105
    on 2021-09-14 18:45

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    by emolyn
    on 2021-09-14 17:45

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    by Batta
    on 2021-09-14 14:33

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    by Ben Mobley
    on 2021-09-14 14:17

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    by OldGuy33
    on 2021-09-14 10:35

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    by JRPGmuse
    on 2021-09-14 08:32

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    by Exnil
    on 2021-09-14 07:23

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    by Harvester19
    on 2021-09-14 07:08

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    by Reaper89
    on 2021-09-14 04:14

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    by Tyr'Izael
    on 2021-09-13 14:41

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    by niterune
    on 2021-09-13 01:41

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    by FailedLocket
    on 2021-09-13 01:33

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    by Rahjar
    on 2021-09-12 21:28

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    by Maltorok
    on 2021-09-12 07:58

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    by Endor60001
    on 2021-09-12 03:04

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    by Ravinesque
    on 2021-09-12 02:16

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    by Amanda Barylski
    on 2021-09-12 01:15

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    by That weirdo next door
    on 2021-09-12 00:55

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    by xluminaheart
    on 2021-09-11 20:01

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    by Gene.Bean
    on 2021-09-11 00:56

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    by RyderBailey
    on 2021-09-10 22:05

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    by vineivy
    on 2021-09-10 05:33
    I keep getting confused on why this isn't already a feature

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    by DColquitt42
    on 2021-09-10 02:20

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    by ano19920
    on 2021-09-09 20:39

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    by nightyfurion
    on 2021-09-09 18:14

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    by trainhighway
    on 2021-09-09 11:41

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    by PatheticBarrel
    on 2021-09-09 09:39
    Having had this conversation multiple times with Dimitri's over the years, I'm not shooting this down flat out.   To improve your request, I would suggest making it a multiple article selectable link, like Related Ethnicities in the Species template. This would be a great way to state "These various species can fall under the ethnic and cultural confines of this group, while for whatever reason these ones don't."   Even then, I don't feel it has a strong use or usercase to be implemented, but I get the appeal.

  • -100

    by A Filthy Dwarf
    on 2021-09-09 08:58

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    by Cobalt_Contrivance
    on 2021-09-09 07:25

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    by KajetanWrites
    on 2021-09-09 06:42
    Yes, please! I hate having to go to the species article every time I add a new ethnicity!

  • +20

    by LoreHound
    on 2021-09-09 03:01

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    by A Goodhearted Dryad
    on 2021-09-09 01:26

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    by 3picexplosions
    on 2021-09-09 00:21

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    by KingWestie
    on 2021-09-08 22:52

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    by WinterYellow
    on 2021-09-08 21:56

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    by ecl1psed
    on 2021-09-08 20:21

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    by Jkaayy
    on 2021-09-08 15:41

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    by DarthGaymer
    on 2021-09-08 12:56

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    by Sweet101052
    on 2021-09-08 07:35

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    by Plasma Ring
    on 2021-09-08 02:07

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    by AvalonFaery
    on 2021-09-08 01:59

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    by Baalon
    on 2021-09-08 00:46

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    by moonmasters
    on 2021-09-08 00:42

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    by SwarmoGyatso
    on 2021-09-07 15:49

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    by Zimo
    on 2021-09-07 15:34

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    by SchrammJonathan
    on 2021-09-07 07:52

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    by halduron
    on 2021-09-07 05:03

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    by lordskarik
    on 2021-09-07 04:56

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    by StudioRat
    on 2021-09-07 02:38

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    by michaelthominks
    on 2021-09-07 02:07

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    by EpicSmashMan
    on 2021-09-07 01:41

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    by Maltilum
    on 2021-09-07 00:04

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    by BlazingArcanine
    on 2021-09-06 23:35

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    by Aegnorindas
    on 2021-09-06 21:43

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    by WizardODwa
    on 2021-09-06 17:51

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    by AzounIV
    on 2021-09-06 15:50

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    by A Adorable Velociraptor
    on 2021-09-06 15:25

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    by JMTyranny
    on 2021-09-06 14:40

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    by AvalonArcana
    on 2021-09-06 14:09

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    by FizzyBee
    on 2021-09-06 13:21

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    by Unrequited
    on 2021-09-06 08:30

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    by arlosp
    on 2021-09-05 23:13

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    by Pookas Kreations
    on 2021-09-05 18:04

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    by A Fierce Orc
    on 2021-09-05 15:32

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    by ccpadilla
    on 2021-09-05 15:19

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    by Vantaj
    on 2021-09-05 14:26

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    by ramnorock
    on 2021-09-05 03:49

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    by Ebondjr
    on 2021-09-05 02:10

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    by SrSpaceCadet
    on 2021-09-05 01:55

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    by Francisco_Novoa
    on 2021-09-05 00:33

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    by A Fluffy Mimic
    on 2021-09-04 23:54

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    by PrincessESH
    on 2021-09-04 18:09
    You're already able to do this on the Species template.

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    by Hens
    on 2021-09-04 11:05

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    by SoulLink
    on 2021-09-04 09:25
    I think related ethnicities in the species tab covers this use case much better.   And although the Revolutionary T-Rex is probably not going to read this: But real live New Yorkers are an exceptionally bad counter-example as all New Yorkers are of the same species a.k.a Humans.

  • -200

    by LucasDLK
    on 2021-09-04 08:52

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    by Samson_Corvus
    on 2021-09-04 04:20

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    by A Revolutionary T-Rex
    on 2021-09-04 03:24
    I am sorry but ethnicities cannot have a parent species. It's like saying parent cars on spaceships. Ethnicities are groups of people that can and do encompass multiple species/races/phenotypes. i.e. New Yorkers are not only white, black, elves or humans.

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    by UltimateNerd00
    on 2021-09-04 02:16

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    by Snapps
    on 2021-09-04 01:52

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    by kasmiras
    on 2021-09-04 00:26

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    by Frozedlight
    on 2021-09-03 22:59

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    by BethSea13
    on 2021-09-03 19:46

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    by BlessedbytheMadgod
    on 2021-09-03 15:33

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    by A Beloved T-Rex
    on 2021-09-03 15:07

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    by DarkhorseMB
    on 2021-09-03 14:22

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    by toffepajja
    on 2021-09-03 14:07

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    by eccbooks
    on 2021-09-03 12:42
    There is a space for "RELATED ETHNICITIES" on the species template. This makes the connection visible in the sidebar of both the species and ethnicity articles. (See https://worldanvil.com/w/eccbooks/a/halfling and https://worldanvil.com/w/eccbooks/a/winkie) Does this not cover what you're looking for?

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    by Gangar4999
    on 2021-09-03 11:54

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    by Tijmuhn
    on 2021-09-03 11:30

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    by DarkNymfa
    on 2021-09-03 07:40

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    by Thatzer
    on 2021-09-03 07:18

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    by Silviooooooo
    on 2021-09-03 07:14
    I never understood (but maybe i missed an important point) why these two article templates could not be linked. As said above, you need a species for 'Elves' and ethnicities for 'Wood elves', 'dark elves'... and of course, it would be great if when you are reading the Species articles on elves, you could see in the right lateral box the list of related ethnicites. Great suggestion !

  • +300

    by Cameron_Vec
    on 2021-09-03 05:45

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