This category contains articles flagged as needing merge action, in the WikiProject Ethnic groups article assessment and rating scheme.

Articles are automatically placed in this category if the merge parameter flag is set to a value of "yes" on the ((Ethnic groups)) project banner attached to the article's talk page. "Articles needing attention" include: those with POV concerns, lacking references, requiring substantial prose and layout overhauls, and assorted other general cleanup activities. Once the particular concerns identified for the article in question have been addressed, the attention flag should be removed.

Articles are automatically placed in category:Ethnic groups articles by quality sub- categories according to the particular class rating which has been assigned after an assessment by a Project team member. This should reflect the member's assessment of the article's quality at that point in time- if the quality of an article has subsequently changed, or the assessment could otherwise be re-evaluated, then the article's class rating may (at any time) be revised. Revisions of assessment ratings are done by assigning an appropriate value via the class parameter in the WikiProject Ethnic groups project banner ((Ethnic groups)). This project banner is placed at the top of these articles' talk pages. Please see the Project's article rating and assessment scheme for more information and the details and criteria for each rating value, or enquire at the Project's main discussion board for assistance.

This category is a self-reference, and as such does not pertain to encyclopedic content, but rather is used by the Project to categorize its workload.