Template:Korean biographical category message/doc

Usage

This template is intended for use on category pages. It provides a gentle reminder to contributors to subcategorise North Koreans and South Koreans properly, instead of placing them in Category:Korean people categories. It has two parameters, a plural noun (like "painters") and a verb (like "painted")

Example 1: one parameter. The simplest use case:

• {{Korean biographical category message|Wikipedia editors}}

Produces:

This category is for Wikipedia editors holding the nationality of undivided Korea. In general this means people whose pertinent status or activities occur during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945), the Korean Empire (1897–1910), the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897), or preceding time periods. People of the Korean peninsula who would be categorised as Wikipedia editors solely due to activities or status after 1948 normally do not belong in this category, but should be placed in the subcategories Category:North Korean Wikipedia editors or Category:South Korean Wikipedia editors based on their nationality, place of origin, or place of residence. However, Korean people living abroad who never had any national affiliation with either North or South Korea (such as Koreans in Japan who never declared a change of nationality from Chōsen-seki), or whose nationality is not publicly known, should remain in this category. Common sense should be used to determine whether people whose pertinent activities or status occur between 1945 to 1948 belong in this category rather than North or South Korean subcategories.

Example 2: one parameter using alternative version, for use on categories named "from Korea".

• {{From Korea biographical category message|linguists}}

Produces:

This category is for linguists holding the nationality of undivided Korea. In general this means people whose pertinent status or activities occur during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945), the Korean Empire (1897–1910), the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897), or preceding time periods. People of the Korean peninsula who would be categorised as linguists solely due to activities or status after 1948 normally do not belong in this category, but should be placed in the subcategories Category:Linguists from North Korea or Category:Linguists from South Korea based on their nationality, place of origin, or place of residence. However, Korean people living abroad who never had any national affiliation with either North or South Korea (such as Koreans in Japan who never declared a change of nationality from Chōsen-seki), or whose nationality is not publicly known, should remain in this category. Common sense should be used to determine whether people whose pertinent activities or status occur between 1945 to 1948 belong in this category rather than North or South Korean subcategories.

Example 3: two parameters. This may decrease the awkwardness of the wording in some cases.

• {{Korean biographical category message|troutsmackers|smacked Wikipedia editors with trouts}}

Produces:

This category is for troutsmackers holding the nationality of undivided Korea. In general this means people who smacked Wikipedia editors with trouts during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945), the Korean Empire (1897–1910), the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897), or preceding time periods. People of the Korean peninsula who smacked Wikipedia editors with trouts after 1948 normally do not belong in this category, but should be placed in the subcategories Category:North Korean troutsmackers or Category:South Korean troutsmackers based on their nationality, place of origin, or place of residence. However, Korean people living abroad who never had any national affiliation with either North or South Korea (such as Koreans in Japan who never declared a change of nationality from Chōsen-seki), or whose nationality is not publicly known, should remain in this category. Common sense should be used to determine whether people who smacked Wikipedia editors with trouts between 1945 to 1948 belong in this category rather than North or South Korean subcategories.

See also

• Template:From Korea biographical category message for categories using "from Korea" such as Category:Linguists from Korea
• Nationality Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• South Korean nationality law