Talk:Tabaxi (tribe)

Organization or race
Is this an organization... like the Red Tigers or ethnicity like Chultan or Chondathan? It says Tribe, which makes me think or organization. Thoughts? - Darkwynters (talk) 00:10, December 23, 2014 (UTC)


 * I did a lot of research on this today (as is probably obvious), and my conclusion is that "Tabaxi" is essentially the 2nd ed. term for what 3rd ed. calls "Chultan". (This applies both to the ethnic group and the language.) The Grand History of the Realms comes out and says that the Tabaxi became the Chultans, if I am to trust the citations given here on the Wiki. Thus, I think Tabaxi certainly qualifies as an ethnic group.


 * I would argue anyhow, that "tribe" is more often than not defined by familial/descent groups. According to Wikipedia, modern folk tend to prefer the term "ethnic group" to tribe these days, and that is how I've always thought of it. An organization is more something one can join or quit than a tribe is&mdash;at least the way I've always viewed it.


 * So that's why I made Template:Ethnicity today. There wasn't an infobox for the current ethnicity articles, and then there was the issue of the Tabaxi, which didn't quite fit Template:Organization, IMO. And actually, I think it makes more sense to call the Red Tigers an ethnic group also.


 * In other words, I think we should treat all tribes as "sub-ethnicities".


 * I know we also use Template:Organization for families currently. I don't really like that, for similar reasons as not liking it for tribes, but I have no plans to go and replace it at the moment.


 * In general, I like the idea of specific infoboxes over broad ones. If that goes against policy here, let me know!


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 00:34, December 23, 2014 (UTC)