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Mismatch between nav title and pagename[edit]

The current Template space pagename is Template:Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia, but the main caption is Indigenous peoples of Western Australia. Is there some reason for this mismatch? Do we want to rename the page to Template:Indigenous peoples of Western Australia (currently, a red link)? Mathglot (talk) 01:36, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In this case inconsistency within Wikipedia reflects inconsistency in Australian usage - Indigenous Australians is used generally to include not only Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, but also the Tiwi people. See Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Indigenous, Aboriginal or Aborigine? on crikey.com.au. It has also been regularly discussed on various talk pages. In the case of Western Australia, either is accurate & as it is a list of the different groups, not misleading. Given that the caption "Indigenous peoples of Western Australia" links to Aboriginal groupings of Western Australia and the majority of the related templates refer to Aboriginal people (the exception is Qld which, which distinguishes the Torres Strait Islanders), I would keep the page name as is and change the caption to "Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia". Find bruce (talk) 03:28, 21 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AIATSIS is better source to refer to than Crickey this link explains https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/indigenous-australians-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people , yes Find bruce is correct that if known the preference is to be accurate, for broader groupings such as this specific template Aboriginal is accurate, in the National context Indigenous or Indigenous Australians as a shorthand method is acceptable, but preference is use the full Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders. The title of this is Indigenous because it part of a national series of templates for each state, its probable best to consider them all as a collective group rather than individually. Gnan garra 04:20, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]