":::::::::It can mean ""ethnic group"", but it often doesn't. It can mean ""people from a given place"". The word is ambiguous. It has no coded meaning that implies unified ethnicity. Most of our articles are about specific ethnic groups. French people is primarily about ethnic Frenchmen. Germans is primarily about ethnic Germans, but it excludes ethnic Germans in countries other than Germany, such as Austrians. Romanians explains that Moldavians may or may not be considered Romanian, and that the issue is politicised. Japanese people defines the ""Japanese"" as an ethnic group, but then goes on to say that ""Article 10 of the Constitution of Japan defines the term Japanese based on the Japanese Nationality. Indeed, Japan accepts a steady flow of 15,000 new Japanese citizens by naturalization (帰化) per year"". What's more, we've also got Yamato people, Ryukyuan people. Are these Japanese, or are they not Japanese? Ethnicity is a mess, and it is a subjective categories. There is no consistency, because the word ""people"" can be interpreted in many different ways, just as the word ""German"" can be. The only effect that this move would have is to shorten the title. Both mean exactly the same thing, and embody the exact same ambiguity.  —   
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