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This page explains what country pages are on Landrace.Wiki, what they should contain, and how to create one.
For an overview of the full geographic hierarchy, see Help:Geographic pages.
What is a country page?
A country page is the top-level geographic entry point for a nation's cannabis history, culture, legal framework, cultivation practices, and conservation status. It provides context that individual accession and region pages cannot: the legal environment that shapes what farmers can grow, the cultural traditions that explain why they grow it, and the historical forces that brought specific varieties to specific places.
Country pages are not simple summaries. They are reference articles built from primary sources, field observations, and published research. The Cambodia page, for example, draws on ethnobotanical fieldwork, colonial archives, US diplomatic cables, news reporting, and direct field observations spanning five decades.
The infobox
Every country page uses {{Infobox Country}} at the top. The infobox displays:
- Country name and local name (in native script)
- A map showing all accessions documented in that country
- Flag image
- Capital, continent, and gene pool
- Cannabis status section: legal status (with colour-coded styling), the year that status took effect, and the current enforcement level
- Documentation counts: growing regions, growing areas, and accessions automatically tallied via semantic queries
Infobox parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
country_name |
Display name (defaults to page title) | India |
local_name |
Name in local script with romanisation | भारत (Bhārat) |
flag |
Flag image filename | Flag of India.svg |
image |
Optional hero image filename | India_landscape.jpg |
image_caption |
Caption for hero image | Himalayan foothills |
capital |
Capital city | New Delhi |
continent |
Continent | Asia |
gene_pool |
Primary gene pool (creates a wiki link) | South Asia |
legal_status |
Current cannabis legal status | Illegal (exceptions for bhang) |
legal_status_class |
CSS class for styling: illegal, decriminalized, medical, legal, unknown |
illegal |
legal_status_year |
Year current status took effect | 1985 |
enforcement |
Description of enforcement level | Variable by state |
Standard sections
Country pages follow a consistent section structure. Not every section will be relevant for every country, but the ordering should be maintained where sections are present:
Lead paragraph
A concise overview of the country's relationship with cannabis: how long cultivation has been documented, what role it plays culturally, the current legal situation, and what is known (or not known) about its landrace varieties. Keep it factual and sourced.
Culture
Traditional and contemporary cannabis use: culinary, medicinal, religious, social, textile. Subsections as needed (e.g. "Culinary Use," "Medicinal Use," "Smoking and Social Use"). Attribute information clearly: ethnobotanical fieldwork, oral history, published sources.
Legal history
Chronological treatment of cannabis law in the country: pre-colonial status, colonial-era regulation, post-independence legislation, international treaty obligations, current legal framework. Cite primary legal sources (statutes, treaties, government reports) where possible.
Cultivation history
How cannabis has been grown over time: traditional practices, commercial expansion, shifts in cultivation geography, the impact of prohibition on growing practices. Include specific locations, dates, and scale where documented.
Growing practices
How cannabis is actually cultivated: traditional agronomy, modern prohibition-era adaptations, seasonal cycles, seed sourcing, processing methods. Distinguish between historical and current practices.
Varieties and genetics
What is known about the country's cannabis varieties: botanical classification, morphological observations, quality tiers, chemotype data if available. Be honest about gaps; most countries have no systematic genetic characterisation.
The market
Supply chain structure, pricing, domestic vs export trade, how the market has changed over time. Price tables with sources are valuable.
Enforcement
Eradication campaigns, arrest statistics, enforcement patterns and challenges, selective enforcement. Include the eradication map where data exists:
{{EradicationMap|country=CountryName|category=Enforcement|title=CountryName: Landrace cannabis eradication map|height=600px|limit=2000}}
Growing regions
A semantic query listing all growing regions documented for the country:
{{#ask:[[Category:Growing Region]][[Has country::{{PAGENAME}}]]
|?Has conservation status
|mainlabel=Region
|format=table
|class=wikitable sortable
|default=No growing regions documented yet.
}}
Follow with a similar query for growing areas.
Conservation status
Assessment of threats to the country's landrace varieties: eradication, genetic contamination, cultural disruption, habitat loss, knowledge destruction. State the overall conservation status (e.g. "Endangered") with justification.
See also, bibliography, references
Cross-links to related pages, a structured bibliography of key sources, and the references section using <references />.
Creating a country page
- Use the country's common English name as the page title (e.g. India, Cambodia, Thailand).
- Add
{{Infobox Country}}at the top with as many parameters as you can fill. - Write the lead paragraph.
- Add sections following the standard structure above. Leave out sections you cannot populate rather than including empty stubs.
- Add categories:
[[Category:Country]],[[Category:Asia]](or the relevant continent), and the relevant sub-region (e.g.[[Category:Southeast Asia]]). - Use
<references />at the bottom, not{{Reflist}}.
Writing standards
Country pages are among the most visible pages on the wiki. They set the standard for the rest of the project.
- Cite everything. Unsourced claims should carry
{{Citation needed}}tags. - Distinguish between direct observation, oral history, and published sources. See Norms: Tone and evidence.
- Use section stubs (
{{Section stub}}) for sections that need expansion, with TODO comments explaining what content is needed. - Do not use em dashes. Use commas, colons, semicolons, or periods instead.
- Keep language factual and documentary. No promotional language, no superlatives.
- Protect farmer identities and sensitive locations. See Norms: Safety.
Related pages
- Help:Geographic pages for the full geographic hierarchy.
- Help:Growing regions for creating growing region pages.
- Help:Growing areas for creating growing area pages.
- Help:Accessions for understanding accession pages.
- Help:Sourcing for citation formatting.
- Landrace.Wiki:Norms for project-wide standards.