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This is a project information page for Landrace.Wiki. It describes the project's standards, processes, or structure. It is not an encyclopaedic article.

This page provides help with the most common tasks on Landrace.Wiki.

If you have a specific question, see Help:FAQ for an index of frequently asked questions.

If you're not sure where to start, read Landrace.Wiki:About and Landrace.Wiki:Contributing, then use the sections below as needed.

Read and find pages

If you just want to read or explore:

• Use the search box at the top of every page. Type what you are looking for and hit Enter to see search results.
• Browse by region using the main navigation and growing-region cards on the home page.
• Follow links inside accession, field, and region pages to move up and down the geographic hierarchy.
• Use Special:AllPages or Special:Random if you want to wander.

For more detail on browsing:

• Help:Navigation – how to search, follow links, and use special pages.
• Landrace.Wiki:About – what the project is and how pages fit together.

Edit pages and contribute

Anyone with an account can help improve the wiki.

• See Landrace.Wiki:Contributing for the main ways to help (accessions, regions, copyediting, photos, technical work).
• To edit a page, click the Edit tab at the top (or an edit link next to a section).
• Make your change, then write a short edit summary explaining what you did and click Save.
• You can practice safely in Help:Sandbox or in your own personal sandbox at Special:MyPage/sandbox.

Editing basics:

• Help:Editing basics – text formatting, links, lists, and basic references.
• Help:Formatting and layout – page structure, tables, images, and wiki conventions.

Document accessions and regions

Landrace.Wiki is built around accessions, fields, and growing regions.

If you have real field data, seeds, or long-term observations:

• Start with Document accessions and fields.
• Use the accession form linked from relevant field or region pages when it is available.
• Fill out all Tier 1 fields: collection date, location, basic context, and plant/seed info.
• Link each accession to its field, appellation, and growing region.

Helpful references:

• Landrace.Wiki:MediaWiki – how the software stack and data model work.
• Help:Accessions – how to fill out accession forms (Tier 1 and beyond).
• Help:Regions and fields – how to create and maintain region, area, appellation, and field pages.

Fix a problem with a page

If you see something wrong, you can usually fix it yourself.

Typical issues you can just fix:

• Typos, broken formatting, or obviously outdated details.
• Missing links between accessions, fields, and regions.
• Overblown marketing language that needs to be made factual and neutral.

If you are not comfortable editing:

• Go to the page's Talk tab and describe the problem on the talk page.
• Sign your message with ~~~~ so others know who wrote it and when.

If there is a serious issue (for example, content that clearly puts someone at risk, or legal problems):

• Remove the sensitive detail if it is obviously dangerous, and leave a clear edit summary.
• Note the issue on the talk page.
• Contact the Zomia Collective through their usual channels with a link to the page.

Questions, help, and discussion

If you have a question, start with Help:FAQ.

If you still need help:

• Use talk pages:
  • Every content page has a talk page (click the Talk tab).
  • Ask questions, propose changes, or flag uncertainties there.
• Use your own user talk page (Special:MyTalk) to ask for help; other editors can reply there.
• For project-wide questions or structural changes, use:
  • Landrace.Wiki:Questions – central place to ask questions.
  • Landrace.Wiki:Contributing – for contribution-related questions and suggestions.
  • Landrace.Wiki:MediaWiki – for technical and data-model discussion.

When you ask a question, include a link to the page you are talking about and a clear description of the issue.

Style, sourcing, and norms

Landrace.Wiki is meant to be descriptive and grounded, not promotional.

Key expectations:

• Use a clear, factual tone. Describe what you saw, what farmers said, and what sources report.
• Distinguish between:
  • your own observations
  • farmer or community oral history
  • published sources (books, papers, reports)
• Add references where you make concrete claims about history, law, or science.
• Avoid detailed personal identifiers and exact locations that could put growers at risk.

Useful pages:

• Norms and expectations – scope, safety, tone and evidence.
• Landrace.Wiki:Mission-Statement – what the project is trying to do.
• Help:Sourcing – how to cite books, articles, and other references.

Technical and advanced topics

If you want to understand or work on the underlying structure:

• Landrace.Wiki:MediaWiki – overview of the software stack (MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, PageForms, TemplateStyles).
• Help:Templates and properties – how templates, semantic properties, and queries fit together. (Stub – to be expanded.)
• Help:Query examples – examples of semantic queries used for lists, maps, and statistics. (Stub – to be expanded.)

Tools you may find useful:

• Special:RecentChanges – see what has changed recently.
• What links here – see which pages link to a given page.
• Special:SpecialPages – list of all built-in special pages.

If you are completely new

If you just arrived and feel lost:

1. Read Landrace.Wiki:About for a high-level overview.
2. Skim Landrace.Wiki:Contributing and pick one contribution path that fits you.
3. Make one small edit (fix a typo, add a missing detail) to get used to the interface.
4. If you hit a wall, ask a question on a relevant talk page and sign with ~~~~.

You cannot "break" the wiki by making a good-faith edit. Everything has a history and can be reverted. The real risk is not making use of the knowledge you already have.