Help:FAQ

Index of FAQ topics for Landrace.Wiki.

For general navigation and how-to guides, see Help:Contents. For contribution workflows, see Landrace.Wiki:Contributing.

General FAQs

• Overview FAQ – What Landrace.Wiki is, who runs it, and how it differs from a strain catalog or shop.
• Readers' FAQ – Finding, reading, and using region, field, and accession pages.
• Contributing FAQ – Why and how to contribute, accounts, and basic editing.
• Fieldwork & safety FAQ – Documenting illegal or sensitive cultivation while minimising risk.
• Technical FAQ – Questions about the software stack, data model, and limitations.

Specific FAQs

• Accessions FAQ – What counts as an accession, ID conventions, tiers, and minimum documentation.
• Regions & hierarchy FAQ – Gene pools, regional complexes, growing regions, growing areas, appellations, and fields.
• Sourcing & evidence FAQ – What counts as a good source; how to handle farmer testimony, oral history, and unsourced claims.
• Media & photos FAQ – What images are safe to upload, how to handle faces and locations, and basic licensing.
• Licensing & reuse FAQ – Reusing Landrace.Wiki text and media; how attribution and licences work.

Similar pages

These are not FAQs but answer a lot of the same questions in more detail:

• Landrace.Wiki:About – What the project is and what it covers.
• Landrace.Wiki:Mission-Statement – What the project is trying to do.
• Landrace.Wiki:Contributing – Main contribution paths, norms, and expectations.
• Landrace.Wiki:MediaWiki – How the wiki works under the hood (MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, PageForms, TemplateStyles).
• Glossary – Definitions of core terms used across the site.

See also

• Help:Contents – Main help index.
• Help:Directory – Directory of help and how-to pages. (Can be expanded over time.)
• Landrace.Wiki:Questions – Central place to ask questions and get help. (Create when you’re ready.)
• Special:RecentChanges – To see what is currently being edited.
• Special:SpecialPages – List of all built-in special pages you can use.