Landrace.Wiki:Original research

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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.

The {{Original research}} tag flags a sentence or short claim that appears to be original research, unsourced synthesis, or speculative interpretation not published in a citable source.

Landrace.Wiki is a documentation project, not a venue for analytical argument. Pages report what published sources say and attribute their claims. Editorial synthesis, comparative argument and original interpretation belong in Patreon longform, which can then be cited back from wiki pages via the dillonYYYYx reference pattern.

What counts as original research

Anything where the wiki page itself is the first publication of a claim, a connection between sources, or an interpretation. Common patterns:

• A sentence asserts a fact for which no source is given and which is not a routine factual statement.
• A sentence draws a conclusion across two or more sources that none of those sources individually supports.
• A sentence makes an inference about cause, descent or genetic relationship that the cited sources do not themselves make.
• A sentence repeats an argument from an external Patreon piece without citing the piece.

What does not count

• Routine factual statements that happen to be uncited. Use {{Citation needed}} instead.
• Vague phrasing or undue praise. Use {{Clarify}} or {{Peacock term}}.
• Direct paraphrase or quotation from a cited source, even if the source itself draws a synthetic conclusion. The synthesis belongs to the source, not the wiki.

How to resolve a tagged claim

In order of preference:

1. Find a published source that supports the claim and cite it inline. If the source attests the fact but not the framing, rewrite to match what the source actually says and downgrade the tag to {{Citation needed}} if a different gap remains.
2. Rewrite the sentence to attribute the interpretation to whoever made it ("Chouvy proposes...", "Martin argues..."). Attributed interpretation is no longer the wiki's own synthesis.
3. Move the analytical content to a Patreon post and cite the post on the wiki via the dillonYYYYx reference pattern. Wiki content then reflects published argument, not unpublished editorial inference.

Removing the tag without fixing the underlying issue is not a resolution.

Usage

Place {{Original research}} immediately after the sentence concerned. An optional date parameter records when the flag was raised:

{{Original research|date=May 2026}}

Tagged mainspace pages are added to Category:Pages with original research.

See also

• {{Original research}} — the inline tag
• Landrace.Wiki:Citation needed — companion policy for missing citations
• Help:Sourcing — citation conventions on the wiki
• Category:Pages with original research — cleanup queue