User talk:Bruce PlantID

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Again, welcome! Whpq (talk) 22:31, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

As my intro says, I'm interested in providing illustrated ID tips for plants.

This involves assigning scientific names (IDs) to photos. How does Wikipedia evaluate the accuracy of these IDs?

Perhaps this has been discussed somewhere at Wikipedia, but I haven't found it yet.

At PlantID.net (my website), I evaluate the reputation of the photographer for ID accuracy. Most of my 100,000 ID photos are from a dozen or so generally acclaimed photographers who share their work on https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/.

For my own photos in a new Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia Wikipedia article I'm writing, I was able to key the plant given my specific location, using citable authorities (Flowering Plants of Edgewood Natural Preserve by Toni Corelli, with Natural Resources Database (NRDB.org) confirming plants known to exist there. I then had a head weeder at Edgewood (this is one of his target plants) visually confirm my photos.

Does that sound like what I should be doing?

Bruce PlantID (talk) 13:52, 20 May 2019 (UTC)Bruce PlantID

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Just make things clear since these template messages can be confusing, WP:NFCC on replaceability means that an image is deemed replaceable even if you can't find a free image if somebody could make a free image of the subject. Also, considering your interests, you might want to join WikiProject Plants. Regards -- Whpq (talk) 22:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

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