How do Wikipedia pages end up in the About section of iNaturalist pages, both on web and in app? I am an iNatter and Wikipedian, and when I find cool things on my walks with iNat, if they don’t have a Wikipedia page already, I will often make that page so that the next person will have an easier way…

I believe it would be via the corresponding wikidata item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28464247 and its preferred link would be to the genus page at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82521-Aetole

How do Wikipedia pages get on "About" sections?

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pisum June 22, 2024, 11:56pm 6

see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-wikipedia-links-when-an-article-is-created-about-a-taxon/9084/12

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How do Wikipedia pages get on "About" sections?

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