# \#wikipedia **URL:** https://forum.inaturalist.org/tag/wikipedia/11.md [Latest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inaturalist.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inaturalist.org/tags.md) --- ## [Trying to refresh Wikipedia content gives 429 error](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/trying-to-refresh-wikipedia-content-gives-429-error/84771)
**Author:** [@zygy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zygy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/trying-to-refresh-wikipedia-content-gives-429-error/84771 "2026-09-02T17:02:50Z")
Platform: Website Browser, if a website issue: Firefox URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/859236/edit Description of problem: I’ve been trying to resolve s… --- ## [New curator question. Wikipedia link not rendering](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-curator-question-wikipedia-link-not-rendering/81380)
**Author:** [@radrat](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/radrat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-curator-question-wikipedia-link-not-rendering/81380 "2026-07-07T18:59:45Z")
Hey folks, new curator here so apologies for the newbie question if the answer is obvious. I requested curator privileges precisely to help curate broken links between iNat and Wikipedia, since I am part of a volunteer c… --- ## [Taxon page for Fomitopsis quercina is missing link to Wikipedia page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taxon-page-for-fomitopsis-quercina-is-missing-link-to-wikipedia-page/76683)
**Author:** [@adam24061](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/adam24061)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taxon-page-for-fomitopsis-quercina-is-missing-link-to-wikipedia-page/76683 "2026-03-16T11:50:36Z")
Platform: web App version number, if a mobile app issue: Browser, if a website issue: Safari and Firefox URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1536892-Fomito… --- ## [Popup Wikipedia previews extension](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/popup-wikipedia-previews-extension/73708)
**Author:** [@underthesea](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/underthesea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/popup-wikipedia-previews-extension/73708 "2025-12-15T20:54:02Z")
Hello! I recently wrote an open-source Firefox add-on that loads Wikipedia preview popups on iNaturalist. Basically, a Wiki icon appears next to every taxon link, and when you mouse over that icon, a popup preview from … --- ## [250k iNat images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/250k-inat-images-uploaded-to-wikimedia-commons/73237)
**Author:** [@Loopy30](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Loopy30)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/250k-inat-images-uploaded-to-wikimedia-commons/73237 "2025-12-12T00:22:42Z")
Another milestone was reached today as the 250,000th image from iNaturalist was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, the project that serves as the central repository for all image, audio and video files used on Wikimedia proj… --- ## [Introduce a description icon or filter for missing taxa descriptions on iNaturalist](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/introduce-a-description-icon-or-filter-for-missing-taxa-descriptions-on-inaturalist/18601)
**Author:** [@andrawaag](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrawaag)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/introduce-a-description-icon-or-filter-for-missing-taxa-descriptions-on-inaturalist/18601 "2025-01-29T04:24:35Z")
I am part of a group of volunteers who get joy in writing missing Wikipedia articles from iNaturalist observations. These articles are being used on iNaturalist to populate the Description tab on the taxa pages. It keeps… --- ## [Random Thought on Wikipedia Pages of Fungi](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/random-thought-on-wikipedia-pages-of-fungi/58303)
**Author:** [@theresephillips](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/theresephillips)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/random-thought-on-wikipedia-pages-of-fungi/58303 "2024-11-15T21:39:49Z")
I am currently looking at fungi Wikipediaes, mainly mushrooms, and realized that having the chemical tests laid-out as the mycological characteristics are laid-out would be extremely helpful, just a thought for those who… --- ## [Fix taxobox parameters in "create this page on Wikipedia" prompt](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fix-taxobox-parameters-in-create-this-page-on-wikipedia-prompt/18395)
**Author:** [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fix-taxobox-parameters-in-create-this-page-on-wikipedia-prompt/18395 "2024-10-22T02:06:51Z")
@plantdrew noted this before, but looks like the Speciesbox and Automatic taxobox parameters still need to be adjusted. The taxon= parameter is missing from the Speciesbox pages. I’d also recommend removing “parent=” and… --- ## [My first Wiki article - how did I do?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-first-wiki-article-how-did-i-do/54699)
**Author:** [@shroomysean](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/shroomysean)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/my-first-wiki-article-how-did-i-do/54699 "2024-08-25T16:47:35Z")
I recently found a less common mushroom, Cyclocybe erebia, and noticed it did not have a Wikipedia page. I decided to learn how to create and format Wikipedia articles in less than an hour, and this is what I managed to … --- ## [How do Wikipedia pages get on "About" sections?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-do-wikipedia-pages-get-on-about-sections/52630)
**Author:** [@bayareawalker](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bayareawalker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-do-wikipedia-pages-get-on-about-sections/52630 "2024-06-23T21:20:23Z")
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 alre… --- ## [Creating missing Wikipedia articles for iNat's Observations of the Week](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/creating-missing-wikipedia-articles-for-inats-observations-of-the-week/18057)
**Author:** [@radrat](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/radrat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/creating-missing-wikipedia-articles-for-inats-observations-of-the-week/18057 "2024-06-23T16:57:26Z")
Hey all, I am part of a collective of volunteers helping bridge the gap between iNaturalist and Wikipedia/Wikimedia projects. Today I met with some of the folks involved in this group—@siobhanleachman, @andrawaag, @adze… --- ## ["About" Section Not Working](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-section-not-working/52152)
**Author:** [@goliath\_birder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/goliath_birder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-section-not-working/52152 "2024-06-14T15:58:01Z")
Platform: Website Browser: Safari URLs: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1122690-Anser-anser-domesticus---cygnoides-domesticus Screenshots of what you are seeing: Description of problem: The “About” (wiki… --- ## [Most observed species without an English language Wikipedia page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/most-observed-species-without-an-english-language-wikipedia-page/47973)
**Author:** [@jbbohan](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jbbohan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/most-observed-species-without-an-english-language-wikipedia-page/47973 "2024-03-17T23:57:54Z")
I would like to start a game to find the species on Inat that has the most observations while not having a dedicated Wikipedia page in the English language. Hopefully the game can make us learn about new species and may… --- ## [State Parks nominated as "open places"](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/state-parks-nominated-as-open-places/43009)
**Author:** [@paulogcarvalho](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/paulogcarvalho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/state-parks-nominated-as-open-places/43009 "2023-07-02T08:51:39Z")
Some (maybe all) state and national parks in Brazil are classified as “open area”, not as parks as a result of a PLACE search. The ones I have checked have a Wikipedia article for them (PE Sumidouro, PE Rola Moça, Parque… --- ## [100k iNat images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/100k-inat-images-uploaded-to-wikimedia-commons/43191)
**Author:** [@Loopy30](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Loopy30)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/100k-inat-images-uploaded-to-wikimedia-commons/43191 "2023-08-02T22:14:40Z")
A milestone was reached yesterday as the 100,000th image from iNaturalist was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, the project that serves as the central repository for all image, audio and video files used on Wikimedia projec… --- ## [Wikipedia invalid taxa](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-invalid-taxa/35148)
**Author:** [@vanhoutan](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vanhoutan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-invalid-taxa/35148 "2022-09-02T15:59:55Z")
I recently had an issue with removing invalid taxa (subspecies for a sea turtle, where there are no recognized subspecies). See this flagged taxon and comment here: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/586011 I think iNa… --- ## [The most iNatted plants without Wikipedia articles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-most-inatted-plants-without-wikipedia-articles/8747)
**Author:** [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-most-inatted-plants-without-wikipedia-articles/8747 "2021-09-21T21:45:11Z")
More about iNaturalist and Wikipedia here. Here are a bunch of plants with lots of iNat observations that don’t yet have Wikipedia articles in English. Want to help create them? — :white\_check\_mark: ALL DONE! :white… --- ## [Use Wikidata for place names and Wikipedia descriptions](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-wikidata-for-place-names-and-wikipedia-descriptions/7702)
**Author:** [@christiansw](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/christiansw)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-wikidata-for-place-names-and-wikipedia-descriptions/7702 "2021-05-26T20:46:17Z")
iNat place IDs can now be stored in Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P7471 This can be used to create links from iNat to Wikipedia articles in different languages - and to other related websites, inform… --- ## [Fall back on searching Wikipedia directly if no article found via Wikidata](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fall-back-on-searching-wikipedia-directly-if-no-article-found-via-wikidata/19722)
**Author:** [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fall-back-on-searching-wikipedia-directly-if-no-article-found-via-wikidata/19722 "2021-02-15T23:41:32Z")
The iNaturalist website now goes through Wikidata to look for the appropriate Wikipedia article in each language. This solved some problems, but opened up others (yay!). Namely, there are many cases where the Wikipedia a… --- ## [How often is the link to the Wikipedia taxon webpages updated in iNaturalist?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-often-is-the-link-to-the-wikipedia-taxon-webpages-updated-in-inaturalist/18154)
**Author:** [@haemocyanin11](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/haemocyanin11)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-often-is-the-link-to-the-wikipedia-taxon-webpages-updated-in-inaturalist/18154 "2020-11-18T18:45:18Z")
Hello, everyone. Since the Peppered Moth taxon is now curated on iNaturalist to have multiple subspecies, I thought it would be prudent to add the subtaxon pictures to the Wikipedia article myself. This is, of course, af… --- ## [Support the creation of other-language Wikipedia articles in the description pane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/support-the-creation-of-other-language-wikipedia-articles-in-the-description-pane/9365)
**Author:** [@andrawaag](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrawaag)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/support-the-creation-of-other-language-wikipedia-articles-in-the-description-pane/9365 "2020-11-15T03:33:21Z")
I really like the iNaturalist reuses Wikipedia articles in the taxon descriptions and I like even more that iNaturalist provides a template and button to create an English Wikipedia article when a taxon is not described … --- ## [Use English Wikipedia as taxa information fallback if no Wikipedia entry in my (non-English) language exists](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-english-wikipedia-as-taxa-information-fallback-if-no-wikipedia-entry-in-my-non-english-language-exists/17722)
**Author:** [@wormsy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/wormsy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-english-wikipedia-as-taxa-information-fallback-if-no-wikipedia-entry-in-my-non-english-language-exists/17722 "2020-11-09T08:42:32Z")
I want inaturalist.org to show taxa information from the English Wikipedia if no Wikipedia article in my language (eg German) exists - in order to not be forced to copy the taxa name and search manually in en.wikipedia e… --- ## [Use Wikidata to link to appropriate Wikipedia articles in all languages](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-wikidata-to-link-to-appropriate-wikipedia-articles-in-all-languages/5538)
**Author:** [@cmcheatle](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cmcheatle)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-wikidata-to-link-to-appropriate-wikipedia-articles-in-all-languages/5538 "2020-11-06T15:52:54Z")
Not sure if this is properly classed as a bug report or a feature request. The system that allows curators to manually establish a link to a Wikipedia page with a different name than the taxon in cases where disambiguati… --- ## [Wikipedia thanks you](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-thanks-you/15056)
**Author:** [@josve05a](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/josve05a)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-thanks-you/15056 "2020-10-30T22:39:16Z")
I’ve spent the past two weeks doing outreach and messaging users on iNaturalist. I’ve located observations with identifications marked as research-grade where no image existed on Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia and asked… --- ## [Adding Wikipedia links when an article is created about a taxon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-wikipedia-links-when-an-article-is-created-about-a-taxon/9084)
**Author:** [@radrat](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/radrat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-wikipedia-links-when-an-article-is-created-about-a-taxon/9084 "2020-10-15T15:37:08Z")
As discussed here, I wonder if someone could clarify the process by which taxon pages are matched to Wikipedia articles when the latter are created. Is this an automated or a manual process? --- ## [Add style to \`.wikipedia\_description a.new\` on taxon page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-style-to-wikipedia-description-a-new-on-taxon-page/11552)
**Author:** [@kildor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kildor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-style-to-wikipedia-description-a-new-on-taxon-page/11552 "2020-05-02T03:07:29Z")
It’s a little inconvenient. Currently, there is no visual difference between existing and missing pages in the links inside the wikipedia cards. So you have to look carefully at the status bar of your browser to avoid o… --- ## ["Help the world out and create this page on Wikipedia!"](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-the-world-out-and-create-this-page-on-wikipedia/6101)
**Author:** [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-the-world-out-and-create-this-page-on-wikipedia/6101 "2019-12-22T21:28:48Z")
Ken-ichi added a cool new feature to iNat taxon pages that prepopulates a little template for taxa that don’t have an article on the English Wikipedia. For example: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204156-Hylodesmum-gl… --- ## [Improving iNaturalist Data Sharing with Wikimedia Resources](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improving-inaturalist-data-sharing-with-wikimedia-resources/7610)
**Author:** [@friel](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/friel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improving-inaturalist-data-sharing-with-wikimedia-resources/7610 "2019-10-29T20:56:21Z")
Like many iNaturalist users, I have a desire to share my nature observations and associated media with as broad an audience as possible. Using iNaturalist’s default CC-BY-NC license, I thought I was doing that. However a… --- ## [Wikipedia page in other language has hyperlinks to English version](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-page-in-other-language-has-hyperlinks-to-english-version/240)
**Author:** [@optilete](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/optilete)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wikipedia-page-in-other-language-has-hyperlinks-to-english-version/240 "2019-03-03T12:15:42Z")
Most important issue is the lack of common names in iNaturalist in the correct language. But when it comes other locales there are many little issues, like Wikipedia. When you look at the wikipedia information on this p…