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Quality Image Promotion

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Siewki

Fotografujesz rośliny w OB we Wrocławiu, jednym z najlepszych w Polsce. Zazdroszczę Ci, że możesz go często odwiedzać. W Szczecinie nie mam nic, ale za to dość blisko do Berlina, który dystansuje za to wszystkie ogrody polskie. Może zorientowałaś się, że wystartowaliśmy z Salicyną Atlas siewek roślin flory Polski na Wikibooks. Mam w związku z tym prośbę – mogłabyś w ogrodzie powypatrywać też i porobić zdjęcia siewkom? To zupełnie inna przygoda od fotografowania roślin kwitnących/owocujących etc. - trzeba wypatrywać w ziemi maluchów, przy czym trafiają się one zwykle rzadko i często nie bardzo wiadomo kim są. Zdarzają się jednak siewki w różnej fazie wzrostu albo rosnące wyraźnie pod roślinami macierzystymi i wówczas łatwiej o identyfikację. W każdym razie fotki siewek to rzadkość, a atlas siewek to rzecz unikatowa. Gdybyś zechciała pomóc, włączyć się – byłoby pięknie. Mamy trochę literatury dot. siewek, w tym atlas 'Seedlings of the North-western European lowland', więc w razie niepewności możemy zweryfikować zdjęcia siewek, dla których brak pewności co od rozpoznania. Z pewnością coś tam ciekawego kiełkuje we Wrocławiu... Pozdrawiam Kenraiz (talk) 22:17, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

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Re: Category:Geum bulgaricum

Przeniosłem je do unidentified Geum. Czerwono nabiegłe pędy to pół biedy - mogły na słońcu nabrać rumieńców, ale liście zupełnie nie pasują. Bardziej wygląda mi na G. urbanum, ew. mieszańca tego gatunku z którymś (G. rivale lub może i G. bulgaricum). Kenraiz (talk) 11:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Tetragonia tetragoniodes

Hm, najwyraźniej ani Tetragonia tetragonioides, ani Tetragonia tetragonoides, lecz Tetragonia tetragoniodes. Taka nazwa jest w publikacji źródłowej Revisio generum plantarum, s. 264. Na POWO niestety to już nie pierwsza literówka. Kenraiz (talk) 19:42, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Solanum scabrum

Na pewno na zdjęciach są dwa różne gatunki – najwyraźniej to widać po działkach – Jaltomalta ma działki rozpostarte, szerokie, liściopodobne, z ciemną żyłką, owłosione, podczas gdy Solandum scabrum ma działki odgięte, eliptyczne, nagie, jednobarwne. Kenraiz (talk) 08:18, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Plantago lagopus > P. coronopus

Twoje zdjęcia z OB z Wrocławia opisane jako Plantago lagopus na pewno nie przedstawiają tego gatunku. To na ponad 99% jest P. coronopus – wskazuje na to i wygląd kwiatostanów i liści. Kenraiz (talk) 17:40, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

@Kenraiz: hmm, wygląda na to, że masz rację. Sprawdziłam w plikach i plakietka mówi P. lagopus, ale to nie pierwsza pomyłka. Dzięki. Nova (talk) 18:39, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Kategoryzacja roślin

Przepraszam, ale myślę, że to co napisałaś, jest sprzeczne z zasadą o umieszczaniu w kategoriach podrzędnych, jeżeli takowe kategorie są już utworzone lub się je tworzy. Pomyśl proszę logicznie. Jeżeli z jakiegoś gatunku dodane zostanie np. 1000 zdjęć, to opcja, że ktoś będzie cykał, przerzucając strony, by sobie poszukać potrzebnego zdjęcia w ogólniejszej kategorii jest raczej mało prawdopodobna. Podda się przy 5 stronie... dla przykładu. Zostawianie więc w ogólniejszej kategorii zdjęć nie ma sensu. Raczej trzeba dodawać do jak największej liczby kategorii podrzędnych... Jeśli uważa się, ze jakieś zdjęcie bardzo dobrze ilustruje aspekt, wtedy można "zareklamować" swoje zdjęcie w galerii. Pozdr. Abraham (talk) 13:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Jeśli szukasz zdjęcia liścia albo korzenia, to go szukasz w podkategorii, a nie jedziesz 1000 zdjęć, żeby go znaleźć... Abraham (talk) 16:45, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Parc Exotica

Hi, all the files you requested, have a little text board on the image with the species. You say that they are not correct? - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 10:38, 23 September 2023 (UTC) I renamed a few, declined one and reverted one.

Hi @Richardkiwi, yes, indeed, I'm sure they are incorrect and it is very bad leaving such wrong identification. People are using such files in a good faith in Wikipedia articles... This is a big problem with photographs of plants taken by regular visitors in the botanical gardens. First, the labels are movable (as you can see in the photos in question), so they can describe a plant growing nearby. Second, the label often describes a plant which is not visible at the moment, because it died or is not yet in growth. Third, the label itself is wrong, usually misspelled. I've checked the files very carefully before requesting the change. As you can see in the history of some of them, they were already moved to correct categories by other users. If you want to further investigate, feel free to compare the plants with other photos (!), or ask a second opinion, but please, don't leave them like that. Nova (talk) 11:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Caucalis platycarpos vs. Orlaya daucoides

Dobre zdjęcia Orlaya daucoides są na stronie flora-on.pt. Ryciny botaniczne obu gatunków są we Flora Iberica (Orlaya i Caucalis. Podobne są bardzo, ale Orlaya ma zewnętrzne płatki kwiatów wyraźne – 5–8 mm długości, a u Caucalis platycarpos wszystkie płatki są drobne – poniżej 2,5 mm. Kenraiz (talk) 15:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Odp.

Cześć, dzięki za wiadomość. Jestem świadomy tego problemu. Do doraźnego usuwania duplikatów używam tego narzędzia. W tym konkretnym przypadku po prostu klikałem bezwiednie Depictorem, już to poprawiłem. Może @Czupirek ma jakiś pomysł, jak szybko poczyścić duplikaty zabytków? Pozdrawiam! Gower (talk) 09:38, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

PS Te trzy przypadki już ktoś wcześniej zintegrował ;) Gower (talk) 09:39, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
@Gower: Fajnie, dzięki! Nova (talk) 09:52, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Misidentified Hedera Helix

Hi Agnieszka, thanks for correcting my images with misidentified Hedera Helix, I've requested a file mover to rename the files accordingly. If/when you have the time, would you mind having a look at these and letting me know if they are also misidentified? ,,,

Many thanks, --Julesvernex2 (talk) 09:09, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Julesvernex2, not a problem. This one is also Parthenocissus specimen. The rest seems to be correct. Cheers, Nova (talk) 09:21, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Got it, thank you! --Julesvernex2 (talk) 09:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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Podkolan z Karnieszewic to P. zielonawy

Hej, kilka fotek z podkolanem z Karnieszewic przedstawia podkolana zielonawego – widać wyraźnie rozsunięte, a nie stulone blisko siebie pręciki. Podkolan biały jest b. rzadki na Pomorzu Zachodnim, w zasadzie wszystkie podkolany jakie tu spotykałem to p. zielonawy. Kenraiz (talk) 20:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Dzięki @Kenraiz, masz rację, poprawiam opisy i nazwy. Nova (talk) 16:30, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

User:Nova/Flora: ogród boraniczny w Maladze

Minęliśmy się o trzy miesiące... Moje fotki stamtąd jeszcze czekają. Kenraiz (talk) 12:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kenraiz, właśnie zastanowiło mnie, że w kategorii było kilka twoich zdjęć z marca, ale tylko roślin rosnących dziko na terenie ogrodu. Założyłam, że reszta czeka na swoją kolej. Cieszę się, bo czasu jak zwykle miałam za mało, popsuł mi się jeden z obiektywów, a i w marcu to już początek nowego sezonu. Nova (talk) 13:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Category:Plants in Botanical Garden of the University of Graz

Hello Nova, please tell me: Why do you put all images of plants in this botanical garden both into the months categories and into the main category as well? It's enough to put them into the months categories, the images are all overcategorised now. What should it be good for?? Eweht (talk) 16:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Eweht, the data, season, month or other similar keys are additional keys in categories of plants, and are rarely useful for the main subject. It happened that I've made those photos in February, but this is really of little importance in case of cultivated plants in botanical gardens. I've created the meta category and sub-categories to honor your expressed need for such categorization, even if I find it unpractical. I disagree it is over-categorization, and if so I would rather suggest to remove the month categories. Keeping the images in the main category (or sub-categories for plant's family or genus, if there are many many photos) is extremely helpful for the people visiting the garden, not only me. We check which plants are cultivated in the garden, and which are photographed already, without a need to look through all the "by key" categories. I've been even asked to do so it in the past by other Wikimedians taking photos of plants in such gardens. I've also added the index to the main category to further simplify finding the specific plant's images by name. I hope it explains my motivation a bit. Cheers, Nova (talk) 19:59, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
And o be clear, I think you are doing a great job with your consequent approach in organizing the images of Austria, and I see that my pack of images of plants from one day might be a challenge, but I'm convinced we'll find a way to reconcile our needs. I'm focused on plants and this greatly affects my perspective. Nova (talk) 20:14, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Nova: , thank you for your detailed answer, I learned something about a botanist's view on this matter. You mentioned what I supposed later: it's useful keeping the images in the main category in order to categorize them by family etc. Having an index now it makes the purpose of putting all images in one such main category clear. So categories like this one here really need an index, too. - You may be right, sorting cultivated plants in gardens by month may be not very important, but in order to maintain the category system and for it gets segmented more and more anyway (in general, not only concerning flora - for flora e.g. see Category:Flora by month by country), I suggest to keep the months categories, even more as Graz is a city and a district likewise, and there already is a Category:Flora of Styria by month by district. I hope this will be ok for you. - And thank you for your appreciation of my work! Cheers Eweht (talk) 23:01, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Eweht, yes it is OK. I see the segmentation process, as the number of images grows. I've tried to find another systemic solution for the problem, and started to update or create pages like Plants in Jardín Botánico La Concepción. Unfortunately, keeping them updated by hand is difficult and time consuming. Nova (talk) 12:34, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorting in Liriodendron tulipifera

I'm going to point out the utter stupidity of arranging all topics at the top without any letters. That is all. Have a nice day. Famartin (talk) 16:36, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

@Famartin, the "letters" are for subtaxons. Feel free to judge, and consider the wisdom of changing one key to another... Have a nice day. Nova (talk) 17:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)


Please don't over-categorize!

Hi Nova, please don't over-categorize your images. For instance in your File:Solanum dulcamara Psianka słodkogórz Rezerwat przyrody Łazy 2022-06-20 04.jpg Category:Solanum dulcamara in Poland is ok, but Category:Solanum dulcamara at the same time is over-categorized and therefore wrong. That's why I deleted this category. Please read Commons:Categories and in particular Commons:Categories#Over-categorization to learn more about correct categorizing. Greetings, -- Ies (talk) 11:24, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

@Ies, thank you for your comment. This is not over-categorization but your interpretation of it. The categores "by country" and other specific keys like "by country by year" are additional for the depicted subject, while the main subject category of a plant is exactly what is presented on the photo. If there is more narrow subject category it is moved there, like "Solanum dulcamara (leaves)" or "Solanum dulcamara (flowers)". If not, it stays in the main plant category. Navigating to images in categories "by key" is troublesome, finding a picture of the depicted plant requires looking through a number of by country, by season or by season by country by year categories. This is counterproductive. I don't need that for promotion of my photos or other goals of that kind - this is a rational use of the categories on Commons, which I follow by others and also for pictures of others. Hope this explains my rationale. Nova (talk) 16:34, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

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Milá Anežko, omlouvám se, že jsem nezareagoval v rozumné době. Několik let jsem zde needitoval. Jsem velmi rád, že jste analyzovala můj vložený soubor. Asi jste si všimla, že rostliny jsou něco, čemu se ve fotografii věnuji. Ano, snažím se jim rozumnět a poznávat je, ale i další přírodniny, které nacházím ve svém okolí. Prohlédl jsem si Vaše editace a přeji Vám mnoho dalších úspěchů při rozvíjení ptojektů wikimedia. Dendrofil (talk) 19:31, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Dzięki za zmiany w pliku i udanego fotografowania przyrody. Nova (talk) 16:59, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

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Incorrect removals

Trifolium pratense (flowers) and Trifolium pratense (non-native) are not mutually exclusive. Famartin (talk) 13:11, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, @Famartin, I don't have a strong opinion on that, some of the users separate the two, thou. I sometimes use such soft policy for overloaded categories, like in this case. But won't argue about. Nova (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
The proper action would be to create a sub category of both, such as Category:Trifolium repens (non-native, flowers). Famartin (talk) 13:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
@Famartin, thanks for suggestion. Nova (talk) 13:39, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

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