User talk:INaturalistReviewBot

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I have uploaded photos in the past to inaturalist but I was unaware of the benefits of licensing my photos at the time. After uploading over 100 photos, I made the licensing of all my photos to be in the public domain or CC-0. I want to know if Inaturalistbot will be able to upload my older photos which were not originally available to be posted by the bot. So far, I have not been able to see my Inaturalist uploads here on Wikipedia Commons. My Inaturalist username is z3lvs. 2603:8000:9400:76F1:FDEE:531B:856F:D943 03:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

My assumption is that perhaps my photos are backlogged and waiting to be reviewed. I noticed that photos posted today on Dec 26 by Inaturalistreviewbot were posted on Inaturalist over two weeks ago. Can anyone confirm that this is likely the case? And my apologies if I posted this in the wrong section. I am a newbie. 2603:8000:9400:76F1:FDEE:531B:856F:D943 03:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Deletion of two Inaturalist files

Hi, I received a message about these two files: File:Euphorbia graminea imported from iNaturalist photo 39487214 on 28 March 2020.jpg & File:Euphorbia graminea imported from iNaturalist photo 39487238 on 28 March 2020.jpg saying that they were copyright violations because the licensee put a CC BY NC on them. However, at the moment in which they were uploaded, the photos were under a CC BY SA, as can be checked on the Wayback machine here and here. CC licenses are irrevocable, so this is not a copyright violation. I'd appreciate removing the deletion request, the files should stay. Thanks. Scann (talk) 23:52, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

@Scann:  Done. Unfortunately, the bot's not able to consider things like the Wayback Machine -- it only knows what the stated license is right now. This will be less of a problem when the bot finishes working through the license review backlog and is reviewing files more-or-less instantly. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:25, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: no worries at all. I figured that was the case. Thanks! Scann (talk) 15:47, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Juniperus zanonii - vista general.jpg

Hi, you marked my file "Juniperus zanonii - vista general.jpg" as missing permission from he author. First, I very clearly explain that Juan Cruzado gave me permission to rehost his pictures. Second, the original photo is shared under Creative Commons on iNat. You could have just asked me instead of deleting it straight away.

Anyway, I'll share our private messages as you indicate in order to get this photo back here. Hopefully, the next time we can work it out differently. --Bodofzt (talk) 15:24, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Here you go. See screencap on the right. --Bodofzt (talk) 15:37, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

File:Permiso fotos Juniperus zanonii.png

Permission from Juan Cruzado to rehost his iNaturalist photos on Wikimedia

Hello Bodofzt. The photo description page on iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/672206, indicates that the photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Unfortunately, non-commercial licenses are not compatible with Commons and files licensed only under non-commercial licenses can not be uploaded here. The copyright holder did not agree to a specific free license in the conversation you attached, so it is insufficient to restore the file. If the author agrees to license the work under a free license, such as CC-BY-SA 4.0 (recommended), CC-BY 4.0, or CC-0, the file can be restored. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:49, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Watchlist

Hi, the edits made by this BOT are still visible in my watchlist while I have set "Hide bot edits from the watchlist" in my Preferences. It's not a big deal but it would be nice if they weren't visible. Regards, Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 17:42, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Christian Ferrer: This bot performs license review actions, including placing deletion tags. These actions require a higher degree of scrutiny than typical bot edits, and are not marked as bot edits for that reason. This is consistent with other LR bots like User:FlickreviewR 2. You can hide edits by iNaturalistReviewBot by adding the JavaScript below to your common.js.

$(document).ready($('.mw-special-Watchlist .mw-changeslist-line .mw-userlink[href="/wiki/User:INaturalistReviewBot"]').parent().parent().css("display", "none"));

--AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 18:05, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the explanation and for the solution. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:36, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Stats

Now that Category:iNaturalist review needed is empty, I wanted to give some statistics about iNRBot's operation since approval.

• 5,838 reviews were performed on 4,794 unique files, which includes
  • 4,217 passes
    • 3,864 matched by sha1
    • 353 matched by phash
  • 106 passes with a license change
    • 75 matched by sha1
    • 31 matched by phash
  • 103 license review failures
    • 57 matched by phash
    • 43 matched by sha1
    • 3 matched by phash with an archive URL found
  • 1,414 errors while reviewing
    • 1117 where no matching photo could be found
    • 281 where no suitable URL could be found
    • 11 license comparison errors
    • 5 where no data could be retrieved
• iNaturalist photos with all seven possible licenses were identified, including
  • 1,879 Cc-by-4.0
  • 1,639 Cc-by-sa-4.0
  • 808 Cc-zero
  • 75 Cc-by-nc-4.0
  • 16 arr
  • 10 Cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
  • 2 Cc-by-nc-nd-4.0
• Works from 649 unique iNaturalist users were uploaded. The top 10 by number of files:
  1. 268 tonyrebelo
  2. 223 pjd1
  3. 153 nicky
  4. 143 john_barkla
  5. 114 botaneek
  6. 111 thibaudaronson
  7. 100 steve_kerr
  8. 90 mr_fab
  9. 86 possumsend
  10. 82 christopherstephens
• Of the files where a source was found,
  • 1,152 linked to only a /photos/ link
  • 864 linked to only an /observations/ link
  • 2,211 linked to both
• Of the 100 files tagged for deletion, 42 unique uploaders were notified.
  • 1 user was notified 11 times
  • 1 user was notified 10 times
  • 1 user was notified 9 times
  • 2 users were notified 7 times
  • 1 user was notified 6 times
  • 4 users were notified 3 times
  • 6 users were notified 2 times
  • 26 users were notified 1 time
• 5,270 unique iNaturalist photos were compared to Commons photos
  • 1,221 were compared using a perceptual hashing algorithm (phash).

The 355 files in Category:iNaturalist images needing human review can't be reviewed by the bot, so we humans will have to do some work. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:41, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: That is great work. I checked a few and the only problem was that file was cropped. The license reviewer script do not know the INaturalistReview template. I did a few files by upload/revert to original then request a new review and when bot reviewed the file I reverted to show the crop again. Question is if we should just replace template with the standard license review template or if we should poke someone to get the license revewer script fixed. --MGA73 (talk) 14:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

@MGA73: Last I heard, all the LR scripts are unmaintained. The best idea, of course, would be to find someone to maintain one of them. However, no one stepped forward when I asked previously, so I'm not expecting much there. I did create {{subst:Inrw}}, which should make it a bit easier to manually review files with {{INaturalistreview}}. It's more important that files are reviewed than what template is used, but {{INaturalistreview}} will better categorize the file. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:50, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

unwarranted deletions of 7 images uploaded from iNaturalist

Hello,

This bot deleted 7 images I uploaded earlier: File:Corymbium enerve Flemming 1.jpg, File:Corymbium enerve Flemming 2.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 1.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 2.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 3.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 3.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 4.jpg, File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 5.jpg. The F. oleosa files had and still have today the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, which is what is accepted for wiki commons as far as I am aware. I must have been convinced the Corymbium files had the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, but this has now changed to NC. I cannot check if I made a mistake back than. Can you please revert at least the Van Berkel files? Thank you in advance, kind regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 09:48, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello Dwergenpaartje, I'm sorry to hear your files got deleted when you thought you did everything correctly. I know that's disappointing. iNaturalistReviewBot can't delete files, only a human administrator can do that. The bot did recommend that the files be deleted though. According to the bot's logs, the files had the following sources:

• File:Corymbium enerve Flemming 1.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18434254 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/28180890)
• File:Corymbium enerve Flemming 2.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18434254 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/28180883)
• File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 1.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9172477 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12409357)
• File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 2.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9172477 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12409352)
• File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 3.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9172477 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12409356)
• File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 4.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9172477 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12409360)
• File:Felicia oleosa vBerkel 5.jpg https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9172477 (https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12409352)

The current versions of the photo pages for the first two images indicate CC-BY-NC-4.0. The only available archives for those pages is from July 25, after the bot's review, so that doesn't help us. The photo pages for the five other files currently indicate all rights reserved. The observation data itself is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, but that does not apply to the photos. The only available archive for that observation is also from July 25 and has the same information. To be able to restore the files, you will have to ask the iNaturalist authors to change the license displayed on iNaturalist back to a free license. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber:Too much work. I´ll upload some other images that currently have the correct licence. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Aneides ferreus.jpg

Bot could not review this photo. Any idea why? --MGA73 (talk) 21:47, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@MGA73: {{INaturalist}} was called with a photo ID number, not an observation ID number. This generated a link to an irrelevant observation, which confused the bot. Because of how the iNaturalist API is structured, observation URLs are assumed to be correct. I could hack around this (more than I already do), but it would be ugly and I don't see this happening very often. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 22:25, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: Thanks. No don't change! Once we cleared the backlog it will be easier to just review manually or fix the link. I reduced the number a good part yesterday so soon … :-) --MGA73 (talk) 06:23, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: File:Aspidoscelis angusticeps.jpg also failed but there is only 1 ID here as far as I can tell. Any idea? --MGA73 (talk) 14:37, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

@MGA73: The bot only reviewed the cropped version, which of course did not match the original. You uploaded the original, but no one told the bot to re-review the file. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:42, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: lol I'm sure I asked it... Okay but that's a really good reason. --MGA73 (talk) 15:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Bitis rubida 87575085.jpg and File:Bitis nasicornis 81357307.jpg caused an error. Is it because of the license CC0? --Paranaja (talk) 19:37, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Paranaja: The files had no license template at the time where the bot tried to review the files. To fix it you need to add the right license and request a new review. You added the license, I requested the review and the bot reviewed the files so now it should be okay. :-D --MGA73 (talk) 21:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing it. So is the problem that the iNaturalist2Commons script doesn't recognise the CC0 license? If so, I guess I'm on the wrong talk page. --Paranaja (talk) 12:12, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Paranaja: Yeah, I can't help you with that unfortunately. You'll have to ask Kaldari (talk · contribs). --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@Paranaja: The problem is actually that Special:Upload doesn't support CC0 in some languages. What language do you have your interface set to? Kaldari (talk) 19:39, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@Kaldari: It's in Finnish but I'm fine with using English too. --Paranaja (talk) 22:55, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@Paranaja: I made a request to fix this at MediaWiki talk:Licenses#Missing CC-0 license. In the meantime, if you switch to English, it should work. Kaldari (talk) 00:59, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@Kaldari: Thank you very much! --Paranaja (talk) 09:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Category:iNaturalist review needed

Hello @AntiCompositeNumber, MGA73, and Acagastya: I'm quite impressed by your bot. And I would like to thank you for making such a useful tech for Commons. MGA73 I'm glad that's you highlighted the backlog to me. Acagastya was quick to help me with manual LR. It felt really amazing to help and clear out the backlog. Thanks --C1K98V ^{(💬 ✒️ 📂)} 09:34, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

iNaturalistReviewBot malfunctioning

@AntiCompositeNumber: Any idea why iNaturalistReviewBot failed here, here, here, etc. Note that it seems iNaturalist just switched to hosting all new images on Amazon's cloud storage so that may be affecting where the bot is looking for the original image. Nosferattus (talk) 17:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@Nosferattus: That's exactly what the problem was, thanks for reporting. I've fixed it and reset the templates. The bot should successfully process them now. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:41, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: Cc-zero error failed here. Demidenko (talk) 17:12, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Demidenko: iNaturalistReviewBot wasn't designed to work when no license at all is specified on the file page. I've noted it here and will fix it eventually. For now, I've specified the license, removed the deletion tag left by AntiCompositeBot, and reset {{Inaturalistreview}}. iNaturalistReviewBot then successfully reviewed the file. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 17:35, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Please wait before deletion

I wrote to the author of the 2 pictures incriminated, can you please wait before deleting my 2 pictures ? Thanks. FredD (talk) 08:26, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

@FredD: If you succeed in getting the licenses changed on iNaturalist, drop a note at COM:UNDEL or my talk page and they can be undeleted. This problem can be avoided in the future by tagging your uploads from iNaturalist with {{Inaturalistreview}}. The bot will then review the license within a few minutes, and we can keep the file even if the iNaturalist author later changes the license. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:13, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Why don't you block me from editing if you threaten me to do so?

If you really think you need to threaten me, please feel free to block me from editing. And when at it, please remove the thousands of other uploads as well. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 13:13, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Bot not working?

I uploaded 3 iNat files earlier this evening, and they've not been reviewed yet, nor have a couple of others by other uploaders - usually the bot reviews within a minute or two of uploading. When will it start operating again? I want to crop the photos I uploaded, and can't do so until the bot has reviewed them first, so my editing is being held up. Please get it going again a.s.a.p.! - MPF (talk) 22:14, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@MPF Seems like there was some sort of Toolforge issue today that caused a bunch of tools to need manual restarts. The bot is running now. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:35, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 14:08, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

GBIF

Hi, thank you for this great bot! I really like that the bot also checks a GBIF number. For many observations, a GBIF number is only available later. Is it possible for the bot to query and add the GBIF number later? Maybe with a hidden maintenance category like "iNaturalist images missing GBIF template"? ChristianSW (talk) 19:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

@ChristianSW Eventually I'm planning to expand the bot to copy species identifications to SDC, including for already-reviewed files. I'd add GBIF/iNat tags and data at the same time. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:36, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber Great ideas! ChristianSW (talk) 05:38, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

iNaturalistReviewBot needs restart

Hi AntiCompositeNumber,

Your license review bot appears to have taken a pause in operations since 29 May, leading to a backlog starting to accumulate. While this may just be due to the needs of routine maintenance, I am alerting you just in case you were not already aware.

'Cheers, Loopy30 (talk) 23:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

@Loopy30 Thanks for letting me know. Suitable blunt object applied. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:09, 4 June 2023 (UTC)