Thanks Satdeep for sharing this with us.

Varinder, congratulations for starting this project - sounds quite interesting. Just wanted to pick your brain if you have considered using an intermediary app like iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org) which has a community of its own and helps identify the species. For someone who is a beginner might find it useful. The good thing is iNaturalist supports CC licenses and the community is quite active so transferring pictures might not be an issue. I got introduced to it in a National Geographic workshop in Hong Kong and got hooked for sometime. Once again, thank you for starting this project. Will try to explore some wild flowers around my place and contribute too and of course, will spread the word. :-)

Subha


On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:25 PM manoj k <manojkmohanme03107@gmail.com> wrote:
Good Initiative

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:05 PM Satdeep Gill <satdeepgill@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,

I am excited to share with all of you that User:Varinder Naturaphile previously known as User:ਵਰਿੰਦਰ ਸ਼ਰਮਾ has officially launched Wiki Loves Wild Flowers today, 22 May 2019 which is the International Day for Biological Diversity.[1]

Varinder is a member of the Faridkot District Biodiversity Committee and a Coordinator for documentation of flora and fauna. I am glad that his expertise will help in including quality content on our platforms. This will range from adding images to Commons to add local names in Wikidata and possibly create new Wikipedia articles.

Over the next few months, he will be working on the initial list of 124 different species of wild flowers found in the Punjab region as a pilot.

Your feedback will be deeply appreciated.


Regards
Satdeep Gill
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