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0 pointsrendall1y ago0 comments

> ...historical photographs are not in-scope to be added to this project... because such photos existed before this project began.

That contradicts what the website itself says:

> This project is designed to showcase the first known photographs of living specimens of any species. Note that by 'first known' I'm referring to the first known photographs of a species anywhere, not just the first photographs to be submitted to iNaturalist.

> If you see an observation currently in the project that you know is not the first photograph of that species, and you can show the earlier photograph, please do not hesitate to message me and I'll remove it.

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Nition1y ago

Both statements are in fact correct and non-contradictory. It's confusing, but I believe what they mean in the guidelines is that there are two criteria

- The photos must be on iNaturalist

- The photo must be the first photo of the species ever, not just the first photo on iNaturalist

That is, if a species was ever photographed anywhere before, outside of iNaturalist, that species can't be part of the project, ever.

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