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Review and suggest solution for vernacular names appearing in the scientific name attribute on reports #782

Open kitenetter opened 4 years ago

kitenetter commented 4 years ago

Issue raised recently with "Orange Tip Butterfly" as a scientific name. NBN have also asked us to investigate English names of ladybirds in data uploads.

Scope scale of problem and suggest solution.

kitenetter commented 4 years ago

Also affecting moth data downloads, with vernacular names in taxon column, and butterflies being included in moth filters. These are are mostly if not entirely from the early days of iRecord, and some relate to National Moth Night. I don't think the problems are still occurring, but we need to scope how to repair the incorrect data.

Examples: id source taxon Common name taxonversionkey recorder Date from Verification status 1 order family
2475620 Moth Night | Moth Night 2015 Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone NHMSYS0000516380 Hunt, Stephen 12/09/2015 Unconfirmed Lepidoptera Pieridae
457342 Moth Night | Moth Night 2013 Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone NHMSYS0000516380 Taylor, Michael 10/08/2013 Unconfirmed Lepidoptera Pieridae
377113 iRecord | iRecord Moths Gatekeeper   NHMSYS0000522857 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Nymphalidae
377112 iRecord | iRecord Moths Speckled Wood   NHMSYS0000523344 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Nymphalidae
377111 iRecord | iRecord Moths Small White   NHMSYS0000503832 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Pieridae
377110 iRecord | iRecord Moths Large White   NHMSYS0000503827 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Pieridae
377109 iRecord | iRecord Moths Comma   NHMSYS0000503893 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Nymphalidae
377108 iRecord | iRecord Moths Peacock   NHMSYS0000502940 Calway, Mark 27/07/2013 Accepted    
336842 iRecord | iRecord Moths Comma   NHMSYS0000503893 Calway, Mark 07/07/2013 Accepted Lepidoptera Nymphalidae
kitenetter commented 4 years ago

Currently bogged down with the complexity of the problems. We have scientific names labelled as English, we have English names displayed as scientific, and we have butterflies categorised as moths. Needs more work.

DavidRoy commented 4 years ago

@DavidRoy to liaise with BC over moth list for 2020 NMN