During November 2024, Richard contributed to the inaturalist/inaturalist repository by addressing a critical data quality issue related to Wikipedia citations. He implemented a fix that standardizes the access-date formatting in citations, ensuring all dates follow the 'DD Month YYYY' style required by Wikipedia. This change, developed using Ruby on Rails and HAML, improves the reliability and consistency of citation data for end users. Richard’s work focused on normalizing how citation dates are stored and displayed, enhancing data integrity across the platform. The depth of the fix reflects careful attention to detail in aligning with external data standards and requirements.