Platform(s) website Description of need: A recent experimental update to taxon changes involving plants requires 5 curators to approve changes to reduce issues with taxonomic changes that are controversial, not set up correctly, erroneous, or just need more feedback to determine the best route for…

I like the way in which staff, curators, and everyone else are portrayed the same way in leaderboards and elsewhere; it’s consistent with the implicit philosophy across the platform that all of our observations and identifications can theoretically be of equal value. On the other hand I had the sam…

I don’t subscribe to a taxon - but if you do - do the flags show up there? Should they ?

[image] upupa-epops: I like the way in which staff, curators, and everyone else are portrayed the same way in leaderboards and elsewhere; it’s consistent with the implicit philosophy across the platform that all of our observations and identifications can theoretically be of equal value. That…

I agree with @upupa-epops here; I would not want curator status to show next to usernames or leaderboards on general pages. I’d really hate to introduce any more appeal-to-authority related bias in the system than already exists. Some sort of system where curators could flag what taxa they are qual…

I like the idea behind this suggestion - there needs to be a better way to surface curators working in specific groups with the new 5 curator requirement for some changes. But I also agree that [image] upupa-epops: I like the way in which staff, curators, and everyone else are portrayed the sa…

Added my vote but I agree with cthawley’s sentiment that it should be narrowed down to the use case where, as a curator, you want to surface other curators for the purposes of curatorship. I don’t think an everyday user simply wanting help with an ID generally needs to surface curators on a leaderb…

Add "Curator" identifier after usernames in observers and identifiers lists

Feature Requests

KelianG October 6, 2025, 10:15am 3

I think the problem should be turned differently : curators should be able to receive notifications when their favorite taxas are being flaged or/and under a taxonomic change.

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How to know if a flag has been seen? General	12	1601	March 24, 2020
Curating taxonomy? Anyone there? Curators	16	1256	July 18, 2025
Add curator data to profile page and remove all but top 10 / 20 / 50 curators from community page Feature Requests web , under-review	11	1809	March 2, 2023
Curators, would some more of you at least add some requested taxa? Curators	28	925	April 1, 2026
Link to top identifiers of that taxon, not observations of that taxon Feature Requests	27	5052	July 21, 2023

Add "Curator" identifier after usernames in observers and identifiers lists

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