After the swap, some observations are left under an inactive taxon

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I have commited this swap:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/69874,

and most observations were moved accordingly, but four observations are left:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480123-Melitaea-nevadensis

Why this happened? Can it be doctored?

Thanks.

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The observer probably opted out of automatic taxon changes. It’s an account setting:

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Thanks. This user is (or will be) notified?

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I believe it shows up on their dashboard and tells them they can update their records. I’m not sure whether or not a notification (red icon in top right) is created. Adding IDs to their observations will also help fix it.

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Thanks.

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Right now there are only three observations. So the user may be updating.

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In such a case, where there are only four, it may be worth directly messaging observers that have opted out, say in a week, to let them know.

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Is this the same thing that happened here? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5742352 I’m confused about those Hesperocyparis stephensonii IDs.

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that’s a strange one. The genus Hesperocyparis was merged into Cupressus in 2019 (2 years after those IDs), but there is no associated taxon change for that species: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes?taxon_id=77382

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