Lately it seems like every day the large pile is getting a little smaller, by an amount that would take the help of multiple people per day. Thanks everyone! The large pile by my current reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&per_page=100&iconic_taxa=unknown&orde…

[image] fluffyinca: I need to do this, but it’s just so boring now My first reaction to seeing your comment here is, take a little break! Ask yourself what your “need” is. No worries, there are still other folks whittling down those Unknowns while you do something different and there will sti…

Making identifying more fun/interesting - wiki

I made a comment on the State of matter Life cleanup regarding homonym errors that may be helpful in decreasing “Unknown” records.

[image] lisa_bennett: @mikeakresh posted the first number I could see in Dec ‘19 - 416310 unknowns. So, all things considered, we’re keeping on top of them! Check the number now (as of this minute, 219,003) :partying_face: It’s been pretty much halved, despite so many observations being add…

How do you count the reviewed ones?

If you go to identify and iconic taxa unknown, on the bar on the side it says something like n observations reviewed - given that any observation that isn’t in unknown any more should come out of that list, it’s a reasonable judge of how many you’ve had to leave behind, although if someone else does…

Oh, wow, I never noticed that you can click there! Thank you!

Did not know about that side bar either. Interestingly, to me anyway, there are 5,412 known unknowns - they have reached research grade. This includes viruses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria.

I’ve marked all the ‘known’ viruses etc as ‘reviewed’ by me. I guess you can’t really confirm whether something is a virus or particular bacteria without doing molecular work.

Amount of "Unknown" records is decreasing

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Said “There are 459 replies with an estimated read time of 68 minutes!” I am going to read all these replies because I am so happy about this and I want to know what you think! 23/459!

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Amount of "Unknown" records is decreasing

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