There are a few parts of iNat that are totally user-curated, a wild west of sorts, with little to no attempts at building standardization or curation into them. They include:
- projects
- places (community curated vs. “standard” geopolitical iNat places)
- observation fields
- guides
- lists
The general advice given is to just ignore them.
There are some new potential limitations to creating projects and places that should help a bit with the frequent creation of soon-abandoned content, but won’t get rid of them altogether.