I just was called out for IDing newly uploaded observations with no ID at all to a broad level (plantae) as doing “silly IDs”. What now? I thought it is always good to provide an ID, especially if the observer did not provide an ID at all. I did not mean to do “silly” IDs (and I am actually a bit of…

Ah, some spy work! :smile: I failed with it, @Ajott is a good ider. Yeah, you can still do some work on their obs, there’re lots of cultivated plants, even though it’s not the best way, you can mark them so without iding, it’s still better than nothing.

an iNat obs with no ID, is fair game. That is how iNat works. Ignore the snark. Which is unnecessary. PS @tiwane has left a comment on that obs.

There’s probably three reasons a submitter leaves their ID as “Unknown”: 1) they’re new and don’t yet understand how the site works; 2) they really have no idea what their subject organism is; or 3) they are capable of adding an ID but haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s usually the ones in gro…

I started doing that broad ID myself to observations just labeled “Unknown” because I found out that there are people who search for general categories like plants, mushrooms, birds, etc.

It was not the one posting the ID who complained, but actually a very active (and no doubt cabable) IDer and Curator who IDed the observation half an hour later to a more precise level and asked me to stop my “silly” “meaningless” and “not desired” IDs as I am “messing up the procedures”… that is wh…

We are talking about this project. Perhaps the context will help? If only to remind you what to avoid if needed. RIP Tom @cmcheatle @ajott @jnstuart https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tom-lloyd-evans

[image] jnstuart: Once you’ve found a submitter like that, who gets nasty about your attempt to help This observation was not even submitted by the person doing the commenting, they’re telling people not to do it on someone else’s record.

Keep in mind that most iNat users are amateurs (in the best sense of that word). There is no obligation to provide ‘perfect’ ID’s. It can be demeaning when an ‘expert’ chimes in with derogatory comments. Also keep in mind that culturally some people are a bit more blunt. In my experience it is rare,…

[image] cmcheatle: This observation was not even submitted by the person doing the commenting, they’re telling people not to do it on someone else’s record. Well, that’s even worse behavior. Haven’t run into that yet.

Broad IDing desired or not?

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Ajott March 7, 2021, 8:32pm 12

I do. I am more comfortable in IDing spiders for example and I do go for “spiders” to get into IDing… would not usually find them in the unknown-section

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Broad IDing desired or not?

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