everyone,
This conversation has strayed from the topic’s initial post and is entering into areas of discussion that are already in progress elsewhere on the forum. For a nice selection (there’s more if you search for terms or phrases like, “disagreement” or “zoo animals.”) see here:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/choosing-not-to-identify-subspecies/699
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-inaturalist-is-for/2995/38
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/rename-research-grade-discussion-and-polls/590
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/change-wording-used-by-the-system-when-downgrading-an-observation-to-an-higher-level-taxa/3862/26
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoo-animals-why-are-they-permitted/4707
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/animals-in-temporary-captivity/7072/2
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/offer-the-ability-to-choose-whether-to-hard-disagree-or-not-to-the-next-finest-level-that-the-current-identifications-support-when-one-disagrees-with-the-current-community-id/3921
https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=reputation%20system (a search results page for the many places a reputation system has been mentioned)
I’m setting a timer to close this topic in a few hours. If you have any topic-specific last thoughts or responses chime in soon.
Thanks, all.