I work only in the .NZ portal to avoid search problems that occurred for me in the past after I had unknowingly created some places and projects while logged into the Global portal. Both in “Edit my Observations” and in “Create a Traditional Project”, Places I created are not found. However, with …

I have a suspicion that the root of your place problems is that you have created places that do not have a defined parent place. From the other thread you linked, I see the place in question here is called “Kaipatiki Creek Restoration site, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ”. I can find it both on .org and .…

Just so it doesn’t cause confusion, I wanted to let you know I already added Auckland as the parent place for Kaipatiki Creek Zone Za . You can see place hierarchy (or lack thereof) at the top of each place page. [15%20AM] [32%20AM] Seeing what tiny places these creek zones are that you created, …

Thanks very much for your work on this Carrie. I will check out the results of having the parent place assigned. The reason none of them have a parent place is that last year I spent months creating and refining the 80 or so Kaipatiki Zones and other Kaipatiki Places, then due to searches not worki…

By the way, once I learned to find in the Universal Search all the Places which were not findable in the “Find a Place” search, I went through every one, checking each out to find whether it was used, and deleting the duplicates. I noticed recently that duplicates appear to have been created for so…

Thanks again Carrie, Confirming that the Place to which you assigned the PArent is now findable in my Edit Observations when logged into the NZ portal :) Before I add parents to the other 100 or so Places, I will wait for the outcome of your query in another thread about correction of the standard …

[image] kaipatiki_naturewatc: Deleting it resulted in the automatic deletion of all the 80 To my horror and surprise, I can replicate this. I’m sorry that it created so much extra work for you. I’ve filed an issue . In the meantime, since only staff can delete standard places, you should be sa…

Thank you Carrie, it is a great relief to have a possible resolution of this issue. The incident happened at the end of last year when I was already tired from the delightful discovery of iNat leading to my applying for funding for a restoration study and action Project on the Creek. I had spent hu…

@kaipatiki_naturewatc I’m so sorry again for all the time and hassle that this bug caused you. I am happy to report now that the cascading deletion of places has been eliminated. Now, if a parent place is deleted, the “child” places will be assigned to the next-level place in the hierarchy, whether …

Thanks Carrie…for the empathy and the investigation and the bug-fix. Just so I understand, would there always be a next level place in the hierarchy, eg Country perhaps, that cannot be removed?

Oh, and thanks for the solution to my not being able to find Places, too:)

Can't find Places I created in the inaturalist.NZ Portal

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carrieseltzer September 4, 2019, 10:59am 18

Editing the display name should not have any adverse effects, but please let us know if you encounter anything odd.

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Can't find Places I created in the inaturalist.NZ Portal

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