Hi there,
I’m new here and working on an application where I’d love to use the iNaturalist API.
I tried registering an app via: https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/applications.
According to the requirements, I should:
Both conditions seem to be met, but I’m still unable to apply for app registration.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance!
tiwane
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That’s not the text, the text is “10 improving identifications” (emphasis mine). “Improving” is defined here: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170241
I see mostly Leading and Supporting IDs when I go to https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/paddenstoelenman You can check the gray box for each ID to see what it’s labeled as.
would identifying my own observations count, or must I identify other users’ observations?
The 10 improving IDs have to be on others’ observations, not your own.
tiwane
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It’s pretty easy to just add some basic IDs to “uknown” observations and once those get confirmed they count as “improving”.
Sweet! Maybe we can add the link https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/user_id to the https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/app_owner_application application page, so it’s more obvious to users like me that don’t read documentation :)
Thank you for clarifying.
It was not clear to me what was meant by improving identifications.
Could you change the defunct link on this page https://www.inaturalist.org/oauth/app_owner_application ? It leads to https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#identification which does no longer exicsts 
and causes the confusion for me.
I will get back to work!
tiwane
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tiwane
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Link has been updated, thanks to cobbettn on GitHub!
