This is either a bug in the language chosen for an important question in the UI, or it is a bug in how iNaturalist handles the answer to the question. Two people had marked an observation as Trachelas. I was not convinced that it was Trachelas, thinking it’s possible it could instead be Meriola. Ho…

[image] arachnojoe: iNaturalist reported that 3 of 3 people confirm that this is genus Trachelas. Hi Joe - can you share a screenshot of where it said this?

Sure! Screenshot: [Screen Shot 2021-09-01 at 12.38.31]

From that screenshot, it does look like the Community ID algorithm is off (it seems like it shouldn’t show 3/3 for the genus and all green). I actually just did this with a different observation, and it behaved the same way (showing 3/3 for the lower level ID and all green). However, when I looked …

In the color bar, red means disagreement and green means not disagreement. So the info in that box means: the community ID is currently at genus Trachelas and there are no disagreeing IDs. That is completely consistent with the sequence of IDs: Trachelas, Trachelas, non-disagreeing Trachelidae. F…

[image] cthawley: showing 3/3 for the lower level ID and all green I agree, the “Cumulative IDs: 3 of 3” does seem misleading. I updated the title of the bug report to represent the issue more clearly (I think!).

[image] cthawley: colors in that community ID bar are so similar to some color blind people (like me), I can never even tell if it’s correct or not iNat still needs to offer an accessibility setting for that issue?

Yeah, it could be a grey bar or something. Might help? Honestly, I think it will always be a little tricky to understand for most people until they work through an example themselves for a specific observation they care about (because it is a bit tough!). But I could see a different color bar helpin…

I have learnt to either spell out in a comment ‘not disagreeing with your species’ Or skip it, if I have to explain every time.

Community Taxon: "Cumulative IDs" does not match number of IDs at that rank

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thomaseverest September 2, 2021, 3:44am 8

Seems to be a frequent confusion.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unexpected-community-taxon/14327

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Community Taxon: "Cumulative IDs" does not match number of IDs at that rank

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