Do not overwrite placeholder text

[schoenitz]

@dianastuder

As the text disappeared, I thought wait, what did it say!

The placeholder is not actually gone. From the identification etiquette wiki thread:

@schoenitz

Just to add a side issue to this whole discussion:

charlie:

However if you add a coarser ID “mammals” or a different ID “Bison bison” it deletes Bos taurus which can be really annoying to the observer.

I found out the other day that it doesn’t actually delete the placeholder, it just hides it. Try this: in an obs. with a placeholder, enter some taxon. Now the placeholder appears gone. Then change your mind, and delete your ID. Now the placeholder is back!

So it should be technically feasible for the system to take the placeholder, and insert it as a comment before the ID that clobbered it.