# "Edit Observations" leads to wrong page (or just remove from the subnav) **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** web\ **Created:** [September 19, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476 "2020-09-19T19:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/1 "2020-09-19T19:35:06Z")
When viewing _someone else’s_ profile, lists, faves, etc, the Edit Observations link leads to their Edit Observations page. It should either lead to _my_ Edit Observations page, or, really, the link should be removed from these views, since it doesn’t make sense to include a link to edit my observations in this subnavigation area. Its inclusion makes it seem like I would be able to edit someone else’s observations. **Platform** : Website **URLs** : [https://www.inaturalist.org/people/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/people/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/faves/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/faves/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/user/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/user/zeet) **Screenshots** : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/3/3061e9bfbf18b8ffa322a79a12f0ee5484f074ca.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/c/c7d039e7199745d8ec28a3c5109d23e3f9da553c.png) Edit: The link to Edit Observations has since been removed from… [https://www.inaturalist.org/people/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/people/zeet) [https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/zeet](https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/zeet) ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/2 "2020-09-29T20:41:49Z")
I like having this link for other people and use it frequently (in addition to the one that goes to Explore). I would prefer just having the name changed. Maybe it could just be “Observations” and the other one “Explore Observations”, for example. As a side note, it’s only available to logged in users, which doesn’t really make sense because it’s not actually an editing page when it’s for someone else. ![Screenshot_20200929-163725~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/1/19250a253503ef92545672a316ff022ece6741d7.png) ---
**Author:** ![whaichi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/whaichi/32/277_2.png) [@whaichi](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/whaichi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/6 "2020-10-02T08:11:55Z")
I also like having the link present for other people. It seems easier to follow people from that page (Home key + click on “Follow”) and I like having the thumbnails, map, and dates all easily visible together on one page. I will admit that it’s not as impressive visually when I just want to browse observations though. ---
**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/7 "2020-10-16T07:06:28Z")
Yes, the ‘Edit Observations’ link for other users is truly misleading. I could imagine to name the two links ‘observation view #1’ and ‘observation #2’ or something similar. However, this should not affect one’s own profile, where the term ‘edit observations’ should be maintained. ---
**Author:** ![jdee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdee/32/15761_2.png) [@jdee](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/8 "2021-02-04T12:52:33Z")
Where did the “Edit Observations” link go on OTHER members pages? It never went to wrong page when looking at OTHER members profile page. I used that all the time. Rather than remove it why not rename it if thats the problem. That link to me, and I see a few others, much more useful than the ‘Observations’ link that takes one to that BIG map. Personally I never use that. It used to be that ‘Observations’ went to that nice page … then was changed to ‘Edit Observations’ … now it disappeared completely. I can’t find it. I can’t find any info that it was removed. Maybe I’m missing something? ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/9 "2025-05-20T16:10:57Z")
Looks like the update has now been made on the other referenced pages. ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-observations-leads-to-wrong-page-or-just-remove-from-the-subnav/16476/10 "2025-05-21T13:00:16Z")
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