Im very grateful for the local names section of the taxonomy page. Here is an example of its use. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/569253-Sternocera-orissa-orissa This beetle is common and a tasty snack so as a food it has a load of names in Setswana and perhaps some other languages in Botswana. …

[image] botswanabugs: I think each name should have a comments section where notes can be written such as-which part of the country is the name used. Which dialect ? Is the name still in common use or is it only used by a few elderly people. Are there different names for males and females ? Is t…

[image] botswanabugs: Are there any plans to increase the capability of the Names section so that names can be discussed and peer reviewed. Under the current setup this could be done with flags on the taxon.

You can add a common name to a taxa by clicking the Add Name button and using the language feature to add a name.

I spoke with my contacts at the Seton Portage Band Office who I worked for two years ago and they suggested using First Voices to pull words. They have 60 First Nations languages there. If we formed a formal working group we could reach out to them on behalf of iNaturalist to get organism names, lan…

But what if we want to comment on a name supplied by somebody els. Perhaps we want to disagree with the species the name is applied to or disagree with the spelling ? There is no place at present to comment on local vernacular names.

[image] upupa-epops: [image] botswanabugs: Are there any plans to increase the capability of the Names section so that names can be discussed and peer reviewed. Under the current setup this could be done with flags on the taxon. Flags

Expand local names section on taxon pages with notes and discussion section

Feature Requests

DianaStuder July 9, 2020, 2:02pm 4

also this thread
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/importing-indigenous-names/13981/21

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Expand local names section on taxon pages with notes and discussion section

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