I take a lot of photos especially of potential subspecies or new species or variations or such interesting cases in ‘‘less explored locations’’. These individuals often require a second look. But often people racing to provide ID seem to overlook and such specimens get marked off as Research Grade w…

Just to expand on melodi_96’s comment - that “can be improved” option is in the Data Quality Assessment section on each observation, at the very bottom: [image] Where it says “Based on the evidence, can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved?” you can mark “Yes”. Once you get another …

Be aware (this is not meant to reignite the inevitable arguments this topic tends to create) that many identifiers are uncomfortable or unwilling to do identifications at the subspecies or variety level. While some users are comfortable doing it, many also shy away from it.

Thank you for your comments. Sorry if i wasnt clear. My primary issue is not that i expect ID to subspecies but that the option to agree on a ID seems to be very easy for people racing to provide ID. Such cases that require a closer look or should atleast be marked at Genus level if unknown gets pas…

Thank you very much. Most helpful. I was searching for the option.

Just to flush out that checkbox, especially if you are going to use it on your own observations. there is no threshold that “turns it off”. If 10 more users come and agree with the ID there it will still remain in needs id, and correspondingly need far more identifications to be done to get it to …

Flagging research grade posts for further review when ID is unsure

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marina_gorbunova April 23, 2020, 11:00am 2

Just mark it as “can be improved” and it won’t have RG anymore.

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Flagging research grade posts for further review when ID is unsure

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