I realize many people like taxon photos to be unchanging. However, with the implementation of suggestions in the CV using the best matching taxon photo, I predict there will be a wave of changes to taxon photos as people try to tweak the existing set to better represent a species. In response, thos…

There are still loads of mollusk photos from Femorale.

Photos are chosen in the same way whether they come from Flickr or iNat - meaning that you can still fix them in the same way. Of course, if you’re talking about flagging on Flickr that’s something I know nothing about - I’ve never even looked at Flickr and know nothing about it (shocking, I know). …

[image] grampianshiker: The answer is not to flag anything, but to open the observation the photo comes from and correct its ID, My reply was in response to your statement, “The answer is not to flag anything, but to open the observation the photo comes from and correct its ID,” which was imp…

Okay, so if the photo has an associated ID on Flickr (which I likewise know nothing about) you can’t change that. But you can still change/correct the taxon photo without needing to flag it or get help from a curator, which was my main point.

I tried. We are back to the unhelpful picture. Will push yours to second … Since the chosen picture was ‘destroyed’ I have flagged for curation. Destroyed seems an overreaction for - I don’t like that one, despite JP’s taxon knowledge.

Yes, I’m aware, but I wanted to point out the exception. EDIT: I see what you are saying though - not for me, but for the general public, we should be aware it is better to correct an iNaturalist observation than flag it. Point taken, and thank you for pointing this out to the world. :)

There was no way to see who it was, if I recall correctly. It was a tricky species, so I was a bit surprised that a non-observation pic was used. At least their name wasn’t associated with anyone on iNaturalist. Whomever chose the taxon pic chose that Flickr one, leaving no choice but for me to flag…

Yes, if they use the same name. In this case I was going through and IDing every photo of a particular species.

I don’t want to labour this, but you seem to be misunderstanding my point: this isn’t an exception. You can still choose a different taxon photo, even if the original taxon photo was from Flickr - it doesn’t require flagging or help from a curator. The point about changing the observation ID was me…

Get ready for a whole bunch of changes to taxon photos

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DianaStuder February 28, 2025, 8:59am 31

For the pictures from Flickr - check whether the user is now on iNat. With an obs - which would provide a better link (hopefully RG too)

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Get ready for a whole bunch of changes to taxon photos

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