In September of this year I sent an iNat message to one of the top identifiers of Orange-Crowned Warblers asking for help. I chose that person because even though I did not know him personally, I knew he was very well known as a birder and was well regarded as an exceptionally helpful, kind person. …

[image] PattiEdens: is there some way to prevent the names of deceased people showing up as Top Identifiers? probably not, since there is no mechanism to record when a user is deceased. there was a feature request related to deceased users a while back, and i think this is relevant takeaway f…

[image] marina_gorbunova: if you tag a person after their death, it’s like a disregard of their passing away I guess one can choose to see it like that or not. Personally, I’m happy to be tagged whenever. Tagging me after my death (not planned anytime soon, but who knows) only comes with the …

I just think with big users it’s not that hard to connect real person and their account, it was all discussed in that old topic, but I still can’t agree there’s nothing can be done by iNat to accounts like that, just adding a black ribbon through the photo would be enough to let others know.

If someone is going to go through the trouble of tagging another user to help them with an ID, that person can also go to the tagged person’s profile page to see if they’ve been active recently. Shouldn’t be a burden to take that extra step. Lots of reasons a person might not be currently active o…

[image] PattiEdens: It would also be nice to put some type of memorial on their profile page. In this case (I believe it’s who is being referred to), there is a memorial on his profile page and elsewhere: https://www.inaturalist.org/users/9706 Added note: I agree with others here that if a…

I can certainly understand where you’re coming from - from a utilitarian point of view, having currently active people on the “top identifiers” list is much more useful. Still, I kind of like the thought that their rank sits there as a little a memorial until someone else eventually takes the rank. …

I agree with the remark that always viewing a person’s profile before tagging them is best practice. There are many other additional reasons why this is important, and not just that the person isn’t active. In some cases a person might be top in a particular taxon, but only in a different region, an…

I still have a lot to learn about iNaturalist. I didn’t know I could filter by region. That will help. Thank you.

Yes! The person I tagged died in January, almost a full year and still on the list of top identifiers and likely to be there a while longer.

You are correct that there is a memorial on his profile page. If I had checked the page, I would have known. I am beginning to understand a bit better how to use this site. I thought the whole purpose of the top identifier list was to provide a list of people to contact for ID help, but there is a l…

Handling Top Identifier Status for Deceased iNatters

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JeremyHussell December 11, 2021, 11:55pm 14

Vote for this? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/show-top-identifiers-by-continent-by-default/15310

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Handling Top Identifier Status for Deceased iNatters

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