Hi, I am an iNat user who is of 13 years and almost 1 month. I identify reptiles from various countries and have a good history of Id'ing them. Is it ok for me to become a curator? And so if it is, please provide information on how to become one

[tejasviwild]

Hi, I am an iNat user who is of 13 years and almost 1 month. I identify reptiles from various countries and have a good history of Id’ing them. Is it ok for me to become a curator? And so if it is, please provide information on how to become one. I’ve been there in iNat for about 1 year and know a lot about it. Currently i’m writing about the lizards found in the Indian subcontinent.

[bouteloua]

Hi Tejasvi, welcome to the iNaturalist Forum! You can read more about what it means to be a curator on iNaturalist, and how to become one, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/curator+guide

[tejasviwild]

Thanks @bouteloua
But is it good for me to be a curator?

[bouteloua]

It depends on what you’re interested in doing with curator tools. For example being a curator isn’t strongly related to having expertise in a particular group of species (like lizards), or even making identifications. Some more info here: https://www.inaturalist.org/curator_applications/new

If you’re interested in sharing knowledge online about lizards further than identifications, writing journal posts or improving Wikipedia articles about lizards might be good places to start.

[thomaseverest]

You may be interested in these other threads:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/age-restriction-for-curators/14098
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/should-there-be-curator-mentorships-and-what-would-that-look-like/14514

[tejasviwild]

Thankyou very much :)
That’s why I’m here

[tejasviwild]

Thanks @thomaseverest :)