I don’t think I should post this under bugs, because nothing looks wrong, really. I am just a bit baffled for an explanation, and maybe someone knows something about recent changes, that I missed? My husband and I are both inatters, and this year we challenged each other (alright, I challenged him)…

A prolific plant IDer in Denmark apparently deleted their account around Mondayish. Since you only include research grade observations in your project, I imagine this would account for the sudden drop in the number of species. I only figured this out because my species count had fallen as well and …

Oops. Sorry I forgot that it deletes your id’s.

Not that I’m aware of, but I tagged Tony, so perhaps he can provide an update

I can confirm that an account with many identifications was deleted. We unfortunately haven’t made progress on an anonymization option.

How valid is an anonymous ID? I like to see who, so I can evaluate if it’s an enthusiastic newbie or - I am working on the taxonomy of brizzlesquits. And then - carved in stone - no option to ask ‘them’ to reconsider. If I would have reason to delete my social media account. I would prefer the del…

If it was a single expert on that taxon, then very valid, just having any notice on “this id was here” would be enough.

Hope nobody here has a relative like that!

Thanks for the update, Carrie. Perhaps one option to consider would be within the new notifications revamp, of notifying observers and identifiers of this sort of change - if an identifier deletes their account, there should be a way to notify people so that they can revise their IDs or call for add…

That is a better option. A prompt - if it is no longer CID, to reconsider your ID. Or to tag in someone competent to help restore a fresh CID.

For you - if it is a taxon where you know and remember who it must have been. But for others, who might never have engaged with Deleted Account?

How did about 50 species disappear from our project without notice?

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susanne-kasimir November 10, 2022, 2:13pm 19

worst case scenario: the IDer died and the heir just deleted all his/ her social media accounts…

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How did about 50 species disappear from our project without notice?

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