How often to make observations of local organisms?

[sedgequeen]

Your suggestion about labeling the intent of the observation could have value. The default would have to be that it needs an ID because new people, who often do want ID’s, wouldn’t understand the labeling system. If observers could label their observations as “identification not a priority,” that would remove a majority of the observations from the queue, I think. Or remove them from the front of the queue. Probably most people do want ID’s, but a huge number of observations, probably the majority, are provided by people who know what species they are uploading. I still wouldn’t support this suggestion – I make too many mistakes and see other very good people making ID mistakes they didn’t recognize. However, this might avoid the elitist aspects of allowing people to opt out.