Hi, So I was wondering how I could ‘advertise’ my observations that require ID to get them to research grade, I find the species that I often upload (I have checklist of a few species I’m guaranteed to see when I’m out here, so I end up adding multiple observations of 1 species a week) and then one…

Hi Whitney I have tried that before, in fact if an observation was bumped to genus I would leave it until it was properly ID’d but in most cases that never happened, so most of my Obs now are at species level because I have taken the time where I could and gone over everything that was still stuck …

Two things I like to keep in mind: Not everything has to be at RG, and there is a way to get RG at genus level for those that are impossible to ID to species. When I was new on iNat, I was excited to get my first RG confirmations, but I know full well that not everything I post is easily identified …

[image] kyle_campbell1: I am very active as an IDer in my area (West Rand), I just checked and surprisingly I was first on the list of Identifiers Bravo!! So you can see that there will lots more hopeful observers waiting in the wings with you. What I haven’t fathomed is the trick of enticing…

This question comes up often on the forum, because everyone appreciates and desires feedback from the community. That’s why we use this website. I just ran the numbers and 49% of my plants and 47% of my arthropods are RG. I’m sure birds are much higher. Giving back with IDs of your own can help, bu…

208K - no, thank you. That is a horrifying target. Okay - less than a hundred on the Peninsula. Back later. PS in among all the ribwort plantains was this - the ‘ will be 7th obs ’ on iNat! Cleared my patch. I challenge the rest of you to help out @egordon88 Tweak the URL to your location, pick ou…

I echo @annkatrinrose and suggest that observations do not need to be research grade. In the event a researcher wants to use your observations in their data set, best practice is for them to verify the ID themselves, whether or not the observation already says research grade. If the observation has …

[image] annkatrinrose: Not everything has to be at RG, and there is a way to get RG at genus level for those that are impossible to ID to species. This! There are a tons of spiders that just cannot be Id’ed to species level without a microscope, but can be pinned down to a genus. Marking that…

Hi kyle, Firstly keep up the good work in the West Rand (although would love to see more longhorn beetle observations from the area :grinning:). Would agree with those that say that 'Not everything has to be RG", and that sometimes genus level is the best we can get to. In my opinion, we do not h…

Absolutely, but this requires at least two observers to agree at the genus level. We need to organize pairs and trios of identifiers to sweep through all the Needs ID observations of these sort of species and collectively move them to Research Grade.

How to get more observations ID'd to RG

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bouteloua May 13, 2023, 3:19pm 12

some tips for getting IDs generally https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-get-identifications-for-your-observations/26429

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How to get more observations ID'd to RG

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