I just looked for my maverick IDs using https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=ralfmuschall&category=maverick (in order to catch my errors where I missed disagreement notes) and found the following two types of situation, where in both situation the question is whether it would be usefu…

[image] ralfmuschall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167501554 (Alliaria petiolata in UK, it is a common edible weed occurring all over europe) with an insect on it. I assumed the herb not having been interesting as it occurs everywhere (except in the USA where it is an invasive weed i…

[image] ralfmuschall: is there a place where I can read about Inat’s tree changes? Go to the taxon’s page, click on Taxonomy, then click on Taxon Changes.

Thats what my link ending in 30008 says from which I learned what happened and when. So there is no such thing as a complete monthly changelog that says “we erected Nephilidae as sister to Araneidae invalidating Nephilinae, and moved birds into reptiles and insects into crustacea” (the last two are …

I like it that you have considered the option of just withdrawing your ID. There are a few times where I have been the maverick and couldn’t see the validity of the group ID, but just didn’t have enough of a stake in it to investigate further. In that case just withdrawing the maverick ID is a sim…

[image] ralfmuschall: So there is no such thing as a complete monthly changelog that says “we erected Nephilidae as sister to Araneidae invalidating Nephilinae, and moved birds into reptiles and insects into crustacea” (the last two are from the future)? You can view them here: https://inatur…

[image] ralfmuschall: just looked for my maverick IDs but you don’t need to change those (unless you want to?) Once iNat calls you Maverick, CID has moved on without you, and your ID makes no difference. Whether you leave it, or withdraw it.

[image] swampster: For this specific one, it looks like the observer has a separate observation for the fly at the same date/time No, it is a different fly (on a different plant). But I would tend to suspect that the Alliaria petiolata one was indeed likely intended for the plant, given that …

[image] ralfmuschall: is there a place where I can read about Inat’s tree changes? I think you should also get a message on your dashboard about taxon changes that affect your observations or IDs you have added. You won’t get a separate notification, however.

[image] DianaStuder: Once iNat calls you Maverick, CID has moved on without you, and your ID makes no difference. Whether you leave it, or withdraw it. It depends on what level the community ID is at, I think. If the observation is already at species, it probably doesn’t matter. If the commu…

You need to check ‘What’s This’ for each subsequent ID, to see where the CID algorithm is snarling - or when it is agreeable. That is why we did the Pre-Maverick project , where the disagreement is holding back CID.

Here’s an example from my recent IDing. I’m posting a screenshot of the relevant community taxon calculation rather than linking, to protect the innocent. Apologies for the German, and the fact that I couldn’t manage to fit the column headings in the screenshot; the relevant columns are 2 (total ID…

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tiwane September 29, 2023, 6:24pm 2

Go to the taxon’s page, click on Taxonomy, then click on Taxon Changes.

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