Sometimes when I tag someone requesting help on an ID, the person doesn’t see the notification because it gets lost in the midle of several others. It’s normal. I wonder if the same could happen when I flag something. Flags are always seen by curators? I’m asking this because a few days ago I flagge…

Flags are not always seen by curators because there is currently no way for a taxon curator (or anyone else) to be automatically notified of a flag on a taxon. It’s something that has to be actively monitored. Personally, as a taxon curator, I wouldn’t mind getting an @-mention to draw attention t…

There is no way to know if something has been seen unless it is resolved or comments added etc. In this particular case it is likely it has been seen but not acted upon because the species you have requested is not accepted by, or even listed as a synonym etc by the authority the site follows for v…

Thank you both. Maybe it could be useful to have something like “flag under review” that would indicate the flag was seen and was been taken care. How can I see who are the curators for a given taxon?

[image] draposo79: How can I see who are the curators for a given taxon? There is a list here . It’s also possible to check for any given taxon by clicking on Taxonomy Details and clicking up through the Taxon Framework Relationships until you find one with taxon curators listed. [image]

There are no curators designated for plants (with a very small number of exceptions EDIT - if you look it does appear there is a curator for vascular plants but that is a little deceptive as this group is not locked which means it remains available for all curator to work on), and there are a small …

In general, specific taxa curators are only assigned when a group is ‘locked’. One of the criteria required to lock a group is all species in the relevant reference source the site uses must be in the iNat database. With plants, the site is kilometers away from achieving this goal, so plants will li…

Damn. This seems to be a lot of work. Amazing people, these curators. :smile:

Is there a way to find who is a curator for which group? I got a comment for one of my flags 2 months ago I answered it but got nothing from that time, I mean it’s a very uncertain situation and it would be helpful to know who else you could ask, even if the response will be delayed.

How to know if a flag has been seen?

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How to know if a flag has been seen?

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