I just want to know. And if there are, how can I apply for it? Thank you.

There is no “outstanding user” award, one shouldn’t need such a motivation to continue contributing to a community like this. Being the top identifier isn’t something that needs attribution; if you think it does then you might need to do some thinking. [image] earthknight: If you’re one of the…

iNat kinda succeeds exactly because there ISN’T such a thing. We just do it because it’s worth doing, not for the recognition or reward.

[image] zdanko: If it’s that important to you, then you should feel excited to tell people that, and then go on to explain what it means. When I first became the number one identifier for Plushback Flies (Palpada), I sent an email to some friends bragging, and then I later realized how weird I s…

[image] Manassas: You mean there aren’t any official certificate or award? Nope, and I, for one, am glad that’s the case.

I know, If I don’t love it and can’t get pleasure from it, I won’t spend time on it from the beginning, instead of keeping studying by myself and being one of the top identifier in Mantis and Katydid, and spending time sorting and identifying observation, and giving ID to some hard species that no o…

[image] Manassas: But you know what, I am only an undergraduate student in Wuhan, China. School don’t care what you do in your amatur time unless you get award on it. Even volunteer work you need to get exact working hours to be certified. Many students get the qualification of Postgraduate exem…

@Manassas one suggestion: your iNaturalist profile page shows the number of observations and identifications you have contributed, and how long you have been contributing. You could print this as a record of your work. Before printing, you could also edit your profile description to add more detai…

Yes. And I ID so many interesting species that I like, but even not get any for five years.

In my opinion, the number is only a number, if not certified, it is not different between 15000 ID and 1500 ID. For example, just like running, no matter how many practices you’ve done can’t compare to a medals.

In the US they have the master naturalists or something like that, and here in NZ we have various programs offered through Department of Conservation that have been developed and carry credits in the NZ education system. My iNat activity counts for nothing here in NZ, so it is not just a Chinese edu…

Is there any public welfare award for outstanding iNat user?

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I will look into it. Thanks.
It seems that there aren’t yet anyone set out to describe the freshwater crab. I am asking my friend if there are any further information.

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