Link DQA captive/cultivated to https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#captive

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Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: Website (not sure how this would be possible on mobile)

URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: Any observation page

Description of need:
Many forum posts have covered new users not understanding captive/cultivated vs wild. It’s so common it’s in the Frequent Responses page at https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/responses#notwild . This page tells users HOW to use the DQA setting, but not when to use it. iNat’s captive/cultivated definition (the individual’s origin for plants, the individual’s current status for animals) is on a separate page, the Help page at https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#captive .

Feature request details:
It might be helpful if the DQA itself had a link to all the examples on the help page.
Mockups:
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That first mockup looks great to me, and I think this would is a much-needed feature.

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Currently, if you click on the “i” next to Data Quality Assessment you get definitions for the DQA terms:

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I would not want to see tooltips next to each DQA question. I suppose we could link to the FAQ page in that large info pop-up, but I wouldn’t be for it.

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That’s very helpful!
Unfortunately, all it says about “wildness” is:

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which doesn’t give much insight into the difference between wild vs cultivated on iNat.

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OK. I’d be interested in knowing a bit more about why. The confusion around this DQA question is persistent and consistent, with real implications for data quality - or at least it looks that way to me. It seems to me that this is about addressing an identified problem related to a specific aspect of the interface, not a precedent for hanging links off every toggle. I realize that you have insights into how things work that the rest of us mostly lack but I’m puzzled by the resistance to what seems like a simple enough step to help clarify a quirky feature.

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Thank you, @pmeisenheimer .

@tiwane , I am not shy about asking for features. If I intended to ask for tool tips on every DQA question, I would have written my request that way. :grin:

I’m only interested in linking to iNat’s own, official standard for what I see as THE question in the DQA that causes the most confusion for users.

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What about creating a page with some photographic examples of what some non-wild organisms are instead of justa text?

PS: It would be great if these guidelines for a so critical aspect of iNat would be translated in other languages.

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