At this time, marking an observation “not wild” automatically removes it from the “needs ID” queue by making it “casual”. It has been suggested a number of times that those observations could be interesting to researchers, but they are also certainly interesting for the people submitting them. I sug…

[image] petemella: (I realise I’m grumpier than most on the use of iNat for some to dump any old rubbish off their camera reel!). If the “rubbish” was the only picture they managed to get in a place that they may never get to visit again, it probably isn’t rubbish to them.

I think you may have misunderstood me, I mean genuine pointless things like when people post pictures of literal rubbish, cuddly toys, pictures of their kids or mates with joke IDs, etc.

Is this Under Consideration or Declined ? 155 votes would like to know, please? 5 years … we are nothing, if not patient.

Yes, for such a highly-voted request and such a serious topic (whether or not one agrees with the request, this relates to a very core decision about how data is structured), it would be good to get a sense of Whether changes related to this topic are actively being worked on internally or have be…

Hi all - in this long ongoing conversation on Research Grade. This is an issue that has exercised us in NZ for several years and given the immense amount of restructuring of iNaturalist recently this would be the best time to address this. It shouldn’t involve too much work since the distinction be…

This is an excellent summary. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for highlighting the very real research applications that involve cultivated plants. For all the reasons you described, cultivated plants are part of the urban ecosystem.They interact with wild organisms. In addition to the negative ecosystem effects they may cause, they can also provide e…

9K views. 172 votes. 5 years waiting. Is this Under Consideration at least??

I agree. I am an urban forester, and try to find and ID regional trees. As you noted, in cities, many or most trees were planted and therefore are not “wild”, even though wildlife and urban ecosystems are very much dependent on them.

Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"

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DianaStuder March 10, 2025, 2:27pm 141

Also an ongoing discussion about renaming Research Grade
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/rename-research-grade-discussion-and-polls/590
‘Two people agree’ does not equal Research to most of us.

Topic		Replies	Views
Disappointing consistent failure: users not marking observations as cultivated General	131	9180	April 23, 2020
What incentive is there for users to mark their observations as captive / cultivated? General question	90	4018	November 17, 2023
Absolutely tired of plants not marked as cultivated - Solutions welcome General	183	13303	November 26, 2021
What makes a sighting casual and other related questions? General	53	8274	July 19, 2019
How often do you mark plants as ‘Not Wild’ when IDing? General	58	1064	December 2, 2024

Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"

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