Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"

[tiwane]

@mira_l_b

Currently, it must be confusing for new users, many of whom seem to be joining just to figure out what a particular houseplant or ornamental is, to have someone like me come along marking their obs as captive (welcoming them and explaining why with links of course too!) only to have their ob end up in ID no man’s land.

I think this can be dealt with by better messaging and onboarding. I also think theres’ a fundamental issue in that to many people, any non-human organism is “nature” but that’s a larger issue.

@jon_sullivan

All I really need is a toggle switch on the Identify page that switches “wild only” on and off. I don’t mind if it’s “on” by default.

To me this seems like the best solution for those who are interested in non-wild organisms. I personally have no interest in looking at observations of non-wild organisms and I think iNat’s focus should be on wild organisms but I understand the use of non-wild data and the confusion this difference may cause for newer users.

@jon_sullivan

I’d also rather see captive/cultivated observations labelled “research grade”, perhaps as a separate “research grade-not wild” category.

I think the bigger problem is the term “Research Grade” and the implications is has. We’ve discussed various different schema but I’m not sure any of them are improvements…Anyway that should a discussion in a more broader, non-feature request topic.