One thing I see pretty often when I suggest ID fixes is that the observer responds with a comment thanking me for the info, but doesn’t change their own ID. This is almost never a case of “Thanks for your input but I prefer my ID” and instead it’s usually “That’s great! I’m glad to know what this th…

I like the part about making ‘withdraw’ easier to find and even encourage people to do it. I don’t think agreeing to the changed ID should be encouraged in any way. It’s already used way too often by people who just use it bowing to the (assumed) superior knowledge of that other IDer. This basicall…

Newbies may simply ‘agree to the ID’ as it is the only visible way to ‘Like’ (as on FB) They can also see agreeing politely as a way of saying thank you.

Indeed. That’s one of the reasons for the problem rather than a solution though. (Yes, I know you didn’t say that. :-) )

[image] zdanko: [image] teellbee: Just remembering that there is no Withdraw ID option in the IOS app. Why… that explains so much Yes, I believe there is no way to receive a message on the iOS app (other than Comments), unless Messages get forwarded to the user’s email, perhaps?

I’m glad it’s not just me experiencing this issue! Thanks for the comments and suggestions. [image] ddennism: Should it be posted as a feature request? You’re right. I tried to edit the category, but got the error “You are not permitted to view the requested resource.” Can a forum admin help…

[image] rupertclayton: Wow! I didn’t know. I really hope the fix for that can be adding Withdraw ID to the iOS app. :smiling_face:Me, too. But I think it may be a long time coming.

I’m glad to see this discussion and to read some of the clarifications. As a user, I’ve struggled with these. I find it ironic - I’m a 30+ year researcher, grad students etc., but this particular element of iNat has thrown me. Awhile back, I finally figured it out, somewhat, with the help of one of…

[image] rupertclayton: Can a forum admin help me? I would suggest letting this excellent discussion continue for a bit, to help flesh out any additional nuances. Then when you feel like you have a finished feature request targeting the specific parts (there are several) of the interface wher…

I remember there was a url that showed you obs with ids of taxon in interest and disagreement.

As a ~ some times here ~ sometimes not ~ user, I have been confused. Am I withdrawing the posting, or my suggested ID? Will my comments and that of others stay when I withdraw mine? I have made an ID based on the mapping of possible species when a better visual match is not seen near my location,…

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rosabelmiro July 23, 2021, 2:24pm 29

Thank you for bringing up this issue. I learned a lot reading all your comments. I’m an iPhone user… I’ll shared with friends this topic, many of us are iNat self-taught users and your comments are very useful to us.

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Making it easier for users to know (how) to fix incorrect IDs

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