Hi, I have had a couple of observations get a bunch of suggested IDs that are not correct and it seems to mess up the observations. one was full of suggested IDs that are not found in the area, as opposed to my ID that was commonly found here. I deleted and re-did the observations. How is this sup…

Mistakes happen to the best of us. This is why iNat requires more than one ID for an observation to be labelled “research grade”. One wrong ID is not a problem – you just need 2 more IDs to get a 2/3 + 1 majority and the community taxon will follow the majority ID. For most taxa, this is self-corre…

I think I’m a top identifier for a few plant species, but I certainly make mistakes and I want to know about them when I do. I’ll echo the advice to talk to the identifier - make a comment or even send them a private message - say something like, “I was thinking this is Species A because of the hair…

I do a lot of identifications. I’m an expert in some species outside of iNaturalist and I’m a top identifier of some species in iNaturalist. And you know what? I make mistakes. Everything from misclicks to serious confusion about taxa. I appreciate hearing out the errors and being able to fix t…

I’m not sure if you’ll see this, joerich, since I’m a little late to this thread, but if you’re talking about the observation I think you are, I too was surprised by the rudeness of that response. I saw the exchange, and though I chose not to get involved, as I figured you’d be more than capable of …

Makers of occasional mistakes, unite!

[image] jasonhernandez74: Just get a whole lot of people to agree with your initial ID Isn’t a load of people agreeing with ids the problem?

Is there any way to delete someone else’s ID on my observation? I’ve got one person making an ID which I disagree with and they’ve made no comment to explain their ID. How come I can’t just delete this bad ID?

I don’t think you’re supposed to call out individuals by name no the forum (no matter how much they may deserve it). You can either tag people, asking for further ID’s, or opt out of the community ID (for this observation only, please). Contact the help desk to explain the problem and this p…

thank you. And pls excuse my disregard of the forum guides… unintentional. I will edit to delete that part of the comment.

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jasonhernandez74 November 15, 2023, 11:38pm 42

The now closed thread Why do some observation receive plenty of agreeing IDs? suggests a possible solution. Just get a whole lot of people to agree with your initial ID, and then anyone who comes along to disagree will go straight to maverick.

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