Hi All, I was recently made a curator :tada: I was looking at taxonomy flags that I might be able to help with. I found this flag for adding a Parnassius subspecies. The subspecies seems to be accepted by Butterflies of America , but I’m not sure of how to cite the source when adding the new taxa.…

You can add a new source. For sorting flags you can use the flags page and there’s an option to sort by a taxon. Here’s the link I have bookmarked for plantae <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/flags?utf8=%E2%9C%93&flagger_type=any&flagger_name=&flagger_user_id=&user_name=&user_id=&flaggable_type=Taxon&taxon_name=Plantae&taxon_id=47126&deleted=any&flags%5B%5D=inappropriate&flags%5B%5D=other&reason_query=&resolved=no&resolver_name=&resolver_user_id=&commit=Filter&utf8=%E2%9C%93&flagger_user_id=&commit=Filter" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">https://www.inaturalist.org/flags?utf8=✓&flagger_type=any&flagger_name=&flagger_user_id=&user_name=&user_id=&flaggable_type=Taxon&taxon_name…

Generally it’s better not to make a new source for each species page. But there should be one for each external source (I’m surprised there isn’t one for Butterflies of America). [image] nmdg: Is there a way to sort flags by taxa? You have to sort by taxa before the box to specify which will…

you may need to try typing out different permutations of the name of the website or resource, until the source search box comes up with it. I’m fairly certain there is one for Butterflies of America; I seem to remember citing it myself. in general, yes, it’s best not to add too many new sources. I …

Just on the “source”, further to @ sbrobeson , then exactly, sometimes it takes different permutations to find ‘a general link’ to the website. The input sources are often pure chaos about what someone else entered, for example BoA, BOA and other such permutations largely seems to go to entries made f…

The Curator’s Guide says: “Since it’s a pain to add a new Source record for every single page, it’s often easier to set the Source as the website and include a specific URL to the page on that website that describes the change on the description.”

it is also common to see many, many duplicates of commonly cited sources. typing in “POWO” brings up what seem to be dozens of near-exact duplications, for example… obviously not as much an issue as the aforementioned redundant “link rot” excessively specific links, since all of the plain “POWO” sou…

[image] nmdg: Is there a way to sort flags by taxa? On the page : https://www.inaturalist.org/flags Content Type : select « Taxon » in the list Click on « Filter » A box appears below Content type - Taxon : « Start typing taxon name… » Start typing a taxon name in the box and select the nam…

Should I add a Taxon Source?

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Should I add a Taxon Source?

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