One thing that seems to have changed recently is how quickly the new observations are being IDed. I don’t get time to fill the annotations because people are jumping on the posts within 2-3 minutes I DONT LIKE IT! Please give me time to switch from uploading on the app to the internet (still usin…

I don’t understand. Why would it be a issue if someone already went in and annotated the observation before the uploader gets to it? If the annotations are correct, no problem, if they are wrong, the observer has the power to delete those and add a correct one. I really fail to see the problem here. …

Request for Draft Mode has 89 votes. Unless I get an irate PM - it is hard to remember - that observer says don’t …

[image] ajott: If the annotations are correct, no problem, if they are wrong, the observer has the power to delete those and add a correct one. You can’t delete others’ annotations, can you? I’m not sure I’ve ever tried it on my observations, though, so maybe I’m wrong. Certainly with others’…

[image] grampianshiker: You can’t delete others’ annotations, can you? you can, if it’s your own observation

Good to know, thanks - I’ve never had occasion to try.

I’ve experienced this too, throughout my use of iNat (2021 onward). When uploading a new observation on the app (Android phone in my case), you can’t access the annotation section until after your new observation has uploaded (synced). While your observation is “syncing”, you can’t click on that o…

I fully understand your problem Thunderhead! i usually go on my fieldtrips (offline of cause), and collect hundred or so observations with INat classic. Then after the trip i do the upload, often without any IDs, as adding IDs increases memory required by the app (which is one of the limiting factor…

[image] jasonhernandez74: Will saving it in this manner allow annotating it? No, and annotations aren’t available at all yet in the new app. Annotations are a bit tricky in that they are taxon-dependent. So if we want to allow annotations pre-upload, we’d have to contact the server once the u…

[image] mreith: With old observations being largely forgotten, while new uploads are swarmed like a honeypot. Some of us are still ploughing thru the CNC residue. You are welcome to help.

Speed of IDs and Annotations

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DianaStuder July 3, 2025, 10:54am 28

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/apply-community-consensus-logic-to-annotations-in-the-same-way-as-for-ids/12075

Another open feature request with 101 votes from May 2020

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Create a "Draft mode" for uploaded observations Feature Requests web , android-app , very-challenging , mobile-app	68	7276	October 22, 2025
Annotations: Male/female, etc.—How to get more action? General question	74	4183	October 20, 2020
Improve How "Unknown" Observations Are Treated and Displayed Feature Requests	60	6922	June 12, 2019
Patience is a virtue General	44	1543	February 3, 2021
Why do some serious "power users" add so many unknown observations? General	122	13845	September 12, 2020

Speed of IDs and Annotations

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