Thanks all for these recent replies. Good to see this idea still excites new people. From the various replies it remains clear to me that people here on iNat do not lack the willingness or capacity to help document and train others to identify. There is so much written between journal posts, external sites, in comment boxes of observations… I really believe that if we were to capture and present this information in a more structured manner, it would go a long way in bringing in more people to help with identification!
PS please vote for this idea if you believe it has merit - would be great to see if we could get the team at iNat to consider this!