This is so cool!! Amazing work.
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Love it! Will be sharing with my students to encourage careful IDs. Thank you and great work!
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Another point is that sometimes I may remember synonyms eg. genus Cigaritis vs Spindasis, which penalized me greatly.
I’ve pushed a new change, now correct genus names with invalid species epithets are granted partial credit (and vise versa). I may end up rethinking the approach I’m taking down the line once more test types are supported, but it’s an easy short-term improvement. I’ve also made it case-insensitive cc @robotpie @tpollard
I will note, one of my goals with this is actually to help people learn and memorize the scientific names, but I’m not against having the option to allow common names. But there are some caveats with implementing that, so it will probably come later down the line
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Hangman and multiple choice tests are good ideas! I hadn’t thought of using those formats. About the brown moth example: I can’t quite guarantee the feasibility of excluding taxons from results (at least in a comfortable way), but it’s on the roadmap to support a list of taxons instead of just one. Would that provide a decent alternative, in your opinion? @corunastylis
Yes, that sounds like an excellent alternative, thanks.
The real fun will come when you add voice recognition and mark people down on their pronunciation!! :)
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You’d be lucky to get any agreement on what the correct pronunciation is in the first place.
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I would suggest substituting the term scientific names for Latin names. Yes, many are Latin, but as others have pointed out, many are not and come from Greek or indigenous languages. Others still are “latinized” names of people, e.g., Clarkia lewisii, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=76376.
I am one of the - as others have pointed out ;~)