# Taxonomy, Cladistics, and iNaturalist

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taxonomy-cladistics-and-inaturalist/57212>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [October 14, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/taxonomy-cladistics-and-inaturalist/57212 "2024-10-14T22:10:34Z")\
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That feature request lists some options, with the default being the same as who gets dashboard alerts for taxon changes which I believe is everyone with an observation of the taxon. This is just about who gets a notification (awareness to be able to comment) not voting, creating a voting system would be another complicated question.

> [@Notify users of drafted taxon changes](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/notify-users-of-drafted-taxon-changes/38765/1):
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> When a taxon change is drafted, send a notification to all users who would receive a notification if the change was committed. …
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> Other possibilities to make this request more complicated:
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> - Only the top IDers and/or observers (3, 5, 10) could be notified. I think _at least_ IDers should be notified.
> - Curators could be given the option to send a notification on the draft.
> - Curators could choose who to send the notification to (top IDers, top observers, etc.).
> - Notify users associated with output taxa as well (i.e. people associated with split outputs but not inputs that wouldn’t get the notification otherwise).

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