Apologies if a similar conversation has been had, but a few searches pulled up nothing. In the case of an observation photo being detailed enough to know it is one of two species (Species A or B), but the evidence for which of the two is only available via text in the description box, not in the ph…

I kind of wobble on this one depending on my mood (not very good as a guideline, unfortunately). It’s tricky. On iNaturalist, we already have to take some non-photographic evidence from the observer as truth–for example, location and date can’t be independently verified, but often help with identif…

'Trusting' description details or needing the evidence visible

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bouteloua July 14, 2020, 5:17pm 2

Yeah, not really. Different people have different approaches. Some previous discussions about this:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-evidence/470
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/should-we-disagree-if-the-picture-is-too-blurry/4102

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