Hi everyone, many have suggested a community-driven wiki summarizing identification characters, keys etc. That would be certainly one way to go.
Maybe the iNat team could look into alternatives, e.g. modern approaches how character tables can be created by (non-expert) communities, which are then used to guide an identification process. There’s an app that does exactly that, though the interface is in German
However, there are a bunch of papers explaining the approach (and testing the success from an educational standpoint, which is what ultimately matters here):
http://dx.doi.org/10.12691/wjce-8-1-3
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1190462
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327816613
The app “ID-Logics” has its home here: id-logics.com – Du kannst Natur.
Rather than engaging in another questionable partnership with a Tech Giant, I’d love to see iNat exploring other ways of engaging with the community - be they experts or newcomers, and finding ways that are centred around humans curious and eager to learn.
My 4 cents…