I’m wondering if I’m not in the know about some trick but it’s been nagging at me for a while since I spend most time IDing unknown obs and trying to welcome newer users. I usually get frustrated and call it a session when I stumble upon 3 + pages in a row of unknown observations from users who con…

I’ve stopped IDing most unknowns as a result of this

[image] mcclarinj: Another vexing problem with the bulk Flickr upload function is that it fails to keep adjacent Flickr images together when they are brought over to iNat, resulting in widely scattered shots of the same organism as if they were separate observations, each requiring an ID and wit…

[image] bouteloua: I do agree it’s more helpful to help with a backlog of Unknowns by starting with older observations, not the most recent ones. would it be possible to reverse the sort order (oldest first) on the ID page? If that is the goal, making it easy to know the oldest will help. Be…

Yes, you can use the filters on Identify to change the sort order: [image]

I would love draft upload! I often need to see which of my created iNat Places an obs appears in before I can finish the description and other details. Sometimes I need to view it alongside other exisitng obs of mine before deciding whether to publish it or delete it. I often race to do this for a s…

[image] kaipatiki_naturewatc: I would love draft upload! Consider voting for the feature request .

I’m a little late here, but I just want to put in a plug for how valuable the people are who help categorize the Unknowns! I can’t tell you how often I’ve been ID’ing a slew of arachnids and have thought to myself, “I am SO glad there are people putting ‘Spiders’ and ‘Arachnids’ on these observation…

[image] tigerbb: I just want to put in a plug for how valuable the people are who help categorize the current Unknowns! Thank you for this feedback @tigerbb ! I feel like I should get back to IDing now. I had taken a bit of a break after feeling somewhat discouraged by the community’s mixed …

On the occasion that I deal with unknowns, I start either at the end and work backwards, somewhere in the middle, or several pages in. That seems to get past the stuff that will immediately get IDed. I’ve also found that the very first observation occasionally hasn’t had time to load an ID (maybe …

[image] tigerbb: I just want to put in a plug for how valuable the people are who help categorize the current Unknowns! I just want to agree emphatically with the sentiments here. It makes going through the Euphorbias so much more painless! So, THANK YOU!!!

Why do some serious "power users" add so many unknown observations?

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schoenitz April 27, 2019, 11:37am 67

Consider voting for the feature request.

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Why do some serious "power users" add so many unknown observations?

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