There are several people who seem to delight in jumping in almost immediately after I have recorded my data and usually enter an ID that is either wrong or useless. For example, “Plantae-Angiosperm”. I record my photo of a plant in the field but wait a day or more until I can key it out before I e…

General IDs aren’t necessarily useless, as someone who identifies plants, for example, can filter for “Plantae” and exclude all of the animals, fungi, etc. that they would otherwise need to look through. If it’s left as “Unknown,” it would likely get ignored by people who specialize in a specific ki…

Just to confirm, you leave the observation as “Unknown” for at least a few days? Most of the people who are entering the broad observation for you are likely trying to help, so that the really good botanists you mentioned will be able to find your post. There’s currently an issue on iNaturalist …

Calling people stupid for them helping you get your ID? They add general ids because you added none and your observations stay in unknown pile, by adding ids people allow botanists to see your records which they don’t see if they have no id at all. Also none of those broad ids can be “over” yours if…

[image] beetlebutt: Is there any way I can prevent them from doing this? Sorry that you’re having problems with IDs. Best solution I can suggest if you don’t want others suggesting more general identifications: don’t upload until you key the identification to your satisfaction.

[image] bri-k: I can see the problem if someone is putting an incorrect broad ID, like identifying a fern as “Magnoliopsida” (which I’ve seen a couple of times, but the initial identifier is usually quick to correct it when someone points it out) [image] marina_gorbunova: Also none of tho…

Or identifying cycads as Arecaceae. I think the best approach is to add your ID, explain why it’s not the previous ID, and let it be. If they correct it then that’s great; if they don’t correct it then it’ll just be left as Angiosperms or another broad ID until someone else comes along and fixes it. …

I often advise new members who post ‘unknown’ observations to do exactly that, for the reasons you have outlined. I’ve been working on Canadian Noctuidae which don’t have ID’s or confirmations. It feels like a losing battle!

Why does another person's ID of my plant take precedence over my ID which I entered later?

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DianaStuder June 21, 2021, 8:02pm 9

I think there is an open request for a draft mode - to suit people whose workflow is - wait - I will add the ID when I get to it.

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Why does another person's ID of my plant take precedence over my ID which I entered later?

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