iNaturalist has a number of settings related to common names, and they are applied in a particular way. This is how iNat determines the common name displayed to you: First, iNat looks for the default (top-ranked) name that is set to be used in your preferred name place [image] [image] If yo…

[Prioritize common names used in this place] selection: South Korea [Language/Locale] setting: English I have several species that come up with common names in the Korean language despite also having an English common name listed on the taxonomy page of the species. For example, Mazus pumilus : […

That’s doing what it is designed to do. The ‘use names from place’ takes priority, so if you choose South Korea for this and a name is set to be used there you will see this. If the Korean name were only entered but not set to be used in place South Korea, then you would see the English name.

Then I guess the question is, how do I get the localized English common names to show up for South Korea? When I remove the ‘South Korea’ place prioritization I also lose all of the localized English common names and the default is non-local English common names. I thought flagging the taxa would a…

If the site is translated into Korean, which I think it is without going over there to look, there is really no reason why a name needs to be set as use in South Korea. If that were removed then in your case you should then see the English name. Unless of course there are people who want to do the …

Is there another thread regarding the “time zone” setting? I have a question about that.

There’s no official thread, but there are a number of topics going about various aspects of time zone settings. If your question is related to any of those, you can post in there, or if it’s unrelated, you can start a new topic.

[image] cmcheatle: If the site is translated into Korean, which I think it is without going over there to look, there is really no reason why a name needs to be set as use in South Korea. If that were removed then in your case you should then see the English name. So, as suggested in my origi…

Personally I wont make any suggestions on edits until the site decides what if any changes they are going to make about how the name display works. As I noted, doing the removal will change the display for you to what you want to see, however it has the side effect of removing it for others who hav…

This is an issue for multilingual countries. Multiple names from different languages are entered for the same country/region, and the AI seems to not prioritise according to language in such cases. Perhaps the issue is the AI thinks that the non-English name is equivalent to the English one due to …

When I’m adding IDs for penstemon, sometimes it’s faster to use the common name. It’s frustrating that some common names use “penstemon” and others use “beardtongue.” What gives? https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48367-Penstemon

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jwidness July 10, 2021, 7:20pm 15

This seems like an actual bug, so I’ve reported it.

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Why don't I see my expected common name? - "Official" Thread

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