A common issue brought up on the forum is an observation which looks like it meets the criteria for a certain data quality grade (i.e. Casual, Needs ID, or Research Grade), but iNaturalist does not label the observation as having that grade. While this is sometimes caused by a software bug, it is us…

[image] tiwane: Seems like it needs some tweaking. Yes, for any DQA, I would think any and all votes should be cleared if the conditions on which the voting was based either change or no longer exist.

In the thread where the original change was suggested, someone said that clearing those votes when the conditions change could be abused by someone wanting to remove DQA votes. I’d suggest rather: If there’s an existing DQA vote and the conditions change then that category is not turned off. or …

Unless an observation is clearly not wild, e.g., obviously in a garden or landscape plot or way out of range (e.g., Rocky Mountain juniper in Germany), I ask if they are sure it is a wild native specimen or possibly cultivated/planted.

[image] Notifications on iNaturalist - Please Share Your Ideas! not much news That was October 2020. Any progress ?

Earlier this week @kueda told me they are not working on it.

I’m pretty sure Ken-ichi meant “not currently working on it,” which is true. Note that @arboretum_amy didn’t say “told me they are never going to work on it” or something like that.

So we still have hope? I can keep up with mine. But yesterday I was asked, again, not to @mention if the identifier is already engaged with that obs. Because notifications.

On the one hand, he didn’t say they were never going to work on it. On the other hand, he also didn’t say they have plans to work on it. My unsolicited two cents: don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. If you don’t have the resources for the revamp of your dreams, then do the bare minimum you thin…

Or give us ONE notification for a busy obs. Now we get notified of each ID Comment @mention Added … which makes the list unnecessarily long. And confusing - I have looked at that obs twice already! If we could have little improvements, step by step - that would be wonderful!

Why is this Observation Casual/Needs ID/Research Grade? - "Official" Topic

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DianaStuder October 20, 2024, 9:39am 364

Not? So we are trapped with lots of iNatters who ignore Too Many Notifications, and more who are Swamped in notifications. Aargh!

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Require 2 "No" votes in Can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved? to turn an observation casual. Feature Requests	32	1429	July 30, 2020
Research Grade with only one ID at that rank Bug Reports	123	5094	January 15, 2026
Users are (understandably) saying they "disagree" General	60	1429	July 23, 2026
Why does "Based on the evidence, can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved?" exist on the Data Quality Assessment? General question	25	743	January 2, 2025
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Why is this Observation Casual/Needs ID/Research Grade? - "Official" Topic

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