The first three i found did exist in the system.
* Disabled Location Picker, which isn’t working yet in Android
How can if see the old name of https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15515161 (google.com)
You can also add .json to the end of the URL and look for the field "species_guess"
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15515161.json
"species_guess":"**Cepaea nemoralis forma P123(45)**"
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I put up an observation and gave it an ID of “Quercus roburt” (deliberate mis-spelling to make it an obvious placeholder)
.json shows the species_guess as “Quercus roburt”
I add an ID of Quercus robur (valid taxa ID) and it shows the binomial and vernacular.
.json now shows species_guess as “Pedunculate oak” (the vernacular for Quercus robur)
I withdraw the Q. robur ID and the placeholder of “Pedunculate oak” is displayed.
.json continues to show species_guess as “Pedunculate oak”
No matter what ID I apply, it has it’s vernacular replace the placeholder, and there appears to be no way to find the original placeholder
No where in the .json is the “Quercus roburt” that I originally entered, so it is gone for good!
his, it’s a fairly common misunderstanding that people don’t realize their placeholders are not actually “for real” with respect to the site’s database. They don’t see it as Unknown in their own observation list; they see the placeholder text.
as I noticed a placeholder before. When I’ve withdrawn the ID, the placeholder returns, so it seems to be somewhere. I then copy and paste into my ID comments when I re-ID it
aceholder text is still available somewhere. I was going through Unknowns and the instant I hit Save on a phylum level identification, I saw there was placeholder text (it’s tiny & light gray and my eyes aren’t so good), which was then gone. I withdrew my identification and the placeholder text came back.
VERY GOOD !!
iNaturalist Observations Updates (jumear.github.io)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=unknown&user_id=ahospers&place_id=any