Slightly depressing, seeing the names of several worthy souls, now MIA.
Displaying another iSpot quirk (also mildly depressing, reminding us of the more serious shortcomings): opening each as a separate tab produced headings preceded by “[seotitle]”
This iSpotter was certain about his ID of a Stilt-legged fly but the ID panel is incomplete. I don’t know if it is and wonder if anyone who does know can add a revised ID. I really want to avoid adding Diptera as the ID.
Black ID Panels are on the Menu again with another Rescue Project
I still don’t think even some very experienced users understand how undesirable they are.
When an ID does not produce a full BLUE panel with external links showing, it means you MIGHT have misspelt it. Look back when you have completed to make certain it’s Blue.
It is not always a misspell, sometimes (often even) iSpot is resistant to best attempts. The outcome is the same, if it’s black it’s wasted, just like the TEN Thousand I have in a Spreadsheet.
If you’re smart you will know what you have typed is the New Name and is not in the dictionary - what would be the point of producing an Invalid ID to show that you are smart?
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Add the nearest Taxonomic ID that you can (maybe the Genus instead), mention in Description that you are smart enough to know the new name and then people will agree with you in a comment .
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I keep asking the Coding team to ALLOW invalid Panels but disallow agreements. You will know why, if you are following the Lost Observations project.
