User:Snapplejackalope

--Currently may be paused in my projects of updating taxonomy both here and on Wikipedia English. I'm taking some time to do more research, and have discovered how active and kind the iNat community is. While I believe I have certainly improved the accuracy of photos to categories at least in Doridida, I am becoming more aware of my blindspots and am working hard to try and rectify things. One side effect of this is that a lot more photos will end up in "Unidentified (taxon)" categories because wow, there are truly more species complexes than I even knew about before. Longterm this is a good thing, because the eventual creation of new species and genera will solve many questions of variation and only add more categories. In the shortterm, this can be very annoying as many very familiar looking sea slugs are going to end up in the Unidentified categories. Depending on exactly how drastically this affects categorization, I may hold off and consult Wikiproject Gastropod. We'll see. I should really hold off on writing this until I know, but gosh is my brain fried, it has been a whirlwind this past couple of weeks.

—Please talk to me if you have questions regarding any of my re-categorizing. I do my best to make grounded decisions, but sometimes after six hours of slug work things get decidedly less grounded. Also, there are plenty of guys I keep swapping around due to insufficient data on my end, and I would LOVE to hear someone who has the answers.



Hello. I am new here and still learning the technological aspects of editing. I am taking the advice to edit boldly, but please inform me if I am stepping on toes and/or inadvertently creating an administrative nightmare. In my fugue state of hyperfocus I may become overzealous, so I welcome feedback when my ambition overreaches my accuracy, mortifying as it may be.

I joined wikipedia with the intention of reducing the rate of readers making incorrect identification of species due to lack of information and misinformation on Wikipedia. It is a cause I am quite passionate about. In ocean life especially, the internet is flooded with misidentifications, lack of research, and relevant information stuck behind paywalls.