# An abundance of duplicate observation flags

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**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/an-abundance-of-duplicate-observation-flags/32582 "2022-06-08T02:31:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/an-abundance-of-duplicate-observation-flags/32582/15 "2022-06-16T20:26:55Z")

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> [@lotteryd](#):
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> Re DQA vote, did I miss which one should be used? I used to use one but backed off after someone discouraged it iirc. Since then I’ve just been letting them fail upward in the id’s.

There is currently no DQA vote to address duplicates. Please don’t use a DQA vote for them. My comment was saying perhaps there should be, but right now none of them address the “problem” of duplicate observaitons.

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