# Certainty and uncertainty in identification **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 7, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/certainty-and-uncertainty-in-identification/39875 "2023-03-07T19:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 92
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/certainty-and-uncertainty-in-identification/39875/92 "2023-03-14T07:02:02Z")
> [@gordonh](#): > > when going to a higher-level taxon, it’s important to consider Check what effect your ID has on the CID, and also on the display ID up top. Are both results what you expected? Follow your notifications. Species A (wrong) Disagree to Plants Species B and a second species B feels as if iNat should = species B, but it doesn’t. I wish iNat would let us say - it’s not Species A, without insisting that we HAVE to default to it is Something Else. We struggle with this [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ancestor-disagreement-persists-after-disputed-id-is-withdrawn/15552](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ancestor-disagreement-persists-after-disputed-id-is-withdrawn/15552) [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-doesnt-seem-to-update-community-id-the-one-displayed-for-an-observation-properly-in-certain-cases/31179/6](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-doesnt-seem-to-update-community-id-the-one-displayed-for-an-observation-properly-in-certain-cases/31179/6) [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/change-wording-used-by-the-system-when-downgrading-an-observation-to-an-higher-level-taxa/3862/60](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/change-wording-used-by-the-system-when-downgrading-an-observation-to-an-higher-level-taxa/3862/60) [https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/25514-clarifying-ancestor-disagreements](https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/25514-clarifying-ancestor-disagreements) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/certainty-and-uncertainty-in-identification/39875)._