# Coordinating Identification of Unknowns **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/coordinating-identification-of-unknowns/24572 "2021-07-08T14:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![lotteryd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lotteryd/32/2490_2.png) [@lotteryd](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lotteryd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/coordinating-identification-of-unknowns/24572/38 "2021-07-12T13:15:52Z")
> [@joshuasoileau](#): > > alot of these issues Hi Joshua, a lot of unknown-identifying issues have been hashed out, often to the “acceptable workaround” and/or feature request stage, [in the main thread](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/amount-of-unknown-records-is-decreasing/8594). It’s a long read but there’s some good thoughts in there. ;) Meanwhile, I didn’t intend for this thread to be duplicative of that one’s discussion topics, but to split off any active/directed help requests/volunteering related to that discussion, like -Hi I cleared [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per\_page=100&iconic\_taxa=unknown&without\_taxon\_id=67333%2C131236%2C151817&project\_id=city-nature-challenge-2021&photos=true](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?per_page=100&iconic_taxa=unknown&without_taxon_id=67333%2C131236%2C151817&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2021&photos=true) for anyone who just likes to look at plants (true example) where most of the ferns may already be split out too or -Hi I would like someone to help me pick out the Unknown spiders of Africa For those familiar with the [Discord](https://discord.gg/uskv2yx), think of this thread as an Unknown-focused, forum-based analog of _work-party_. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/coordinating-identification-of-unknowns/24572)._