# Do not overwrite placeholder text

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-not-overwrite-placeholder-text/4095>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-not-overwrite-placeholder-text/4095 "2019-06-12T13:39:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**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:** [January 8, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-not-overwrite-placeholder-text/4095/25 "2020-01-08T21:13:00Z")

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Some have shared their placeholder-handling styles here: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/amount-of-unknown-records-is-decreasing/8594/31](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/amount-of-unknown-records-is-decreasing/8594/31)

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