# "duplicate" photos

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-photos/6755>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-photos/6755 "2019-09-25T12:07:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmcheatle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cmcheatle/32/37_2.png) [@cmcheatle](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cmcheatle)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-photos/6755/10 "2019-09-25T23:35:24Z")

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There are more discussions on the topic here

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fastest-way-to-split-observations-of-more-than-one-individual/6511](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/fastest-way-to-split-observations-of-more-than-one-individual/6511)

And even more in depth here.  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/multiple-different-organisms-of-the-same-species/6684](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/multiple-different-organisms-of-the-same-species/6684)

And here  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-an-observation/3367](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-an-observation/3367)

Basically, separate records follows the letter of the inat law, and any user following those guidelines should be allowed to do so. If the ‘law’ is optimally designed is a totally different question.

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