Higher level research grade can be kidnapped by species level ID added later on

Welcome to the forum! This is not a bug, but I agree that it leads to counterintuitive situations. When I run into situations like this, I make sure to check “Yes,” so I’d say the onus is on the IDer to fix this situation. Anyone can add a counter-vote though. It may be a good idea to reset the votes if the community taxon is changed, much like this request:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/reset-can-the-community-taxon-still-be-confirmed-or-improved-after-taxon-swap/9266

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