# I get a cryptic message when disagreeing to genus

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652>\
**Category:** iNaturalist Next Bug Reports\
**Created:** [November 23, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652 "2024-11-23T14:07:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![misumeta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/misumeta/32/32226_2.png) [@misumeta](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/misumeta)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/1 "2024-11-23T14:07:11Z")

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Please fill out the following sections to the best of your ability, it will help us investigate bugs if we have this information at the outset. Screenshots are especially helpful, so please provide those if you can.

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue (shown under About in the side menu):  
541 126  
**Screenshots of what you are seeing** (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: [https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/)):

 ![IMG_8016](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/4/f4ea52f910aeee17dba1a5fe5c3d63d0aa9085cf.jpeg)

**Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1:  
In the explore menu  
Step 2:  
Open an observation  
Step 3:  
Disagree from species to genus

I got a message that contains something cryptic instead of the species name that I am about to disagree

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**Author:** ![astra\_the\_dragon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astra_the_dragon/32/37251_2.png) [@astra\_the\_dragon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astra_the_dragon)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/2 "2024-11-25T09:57:23Z")

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this might be a translation error… @tiwane who is in charge of that?

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**Author:** ![albullington](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/albullington/32/227_2.png) [@albullington](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/albullington)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/3 "2024-11-25T21:44:53Z")

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Similar to [this issue](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/translation-issue-with-order/58542/3), translation errors should be reported/corrected via Crowdin:

[https://inaturalist.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/151000194744](https://inaturalist.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/151000194744)

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**Author:** ![hedaja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/hedaja/32/20128_2.png) [@hedaja](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/hedaja)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/4 "2024-11-26T07:12:27Z")

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I’ve looked into it and suggested a change, but I don’t know if that would fix the issue or if it is a deeper problem  
[https://crowdin.com/editor/inaturalistios/724/en-de?view=comfortable#91052](https://crowdin.com/editor/inaturalistios/724/en-de?view=comfortable#91052)

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**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/5 "2024-11-26T20:38:35Z")

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Thanks for the screenshot. I now aligned this string and others with those already existing for other apps/websites

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/i-get-a-cryptic-message-when-disagreeing-to-genus/58652/6 "2025-04-24T19:33:05Z")

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