# Improve How "Unknown" Observations Are Treated and Displayed

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improve-how-unknown-observations-are-treated-and-displayed/302>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improve-how-unknown-observations-are-treated-and-displayed/302 "2019-02-20T23:23:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improve-how-unknown-observations-are-treated-and-displayed/302/57 "2019-05-01T03:15:05Z")

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> [@janetwright](#):
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> Checking it for every obs would be a large pain.

Checking it for every observation would also defeat the [purpose](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/re-implement-a-limited-id-please-flag-for-observations/2548) of having the checkbox in the first place. It is already assumed that every observation on iNaturalist “wants” to be identified. “ID Please” is a way to request special priority.

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