'Needs ID' pile, and identifications

[matthewvosper]

The problem, I suppose, is that it’s possible to disagree with different levels in different ways. Say there is an observation of a common species. If I come across that as someone who knows the common species, but is unfamiliar with the alternatives - I may know that it is not the common species but still be completely clueless about what it is. I may bump it back to family. What I mean by that might not be that I disagree with the genus, but that I disagree with the species, and the most I am sure of is the family. I can’t identify at genus just because I don’t know enough to disagree with it - my ID has to be positive based on my knowledge. To me it almost feels like a bug that I am assumed to be actively disagreeing with the intervening levels - and I agree that most people also don’t understand that this is happening.