# (Not) Automatically Marked Cultivated - Is this Expected Behaviour?

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**Created:** [May 17, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/not-automatically-marked-cultivated-is-this-expected-behaviour/79076 "2026-05-17T03:00:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/not-automatically-marked-cultivated-is-this-expected-behaviour/79076/8 "2026-05-17T11:37:35Z")

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I don’t think this is right. Observations with only an initial ID by the observer don’t have a CID and can still be marked casual automatically. Also see

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/automatically-marking-as-casual/57634](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/automatically-marking-as-casual/57634)

and [https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170240-why-is-inaturalist-voting-that-my-observation-is-not-wild-](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170240-why-is-inaturalist-voting-that-my-observation-is-not-wild-)

I would guess that the OID is what triggers the vote, but not 100% sure.

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