There is an annoying feature in projects with species lists where changes in community ID do not remove an observation from the project. Here is an example from the California Endemics project where the initial ID was of a species on the project list (Xerarionta tryoni), but when the community taxon…

It’s not a bug because that project is a traditional project; it’s not possible for anything to automatically enter or leave the project. Everything in it was manually added, so manual removal is also required

I would be glad to give you a Windows console application to clean your project. In the case of the project California Endemic Species, the difficult point is to get a list of all taxa that are allowed to remain in the project. Technically, it need not be an exact list, detailed at the species rank…

Thanks to you both for the feadback. @jeanphilippeb I would be interested in this application, would you mind sending it to me? I will DM you with my info. Thanks!

We need to discuss about the solution that will well match your need (inclusion list or exclusion list ?).

Observations aren't removed from species-list-based projects when community taxon changes

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Observations aren't removed from species-list-based projects when community taxon changes

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