# Observations uploading with random species

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-uploading-with-random-species/8248>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-uploading-with-random-species/8248 "2019-11-26T16:23:53Z")\
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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:** [December 29, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-uploading-with-random-species/8248/15 "2019-12-29T00:37:04Z")

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Yeah, the file name included an “ADA” in it, and I could replicate the issue.

Two proposals to prevent this particular issue from happening the future: only use currently accepted scientific names for file name matching, and don’t try to match file names when duplicating an obs. Resonable?

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