# The benefits and drawbacks of adding coarse identifications

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**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-adding-coarse-identifications/54469 "2024-08-18T14:37:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-adding-coarse-identifications/54469/138 "2024-08-23T11:45:14Z")

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> [@Do not overwrite placeholder text](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/do-not-overwrite-placeholder-text/4095/28):
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> We’re not going to move forward with this. The term “placeholder” was chosen because its existence is ephemeral. People can always use the description field if they want to write something more permanent.

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/temporary-placeholder/37300/7](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/temporary-placeholder/37300/7)

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flagged-for-missing-species-using-placeholder-text/49815/10](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flagged-for-missing-species-using-placeholder-text/49815/10) @bouteloua is the lonely only who actively uses placeholder. Update - not even a lonely only!

There are over a hundred posts on the Forum. Not just me who battles with this iNat bug / feature request.  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=placeholder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=placeholder)

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