# Who gets to over-rule an ID?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/who-gets-to-over-rule-an-id/17631>\
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**Created:** [October 27, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/who-gets-to-over-rule-an-id/17631 "2020-10-27T01:40:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/who-gets-to-over-rule-an-id/17631/7 "2020-10-27T02:04:53Z")

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IDs are crowd sourced in iNaturalist–they are community-based. No one “overrules” IDs…they are improved by engagement of additional individuals. You can engage in a friendly way with people who you think have misidentified an observation. Initiate a conversation with them and present the evidence you have for what may be the correct identification. Most folks on iNaturalist respond to friendly conversations surrounding the identification of organisms. Such conversations are the heartbeat behind iNaturalist.  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#identification](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#identification)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503)

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