Why are these observations not research grade?

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Platform:

Windows

App version number, if a mobile app issue:

Browser, if a website issue:

Firefox

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72501393

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28771106

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72501392

Screenshots of what you are seeing:

Description of problem:

I noticed a problem with getting some observation that are identified as Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus to research grade. They will only become research grade if I agree with the variety. If I only agree with the species (without disagreeing with the variety - “green button”) they will not. If I check the box that the ID cannot be improved anymore the observation will become casual. These are not observations where users have opted out of community ID.

I have never had this problem before, and it only seems to happen with this taxon (Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus). Observations with an identification at variety/subspecies level should become RG when I agree with the species only (I do this all the time).

Thanks for your help, Matthias

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This is the result of a change that was made a couple days ago:

I closed this bug report so that we can focus discussion on a single thread, though to be honest, I’m not 100% sure which thread we’re directing people to. I think it’s https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/research-grade-with-only-one-id-at-that-rank/3270

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