# Why is this Observation Casual/Needs ID/Research Grade? - "Official" Topic

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**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-is-this-observation-casual-needs-id-research-grade-official-topic/13186 "2020-06-09T00:21:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-is-this-observation-casual-needs-id-research-grade-official-topic/13186/227 "2023-06-02T18:15:13Z")

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> [@jwidness](#):
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> I can’t offer much of a short-term solution

Thanks! No solution needed, especially since there are corrective actions that I can easily take for this observation. It was more of a “just so you’re aware”.

I did not realize that the observation taxon and the community taxon are separate (or at least not in the way explained by [this post](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/research-grade-with-only-id-at-that-rank/3270/4)), so that is helpful information!

Has there ever been a feature request to have votes for “can Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved?” specific to a taxon level rather than the observation overall?

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