# Trying to train a classifier with my own data

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-train-a-classifier-with-my-own-data/26649
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-train-a-classifier-with-my-own-data/26649 "2023-05-30T16:19:33Z")
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### Author: ![SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/soilrotifer/32/21071_2.png) [@SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SoilRotifer)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/trying-to-train-a-classifier-with-my-own-data/26649/9 "2023-06-01T18:15:36Z")

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Hi @VerheulJulia, I'd like to add to @colinbrislawn's suggestions...

1. Can you provide a reference for the primers used?

2. You can supplement the `extract-reads` step, with [this approach](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/using-rescripts-extract-seq-segments-to-extract-reference-sequences-without-pcr-primer-pairs/23618), as referenced via the SILVA tutorial [at this step](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/processing-filtering-and-evaluating-the-silva-database-and-other-reference-sequence-data-with-rescript/15494#heading--sixth-header).

-Mike

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