Talk:List of Special Research tasks/@comment-36759010-20180829201411/@comment-29203151-20180829235757

You mean you used the nickname trick to get Espeon and Umbreon, prior to the event? If so, you will still need to walk another Eevee 10km AND collect 2 candies in order to proceed with the task group.

I have evolved plenty Eevee into Espeon and Umbreon before. You just have to suck it up and walk the required distance.