I would like better search tools for managing common names. I’m thinking of something that might look similar to the flag search and would have the ability to search by: scientific name/taxon id common name created by created on updated by updated on lexicon place has synonyms is accepted external…

[image] jwidness: created by created on updated by updated on At this moment there is no history stored in iNat of the creater of a common name, is it? At least I cannot find the creater of incorrect common names. https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/data-on-history-of-common-name-changes/27507

There is a field for the creator, but not every common name has information stored in that field. [image] Just to be clear, the source is not the same as the creator. It’s similar to a new taxon – e.g. I could be the creator of a taxon, but the source of the taxon is POWO. There is already a re…

[image] jwidness: There is a field for the creator, but not every common name has information stored in that field. Is this field for the creator of the taxon or for the creator of the common name? Yesterday I wanted to know the creator of wrong common names, so I could check all his other ‘‘…

Add interface for searching common names

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Add interface for searching common names

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