iNaturalist has picked up a bunch of “common names” that were invented on Wikipedia. [There is a Wikipedia discussion about the editor who invented the names at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Alomomola_and_common_names_of_fish I realize this is someth…

The issue is that, like inat, wikipedia is supposed to refer to information from outside sources - it’s not supposed to be a place to do original research or create new names. This user essentially used inat and wikipedia to create a citation loop in order to give their newly-coined names the appear…

dear Tony spirits of the iNaturalist forum… please don’t let this be another venue for arguing about the legitimacy of newly made-up common names. please don’t let this be another venue for arguing about the legitimacy of newly made-up common names. please don’t let this be another venue for arguing…

Hi Drew, I added a flag (to a higher taxon) for iNat curators to review.

Common names invented on Wikipedia

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egordon88 December 4, 2023, 6:07pm 2

If they catch on, there’s nothing wrong with this. Common names belong to the public to refer to organisms however they please.

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Common names invented on Wikipedia

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