Is it really a good idea to merge new posts to existing and CLOSED threads? Basically, that is equivalent to saying, “SHUT UP!” since now there can be no reply. In my case, the new post was entitled Generic names with multiple instances which is not exactly the same as the thread it was merged into…

It was merged and immediately reopened, please feel free to continue the discussion on that topic.

Hmmm. I opened this thread after I attempted to answer that one and got an error that it was closed, hence this thread. I’ll take another look when I get some time. Thanks. Edit: Still not available. “An error occurred: Something has gone wrong. Perhaps this topic was closed or deleted while you we…

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tiwane April 14, 2025, 9:44pm 4

@jwidness was referring to this topic: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/homonyms-in-organism-names/1741

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