# Name Error-Please Correct

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855 "2026-09-24T23:55:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rondaroaring](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/rondaroaring/32/77077_2.png) [@rondaroaring](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/rondaroaring)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855/1 "2026-09-24T23:55:50Z")

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It’s Davis’s Tree Cricket NOT Davis’ Tree Cricket. Please correct this throughout your entire system. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855/2 "2026-09-25T00:05:34Z")

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Please take this up on the taxon itself, via a flag. See [About the Bug Reports category - please read before posting!](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-the-bug-reports-category-please-read-before-posting/60):

> [@About the Bug Reports category - please read before posting!](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-the-bug-reports-category-please-read-before-posting/60/1):
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> - Missing species, taxonomic issues, or conservation status changes/additions should be should be flagged on iNaturalist instead of posted to the forum. Go to the taxon page on the website, click Curation, then Flag for curation, and a site curator will take a look.

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**Author:** ![song\_dog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/song_dog/32/40067_2.png) [@song\_dog](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/song_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855/3 "2026-09-25T00:16:31Z")

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This isn’t a bug, it’s just a stylistic choice. The AP stylebook does not use the extra s, so you would say, “Jesus’ IT company,” not “Jesus’s IT company.”

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/name-error-please-correct/85855/4 "2026-09-25T15:00:10Z")

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