This is really tiresome. On POWO, there are numerous synonyms that never have been valid names or that have long stopped to be relevant etc… They keep them on there because those obsolete names “are used for innumerable projects, including some historic ones where this is important”. However, this h…

Note to curators: Ignore nonsensical synonyms on POWO

tiwane November 10, 2021, 9:21pm 3

Can you please add some examples of what you’re referring to, as suggested in the About the General category topic?

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