Should curators have a critical point of view when changing iNat taxonomy?

There are also Requests pertaining to taxonomy curation issues:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/implement-automatic-delay-for-proposed-taxon-swaps/38701
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/notify-users-of-drafted-taxon-changes/38765

(I’m in favor of both, to alleviate issues arising from overzealous/hasty/pedantic curation ops; until there is a technical way to revert disastrous moves mirrored blindly from POWO, any lossy op should require a comfortable delay - not just “24 hrs” - and mandate at least a second pair of eyes)

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