Talk:Superseded combination

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... that a superseded combination is not the same as a synonym and technically should not be called one?

Source: Tammy HORTON; Serge GOFAS; Andreas KROH; Gary C.B. POORE; Geoffrey READ; Gary ROSENBERG; Sabine STÖHR; Nicolas BAILLY; Nicole BOURY-ESNAULT; Simone N. BRANDÃO; Mark J. COSTELLO; Wim DECOCK; Stefanie DEKEYZER; Francisco HERNANDEZ; Jan MEES; Gustav PAULAY; Leen VANDEPITTE; Bart VANHOORNE; Sofie VRANKEN (2017). "Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (389): 1-24. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.389. ISSN 2118-9773. OCLC 8538908866. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

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awkwafaba (📥) 18:44, 9 July 2024 (UTC).Reply

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The lead uses the phrase ... notice of change .... Is the SC the old name in the case where a name has been changed, or is the SC some form of notice issued by some formal body? If it is a notice, how is it created and sent? — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 20:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

It's like a label for the name. It is not a formal scroll posted anywhere or anything like that. You will see lists of alternate scientific names for a species tagged with 'superseded combination' or 'obligate junior synonym' or the like. That specific phrasing as a 'notice' was taken from the cited sources.

Was it not clear from the example that the superseded combination is the old (wikt:superseded) name? How can i make the example clearer? awkwafaba (📥) 14:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think that the word "notice" should be removed as misleading. The article is not about parchment nailed to a door in a basement somewhere, but is about the previous name itself. I had never heard of a basionym so that sentence was a mystery to me. The example for a subsequent rename is rather confusing, I find myself wanting a diagram... — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 21:06, 13 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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