# Locality Merging

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/locality-merging/848>\
**Category:** New Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/locality-merging/848 "2022-11-03T15:05:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LVStone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/lvstone/32/1240_2.png) [@LVStone](https://speciforum.org/u/LVStone)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/locality-merging/848/1 "2022-11-03T15:05:43Z")

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We have been using Batch Editing to facilitate this, but it can be arduous. We desire the ability to query a series of localities, make selections, and click a “Merge” button, which brings up a dialog allowing the selection or entry of the locality name.

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**Author:** ![gholman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/gholman/32/777_2.png) [@gholman](https://speciforum.org/u/gholman)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/locality-merging/848/2 "2022-11-03T17:07:23Z")

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This would be really useful for us as well. In a closely related function, we also need a utility to “de-duplify” duplicate entries for a single locality name by merging to one version and deleting versions that is no longer associated to any Collection Objects.