Why is there no Saint-Domingue location before 1804?

Question

As I understand it (and agree with) the policy of Wikitree is the use the location name from the time period of the record.  Most of the places I've worked on have that -- but not Saint-Domingue.  Haiti was proclaimed as the name 1 Jan 1804.  That was what natives called it before then - but during the French rule, records list is as Saint-Domingue, not Haiti (at least as I understand it).

So, why does this place seem to break the Wikitree naming policy?  What am I missing?

Comments

You can and many times should Ignore the drop down list.

There are many incorrect place names on the FS database, both for the time period and factually incorrect.

Take a look here

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Location_Fields

Answer 1

Are you not seeing Saint-Domingue in the drop down location suggestions? And thus assuming that you are not allowed to use it.

The Drop down location suggestions have come from a FamilySearch database and are not always the same as the Wikitree guidelines/rules about location fields. If there is a difference you should follow the Wikitree Guidelines.