Index: prepopulate.module
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--- prepopulate.module	(revision 37)
+++ prepopulate.module	(working copy)
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@
           _prepopulate_request_walk($form[$requestvar], $requestslice[$requestvar]);
         }
       }
+      //fetch taxonomytermid if asked to
+      elseif($requestvar == "term"){
+        $termName = $requestslice[$requestvar];
+        $term = taxonomy_get_term_by_name($termName);
+        if(1 == count($term)){
+          $tid = key($term);
+          $form['#value'] = $tid;
+        }
+      }
     }
     if (isset($form['#default_value']) && is_array($form['#default_value'])) {
       $form['#default_value'] = array_merge($form['#default_value'], $requestslice);