Talk:Aurora (phenomenon)

Official name?
Is this subject actually called "aurora borealis" or is that conjecture? If it's the latter, does this subject have an official name in any game or other official media? ~ AlexBot2004  ( Talk ) 19:28, September 7, 2020 (EDT)
 * Commenting on this: from all the screenshots I've had from New Leaf I couldn't find any mention of "aurora" being said by my villagers. Aurora borealis works, although unless if a more official name can be found, I'd argue moving this to "Aurora (phenomenon)" since Aurora borealis is a Northern hemisphere-centric name. Lucky Clover NL Icon.png talk:Decomposer 09:57, September 8, 2020 (EDT)
 * I couldn't find any mention of it in the guide unless I missed it. It's mentioned on Pg. 126 of the  guide (printed), as a note: "Though it isn't heralded on the bulletin board, check the night sky during the winter months to potentially view the northern lights!" I'm with  though and say we move to Aurora (phenomenon) unless there's evidence of villagers mentioning it by name in . Sunmarshsignature.png  ( talk )  11:29, September 8, 2020 (EDT)
 * per above. v mario 97  (talk) 12:04, September 8, 2020 (EDT)
 * - thanks to the people over in the ACNH Spreadsheet Discord server, we now have evidence of an official name in :
 * "Did ya see the aurora?! It was nutty! It was like somebody hung a curtain made of rainbows..."
 * "I've been thinking... Aren't auroras basically night rainbows?"
 * This means the official name is "aurora", which works out very well since we were planning on moving it there anyway! I think we should put "also known as the northern lights" with a reference to the guide  since it's still an official name. ~  AlexBot2004  ( Talk ) 12:25, September 8, 2020 (EDT)

Merge this with Weather?
Considering that auroras are considered a weather pattern and we don't have a dedicated page for any other weather systems like a "rainbow", I think we should merge this article with that of weather and include the info about auroras from there. Thoughts? -- PanchamBro (talk • contributions) 12:04, December 29, 2020 (EST)
 * merge. It's no more notable than a rainbow really; just a visual effect that has no impact on gameplay. Drago   (talk)     Drago PC Villager Icon.png 13:42, December 29, 2020 (EST)
 * - This is in alignment with the way that ACNH influences environmental conditions: specific features appear during certain times of the year. This includes things like falling cherry blossoms, maple leaves, and shooting stars. Perhaps we also need to rethink the name of the 'weather' page to take into account these seasonal phenomena as well? Sunmarshsignature.png  ( talk )  14:14, December 31, 2020 (EST)
 * per the above.  Lampshade59276  Alpine Lamp HHD Icon.png  ( talk )   14:34, December 31, 2020 (EST)
 * per the above. ~ AlexBot2004  ( Talk ) 14:37, December 31, 2020 (EST)