Talk:Wasp

Merging with [Bee]
Strong disagree that this should be merged with Bee as the infoboxes (scientific names) are not the same. Although they served similar functions across the and wasp and bee stings are both colloquially called 'bee stings' (atleast in my region) they are not the same. To me, this feels like it's a clear choice Nintendo made. Bees have gotten a ton of good PR lately with their populations declining and folks realizing the positives they bring to ecosystems rather than focusing on the stinging (that also comes from Wasps!)

Liana (talk) 00:56, March 25, 2020 (EDT)

So has the Japanese name changed? If it has, they shouldn't be merged. If not, they're still the same bug. I think NoA changing how they've chosen to localize a bug name doesn't make it a new bug. The scientific name is something an editor grabs from somewhere on the internet, not from the game itself, so that's arguably irrelevant. I think the pages should be merged (if the name hasn't changed in Japan), but keep the title as "Wasp" and have "Bee" redirect and have a message in the description that says before New Horizons this bug was called "Bee" or something like that.

--Death2cupbots (talk) 14:42, March 25, 2020 (EDT)


 * From what I understand the Japanese name has not changed, and this is just a new translation. I haven't seen any confirmation of this myself, this is just what I read on Discord from another editor. Sunmarshsignature.png  ( talk )  14:46, March 25, 2020 (EDT)