Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Archive (ships as "she")
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Discussions about whether to use she or it for ships appear at:
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 1#Ships as "she" (shorter version) and Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 2#Ships as "she" (longer version) – March 2004
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 55#Gender neutrality – August 2006
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 84 – June 2007
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 114#She's a ship – February 2010
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 122#Pronoun use for vessels – May 2011
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 140#Gender-specific pronouns referring to ships – May 2013
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 159#ships as "she", additional points – June 2014
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 217#"She" vs. "it" for ships – November–December 2019
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 225#"She" for ships – March–April 2022. Though it was initially closed with a decision, it was overturned to "no consensus" after this close review at WP:AN – April 2022
- Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (ships)/Archive 6#The use of "she/her" pronouns for ships – March–May 2022
- Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (ships)#No more "she" for ships, please. – April–July 2024
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 230#Move "she" to "it" for ships – February 2026
See also
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history § Pronouns – guideline permitting either it/its or she/her for ships, at long as one or the other is used consistently within the article
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships) § Pronouns – same advice repeated in another guideline (though it is mis-placed, as it has nothing to do with article naming)
- Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 167#WP:SHE for steam locomotives as well as ships – concluded with a strong consensus against
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-10-15/Op-ed – "Ships—sexist or sexy?"
- Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water – essay