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==Updating our MOS== | ==Updating our MOS== | ||
Hey guys. So, honestly, our Manual of Style is super out of date. As a whole, it hasn't been updated in a long time, so I propose that it's time to update it. I've started a | Hey guys. So, honestly, our Manual of Style is super out of date. As a whole, it hasn't been updated in a long time, so I propose that it's time to update it. I've started a draft [[User:KeybladeSpyMaster/Gadget Lab/Project Page 6|here]], but it's by no means complete (we're missing standards and formatting for Merchandise articles and all articles in non-mainspace), and there are some sections that I simply don't know how we cover them or what is expected in them (such as the Items and Equipment and Abilities sections). So I'm hoping we could discuss/define these areas so that we can update our dear MOS and give some more consistency on-site. One of the issues is that even our main games articles are not consistent, so that's part of why I'm doing this. Thoughts? {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 15:04, 7 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
::Regarding the "The player" should not be referred to as "they". Use the general "he" part... I want to bring this up since I've been reworking the Foretellers' articles. This was brought up in the past (as seen two sections up), but a few users, including myself, voiced our disagreement with that rule, because the singular "they" is considered a better alternative. When rewriting the Foretellers' articles, I have removed the "he", and I'm extremely careful not to assign any gender pronouns when referring to a player's character, since the player's character can either be a "he" or a "she", y'know? I wanted to ask what is the community's stance is now regarding the general "he" and using the singular "they" when referring to the player.--{{User:NinjaSheik/Sig}} 19:38, 7 July 2017 (UTC) | ::Regarding the "The player" should not be referred to as "they". Use the general "he" part... I want to bring this up since I've been reworking the Foretellers' articles. This was brought up in the past (as seen two sections up), but a few users, including myself, voiced our disagreement with that rule, because the singular "they" is considered a better alternative. When rewriting the Foretellers' articles, I have removed the "he", and I'm extremely careful not to assign any gender pronouns when referring to a player's character, since the player's character can either be a "he" or a "she", y'know? I wanted to ask what is the community's stance is now regarding the general "he" and using the singular "they" when referring to the player.--{{User:NinjaSheik/Sig}} 19:38, 7 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
:::According to [https://blog.ap.org/products-and-services/making-a-case-for-a-singular-they the Associated Press], the term "they" and it's derivatives can be used in rare cases. This is the grammatical ruling. However, there is technically no grammatically correct gender-neutral pronoun that is entirely accepted in American English. "They" is generally accepted in common usage. I personally prefer to use "they", it's just easier and more commonly accepted. {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 04:50, 8 July 2017 (UTC) | :::According to [https://blog.ap.org/products-and-services/making-a-case-for-a-singular-they the Associated Press], the term "they" and it's derivatives can be used in rare cases. This is the grammatical ruling. However, there is technically no grammatically correct gender-neutral pronoun that is entirely accepted in American English. "They" is generally accepted in common usage. I personally prefer to use "they", it's just easier and more commonly accepted. {{KeybladeSpyMaster/Sig}} 04:50, 8 July 2017 (UTC) |