Forum:RFC - "that" vs. "which"

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KrytenKoro - "Because I knew something he didn't. I knew that I was lying. Seriously, sir. 'No silicon heaven'? Where would all of the calculators go?" TALK - As you all know, the item-type articles that I write are based on a standard format. However, I recently noticed that I've been using both "which appears in" and "that is found in" for the listing of the games that the subject is in. I've also used both formats on a multitude of articles, so either way, I'm going to have to change a lot. I don't understand wikipedia's explanation of the correct format, so can people please tell me which version they prefer?

Neumannz — Looks like I'm gonna have to jump...! TALK — I work alone! Except when I work with Xion...which is all the time. — 02:36, March 28, 2010 (UTC)   Examples in the wiki?

KrytenKoro - "Space Corp Directive 195—In an emergency power situation, a hologrammatic crew member must lay down his life in order that the living crew members might survive."  "Yes, but Rimmer Directive 271 states just as clearly: 'No chance, you metal bastard.'" TALK - Any Heartless, accessory, or equipment page, or any of the properly formatted ability pages.

JFHavoc Talk to Me! — What do you have against me? I'm sorry, I didn't know your jaw would fall off. — 04:31, March 28, 2010 (UTC) I'd go with "which appears in", because not all of the items are found.

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 05:00, March 28, 2010 (UTC) Most of the wiki's grammar-related guidelines in the Manual of Style follow American English, not British English. For example, we follow the rule of plural possessives, meaning that we use "Ventus's" instead of "Ventus'", "Xemnas's" instead of "Xemnas'", and so forth. Yet, we would use "enemies'" and "weapons'", because they are plural terms. In addition, we add a comma before the final term in a comma-divided list. For example, we use "Ling, Chien Po, and Yao", but not "Flora, Fauna and Merryweather". Both of these grammatical formats are derived from American English format. According to Wikipedia, the American English format would use "that".

JFHavoc Talk to Me! — A fly-by shooting?! But this is a stab wound! You don't just stab random children! — 05:04, March 28, 2010 (UTC) Oh, I misunderstood what you were asking. I agree with DTN we should use "that"