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The result of the debate was Adopt starship italicization amendment to Manual of Style. Toprawa and Ralltiir 18:55, October 25, 2010 (UTC)

Here's another (hopefully) quick 'n easy one:

The MoS currently stipulates that we should italicize all ship names. However, the names of certain vessels, namely the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship, are not italicized in the majority of canonical sources in which they appear. In this example, Ship is italicized in the CSWE, but in every single other appearance and mention outside of the CSWE (8 novels in all) it is not italicized. So my proposal is to add the following to the MoS, under the Class and ship names subsection:

"The italicization of a ship's name should follow the most common way the name is presented in canonical sources."

AFAIK, this is really just going to affect Ship's article (although I suppose future instances similar to this are possible) and is for the simple purpose of making it so we don't have to worry about further edit-warring over the fact that the rest of our site's ships are italicized while this one is not.

As always, please bring up further options or wording tweaks in the Discussion section first. Thank you. Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 04:41, October 16, 2010 (UTC)

VotingEdit

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1. Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 04:41, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
2. This makes more sense than Conan O'Brien moving to TBS. Weeknights at 11/10c starting Nov 8. Toprawa and Ralltiir 04:48, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
3. CC7567 ^(talk) 05:06, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
4. Team Coco! ~ SavageBob 05:24, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
5. I do hope TBS also shows Conan online, as I don't have a TV or cable/satellite. Man, I don't wanna miss out on his new show! Oh wait, I'm supposed to be voting on an MoS change. Yeah, ship names italicized according to how it's depicted in what majority of sources, yadda yadda yadda. Makes sense to me. Trak Nar ^{Ramble on} 05:30, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
6. Jay Leno is an asshat. Darth Trayus^{(Trayus Academy)} 05:36, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
7. Yub nub. MasterFred^(Whatever) 05:53, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
8. NAYAYEN 07:37, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
9. Grunny (talk) 09:06, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
10. 1358 ^(Talk) 13:55, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
11. Grand Moff Tranner ^(Comlink) 15:04, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
12. Xicer9^(Combadge) 15:36, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
13. Clone Commander Lee ^Talk 16:08, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
14. Master Jonathan ^{(Jedi Council Chambers)} 16:42, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
15. I'm Team MoMo! Dangerdan97 19:24, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
16. Common sense wins out. ~ JMAS ^{Hey, it's me!} 19:40, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
17. Maybe Bob Dole should run. Bob Dole thinks Bob Dole should. Actually, Bob Dole just wants to hear Bob Dole talk about Bob Dole. BOB DOLE! -- Darth Culator ^(Talk) 20:08, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
18. —Xwing328^(Talk) 00:05, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
19. Cylka^-talk- 02:42, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
20. Go Conan, MotU rulz! (or other sillyness) --Tm_T ^(Talk) 15:40, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
21. Palies forever. NaruHina ^Talk 17:12, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
22. Darth Xadún^{(Consult the Holocron)} 18:58, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
23. The snowballing (and such common sense) of this almost makes me want to object just to object. Almost. — Fiolli 22:36, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
24. SoresuMakashi^{(Everything I tell you is the truth)} 02:57, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
25. Bandwagoning. - Cavalier One^{(Squadron channel)} 08:20, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
26. And not shamelessly plugging. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:57, October 19, 2010 (UTC)
27. Imperialles 18:24, October 23, 2010 (UTC)

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DiscussionEdit

• I assume this policy also applies to Ship (sentient spacecraft)? Dangerdan97 02:35, October 17, 2010 (UTC)
  • Yes. It will apply to everything. So if the majority of canon sources refer to it without italics, it won't be italicized, and vice versa. Grunny (talk) 02:43, October 17, 2010 (UTC)