Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive (ships as "she")

Discussions on this topic of 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

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