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Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk07:07, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

S.R. Kirby being fitted out in Wyandotte, Michigan
S.R. Kirby being fitted out in Wyandotte, Michigan
  • Comment: This will be my final DYK before needing to do a QPQ

Created/expanded by GreatLakesShips (talk). Self-nominated at 21:05, 19 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough and long enough; there are plenty of references and every paragraph is referenced. Perhaps there are excessive references for some statements, where one would do there might be 13. A neutral tone is used. copyright check shows nothing as a problem. QPQ is not required as only 3 DYK credits received so far. Image is free to use and looks OK, and is in use. Original hook can be easily inferred from the text, it is referenced, and reference confirms the fact. Good to go with main hook. (I will check alt1 next up) Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:02, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Flags

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@GreatLakesShips: Why add a second US flag? It doesn't contribute anything to user understanding. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:09, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I suppose it doesn't contribute much, but I was basing it off a featured article. GreatLakesShips (talk) 07:22, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of Female Pronouns in Articles About Notable Ships

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Would it be better to use 'it' when referring to a ship, as it does not have a biological sex, and the usage of Female pronouns could confuse some readers who aren't knowledgeable about that precedent of using feminine pronouns? Blipslisle (talk) 19:28, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is also named after a man. Blipslisle (talk) 19:36, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Blipslisle: Ships are generally referred to with female pronouns. As the Imperial War Museum's webpage about the issue states: "this tradition relates to the idea of a female figure such as a mother or goddess guiding and protecting a ship and crew". I don't think this leads to misinformation, as I have never seen anyone get confused by it. It doesn't matter whether or not it was named after a man, woman or geographical location, the ship will still be referred to as she. GreatLakesShips (talk) 21:16, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]