Forum:CT Archive/New addition to Wookieepedia:Naming policy (it's about droids!)

Hey everyone,

I have a proposal for a new addition to the Specific rules section of Naming policy. It would look like this:

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Droids and gender

If a droid has gender-specific programming, refer to them as "he" or "she" rather than "it" (for example: "Guri woke up and she had a coffee" instead of "Guri woke up and it had a coffee").

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The example probably isn't necessary, as it's pretty self-explanatory, but all the others have examples so I said hey Menkooroo why not.

My reasoning for this comes from... well, canon, really. C-3PO and R2-D2, as examples, have masculine programming and are always referred to as "he". By each other, by other characters, by the narrative, by sourcebooks... calling them "it" seems contrary to canon. Same goes for Guri, and every other droid with masculine or feminine programming. It would be especially weird to see someone like Artoo referred to as "it" throughout his entire article. Right now, there's nothing preventing that from being OK.

Vote now!

Add it in

 * 1) Menkooroo 05:33, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Let's talk about it

 * The "specific rules" section of the Naming Policy is about titles of articles, so if there's a better place to stick this in, let me know. Menkooroo 05:45, August 29, 2010 (UTC)