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:Yes...? Why ask that when you can clearly see that there are problems with that approach that have been raised just a few lines above? [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 13:15, 24 November 2013 (EST) | :Yes...? Why ask that when you can clearly see that there are problems with that approach that have been raised just a few lines above? [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 13:15, 24 November 2013 (EST) | ||
::The only "problems" people had were with Mewtwo and Ivysaur, which was resolved to just stick with "it" for them. You saying you prefer "it" isn't "raising clear problems with that approach". <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 13:25, 24 November 2013 (EST) | ::The only "problems" people had were with Mewtwo and Ivysaur, which was resolved to just stick with "it" for them. You saying you prefer "it" isn't "raising clear problems with that approach". <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 13:25, 24 November 2013 (EST) | ||
:::"SmashWiki is not official" was designed for cases where the community had clear terminology for certain things before the official name became known. Genders of Pokemon, however, are definitely ambiguous in this context. We don't have any basis for applying pronouns other than "it", especially since it would cause consistency problems with Mewtwo, Ivysaur, and non-playable Pokemon. We should maintain the current practice of using "it" for reasons like this. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 13:39, 24 November 2013 (EST) | |||