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I've noticed on some minifigure articles that thy refer top the minifigure as a he or she, but they aren't real people. Should we change "he" and "she" to "it" instead? LEGO Lord Talk [[Special:Editcount/Lego lord|Special:Editcount/Lego lord Edits!]] ---- LEGO LOTR is coming! ---- reply back

Well, characters in books aren't real, but they still have genders - cjc 15:42, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

This is a toy, they aren't characters.

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They are LEGO characters - cjc 15:45, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, this could be voted upon. I'd say that it would only be she and he in the background section. LEGO sets aren't storybooks by the way. —Unsigned comment by Lego lord (talk • contribs).

Did I say they were? ^_^ (Anyway, minifigures appear in a variety of media, such as films, adverts, comics, games and books) - cjc 15:52, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

And that information would only be in the background section. Right?

LEGO Lord Talk [[Special:Editcount/Lego lord|Special:Editcount/Lego lord Edits!]] ---- LEGO LOTR is coming! ---- reply back

That changes what? It still has a gender. Take ships, they are not really female, but they are referred to as such. "She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803." Just because it is not actually female or male and a toy, it does not mean it has not been assigned a gender. - cjc 20:56, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Voting

Use "He" and "She"

--Cligra 16:37, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

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SKP4472 Talk [[Special:Editcount/SKP4472|Special:Editcount/SKP4472 Edits!]] Devoted Editor of Brickipedia 20:39, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Proper english grammar suggests things with a known gender, use i.e, "he" instead of "it". On the other hand, things with a neuter gender (no gender) use "it". Skdhjf^(Talk!) 20:43, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
- cjc 20:56, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
--dog4591/Mugsiedoodle/TheParadoxBug 22:58, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

Use "It"

LEGO Lord Talk [[Special:Editcount/Lego lord|Special:Editcount/Lego lord Edits!]] ---- LEGO LOTR is coming! ---- reply back

I never really thought about it before, but I believe it would be the right way to go. We're meant to take the description from an out-of universe perspective, from the perspective that the minifigure is a piece of plastic (ie, it) not a character. NightblazeSaber 05:17, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

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Why on Earth are we debating this instead of doing something productive?

a jr 23:01, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

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Lego lord: You were the one who issued this forum in the first place. Skdhjf^(Talk!) 01:22, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
- I realized that this didn't really need to be brought up.

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Comments

I would just like to share a modified quotation from the Samukai article: Samukai is a four-armed Ninjago Skeleton. According to the Ninjago Website, it is the King of the Underworld.

In the Ninjago story, Samukai is the King of the Underworld. It is the servant of Lord Garmadon and does its bidding.

In the beginning of the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, it and its army steal a map that leads to the four weapons. The ninjas later steal the map back. Samukai and its army face them after the ninjas retrieve the Scythe of Quakes, but retreat when they see the Earth Dragon. Now, think about it.--Berrybrick _talk -- "Character Will Be Tested. . . ." 10:14, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Well, if this article complied to the MoS, there would be a description and a background. The background would describe the character from an "in-universe" perspective, where you'd obviously use he/she, I think this is talking about the description part, where it's about the plastic figure. NightblazeSaber 12:23, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

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	''In the beginning of the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, '''it''' and '''its''' army steal a map that leads to the four weapons. The ninjas later steal the map back. Samukai and '''its''' army face them after the ninjas retrieve the Scythe of Quakes, but retreat when they see the Earth Dragon.'' Now, think about it.--'''''[[User:Berrybrick\|<font color="green">Berrybrick</font>]]''''' ''[[User talk:Berrybrick\|<font color="purple"><sub>talk</sub></font>]]'' <font color="grey">'''''-- "Character Will Be Tested. . . ."'''''</font> 10:14, March 23, 2011 (UTC)		''In the beginning of the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, '''it''' and '''its''' army steal a map that leads to the four weapons. The ninjas later steal the map back. Samukai and '''its''' army face them after the ninjas retrieve the Scythe of Quakes, but retreat when they see the Earth Dragon.'' Now, think about it.--'''''[[User:Berrybrick\|<font color="green">Berrybrick</font>]]''''' ''[[User talk:Berrybrick\|<font color="purple"><sub>talk</sub></font>]]'' <font color="grey">'''''-- "Character Will Be Tested. . . ."'''''</font> 10:14, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
		+	* Well, if this article complied to the MoS, there would be a description and a background. The background would describe the character from an "in-universe" perspective, where you'd obviously use he/she, I think this is talking about the description part, where it's about the plastic figure. {{User:Nighthawk leader/sig}} 12:23, March 23, 2011 (UTC)