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Seeing as there is some discussion around this, I'll start it. The name of this item is clearly a plural, referring to multiple "bones", similarly to how articles like the [[Gunboats]], [[Mantreads]], or [[Ali Baba's Wee Booties]] are written in a plural form. Other examples include [[Boom Boxers]], [[Olympic Leapers]], [[Blizzard Britches]], and [[Wipe Out Wraps]]. I think we should keep it plural, because it's consistent with how we write other aticles.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 16:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | Seeing as there is some discussion around this, I'll start it. The name of this item is clearly a plural, referring to multiple "bones", similarly to how articles like the [[Gunboats]], [[Mantreads]], or [[Ali Baba's Wee Booties]] are written in a plural form. Other examples include [[Boom Boxers]], [[Olympic Leapers]], [[Blizzard Britches]], and [[Wipe Out Wraps]]. I think we should keep it plural, because it's consistent with how we write other aticles.<br>[[File:BLU Wiki Cap.png|20px|link=List of Wiki Cap owners]] | [[Help:Group rights|<span style="color:green;font-family:TF2 Build;">s</span>]] | [[User:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">GrampaSwood</font>]] [[File:PraisetheSun.png|20px|alt=Praise the Sun!]] ([[User talk:GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">talk</font>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/GrampaSwood|<font color="DB9C1F">contribs</font>]]) 16:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :As demonstrated above, the nominal agreement has been regarding whether the item's name is singular or plural, not whether we're talking about one item or multiple items. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays This isn't something TF Wiki-exclusive either]; it's not a grammar error. Changing it now would require changing '''''all''''' other such articles; making an exception wouldn't make sense, and it would just be inevitably changed later by someone who notices the discrepancy between this article and all the other ones. - [[User:BrazilianNut|BrazilianNut]] ([[User talk:BrazilianNut|talk]]) 17:24, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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Plural or singular
Seeing as there is some discussion around this, I'll start it. The name of this item is clearly a plural, referring to multiple "bones", similarly to how articles like the Gunboats, Mantreads, or Ali Baba's Wee Booties are written in a plural form. Other examples include Boom Boxers, Olympic Leapers, Blizzard Britches, and Wipe Out Wraps. I think we should keep it plural, because it's consistent with how we write other aticles.
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(talk) (contribs) 16:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- As demonstrated above, the nominal agreement has been regarding whether the item's name is singular or plural, not whether we're talking about one item or multiple items. This isn't something TF Wiki-exclusive either; it's not a grammar error. Changing it now would require changing all other such articles; making an exception wouldn't make sense, and it would just be inevitably changed later by someone who notices the discrepancy between this article and all the other ones. - BrazilianNut (talk) 17:24, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
