Gender Neutral Article Ships may be referred to either using female pronouns she her or neuter pronouns it its Either usage is acceptable but each article should be internally consistent and employ one or the other exclusively As with all optional styles articles should not be changed from one style to another unless there is a substantial reason to do so Please note that this article has been written with neutral gender language Please do not change the style to partly use female pronouns as that would make it internally inconsistent If there is a compelling reason to change this entire article to female pronouns please make the case on this Talk page first