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==Ships==
Ship names should always be italicized (e.g. ''Galactica''). Italicization of ship names includes the possessive marker and other endings added to a ship's name (e.g. ''Galactica's'', not ''Galactica'''s), but not articles.

Military ships generally receive no article (i.e. "''Galactica''" not "the ''Galactica''") and civilian ships generally ''do'' receive an article (i.e. "the ''Rising Star''" not "''Rising Star''"). There are some exceptions to this (e.g. ''Colonial One'', ''Cloud 9''). Usually, ship names ending in a number do not receive an article.

When possible, the first mention of a ship in an article should include the hull number (e.g. "''Galactica'' (BS 75)"). Note that there is no hyphen in the hull number. All subsequent references to the same ship need not include the hull number, but can if some other reasoning dictates it.

It is usually unnecessary to use the modifier "battlestar" (as in "battlestar ''Galactica''") more than once in an article for the same reason it is unnecessary to say "starship Enterprise" or "battleship Yamato" throughout any text. Using the ship's classification repetitively in this fashion is distracting and also adds unnecessarily to the size of an article. Using "'''the''' battlestar ''Galactica''" is acceptable in this case, as the article does not directly refer to the ship's name.

Typically, ships are treated as feminine objects. The use of "she" and "her" in referring to a ship by pronoun is encouraged, though not mandated.

When discussing [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], use of either "Mark" or "Mk." is acceptable, though "mk." is just sloppy. Also, Roman numerals are preferred. Thus, "Viper Mark II" or "Viper Mk. VII" but not "Viper mk. 2."

The words "battlestar" and "basestar" are not capitalized, as they are general ship types and not class names like "Mercury class", "Viper" or "Raptor". See also: [[Battlestar Wiki:FAQ/Proper BSG nouns#Basestar vs. basestar .2F Battlestar vs. battlestar .2F Raider vs. raider: Do I capitalize the first letter or not.3F|Proper BSG nouns]]

:(Note: Many of these guidelines are inspired by, modified from, or stolen directly from the US Navy's [http://www.news.navy.mil/tools/view_styleguide_all.asp Style Guide].)