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I undid the anony's change, but only for consistency because I noticed that everywhere else on the wiki uses the first form, without the 's'. Is there any reason we shouldn't make the change to the preferred form across the whole wiki? {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC) | I undid the anony's change, but only for consistency because I noticed that everywhere else on the wiki uses the first form, without the 's'. Is there any reason we shouldn't make the change to the preferred form across the whole wiki? {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 14:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
| + | :This was discussed at length [[HRWiki talk:Manual of Style#Possessive forms of singular nouns ending in s|here]]. The end results was: use s's. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 16:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
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Is the Justice Backpack Rocket Rocket not condsidered an item on an article?--Martin925 03:28, 31 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Possesive form
Regarding this recent edit, a change from Reinforcements' to Reinforcements's — according to what I was taught, adding an 's' is "preferred but not required" in the case of possesive proper nouns ending in an 's'. A quick google search confirms this. In England there even exists both a St James' Park and a St James's Park, two distinct places.
I undid the anony's change, but only for consistency because I noticed that everywhere else on the wiki uses the first form, without the 's'. Is there any reason we shouldn't make the change to the preferred form across the whole wiki? 
Green Helmet 14:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
- This was discussed at length here. The end results was: use s's.
OptimisticFool 16:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
