Board Thread:Wiki/@comment-5774380-20180409132604

There has been a suggestion about removing the non-canon exception stated in this wiki's Manual of Style regarding the treatment of Hange Zoë's gender on the site.

This character's gender is left intentionally ambiguous by Isayama in the original manga, but it was changed to female in the anime adaptation and most other continuities. The Manual of Style states that we also treat is as female on the wiki for two primary reasons:


 * As the articles are filled with imagery from the anime that shows Hange as a woman, there's no possibility of ambiguity, so using neutral pronouns to avoid interfering with the reader's interpretation of the character's gender would be pointless.
 * Avoiding gender pronouns can make articles more difficult to write, confusing and unattractive.

It should be noted though that this rule predates the separation by continuities implemented last year after which manga and anime articles are no longer merged, making the first point invalid. So it's now open to the wiki staff and community to decide whether there are still enough reasons to to maintain the rule, or if it should be removed and rewrite all mentions of the character's gender in a neutral style.  