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"Gokstad Ship" or perhaps better "Gokstad ship" is correct because Gokstad is the name of the farm where the ship happened to be found. We have no idea what the ship's name was, or even if it had a name... Stan 05:02, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Corrected

You seem to be correct, Stan (if I did understand your comment correctly). I changed from "The Gokstad was a Viking Ship..." to "The Gokstad ship was a Viking Ship...". Gokstad is a geographical area in Sandefjord, historically related to the farm.

With regards to "ship" or "Ship": perhaps someone else has opinions? Petter Nordby 28 June 2005 22:44 (UTC)

Shouldn't the title of the article then be "Gokstad ship" and not "Gokstad Ship"? Grumpy444grumpy 15:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I think so. One can find plenty of usages either way, but capitalizing "Ship" makes it look too much like an (inappropriate) proper name, to my eyes. Stan 21:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and made the move, "blued" a couple redlinks as it turns out. Stan 14:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Seems like the sensible thing to do. Grumpy444grumpy 14:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)