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Singular "they" is preferable, and the word you're looking for is "themself".
Avoid "it" or "s/he" unless the work itself uses that term. In fact, we have a trope for "it".
2025: the year it all ends?I don't think we really have a policy, but that is my preferred editing strategy.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.Never write "themself." Use "themselves." It's singular in meaning but the grammatical number is still plural. (Note that I'm specifically talking about written language. Oral communication is far more informal.)
For a non-pronoun example, look at the words "pants" or "scissors." You wouldn't write "Put your pant on" or "Where is the scissor," even though you're talking about one thing.
Look at all that shiny stuff ain't they prettyLink to Oxford Dictionaries to support Water Blap's statement: Link
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I know of enough people that prefer "themself" that I suspect it won't be long before descriptivists consider it indisputably acceptable.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.(Nods) "Casual" doesn't mean using every bit of slang and new use that comes along. It means language that wouldn't past muster in a thesis. :p (Particularly since so much slang and attempted new use burns out fairly quickly.)
When it becomes part of the more widely accepted lexicon of grammar, that's when it can be used. That's when you know it's sticking.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett

I'm doing a mass edit on the Soul Nomad & the World Eaters page to change most of the pronouns for Revya, a character who can be either male or female, to "they" or "them" from "he/she" or "him/her". However, I'm unsure of what to do with "him/herself". Do either of the above work or is there better word to put in it's place?
Also, is "they" or "them" preferable to "he/she" or "him/her"? What exactly is the policy for characters whose gender can be chosen and don't have default options?
Edited by AkoSiKuya23