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{{tq2|A ship's name is always italicized.}}

Now, my question is, does BADITALICS overrule SHIPNAME? For a Russian ship, should the native name be in ordinary type? My initial assessment is "yes". However, I can also see some validity in the opposite: ship names could fall under the same italicization category as "titles of major works", in that the overriding convention is to italicize when the script allows it. I've seen both situations in use:

{{tq2|'''''Moskva''''' ({{lang-langx|ru|links=no|Москва|lit=Moscow}}, {{IPA-ru|mɐskˈva|}}), formerly '''''Slava''''' ({{lang-langx|ru|label=none|links=no|Слава|lit=Glory}}) was a [[guided missile cruiser]] of the [[Russian Navy]].}}

but

{{tq2|'''Russian cruiser ''Varyag''''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Варяг|italic=yes|lit=[[Varangian]]}}) (formerly-''Chervona Ukraina''), is the third ship of the {{sclass2|Slava|cruiser|0}} of guided missile cruisers [...]}}

The latter explicitly sets <code>italic=yes</code> in the {{template|lang-ru}} template it uses. A {{em|very}} quick survey I did just now shows that not-italicizing is more common, but not universal. [[User:Oatco|oatco]] <span style="font-size:90%;">[[User talk:Oatco|(talk)]]</span> 23:41, 21 January 2023 (UTC)