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Feedback needed on using special characters

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Should the character inserter be statically available until dismissed? Should it hover near the mouse? Should it go away on every selection or 10 seconds after a selection with no subsequent ones?
Some people believe that the toolbar already has too many options—how would you simplify it?

The developers are open to any thoughts on how the special character inserter can best be developed, even if this requires significant changes. Please leave your views on the central feedback page, or, if you'd prefer, you can contact me directly on my talk page. It would be really helpful if you can tell me how frequently you need to use special characters in your typical editing and what languages or other special characters are important to you.

Thank you again for your work with VisualEditor and for any feedback you can provide. I really do appreciate it.

P.S. You might be interested in the current ideas about improving citations, too. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:20, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Final Masquerade

I found a CD of Final Masquerade at the "Crossword" store near my house. It tells that it is a single! But on the internet there is no link provided that tells it is a single. I also knew it is a single but there wasn't any link present so I had to make it as a promotional single because it can be streamed on MTV. Please find a link to prove that it is a single. And well thank you to make it a single! Naam toh suna hi hoga (talk) 07:25, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem there. I did the best I can to make it as a real single, just like I tried to do for "Wastelands" and "Rebellion". User:Skylar3214 12:52, 13 June 2014

The Distortion of Sound

Hey Friend! I would like to invite you to the page The Distortion of Sound and give your suggestions or edit any mistake I have done there. Thank you. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 10:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You know what? That's a very good idea. I will keep this message. Thank you for this. Skylar3214 1:57, 14 July 2014

Sly Cooper

I got a link where we can get sources for the movie, but it is not developed. But it can be reliable. "Sly Cooper". Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 07:26, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's just one source, and it's not enough for the film article to stand, just like the upcoming 2015 film for Ratchet & Clank. I will see if I can find more sources when I can. Thank you for the heads up, Mike. Skylar3214 12:43, 15 July 2014

We can still add more sources, like Sly Cooper Film also has a article on ImBD, separately, (not the upper one). The link for the trailer. The official website. We just have to search for them. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 09:38, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have lots of sources in the Sly Cooper film article's talk page. Skylar3214 10:36, 15 July 2014

Explaining

I patrolled your page. I went through the enormously-backlogged list of newly-created pages and confirmed that your page was okay: not spam, not an attack page, not a copyright violation, not any of the other reasons for which I would delete someone's page without asking. Then I clicked "patrolled" to remove it from the list of "pages that have not yet been patrolled", and moved on to the next entry. That's all. DS (talk) 20:11, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. Thank you very much for telling me. ;) Skylar3214 1:15, 17 July 2014

Out of Time official single cover

The cover which you provided is the official cover and I know it. But there are no reliable sources to prove this. Whereas the cover now in the article is from Allmusic which is a reliable source. So even though I know you are right, I cannot help you for this. But if you provide the image from source like Allmusic, iTunes, etc; no one would have the guts to revert your edits. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 12:15, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reliable sources I provided are on its talk page for Out of Time (Stone Temple Pilots song). Check 'em out. Skylar3214 2:01, 19 July 2014

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	This is a Barnstar for your efforts to make Sly Cooper stand as a article. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 12:20, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Out of Time cover

Well now you have uploaded it and its the correct. Thank you. ;) Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 16:52, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but you should have put that message on "Out of Time official single cover" instead of this. Skylar3214 10:06, 27 July 2014

Ohhh! I'm sorry! Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 10:06, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Powerless

Hey! I just saw a link which proves that Powerless is a single from the soundtrack of the movie. So the page should be changed from promotional single to Single. iTunes is a reliable source I guess. Powerless Single Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 05:17, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you want to make Powerless as a real single? It's already been confirmed that Powerless is a promotional single? Skylar3214 10:22, 11 August 2014

Where is it confirmed?! I'm really confused. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 05:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where, but somebody knows that it still remains as a promotional single, never as the official single. Skylar3214 10:41, 11 August 2014

If itunes says it is a single, how can anyone say it is promo single. Just think about it. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 05:42, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk to Sergecross73 about this. I don't know the different between singles and promotional singles. Skylar3214 11:30, 11 August 2014

It's in Japanese. That is weird, alright. Skylar3214 11:30, 11 August 2014

Yes, that is weird. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 05:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No need for apologies mate!

We both want what is best for the article, even if your term wasn't used I understood why you wanted to use it, it least you didn't just yell at us telling us we are wrong or anything like that which some editors do, plus your edits to the Linkin Park articles since have been great so that dispute was just a one off, it happens and it's the point of Wikipedia so no hard feelings what so ever and yeah I look forward to editing with you in the future. In terms of friendly discussion I have a question; What did you think of the album The Hunting Party? This album personally to me was disappointing for a number of reasons I will share after hearing your opinion :) look forward to your reply. SilentDan (talk) 11:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I know. I just wanted to make it up to you for the way I acted in the past, if I still wanted "Radio Edit" to forever appear on the article of "Guilty All the Same" because it isn't the proper way for a version of a song, even if I download the song and still use the term "Radio Edit" as it seemed right to me (even though I still want (Radio Edit) to appear on the article because it's the right way for a version of a song, just like for "Iridescent" from A Thousand Suns and Transformers: Dark of the Moon). I also get really annoyed, if people tell me that I am either stubborn, like you did on the talk page for "Guilty All the Same", or that I act like a child, like RazorEyeEdits did to me in the past because the word "child" is never in my vocabulary and I am far more than a child now. And The Hunting Party is one of the best albums by Linkin Park, man. I got it as a pre-order along with a lithograph and the "Until It's Gone" medium-sized T-shirt (which is of course that I am wearing right now). Thanks for telling me. Skylar3214 9:06, 3 August 2014

Apologies but consensus had been made by the majority so the final decision was made, sorry if we offended you by calling you as such. Also The Hunting Party I felt didn't live up to what the band said it was going to be, they said it was going to be a lot more punk rock and metal, more as they put it "carnivorous", however listening to the album it felt like they where only half way there, don't get me wrong I like the album but it seemed to have lacked direction despite its intended course, sure we had our aggressive punk rock/metal songs such as Guilty All the Same, War and Rebellion but then we had out typical, clichéd and radio friendly rock songs; Until It's Gone, Final Masquerade (my most hated song off the album) and Mark The Graves, it didn't make sense to me for a band to have done whatever they felt like doing to just going half way then seemingly getting lazy by making simple radio songs. Sorry I blab on but this is one of the most controversial albums to me, no hard feelings though :) -- SilentDan (talk) 22:45, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Right you are, but The Hunting Party actually contains the music genre of "rock", not "alternative metal" or "punk rock" since I listened to the entire album dozens of times. It's only rock, no more than alternative metal, or punk rock because all those tracks that I heard of from the album only contain the music genre of "rock" and that's it. To me, I still want (Radio Edit) to appear on "Guilty All the Same" and not (radio edit) because it's still unnecessary for a version of a song. It still bugs me when I see (radio edit) on "Guilty All the Same" while looking at the article. Skylar3214 4:00, 4 September 2014

True but that's not what I liked in Linkin Park, I loved the Linkin Park that incorperated as many genres as possible, stretching from their nu-metal debut to their dubstep single with Aoki, they really didn't care about other peoples opinions before they just wanted to make music, this album seemed to have been a means of appeasing to those who dislike their approach after Minutes to Midnight just to maintain their fan base almost, they claim to be going back to their own roots but instead became somewhat generic, and I personally disagree with the album being just rock though, War for example is way to aggressive to be labelled as simply Rock, when I think Rock music I think AC/DC and Stone Temple Pilots, which some of this album does full under but some are either too heavy or too soft, some contain rap as well technically labelling it as Rap rock but yeah still a sub-genre of rock. Also it all comes down to guidelines, when it comes to minor notes like that by MOS:CAPS it should be by Wiki standards lower case, despite it's official release using sentence caps. SilentDan (talk) 23:26, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry!

Hey, Skylar, I just wanted to apologize for reverting you here. It was completely accidental; I was looking and some edit histories just to try to figure out why some of your posts had an incorrect timestamp (they were labeled as having been posted on August 3, not September 3), but I clicked on the wrong link. I've already restored the comments that I had accidentally deleted. Again, I'm very sorry, it was completely accidental, and totally my fault. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:21, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But why did you do that, though? I became very shocked because of a notification that said you reverted my edits. Skylar3214 2:25, 4 September 2014

I didn't mean to; as I said, I was looking through some edit histories to try to figure out some of these timestamp weirdnesses (like this one: it was written on September 3rd, but your timestamp reads August 3rd). I'd written a script in the past that lets me check the contents of an edit with a click, but unfortunately, the button for that is right next to button to revert the edit; I meant to click on the "examine edit" button, but I accidentally clicked on the button right next to it, which was the revert button. Again, I'm very sorry; I can understand that you were shocked to see your edits reverted, but it was totally accidental and doesn't mean anything about your editing. Again, I apologize. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:31, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it right away before Drmies thanked me for changing the name of the month because I kept forgetting that today is September and not August, which was my mistake to risk taking. At least, you were being positive about this instead of being offensive, like a few editors and administrators did, which really bugs me for some reason. Thank you for telling me. Skylar3214 2:39, 4 September 2014

Ah, okay. Are you placing your signature in your posts manually, then? That is, typing out [User:Skylar3214|Skylar3214]] 2:39, 4 September 2014 each time? That's totally fine if that's how you want to do it, but if you happen not to know, there's a somewhat easier way to do it. You can just type out four tildes (the ~ character; on standard US keyboards, it can be typed with shift+`, the key right next to the 1 at the top of the keyboard), and Wikipedia will automatically sign something for you, including the current date. If your keyboard doesn't have a key for tildes, there's a link right below the editing box labeled "Sign your posts on talk pages:"; if you click on that link, it'll insert the tildes for you automatically. So, when I type or click on the link, ~~~~ will show up in the editing box, but once I save it, it'll turn into my signature, like this: Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. Skylar3214 3:11, 4 September 2014

Animals United

I uploaded the cover which you provided under the link. Please check it. Thanx mate. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 06:56, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I already checked it, and thanked you for it. Thank you, once again, for telling me. If there's anything else you need for me to do, let me know. You and I seem to get along with each other just fine, unlike some editors and administrators. Skylar3214 12:00, 6 September 2014

Machine Shop Recordings

Hey Skylar, can you just check this page and see if you can edit it. Because I think if there would be mistakes by me, you can edit it and correct it. Thank You! Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 09:14, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Naturally 7

I updated the bio of the group. Now to keep it, you will have to give some reliable sources of the group. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 09:45, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mall (soundtrack)

Hey friend! I'm confused about that whether the soundtrack really exists. Because the film was released way back. So usually the soundtrack is released before it. Mike:Golu · ^{[ Confidential message ]} 04:27, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, the soundtrack is not yet released, right after the film came out. But the good news is that Joe Hahn had officially confirmed for the soundtrack to be released next month (in December). The soundtrack will finally exist when it comes out with a proper track listing. The other listing on the soundtrack article derived from the Ending Credits scene for the film. I also wonder when they get to release "Luna" and "Warm Spell", and possibly "Ammosick" (to be released officially by Linkin Park). Skylar3214 9:39, 24 November 2014

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One More Light

Hey There! Its Mike here, remember? I just needed help around here.. The articles like Invisible are redirected to the album even after the abundance of references and sorted write-up. This user:Kellymoat is redirecting it to the album page. Please review the article and do the necessary corrections. Also it would be helpful if you do so for the album page also. Regards!NotNITINChopra · ^{[ Poke ]} 14:10, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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