Talk:Mika (singer)/Archive 1

message: Get ready it gonna be number1 in the UK.  Expect a lot of visits to the page.
80.41.24.62 21:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  popular 

message: How can the combination of artists listed be 'unique'? Haven't the Scissor Sisters been compared to each of the others?
:He has publicly stated that he will not answer the "are you gay?" question; any claims are mere speculation (citation: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3553.html). Mrstonky 01:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'unique'? 

message: Take a look. He's now top of the Irish charts. Can someone adjust the page to reflect this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by E-flah (talk • contribs) 16:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  He has hit Number 1 in Ireland 

message: Why is the page protected? — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this is due to the dispute taking place between prominent editors (see above). Mrstonky 06:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection 

message: Do not add promotional photos to the infobox. Mika is living celebrity making frequent public appearances. As such any promo photo use to just identify him will certainly fall foul of WP:FUC#1. ed g2s • talk 14:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: WTF,  so we cant post pics on him yet there' sone on the main page. Hmmmm.....Contradictory I believe.74.195.3.199 18:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You may be missing ed's point. Fair use can only be claimed if there is no other image source. In this case there is ample opportunity for a copyright-cleared image to be used. Mrstonky 04:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Does anyone have a citation for how to pronounce Mika's name? Is it "mee-kuh" (IPA: miːkʌ) or "my-ka" (maɪkə)? I've noticed that a child calls him "mee-kuh" on the introduction to his song "Lollipop" -- surely there must be a more formal confirmation? — Mrstonky 07:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know for a fact the latterformer is definitely correct - and I think the voice on the record that may even be his. ed g2s • talk 12:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it's "meeka". Can't find a citation, but ed's right. also, he's called meeka on the tv and radio. i wonder if he changed from Mica to Mika to stop people pronouncing it "myca". Or  maybe someone else had already used the name Mica. ConDemTalk 15:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

text: ...But Ed said it was the LATTER, e.g. the second one. I think it's mee-kah though, it's what everyone on the radio seems to be saying. I'm sure someone pretentious enough will come along and start saying "my-kah" sooner or later, and a shift will occur. But until then, it's "mee-kah" I think. 89.213.51.202 18:31, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My mistake - I got confused by the second occurence of "mee-kuh". It is "me", not "my". ed g2s • talk 02:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: My birthday was the 19th and that was a Friday. Mika appeared on the Friday Night Project on Friday 19th January 2007. *Mr. GaRRiSoN 23:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True, next time be bold. ed g2s • talk 16:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friday Night Project 

message: Is there a reliable source for this?  At the moment we're carefully not mentioning nationality in the article. --Mel Etitis  (Talk) 18:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: I've proposed over at Talk:Mika (currently a disambiguation page) that this page should be moved to Mika and that page to Mika (disambiguation).  Please leave any thoughts there. TSP 00:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Move 

message: I'm pretty sure that song "I Just Died (In Your Arms)" is by 'Cutting Crew', so I'm gonna change it :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.128.39.65 (talk) 01:54, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please remember that Wikipedia is about facts not personal opinions (or, indeed, phone messages from ambiguous sources). Mrstonky 04:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I don't think "Manchester AKA Gay Nation is a fact, do you? Don'tClickHerechat / what i've done / email 19:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I don't think that's obvious at all. Since the comment is ambiguous, it should go in exactly as reported, in my opinion. ConDemTalk 02:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's YOUR opinion.74.195.3.199 13:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Was there really any need for that last comment? It's clearly his opinion, seeing as he said it and put "in my opinion" at the end. It wouldn't have been so unnecessary if you'd have said your opinion too. Ian 20:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreigner?! 

message: :Add  # Support  or  # Oppose  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.  Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
====Survey - in support of the move====
#Support  - as nominator. The singer is the only person only known as Mika. He's notable enough to warrant being the primary topic.  ConDemTalk 05:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: #Support  - as nominator. The singer is the only person only known as Mika. He's notable enough to warrant being the primary topic.  ConDemTalk 05:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in support of the move

message: #Oppose by User:Prolog - made at Talk:Mika before the discussion was moved here.  "That seems short-sighted, as the singer seems to have been famous only for few months and mainly in the UK, not to mention that pop stars' careers are often over very quickly. Häkkinen has been referred to as "Mika" for 15 years, and still the media often simply uses his first name, such as here and here (from the last 24 hours). This seems to be common with many Finns, because Mika is short and easy to pronounce whereas the Finnish last name often is not. There is also the Armenian football team FC MIKA. Therefore, I do not think this singer has become the primary meaning for "Mika" yet. The singer's entry could be moved on top of the Mika list, instead. Although, when it comes to singing Mikas, Mika Nakashima seems to be even more notable."
#Oppose Very common given name in Japan. Apparently common in Finland too (although I have no information about that). No reason for a singer to monopolize the article title. Fg2 20:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in opposition to the move

message: In short: Wikipedia does not censor profanity, unless you're quoting the exact text which was already censored. In that case, content is quoted verbatim. See Wikipedia:Profanity. GregorB 21:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Profanity 

message: The following link http://michaelhpenniman.bebo.com/ was recently added to the article. This will have to be removed under WP:EL policy, but I am curious if this link, given its name, would shed some light on the question of Mika's birth name being Michael Holbrook Penniman (see discussion further up this page). Could a bebo member check if this is a legitimate site? --Paul Erik 03:18, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bebo site 

message: The MIKA Fan Club Is The Greatest And Largest MIKA Website In The World. This Is Why I Would Like To Know Why The Largest Fan Club On The Web Would Not Be Listed On Here. Now I'm Sure There Is A Logical Reason For The Removal Of MIKAfanclub.com But I'd Like To Really Know, Why Has The MIKAfanclub Been Removed?--[55] 01:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: well, you made a questionable edit and just added your website in without discussion, that's basically considered vandalism.Imasleepviking 02:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, no, this is nothing against the good people at the MIKA Fan Club, which by all accounts is a popular fan forum. (We will also have to remove the French fan forum, which I know has been a bone of contention.) The problem is nothing with the site or the edits. It is Wikipedia policy, which says that any fan forums or other discussion forums are not to be added to articles here.  You can see the complete set of guidelines on external links at WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided. The idea basically is that Wikipedia is an encyclopædia, not a directory of links. The official record company link is allowed to remain under WP policy, so anyone coming here and following that link (mikasounds.com) will be able to find fan forums from that website. --Paul Erik 02:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Oh, Well Then Okay. I Was Speaking On Behalf Of The MIKA Fan Club, They Thought It Was Unfair About The French Fan Club Being There, But Ours Wasn't. Thank You, And I'll Relay The Message To Them. Thanks Again For Treating Us Equally.[55] 03:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MFC (Mika Fan Club) link 

message: The main image is terrible, its a cropped picture of him and someone else cutting out whoever it was, it loosk unprofessional, surely its possible to find a better one? Zephyr 20:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The only other picture available currently on Wikimedia Commons is this one. If there is a better one on Flickr, you could upload it to Wikimedia Commons, assuming the photographer has used the appropriate licensing option.--Paul Erik 01:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image2 

message: At present, the article reads:
"Lebanon-born" (...) "born in Noosa, Australia"
Which would be the correct statement? Mip | Talk 14:05, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ignore. The article was corrected while I was posting on this Talk Page. Mip | Talk 14:07, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lebanon = Australia? 

message: I went to the V festival on Sunday and got a few great pictures of Mika. I have replaced the infobox picture with one I took. Does anyone think it's a worse picture? I'm still going through the pics I took so I'll probably upload some more so they'll be more to choose from. :-). 
Seraphim Whipp 11:52, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the one that you put in the infobox is an improvement. Nicely done! --Paul Erik 02:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photograph 

message: MIKA PLAYS PERCUSSION ON THE SINGLE BIG GIRL YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE GOT IT  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.61.25 (talk) 10:57, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PERCUSSION 

message: the article states his first single was Grace Kelly in 2006. It was Relax, Take It Easy in 2006. Vauxhall1964 00:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction needed 

message: The single LOVE TODAY is ranked #4 in Belgium, but their stand that it hasn't anything !!!!! So it needs to be #4 !!!!!!!!!!  
Demarre-nikke 08:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discographie charts !!! 

message: The "Music" section of the article claims he is working on Madonna's new album (due November 2007). However, Madonna's upcoming album is a hip hop/R'n'B genre and Mika's music is not in that genre. The only CONFIRMED artists/producers working on Madonna's new album are Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake.
-SparqueSparque  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Recoveringmormon (talk • contribs) 19:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Madonna Album? I think not! 

message: I have added a couple of sentences. It is important that the encyclopedia does not  appear to give only a list of trivial information and statistics. It is important that the article say what he thinks he is doing with his songs and why. Johncmullen1960 (talk) 08:41, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  main aims in musical career 

message: It says "his band consists of...", so is he a solo singer? Or is "MIKA" a band? Bit confusing... 89.213.51.202
:If it had said: "his family consists of..." would that mean that he was a family not an individual? --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 18:43, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mel seems to have missed the point. This is a very legitimate question. It seems very clear that Mika is not a band name, but that he is working as a solo artist. Therefore I have changed this dubious reference.--203.2.182.254 04:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band? 

message: An additional recordings or trivia section should be added, and it should make mention of Mika recording the opening jingle for Blast from the Past from Hamish & Andy, an Australian radio show. Or else it could be put anywhere else that it fits.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphy512 (talk • contribs) 05:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional Recordings/Trivia section 

message: Can someone please edit that section? It's driving me crazy that the grammer and spelling are so messed up ("oficial"). Thanks! Meowmatilda (talk) 01:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Secondcoming Album 

message: The fan club keeps being removed. The site is together with the record label and is relevant to those who support Mika. Please stop removing it. :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Itrends (talk • contribs).
:It has also been discussed in detail below and deemed useful and relevant to have due to the press and dates etc it contains which the other sites do not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.195.160.59 (talk • contribs) 15:36, February 16, 2007  (UTC)
The Mika Fan Club has been agreed by Mika to be the official fan club/forum. An announcement is pending, but it is official. Aaurora (talk) 07:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan Club 

message: This is baldly mentioned in the discography linking to a missing article.  Googling finds lots of references to a 2004 album of that name by Mika which the article leaves out altogether
http://www.google.com/search?q=mika%20%22right%20place%20right%20time
Is this a different Mika? — ciphergoth 16:48, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's Mika the Austrian electronic-music duo (see their AMG profile here), no relation to this Mika. --Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 18:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  From the Amazon page it looks like lots of disappointed fans of this Mika bought that Mika's album! — ciphergoth 09:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not Wikipedia's job to "warn" people about the other Mika, no matter how obvious the amazon page looks, it is quite an unreliable thing to cite. Furthermore, this article is not a disambig page. EditorInTheRye (talk) 15:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Right Place, Right Time? 

message: Like the title says, at the bottom of the page, following External links and Mika wikilinks, there is an unnecessary, and perhaps offensive, remark: "GAY!!!!!". While I have nothing against said lifestyle, I consider the context of this exclamation inappropriate. Please have it removed.
Thank you.
MS
:It has been removed. Though I was a bit confuzed when I looked it wasn't there. So I checked the Mika template page, and it was there before. But someone already removed it. I presume you tried removing it yourself but couldn't find it. Resolved anyway :) Donny (talk) 12:15, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uhm, can someone please remove "GAY!!!!!" from the bottom of the page? 

message: I tried posting this before, but there hasn't been any action. Since this is a protected article, I can't do anything about it, but the drawing of conclusions in the following paragraph is potentially libelous (particularly the inferences in the second part):
"Nonetheless, in the space of six months he appeared as a cover story and has given a lengthy interview to the prominent US gay magazine Out in which he stated that there "is a way of discussing sexuality without using labels." [18] The magazine has suggested that Mika's unwillingness to declare his sexuality may be a deliberate publicity ploy. Further, both Out and the British magazine Gay Times have pointed out that very few (if any) artists who have refused to discuss their sexuality have ultimately been straight.[19][20]"
It is okay to say that he appeared in gay magazines, but to then infer that because said magazines argue that people who most often say they're not gay actually are is not proper according to Wikipedia guidelines. He has spoken on the issue frequently, and Wikipedia can only report that numerous publications have speculated that he is gay but Mika has neither confirmed or denied it. Anything beyond that is unencyclopedic. --84.194.59.52 (talk) 23:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Important! This is a biography 

message: I dont how to edit the page properly so im asking someone to please add his win at the recent Ivor Novello Award where he won the Songwriter of the Year. source is the official website and can be confirmed by going on http://www.theivors.org/awards.html
Thanks for everything.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.42.23.72 (talk) 21:01, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New information needed to be added 

message: I don't agree, that's an improbable commercial figment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.10.53.69 (talk) 18:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mika's voice like Mercury's voice? 

message: just added a Photo and it's source, so I removed the 'this article should have a photo' bit. 
Black_Mesa (t | e | c) —The preceding comment was added on 11:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I tried the URL "Scissor sisters slam Mika" but got a "404 Page not found", so I removed it. However, another user appearantly got it working. Sorry, I was too hasty in deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.227.104.115 (talk) 19:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing URL 

message: How is Mika Indie anything?  I'm removing this.  There's no way Mika could be classified as indie. Blindeffigy (talk) 23:01, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indie? 

message: The sentence which references footnote 6 claims that Mika changed his name because people often mis-pronounced his given name.  This is not supported by the article used as a reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.23.228.2 (talk) 13:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right; thanks for pointing that out. I found an article in The Gold Coast Bulletin that does support that claim, so I have substituted it. I'm just hoping that the Bulletin was not using this Wikipedia article as its source. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 03:33, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mika / Mica 

message: New Zealand has our own Mika, also gay, and also an entertainer. There may need to be a disambiguation page set up to deal with this, given that someone will eventually write an entry for our own version.
Calibanu (talk) 05:20, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The New Zealand Mika can just be added under the Mika disambiguation page. With his full name or another name as his article name. Almost every hit to the Mika page are for Mika (singer) due to his popularity, so this page name should stay as it is. Sexuality should have nothing to do with it. Thanks, Freshpop (talk) 20:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation Page 

message: Mika has begun starting recording his new album. He has states... The correct grammar is "He has stated" and not "he has states" in the last paragraph! Thank you.
Jojolalune (talk) 18:30, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Jojolalune, 30 January 2011 

message: The line beginning with His sister Yasmine, who works as an artist under the nom de plume DaWack, painted the cartoon art for his two albuns Life in Cartoon Motion and The Boy Who Knew Too Much. The word Album is spelt incorrectly and needs adjustment
Mgsdude (talk) 15:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Mgsdude, 25 May 2011 

message: Please change "Birth name: Michael Holbrook Penniman" to "Birth name: Mica Holbrook Penniman." In this interveiw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYqVkErQWKs Mika states that his birth name is Mica. He changed the spelling of it, due to constant improper pronunciation. 
Mdigney (talk) 15:34, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jnorton7558 (talk) 00:03, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Mdigney, 20 June 2011 

message: Mika's third album will be called "The Origin of Love" NOT The Origin of Life . It says so here : http://www.authoritydesign.com/mika/articleparisenmika.jpg . 
Cheyennepenniman (talk) 13:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Also already elsewhere in the article as Love. Jnorton7558 (talk) 03:19, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Cheyennepenniman, 30 June 2011 

message: The main photo has been changed to a headshot which is grainy and low quality. Sure its a nice photo of Mika smiling but i don't feel it represents him as a singer. Can it be changed back to an earlier photo, i haven't figured out how to crrectly edit photos without getting all tied up in red tape yet?? Happyfeijoa (talk) 01:24, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Photo 

message: Could anyone specify the reference for Mika being infuenced by Nirvana's "Heart-shaped box" ? The Daily Mirror's cited article only mentions Mika's first song, but says nothing about Nirvana. 
Cambruosi (talk) 07:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. Looking back in the edit history, it appears it was first introduced in this edit in July 2007. Considering the editor also wrote that Mika's nickname was "Cameron", it looks very dubious. Too bad it has survived in the article for over four years. Ugh. I'm removing it. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 00:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: Heart-Shaped Box? 

message: Please change the sentence that states that Mika is British. He was born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and an American father.When he was one year old his family moved to Paris. The family then moved to London when he was nine years old. I don't see how this qualifies him as British. British based, yes.I base my opinion on the fact that I was born in London to Italian parents but have never been accepted myself as British although I hold a British passport and I was born in England. I see this as Mika being misappropriatedly considered British due to his stardom.
Headache123 (talk) 18:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Does he hold British citizenship? Once you've established that he doesn't, please provide reliable sources that will back up your statement and indicate of which country does he hold citizenship. I've tlped the edit request template. Please remove the tlp once you've provided sources. Cheers, Bejinhan talks  09:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Clearly, he might be considered British. Bus should he? It would not be my first guess. Has he ever proclaimed himself to be British? Does he have an American passport? A Lebanse one? Why is his place of birth not mentioned in the first sentence? 83.86.1.3 (talk) 21:21, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  The New York Times refers to him as British . Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 03:50, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Headache123, 7 September 2010 

message: I think that you can already put the name of the new album that is going to be The origin of love, here you have the reference:
http://www.mikafans.net/?p=1596  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.221.83.221 (talk) 20:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A fansite isn't a reliable reference. Freshpop (talk) 11:45, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix the Upcoming Album 

message: Broken formatting. 98.217.75.153 (talk) 23:04, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone fix the references section? 

message: Why is this article locked? 
Can someone please change the sentence about his sister being "impaled by railings" to just saying something like "severely injured after falling out of a third story window"? (IF it's even legitimately relevant at all, anyway.) Seeing the phrase "impaled by railings" is a little jarring for the context, and inappropriate, no?
99.36.25.120 (talk) 07:20, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done – I removed the whole sentence.  Charming of the BBC to note the family's request for privacy as they trampled all over it.  The reason given for this article being protected is "Excessive violations of the biographies of living persons policy". Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 02:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: Remove details of sister's accident 

message: This line about the album is incorrect and should be removed as a firm date is unknown: Mika announced via Twitter that the album will be released in March 2012.[47]
Mika did not announce this date via Twitter and the source points to a blog article containing an interview and not his Twitter page. Mika has never announced an exact release date and has only said the album will be finished at the "top of the year" (2012). https://twitter.com/#!/mikasounds/status/151011140871258112 The album is currently being recorded so it is unlikely to have a March release date. 
LondonEmbers (talk) 00:23, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Sorry about that, and thanks for the correction. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 03:15, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request: Remove release date of album 

message: Can someone please add to the adward list the 2 nominations for the NRJ awards this year, he won one, thank you :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.53.28.15 (talk) 09:58, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request: Awards 

message: Mika has stated on his website that he collaborated with Madonna on the song Gang Bang, which is featured in her latest studio album MDNA. 
You can cite this link: here http://www.mikasounds.com/news/view/883/mika_collaborates_with_madonna  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.254.193 (talk) 20:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request: Collaboration with Madonna 

message: Kick-Ass is not a movie related to Marvel Comics. The movie is produced by its director company Marv Films, nothing related to Marvel. Marvel only distributed the original comic book series.— Preceding unsigned comment added by  82.228.85.69  (talk • contribs)  20:40, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, thanks; I've removed the reference to Marvel Comics. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 22:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  mika on his participation to the kick-ass soundtrack 

message: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2184872/Im-gay-Pop-star-Mika-finally-confirms-sexuality-reveals-new-songs-men.html
"He told the gay publication: 'If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah. Are these songs about my relationship with a man? I say yeah."
Can the editors of this page please include this beneficial information!220.233.131.62 (talk) 11:28, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the notification, but for what it's worth he did not come out in the Daily Mail; he came out in Instinct. . Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 02:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  He just came out as Gay in DailyMail! 

message: Could anyone change the photograph where Mika looks like a 40 year-old drag queen who's just changed into mens clothes after a particularly exhausting cabaret show ! Thank you in advance.
90.37.8.22 (talk) 07:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Duplicate of below. —KuyaBriBriTalk 19:58, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 29 October 2012 

message: How does a Lebanese born son of a USAican and Lebanese person who did not move to UK till he was nine qualify as a British Singer/Song writer? No mention appears to have been made about his change of nationality.2.125.67.44 (talk) 21:08, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: It's "Invasioni barbariche", not "Invazioni barbariche"
85.201.247.135 (talk) 20:48, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done with thanks, NiciVampireHeart 21:54, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  InvaSioni barbariche - 18 January 2014 

message: He is also fluent in Italian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5SozwQRka8  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.65.3.23 (talk) 10:54, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Confirmed. See http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika#2013-presente:_X_Factor_e_Songbook_Vol._1  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.165.107.226 (talk) 06:48, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fluent in Italian 

message: Mika has said in a radio interview that was recorded after the cited articles that recent news of her coming out as gay were just "Tabloid rumors" and has repeated her previous reluctance to label her sexuality.()  This information should be changed in the "Early and Later life" section, which currently cites the discounted sources. Lydiaen (talk) 20:34, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "Her" sexuality? Mika is a man, not a woman. The podcast interview does not discount the cited sources. Mika complains about media speculation that his latest album is about "trysts with men". There's nowhere in the interview that his says his coming out as gay was a rumour. In fact, he acknowledges the coming-out interview and says that some people's reaction to it was along the lines of "Big surprise, Mika! Next!" and also says "I've never worn a beard." Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 13:36, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request: Gay rumors discounted 

message: his mother is lebanese. not syrian. thanks
194.126.21.5 (talk) 17:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Anupmehra -Let's talk! 18:37, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2015 

message: please change "Mika was born in Beirut, the third of five children born to a Syrian mother and an American father." to 
Mika was born in Beirut, the third of five children born to a lebanese mother and an American father.
194.126.21.5 (talk) 17:51, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Anupmehra -Let's talk! 18:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2015 

message: The current version of the article states that "Mika was born in Beirut, the third of five children born to a Syrian mother and an American father.[11]" That is inaccurate. It should state that he was born to a Lebanese mother, not Syrian. For that matter, I will provide two arguments:
1) The current reference in question (#11: http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/ARTISTES_Fiche.aspx?ArtistId=1306) points to a dead link, hence it is not a reliable source for the current information regarding Mika's origins.
2) There are various reliable references that support this suggested change, i.e. "... to a Lebanese mother". Here are a couple of such sources:
  a) "Born to a Lebanese mother and an American father, he is the third of five children." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2461576/bio
  b) "Born Michael Holbrook Penniman in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and American father..." http://www.billboard.com/artist/311138/mika/biography
178.135.145.195 (talk) 02:06, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —  (e • t • c) 02:10, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Done  B E C K Y  S A Y L E S  05:15, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 January 2015 

message: 1. I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality. I just don't think I need to. People ask me all the time. But I just don't see the point. In order to survive I've kind of shut up different parts of my life, and that's one of them, especially this early in my career.
Grew, Tony. Brit pop star won't say which way he swings. Pink News. [2007-06-22].
2. I enjoy creating possibilities out of more mundane things. I don't see myself as being particularly flamboyant. I don't think I'm camp. I just do what makes me feel happy. One thing I suppose I do have is a fearlessness that stems from not knowing the rules. When you are constantly rejected, as I was at school you don't get a chance to play by the rules. If I had been accepted earlier on, maybe I would be more of a conformist now.
Daily Mail (I cannot find the date of this)
61.239.32.160 (talk) 06:56, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bonus information I found in Chinese version of this article 

message: Hello, I think the word 'origin' should really be changed to 'residence' or something similar. The term 'origin' is linked to ancestry, in Mika's case his origin is Lebanon. I understand it's trying to say he was born in Beirut and lives in London, but 'origin' is not the right word.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.129.210 (talk) 18:37, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox: Origin 

message: Is it possible to change : "Mika (/ˈmiːkə/; born Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr.;[4][5][6] 18 August 1983), stylized as MIKA, is a French-British singer and songwriter." 
as "Mika (/ˈmiːkə/; born Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr.;[4][5][6] 18 August 1983), stylized as MIKA, is a British-Lebanese singer and songwriter." 
or "Mika (/ˈmiːkə/; born Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr.;[4][5][6] 18 August 1983), stylized as MIKA, is an American-Lebanese singer and songwriter."
Simply because, even though Mika has lived in France for a period during his childhood, he doesn't have any French blood. He doesn't have proper British blood as well but he's been living in London for more than 20 years and got British citizenship, associating Mika as British is therefore justified. Also, in France he is more seen as a foreigner and often gently mocked for the mistakes he's making when he's speaking French (even though he's quite fluent), so from a French perspective reading that Mika is French-British wouldn't be correct.
Hope you'll change that !  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldenfish0071998 (talk • contribs) 11:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIKA's appellation   

message: My request is that you change the name Mary (Mika's mother's name) into Joannie, which is her real name. I also would like you to write, next to Mika described himself as gay, that he later said he doesn't actually acknowledges labels, and prefers to say he stands somewhere on the Kinsey Scale. (source:http://fyeahmika.tumblr.com/post/65869624414/mika-for-vanity-fair-interview) Thank you.
2A02:587:940A:1000:996E:EC97:685C:7693 (talk) 17:55, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  His mother's name is actually Mary Joan Mouakad according to ancestry.co.uk. But that would be original research so best to stick with Mary from the Mirror article. I am not convinced that the gay reference needs to be amended any further. Karst (talk) 20:28, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 February 2016 

message: Since there is not editing of this page I can't mark all the self-inconsistencies that exist... I am left with random gossip as far as his sexuality is concerned (which is not relevant to anything else on the page anyway but takes up a large paragraph with quotes from gossip columns in mostly rag tabloids - highly unreliable) and I know his nationality as far as I would term it but only from reading the page indepth as the quick scan I did first to learn if he has a daughter (possibly not but given the articles inconsistencies not sure I'd want to bet on it) does not match what the scan produced at all (unless one is very much Britain before all other nations!) as well as being inconsistent. Please fix this mess... (since you won't less us mere mortals do it for you - mostly the case it seems these days; oh how the mighty have forgotten their roots). 2016/12/30 anon  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.7.246.143 (talk) 22:51, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consistency of this article 

message: Seem like these notes above have not really been acknowledged but a greater discussion on term's used for MIKA's Origin, Nationality etc. could be done with being had.  "Origin": in no dictionary that I know of does this refer to someone's intermediate place of origin... it means the first... so that'd be Beirut, no?  "Citizenship"; I don't know but I'd guess at British (since he has citizenship), American at least (since doing away with that is not an easy process and why would he?) and Lebanese (as I think they have a baby being born in their country being a citizen of their country), he might also be French (any cites for or against?).  "Nationality"; I think you'd have to ask him that but likely also American and Lebanese and possibly British.
However to style him as a British artist is patently ridiculous unless he himself claims such (highly unlikely given his dislike of labels and that such a label would be contentious at BEST). He's an American artist based on parental nationality, singing language and (probably) nationality; he's a Lebanese artist by birth, grandparentage, past residence and (probably) nationality; he's a middle-eastern artist by parentage, grandparentage, birth, past residence and (probably) nationality; he's a British artist by singing language, current residence, past schooling and citizenship; and he's a French artist by singing language, past residence, schooling and (possibly) citizenship. This feels like "Wikipedia is in English so we have to claim everyone else's celebrities as our own"... you might be best off asking the person in question what they think or your opinions before you start spreading "gospel" based on nothing but your own stereotypes and gossip (this goes for his sexuality too).
P.S. His English (British) and English (American) have a number of faults too so don't come at me with that "people complain about his French" rubbish; he lived in Paris where, if you knew anything about being French you would know that, people don't speak proper French, just a mangled approximation to it (unless they've been tutored). If French people didn't fault him for his language THEN I'd be much more likely to accept that he wasn't French at all.
P.P.S. You really have to get to grips with this sort of thing, there are lots of people this days, especially celebrities, who you can't just pigeon-hole into one country's category... case in point, what do you do about those born, had nationality or grew up in countries that no longer exist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.7.246.143 (talk) 22:31, December 30, 2016 (UTC)
: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — JJMC89 (T·C) 19:18, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIKA's Origin, Nationality etc. 

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message: I think this page should be updated, because I noticed that there are informations missing for the last few years and some mistakes too. I don't know how to proceed: maybe some editor could help? 
These are the parts that should be corrected and the links with the official news.
1) I think this title "The Origin of Love, X Factor Italy and Songbook Vol.1: 2011–15" 
should be corrected like this: "The Origin of Love, X Factor Italy and Songbook Vol.1, The Voice France: 2011–15" 
And there is a mistake at the end of the paragraph. 
This part is not correct: "He joined The Voice: la plus belle voix, replacing Louis Bertignac, in the 3rd season. The series saw Mika return for the fourth and fifth season, before leaving the show, as well as The X Factor (Italy), to focus on other projects. His replacement for the sixth season will be Lara Fabian".
Mika left X Factor Italy after 3 seasons (to do his own italian programme Stasera Casa Mika), but not the Voice France.
I suggest this correction: 
"He joined The Voice: la plus belle voix, replacing Louis Bertignac, in the 3rd season. The series saw Mika return for the fourth, fifth and sixth season. It's been announced that he'll take part in the 7th season too".
Link of the official announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/BY5nn5rHKyI/?taken-by=thevoice_tf1
2) I think you should add a new paragraph with these informations about his show Stasera Casa Mika (2016, Rai 2) from the Italian page:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasera_casa_Mika
Now there's only this phrase: "The following year, he began filming for his own television show in Italy".
But the show was already broadcasted in November-December 2016 on Rai 2 channel.
 
The show won this international award too:
"The show ‘Stasera Casa Mika’ won the Rose d'Or Award (from the European Broadcasting Union - EBU) in the Entertainment category, fighting off competition from 3 other international shows (Britain’s Got Talent – United Kingdom, Kitchen Impossible – Germany and Mindf*ck – The Netherlands)".
Official links: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_d%27Or 
http://www.rosedor.com/news.html
http://www.mikasounds.com/news/
Acceptance speech in Berlin (19 September 2017)
https://www.facebook.com/RosedOrAwards/videos/1711190542264420/
The second season of the show will start 24th October 2017
Announcement by Rai channel press office:
http://www.ufficiostampa.rai.it/dl/UfficioStampa/Articoli/RAI2-STASERA-CASAMIKA-VINCE-I-ROSE-DOR-AWARDS--9ea99434-6920-4fa3-986b-4549436910bf.html
The Rose d'Or award should be added in the "Other awards" section too.
3) In the filmography section, Mika's last 2 dvd are missing:
- Sinfonia Pop (2016)
http://www.universalmusic.it/pop/news/newsdet.php?idn=11518
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinfonia_Pop
- MIKA ♥ PARIS (2016)
http://www.universalmusic.it/pop/artista/discografia/?ccidp=32007844270
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Love_Paris
Thanks in advance for your time.
:I have fixed the coverage of The Voice and added the Rose d'Or. For everything beyond that we'll need reliable secondary sources, and personally I'm not good enough at either French or Italian to update the page based only on references in those languages without a significant risk of misinterpreting the sources. (I'm also not interested enough in this topic to write much on my own.) Huon (talk) 17:32, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates and mistakes correction 

message: Sorry, I forgot something in my previous post.
There is also this radio programme: "The Art of Song", BBC Radio 2 (4 episodes in 2016 and 3 other monographic episodes in March-April 2017). Mika played some of the greatest songs of all time in three episodes dedicated to Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Harry Nilsson, sharing why they're his favourite songs and what they mean to him and exploring the stories behind these tracks. Plus Mika also sits down at Radio 2's Elton John piano to perform covers from each artist. 
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b076w4ks
BBC Radio 2 YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1IPrkquCfN7UZGBvPIe9TH2S4jB9Z4i
:The proposed text (if that is the proposed text?) is blatantly promotional and not based on secondary sources. See also above. Huon (talk) 17:32, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates and mistakes correction 2