Talk:Delete key

message: This article was indicated to be prone to sockpuppet edit vandalism, so I suggest it be move protected indefinitely to prevent vandal moves. I'm not yet posting this to RFPP as it's a brand new request. mechamind90 03:25, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move protect in advance. 

message: The opening line currently (09 Oct 2010) has the phrase "...performs a function when stricken on a computer keyboard...". [Italics mine.] 
While reviewing some Sockpuppet instances, I noticed that earlier revisions originally said "when stuck" [sic] —obviously intending "struck"— so "struck" would be a better past participle form to use than the current phrase wording. 
"Stricken" is usually meant to convey "afflicted with". One strikes keys, hence the related term keystrokes. Being an irregular verb, the proper past participle form is struck. 
An alternative choice of phrase would be "when pressed" (as in keypress). 
This is my first encounter with a protected page, so I didn't wish to attempt a direct edit. — DennisDallas (talk) 20:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only protected because a bunch of trolls think it's funny to blank the entire page.   It's not because there's any controversial content.  You can make the edit yourself, don't worry.  —Soap— 20:53, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  — DennisDallas (talk) 22:52, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest using different verb form than "stricken" 

message: A redirect from delete character to this article was a long lasting misconception in enWP happily ended in August 2010. Of course, we will get seldom edits like  from users who do not distinguish concepts of key and character or misguided by bad inbound links pointing here instead of delete character, but these can be quickly reverted. It is unlikely that Kernighan&Pike UNIX book of 1984 discussed PC Delete key. Apparently, some bad things remained in the article from its past, like this:
:Sometimes this desired effect is replaced by inserting "^H" (or, less frequently, "^?") instead. 
Although I am almost sure that referring to BS and DEL characters in the context of Delete key is nothing but a product of editors' weak attention, there is a possibility that some exotic systems generated DELs or BSs on this key. So, the question: what computer systems taking input from PC-like keyboards really treated this key in a manner like backward delete or rubout, not as (usually) forward delete? I spotted several pathological Linux keyboard maps in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ which give DEL on Delete, but mainstream Linux in most part of our planet do not, nor DOS–Windows. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 20:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete key and ASCII control codes 

message: ×
The letter X	(Multiplication)cross
What evidences corroborate a theory about the X letter? Of course, an oblique cross is perceived as "x" by a user which does not know anything but alphabet, numerals, currency sign, and several symbols from browser's window, but is it really "x" which was designed? The "x" letter either has serifs or its strokes are trimmed horizontally. Apple's designers were certainly not semi-literate Internet folks. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 06:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Your question is not clear. Is there a controversy? Macintoshes predate the Internet as we know it, so I don't understand why you bring that up. It's a common editing action to delete written material by drawing an "x" over it. The letter "x" on the key symbolizes its purpose. Dementia13 (talk) 15:35, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you have such keyboard, then just answer please, which symbol has the "delete" button. X?  Or ×? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 16:22, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's a letter "x". There's no context to indicate whether it's upper- or lower-case. What is your point? Dementia13 (talk) 19:21, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, on this image I see a letter X – it is definitely not a multiplication cross because it is skewed. But this needs reliable sources, though. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:47, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's the key issue. You two don't need a mediator, you need references. Dementia13 (talk) 20:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictogram on Mac's keyboard 

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