# Fix mixed artists

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fix-mixed-artists/487624>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fix-mixed-artists/487624 "2020-07-26T19:05:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fix-mixed-artists/487624/2 "2020-07-26T21:27:50Z")

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Sometimes it’s a MINUS-HYPHEN (U+002D) as in (G)I-DLE, the key that you can type with your usual keyboard and that is either a minus sign or a word hyphen. Current example:  
[https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/83c45234-cb5e-4635-b865-46ff3bbcd3ae](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/83c45234-cb5e-4635-b865-46ff3bbcd3ae)

Sometimes it’s a _proper_ HYPHEN (U+2010), as in (G)I‐DLE. You have to use a software like BabelMap / Unicode map or the `unicodechars` userscript to type it. Current example:  
[https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/c652a57e-48b0-4ec5-9384-d9e259401038](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/c652a57e-48b0-4ec5-9384-d9e259401038)

Earlier discussions about it (I don’t dare to advise the use of either character now):

> [@Correct hyphen: Unicode HYPHEN or HYPHEN-MINUS](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/correct-hyphen-unicode-hyphen-or-hyphen-minus/19610):
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> Hi, I’ve noticed some contributors using U+2010 : HYPHEN and others using U+002D : HYPHEN-MINUS for a normal hyphen ‘-’. What is the preferred code point? Btw, OS X uses U+002D when using the hyphen/underscore key. Scott

> [@Unicode characters userscript](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/unicode-characters-userscript/381780):
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> Hi everyone, For everyone who wants some easy way to type the unicodes characters for apostrpohe (U+2019) or suspension points (U+2026) in musicbrainz, I just wrote a userscript to display a custom context menu on every input text and textarea of the website. Just select the input you want to type in, and press “Ctrl+M” to pop up the menu. Then select the caracter you want to insert using either the mouse or the up/down arrows. The userscript is avaliable freely for installation and use at [ht…](https://github.com/Smeulf/userscripts/raw/master/mb.unicodechars.user.js)

> [@Using HYPHEN character instead of HYPHEN-MINUS?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/using-hyphen-character-instead-of-hyphen-minus/415042):
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> I want to open discussion here about the use of U+2010 HYPHEN in our titles, artist names, etc. Instead of the easier to find on keyboard but legacy ambiguous U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS. I’ve been editing using HYPHENs for quite a long time already. It is allowed by [Style/Miscellaneous](https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Style/Miscellaneous) together with U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK (unicode notes: this is the preferred character to use for apostrophe) instead of typewriter straight up U+0027 APOSTROPHE (unicode says: neutral (vertical) glyph with …

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