Talk:Open mic

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:11, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I fail to see why ABC News is the arbiter of page titles. -- 70.24.247.242 (talk) 04:12, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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• It's not an arbiter, it's one example of the term 'open mic' in a notable, verifiable source that can be found in a Google search. --
  Wikipedical (talk) 04:23, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
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• Support - Mike is a name (Michael) mic is the abbreviation for microphone. (And I do not use ABC News.)--
  Education does not equal common sense. 我不在乎 04:14, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
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• Support - Google Trends.
  talk) 04:27, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
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• Support Mic is the relevant abbreviation; mike is just a phonetic representation thereof. The first sentence adequately explains we're talking about a microphone. --BDD (talk) 16:42, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - I initially proposed this in January 2010 - I still stand by that 'Open Mic' is the correct, or most commonly used, variation. I understand how 'Bicycle' is colloquially shortened to 'Bike" but this term comes from the 'Mic' abbreviation used by audio technicians, which is clipped rather than an alternative slang term. In that industry I've always found 'mic' to be used. Yes some people may assume it to be 'Mike' but I believe 'Mic' to be the correct and more common term. Gerard^talk 17:15, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - For all the reasons stated above.
  Artaxerxes (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
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