Talk:Open mic/Archive 1

Request photograph
Edward 12:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

THIS PAGE SHOULD BE CHNANGED TO 'Open Mic' with all links to 'Open MIKE' pointing to it. 'OPEN MIKE' means NOTHING. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.57.98 (talk) 05:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Agreed... "mic" is short for "microphone"... this is the only place I've seen it spelled "mike"... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.230.77.120 (talk) 16:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

OpenMike.org
link is dead when i tried to access the site. will leave it up for several days and if it still isn't operational will remove link --Manik52 06:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Spelling
Shouldn't it be correctly spelled "open mic"? It's short for microphone. "Mike" is a misspelling unless you're referring the short version of Michael. 71.114.211.169 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC).
 * The short form of "bicycle" is not spelled "bic". 68.33.168.195 (talk) 10:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes but bicycle does not have a K! --Dillonmcallaway (talk) 19:18, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Neither does "microphone"; what's your point? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Requested move
majority for reject Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC) Open mike → Open mic — Correct name should be used - "mike" is a common misspelling, but "mic" is still prevalent. Consensus above on talk page. Relisted Jafeluv (talk) 08:28, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

—Gerardtalk 17:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose it is not a misspelling, it is the short form name for microphone, "mic." is the abbreviation. 76.66.192.15 (talk) 05:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "Mic." is an abbreviation but that's not the proposed target here. "Mike" is a short form of microphone just like "nuke" for nuclear.  Also note openmikes.org.  —   AjaxSmack   02:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I hadn't seen it written as "open mike" in any serious context previous to this, but then it might just be a regional thing. Some evidence does seem to support that both spellings are acceptable. Perhaps there should at least be some form of disambiguation page or the title could be "Open Mic/Mike Night". Just trying to fill in what cracks I can. (talk) 04:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Mic=short for microphone.  Mike≠short for microphone. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:39, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * oppose -- Mike is short for microphone. Check a dictionary.  You say Coke, not Cok (for Coca Cola); nuke, not nuc (for nuclear); Mike, not Mic (for Michael); bike, not bic (for bicycle); cuke, not cuc (for cucumber). 69.159.2.230 (talk) 01:11, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - MIC is short for Microphone. Mike is acceptable for Micheal, because that is a similar name and common nickname, but Mic is the common shorthand for Microphone. Also, don't you call a singular cucumber, a cucumber? --PatM518 (talk) 03:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

OPEN MIC NOT OPEN MIKE
Open mike is the common misspelling for open mic. This article was tagged for deletion, in proposal that open mic be the replacement article. But of course, open mic redirects here. Makes no sense, and where are the sources in the article supporting that open mike is the common abbrevation/usage? None. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dillonmcallaway (talk • contribs) 20:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Dillon does make a valid point here. Compare the ghits for "open mic" and "open mike" (both with quotes). Mic gets 3,540,000, compared to mike's 587,000. – Chase  ( talk ) 20:27, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Based on the Google hits, I think I'd have to support—possibly weakly—a requested move of the article to open mic. I don't see a compelling reason to prefer the current title, other than an essay currently in the external links of the article. —C.Fred (talk) 20:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * And to clarify, I'm the editor who deprodded the article. While I agree that the name may need tweaking via a move, the subject warrants an article, and deletion implies that neither Open mike nor Open mic should have an article. —C.Fred (talk) 20:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)