Talk:Open mic

Requested move

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)

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Open mike → Open mic – This move request was previously rejected based on just two editors 'oppose' votes. 'Open mic' is the more accepted spelling in comedy, music, news, and more prevalent in Google searches. -- Wikipedical (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

• 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)

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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)

• 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)
• Support - Google Trends. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 04:27, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
• 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)
• 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)
• Support - For all the reasons stated above. Artaxerxes (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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

Rename to open mike

Extensive discussion on Enghlish.StackExchange. -- Dandv 09:37, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

See even more here: http://www.sambayer.com/tirades/whymike.html. Perhaps we were a little hasty in our switch to "mic".--Artaxerxes 11:57, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Stand-up comedy as a leisure activity

I propose that this applies directly to stand-up comedy (and this page) and should be used as a guide in forming the ethnographic narrative of the leisure-activity practitioner (applies to both amateurs and experts).

Stebbins, Robert A. (2011). "The Semiotic Self and Serious Leisure". The American Sociologist. 42 (2/3): 238–248. JSTOR 41485707. Retrieved 3 June 2021. Personal Rewards

1. Personal enrichment (cherished experiences)

2. Self-actualization (developing skills, abilities, knowledge)

3. Self-expression (expressing skills, abilities, knowledge already developed)

4. Self-image (known to others as a particular kind of serious leisure participant)

5. Self-gratification (combination of superficial enjoyment and deep fulfillment)

6. Re-creation (regeneration) of oneself through serious leisure after a day's work

7. Financial return (from a serious leisure activity)

Social Rewards

8. Social attraction (associating with other serious leisure participants, with clients as a volunteer, participating in the social world of the activity)

9. Group accomplishment (group effort in accomplishing a serious leisure project; sense of helping, being needed, being altruistic)

10. Contribution to the maintenance and development of the group (including senses of helping, being needed, being altruistic in making the contribution)

NurishmentForThinking (talk) 17:18, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Updating the 2013 open mic statistics citation with a current open dataset

I am the founder of GigXchange, which published the dataset cited below. The Music section currently sources the UK open mic statistic to "Open Mic Finder Statistics" (openmicfinder.co.uk), retrieved in February 2013 — a citation that is now over a decade old.

I would like to suggest referencing a current, openly published dataset. As of May 2026, the UK Open Mic Directory catalogues 872 active UK open mic venues across 82 cities, with structured fields including day of week, signup method and entry fee. It is published as an open dataset on Zenodo with a DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173301.

A possible addition to the Music section:

"As of 2026, an openly published directory catalogued over 870 active open mic venues across 82 UK cities."

The dataset also records day-of-week data, so it could additionally serve as an updated source for the existing statement about Thursday being the most common night.

I am disclosing my affiliation per WP:COI and am not editing the article directly. I would be grateful if an independent editor would review and place this if appropriate; the methodology is documented in the Zenodo record. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naumaanzahid (talk • contribs) 14:20, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

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