Talk:March Madness (disambiguation)

Trademark

I updated this to reflect that the term "March Madness" is a registered trademark, not just a trademark (there is a difference between &reg and &trade) and is also a popular colloquial term; this is important because it was a colloquial term before it was a registered trademark, and it is used not only by the NCAA but by media organizations in reference to the tournament. Every registered trademark is not a colloquial term, and every colloquial term is not &reg ered. March Madness, however, is both, and the article should say that. I also wanted to have a discussion on whether we should use the &reg and &trade marks here or even in Wikipedia at all - so if the other Wikipedians who contributed to this article would comment on that I'd appreciate it.
--Xinoph 13:36, Mar 23, 2004 (UTC)

I think I'm the one who added the ™. I just thought it should be pointed out that NCAA does have a right to the term. I wouldn't mind either way. Drunkasian 05:11, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

No, it's a good idea to clarify that. I just felt it should be clarified further.--Xinoph 17:14, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC)

I updated the history of the trademark, but forgot to say that it was registered...I'll do that in a moment. I also removed the information about the NIT tournament, which may merit a link from the NCAA tournament page, but I'm not sure it belonged here. BlongerBros 21:45, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Merger

I'm thinking we should merge Final Four, March Madness, and NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

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JnB987 20:25, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I concur. Please let me know when you set up a vote page, or just 'boldly make your changes. (I'll back you up if it gets ugly). I would suggest leaving some words of disambiguation at March Madness since the term means more than 'basketball craziness.' MPS 13:18, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Original term for March Madness

I have never posted anything to the WIKI before so forgive me if I am not following protocol. I may add the entry if i get the time to read the how to, etc. Originally I believe the term refers to the breeding period of the European hare which is in March. Hence the 'Mad March Hare' in Alice In Wonderland. So I don't believe that the term could have been coined in 1939, perhaps it was adopted in 1939. Another usage of the term in the UK is to refer to the period before the end of the financial year in which councils use up the remaining part of their budgets so that they receive the same allocation every year. The madness in this sense refers to the frivolous ways in which the budgets are used up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markburnsemail (talk • contribs) 07:32, 25 May 2005

I agree, and so I updated the article with this information. Feel free to boldly change it to make it better. btw, sign your posts with 4 tildes(~) MPS 13:18, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Requested move 4 April 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: There is no consensus for the proposed move at this time. Colin M (talk) 14:58, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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March Madness (disambiguation) → March Madness – The NCAA's addition of the women's tournament and championship game to the March Madness brand obviates the current redirect to the men's event and makes this disambiguation title unnecessary and archaic. I'm suggesting that the NCAA's decision renders the men's event no longer the primary topic. I'm aware ghit searches won't reflect the need, but will certainly reflect the trend. The enormous increase in television coverage, especially for this year's Final Four weekend, makes it clear at least ESPN (ergo Disney) is betting on applying the brand more evenly across gender. I'm merely asking content-area contributors to make the same move the brand managers have already made, Wikipedia doing its part by bringing more equal coverage to the extent Wikipedia's consensus permits. To my mind, this isn't an "if" but more a "when." While I'm convinced, I'm interested in hearing discussion and even opposing views. BusterD (talk) 03:49, 4 April 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. Adumbrativus (talk) 05:49, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, as the men's D1 tournament is what most people use the term for, both historically and in present day. Rreagan007 (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
• Support Consistent with the dab NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, where we don't have it redirect to the men's based solely on arguments of popularity. Some might argue WP:COMMONNAME, but it's growing more and more to be WP:IAR to disambiguate if a term applies to either gender and Wikipedia has a page on both.—Bagumba (talk) 07:33, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose move. The men's D-I tournament remains the primary topic. O.N.R. ^(talk) 12:34, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT, and I'd actually prefer moving NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament to March Madness per WP:COMMONNAME.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:19, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose. Almost all of the other topics on the disambiguation page are derived from the parent topic ... which is the current target of March Madness. The current setup is correct. Steel1943 (talk) 18:18, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
• CONCEPT DAB is the correct option. It should be a combined page with prominent links to the articles on both tournaments, but it should talk about the history of both. Red Slash 22:47, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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