Talk:March Madness

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[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

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)