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569: 266: 1161:, how would that affect this RM, can a trademark be lower-cased (normally, sometimes, often)? If it is a well-known product, such as this one, does that make it beyond the scope of Knowledge (XXG) changing its common name (which seems to be upper-cased). Thanks. And again, that can be irrelevant to this discussion if the real common name for this event, "Don't tase me, bro" (which is already a redirect), were to replace it. 415: 390: 482: 461: 492: 223: 359: 330: 302: 629: 811:
Has there been any discussion on whether it is legal for Meyer to have trademarked and profited from his slogan? The only reason it's famous (and profitable) is because of his resisting arrest and violence towards the police officers. Under Florida or US law can he seriously retain the proceeds from
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He wasn't the next in line to ask a question. There were a few people ahead of him. that is part of what got him in trouble. He grabbed a mic while another student was asking what had been announced to be the last question of the day, and Meyer still had a few people ahead of him in line. They only
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Which is it? Surely she was "next in line" or perhaps "behind him in line" because otherwise he wouldn't have been eligible to ask the next question. Am I missing something?
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allowed him time at the mic because Kerry requested it when he the University Police and ACCENT representatives struggling to make Meyer leave the first time.
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Taser is a proper noun and most sources, including those in the article, capitalize the term within running prose. This is consistent with our article titled
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One part of the article states: Meyer then handed his camera to the woman who was standing in front of him in line and requested that she record him.
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Another states: Meyer brought a video camera to the forum and gave it to Clarissa Jessup, the young woman who was next in line to ask a question
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So this RM should be closed, and I'll withdraw the request. Would editors want to start a new RM on the tase quote or just leave it as is?
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Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
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Also, is there a full text of his written apologies anywhere? Might serve to balance some of the emotional hyperbole in the article.
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I'm not confident enough to call an RM at this point, but we may want to explore moving this article to
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for the incident, but I don't know if it's an appropriate name for the incident as a whole. Compare to
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Andrew Meyer's intended text was censored from Knowledge (XXG). It should be restored.
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as nominator, I didn't realize Taser is a proper noun. Would support naming the page
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Were their charges of illegal arrest and unlawful detention of Andrew Meyer? --
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for additional information. I made the following changes:
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