Talk:Clockwise

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"In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically by the equations x = r sin t and y = r cos t, where r is the radius of the circle, is traced clockwise as t increases in value." -- isn't it the other way around? (pun not really intended) --Gutza 19:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

No, it is correct. This circle starts on the upper Y-axis and moves right. I find it a bit confusing though, as the usual parameterisation of a circle is x = r cos t, y = r sin t, which goes in the other direction. --Zero 00:41, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that tricked me too. I thought there must have been a catch, it couldn't have escaped everybody's attention. Maybe we should post a very short notice drawing attention to this in the article? Thank you for the reply! --Gutza 05:55, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] title of page is incorrect

Title of page should be anti- not counter-clockwise
WE gave you the language use it properly.
do not call me a nutcase im merley speaking th truth.
Words have the letter u in them like coloUr and honoUr and neighboUr.
the title of the pages should be the corect orgin of the word anti not counter.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.205.148.82 (talk • contribs) .

Please sign your comments on talk pages. Also please read WP:MOS#National varieties of English. Any regional variant of English is acceptable as long as the article is internally consistent. It is not consistent for the title of the article to contain "counterclockwise" but the text to use the term "anti-clockwise". In any event you should not have altered the choice of words of the first major contributor. Therefore I am changing back to "counterclockwise". --Mathew5000 13:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Poster, whilst I agree that 'anti-clockwise' is better than 'counter-clockwise', I however disagree with you on the basis of your reasoning. Perhaps, next time, you would not butcher the language and instead insert some punctuation, grammar, spelling and the like so that your comments are not mocked as I am doing now. Thank you, --Colourblind 03:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Clockwise

Any reason that we shouldn't just call this "Clockwise"? We should still use "counterclockwise" as the main word within the article, but it would fix some of the dialectal arguments and it is a more standard name. violet/riga (t) 13:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I wholey agree this woudl resolves the above discussion will move in seven days if no comments or objecys are posted.--Lucy-marie 18:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On Counter Vs. Anti

Perhaps there should be a section explaining the Etymology of the word and the diferent usages in different countries, similar to the section in Aluminium. 194.82.121.38 20:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)