Talk:Clockwise

message: "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)
replies: text: 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)

text: I've left the usual counterclockwise parameterisation first in the text but added a quick mention of the clockwise alternative as well (as the article is 'Clockwise'). 31.49.249.182 (talk) 04:02, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Which way round?

message: Title of page should be anti- not counter-clockwise<BR>
WE gave you the language use it properly.<BR>
do not call me a nutcase im merley speaking th truth.<BR>
Words have the letter u in them like coloUr and honoUr and neighboUr.<BR>
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)
replies: text: Why on Earth does Wikipedia allow people to post anonymously? All it facilitates is nerds, twerps and basket-cases! Nuttyskin (talk) 08:53, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  title of page is incorrect 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Move to [[Clockwise]] 

message: 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)
replies: text: In the section marked, why is AE explicitly called "Northern American English"? Is English the official language anywhere else in America? I think not.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.162.123.25 (talk) 11:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: British English is spoken in South America in Guyana, as well as in Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, or Trinidad and Tobago.  __Just plain Bill (talk) 14:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  On Counter Vs. Anti 

message: What's with the odd reference citation for the common mnemonic? And why does it even need a citation? Furthermore, the two sentences following are redundant given the previous discussion of plane face selection which is generally obvious/de facto with a bolt or screw as generally one end has an accessible fastener. I'm not so sure the right-hand rule is "simple", nor is the procedure describe dparticularly helpful as you must "know" the handedness of the threads (no mention of the the general right-handedness of screws). The next "paragraph" sort of covers this last point, only it then switches back to "clockwise" without any solid linkage between handedness and -wise being established; it's made in a (doubly) parathentical clause in the "Etymology" section. --Belg4mit 19:09, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage 

message: This section is nearly useless without discussion of how right-handed folks behave for comparison; presumably the opposite. Also, perhaps the bit about supination belongs here?
Also, the bit about which direction humans explore unfamiliar buildings is interesting, but I've often heard the companion statement that "death comes from the left", which has led many adventurous individuals to always take a left turn in unfamiliar circumstances. Steamboat28 (talk) 18:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As do I. This all strikes me as so much unscientific (or maybe even pseudoscientific) hogwash. Nuttyskin (talk) 08:51, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  In humans 

message: Very important addition to demonstrate the importance of the streams in international shipping.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorroisback (talk • contribs) 16:34, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In shipping 

message: Search for "CW" and you at least get to the disambiguation page; type "CCW" and it brings you straight here.. but there's no reference to this commonly-used abbreviation in the article. I was linking the image editing use of the term where (in image orientation or image rotation) it's in regular use. I'd be inlined to put it in the lead para here, as it warrants only a brief mention. Any objections? mikaultalk 14:40, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  abbreviations 

message: Moving counterclockwise is also called widdershins.  Shouldn't this article and the one for widdershins be either linked or combined?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.204.150.101 (talk) 20:08, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  widdershins 

message: Diff
The removed section does not cite any reliable source, and is becoming the focus of an edit war. If any editor wants to restore it, reliable sourcing must be shown. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 17:22, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  In shipping 

message: The clockwise rotation is
# left-handed when the rotation-axis direction is from back to front,
# right-handed when the rotation-axis direction is from front to back.
Kkddkkdd (talk) 18:07, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rotation-axis direction should be clarified 

message: I do some changes about the Bolivian clock reference.
1) According to the same reference given, it was only one clock: In the latest – and by far the most literal – sign that times are changing in Bolivia, the numerals on the clock that adorns the congress building in La Paz have been reversed and the hands set to run anticlockwise in proud affirmation of the Andean nation's "southernness".
2) I change the word regime because «modern usage often gives the term a negative connotation», as Oxford English Dictionary defines: "a government, especially an authoritarian one". So I replace it with "presidency" that has no connotation.
<DIV align="right">Eloy (talk) 16:13, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolivian clock 

message: Hi, I don't understand why the sentence I added was deleted? The reference seems to be allright. I found it while surfing on the internet and it relates precisely to the point of view exposed in the paragraph Rsrikanth05  Mathew5000 Hexagone59 (talk) 17:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm extremely extremely sorry. A very serious error of judgement on my part. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:30, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change in paragraph "In humans" 

message: HI, technically it should read 'from behind the SP'. Thanks in advance. --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:44, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  'from above the South Pole' 

message: *See this Google search for plenty of pictures of anticlockwise clocks. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:25, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anticlocks 

message: I need a sentence please 2600:1011:B001:99BD:0:44:9C4E:D601 (talk) 21:20, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sentence 

message: I think the title should be changed Clockwise and Counter-clockwise. It would be more fitting. Ilikggfriedrice123 (talk) 12:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title change