Talk:Centre (geometry)

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What is the difference between centre and center? Is it just english v's america? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.8.108.222 (talk) 11:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah/Yup --Henrygb 11:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. Also meter/metre, theater/theatre etc. The -er ending seeming right until you start thinking about the adjectival forms, eg central, not centeral! Darmot and gilad (talk) 09:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Centre of equilateral triangle
For us simpletons it would be nice to know where the centre is for an equilateral triangle (I think that is a reasonably FAQ, at least compared to some of the stuff writen on triangle centres). Here it is stated that it is the same point independent of center definition, but it doesn't say where, nor does it on the equilateral triangle page. I remember from school days that it is something like height/3, but I am far from certain enough to put it in and after reading triangle centre a bit to confused to dare to do a web-search. Hope someone else can shed some light.

Best regards P —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.226.56.2 (talk) 09:05, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Done. Gandalf61 (talk) 12:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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(Closed) Requested move 19 September 2023
Centre (geometry) → Center (geometry) – It's not clear to me if the article originally used center or centre (the earliest entry is moving the article from center -> centre), but it seems that this article seems to have been stable with "center" for a long time, other than the title. If this article 'should' remain at centre, then all references to "center" other than the first should be changed to be centre. I'm fine with either, just wanted to point out the discrepancy. Rockstone Send me a message!  22:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per MOS:RETAIN. Looking at the move logs for Centre (geometry) and Center (geometry), the article was originally created at the American spelling, and so it should have never been moved from there. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:11, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per MOS:RETAIN. While the article may have been created at American English, and it shouldn't have been moved from there. But it's been stable at the present title for fifteen years by the looks of things, compared to only 2~ish years for the American spelling. The length of time it's been at the present title trumps what it originally was to me, even if it shouldn't have been moved in the first place. estar8806 (talk) ★ 00:29, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * There is precedent for moving articles back to their original title even after long periods. The original move without discussion from one version of English to another was the violation of MOS:RETAIN, and only reverting that original improper move can remedy that violation. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:47, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I suspect is probably thinking about the drama at humour. Originally, it was at humor and then got moved to humour and remained stable like that for a long time. I think this is different in that after the move, humour consistently used British spelling. Here, this article has used American spelling since at least 2017, and no one has objected, making it harder to argue that moving this article back to center would be disruptive. On the other hand, like I said, I don't really care one way or the other, I just hate seeing articles where the spelling is inconsistent (see my comments at Talk:Felony for example). --  Rockstone  Send me a message!  01:08, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - For the record (not that it's needed since I'm proposing the move), I feel like it'd be much easier to change the title than to change every reference of center to centre, which is my main concern. I also think it's somewhat telling that no one seems to have objected (or even noticed!) that the body of the article uses "center" but the title uses "centre" (what it's telling... I'm not sure. Probably commentary on me). -- Rockstone  Send me a message!  01:13, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - MOS:RETAIN exists, primarily, to provide an unambiguous resolution to regional-English disputes. It works well in this regard. Primergrey (talk) 02:26, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose – I honestly don't care which spelling is used, but worrying about this seems like a waste of effort that would be better spent improving the substance of the article (which is and has been mediocre throughout its history). –jacobolus (t) 05:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, part of the issue with the article is that it doesn't have any consistency in spelling. -- Rockstone Send me a message!  08:03, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The issue with the article is that nobody who cares has ever given it any significant effort whatsoever. Spelling is only a trivial side effect of that. Changing the spelling will do nothing to fix the underlying problem. But it would be great if any of the folks wasting time on this would go work on improving the content. –jacobolus (t) 14:44, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose move. I came here expecting to close this RM, but wound up disagreeing with my own closure in support of a move. So I'm commenting instead. This article was originally created over a redirect located at Center (geometry). But that initial draft both used British spelling and was moved to its present title by its original author two (2) minutes after it was created. MOS:RETAIN  says we should use the style used by the original author, which was unambiguously "centre". HouseBlastertalk 21:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Good find. I'm going to close this now. I'll change each instance to centre. -- Rockstone Send me a message!  23:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Good research by HouseBlaster. Jenks24 (talk) 09:09, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per the above and per estar8806. Edward-Woodrow  •  talk  20:37, 28 September 2023 (UTC)