Talk:cliff notes

RFV discussion: November 2015–March 2017
"CliffsNotes" seems to be a trade name for a provider of study notes. Can it be cited as a genericised term? This, that and the other (talk) 10:16, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * More common as "Cliff notes" or "Cliff Notes", but citeable.
 * 2014, CP Moore, Legacy of the Gods, CP Moore ISBN 9781506191577
 * Well, of course there&#39;s more, a lot more. But that&#39;s the cliff notes of what faces us once we find  Sanderson.
 * 2012, Gary Wayne Clark, The Devolution Chronicles: Rise of the Chimera, Lulu.com ISBN 9780985343828, page 105
 * Ryker stepped forward and blurted out the cliff notes of the current crisis.
 * 2015, Jack Fisher, The Escort and the Gigolo, Lulu Press, Inc ISBN 9781483429977
 * “If this is you being serious, I&#39;ll just give you the cliff notes of the plan for tonight,” said Ray.
 * Smurrayinchester (talk) 09:24, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That's very good, and I've put that in the entry. But the sense in these cites is different from what is in the entry now: "A summary of a much longer work designed to allow a student to quickly learn the key points of the longer work". Can that sense be cited? This, that and the other (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd just stick with the broader "summary of anything"-type sense. Pur ple back pack 89  23:59, 30 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Given the citations, it seems to have entered the lexicon. I would prefer us to have Cliff capitalised (Cliff notes) like the first name it derives from; is that not more common than the lower-case form? Equinox ◑ 01:30, 1 December 2015 (UTC)


 * RFV-passed: the lowercase spelling is attested (see citations above), the uppercase version is now the lemma, and the definition is now broadened. - -sche (discuss) 02:25, 18 March 2017 (UTC)