Talk:Drag

Search of river / canal / lake etc.

Drag should also refer to "Dragging" a river or body of water for evidence or bodies.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.153.157.21 (talk • contribs)

Mouse (computer)

I must say that I think the part about dragging the mouse is irrelevant.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.211.107 (talk • contribs)

Removed entries

• In computing, to drag a mouse's button and hold it down while moving the mouse.
• In music, to drag is to play slower than the indicated tempo.
• In drumming, a drag (also called a "ruff") is one of the 26 rudiments, consisting of two light strokes with one hand followed by a strong stroke with the opposite hand.
• A drag is a device used to recover objects or bodies lost in shallow water. See dredge.
• In agriculture, a drag is a heavy type of harrow (tool), used to break up ground.

These were all removed per MoS:DP because dab pages are to link to actual articles that might be confused b/c they share the same or similar names. These are all dicdefs that don't belong on the page unless they have their own articles.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Tedernst (talk • contribs) 02:57, December 2, 2005

Although "Drag, slang for a deep inhalation of a cigarette" is pretty much a dicdef too I decided to add it because it differs from most of the above by "drag" being another name for "inhalation", and that's exactly what is linked, thereby avoiding any possible confusion. By that same argument, the above listed "dredge" probably could have stayed in as well, though under the new section heading titled "Police drag" which actually mentions the word 'drag' this time. Anyways, if anyone disagrees let me know. -- œ^™ 12:48, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

The mouse drag now has its own article, which "dragging" even redirects to. Elias (talk) 11:59, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Needs re-organizing

Please add drag queen and drag king. Benjiboi 09:51, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

•  Done. Banjeboi 02:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't drag redirect to drag hunting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamiesxavier (talk • contribs) 07:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Drag (physics)

Shouldn't Drag redirect to Drag (physics) and this page be at Drag (disambiguation)? --AnY FOUR! (talk) 00:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think you'll get agreement that is the main destination for those looking for "drag". I would support directing most here and having hatnotes on all related articles.

The Drag (disambiguation)

The Drag (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) should be merged here to Drag (disambiguation) -- 65.94.171.206 (talk) 00:51, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

"They finna drag you"

There is also, it seems, a social media phenomenon called "dragging", involving public humiliation. I don't yet know how clear-cut or well established the concept and term are, though. Could be worth looking into, for someone... Elias (talk) 11:56, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Recent edits

I recently cleaned up the section on drag performance:

• I added Drag show to this disambiguation page, because it was previously a double blue link added to the entry Drag (clothing) [1], and two bluelinks in one entry on a disambiguation page are not allowed. A separate entry for Drag show was missing, and it differs significantly from drag (entertainment). and disambiguation pages should list all articles a reader may possibly be searching for when they search for the word "drag" on Wikipedia.

• I added Drag (entertainment), because it was missing from this disambiguation page, and disambiguation pages should list all articles a reader may possibly be searching for when they search for the word "drag" on Wikipedia.

• I added drag queen, because it is the most common form of drag use, and disambiguation pages should list all articles a reader may possibly be searching for when they search for the word "drag" on Wikipedia.

• I removed the insufficiently notable (no wiki article on it) random book title added by a prolific sockpuppeteer [2] mere days after it was published (the prolific sockpuppeteer made the same promotional edit to the lead of the author's article at the same time [3]), as being promotional. Disamibiguation pages are not forums for promotion. Significant books on drag performance have been written by a number of notable people, including Simon Doonan, Leslie Feinberg, Sasha Velour, to name just a few, and we are not listing their books here.

• I added a subheader "Performance" to these entries, because there was none and all of the other entries in the "Arts and entertainment" had sections.

Fyrael then removed the entry for drag (clothing) because it is a redirect (which I had not realized). Yet he also removed drag show and drag queen, and reinserted the non-notable book. I would like to re-add drag show and drag queen, and re-remove the non-notable book, for reasons explained above. I will initiate RFCs on these items if need be. Softlavender (talk) 04:54, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

I think there's some confusion here about the purpose of disambiguation pages. It is very much not to list any article that a reader may have been looking for when searching "drag". That is what the search function is specifically for. The purpose is also not to list articles related to a topic. What we do list are entries that could conceivably have been an article named simply "Drag". Regardless of how significant any books about drag might be, they are irrelevant to this page and of course would not be listed here unless their title was Drag or Drag with a subtitle. The user that added an entry makes no difference whatsoever, even if their purpose was promotional. Drag queen and drag show seem like rather clear partial title matches to me. Neither of them is referred to as just "drag" and a reader wouldn't reasonably expect to find their articles titled just "drag". Feel free to open any RFCs that you feel are appropriate. -- Fyrael (talk) 14:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Then why are the following included in this article, as related to related to the topic of Drag (physics)? None of them except Aerodynamic drag are ever simply called "drag":

• Drag equation, a mathematical equation used in analyzing the magnitude of drag caused by fluid flow
• Drag coefficient, a non-dimensional coefficient that is one of the terms in the drag equation
• Aerodynamic drag, the aerodynamic force which resists motion of an aircraft or other object through the air
• Drag crisis, a rapid change in drag coefficient over a small range of Reynolds number
• Drag parachute, a parachute to reduce the speed of vehicles

And why are the following articles included?

• Drag harrow, in agriculture, a heavy type of harrow used to break up soil
  • This item is never simply called a "drag"
• Drag link, a component commonly used in automotive steering systems
  • This item is never simply called a "drag"

Softlavender (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I personally would be perfectly content with all of those being removed, except for "Aerodynamic drag" exactly as you said.

Edit: to adjust that a bit, I myself probably wouldn't remove parachute and harrow because I don't know enough about the topics to say with certainty that people speaking within the context of other parachutes or farm implements wouldn't regularly refer to those as just "a drag" (though someone who knew more could make that call). The rest of that list I would say are the same as "drag queen" where there's just no context where someone would refer to them by just "drag" and even in the absence of the rest of these topics they would never have been an article titled Drag. -- Fyrael (talk) 14:21, 5 May 2023 (UTC)