Talk:DQ

removed definitions

User:Mikeblas removed three definitions with the comment "cleanup" and no discussion here. One of the three was one I had put there, "Dressage Queen", which I have restored. Many of my friends who ride horses refer to dq's, it took me a while to find out what they meant by this. It seems evident that this is a substantial distinction within the equestrian community, at least in the northeastern united states and in the UK; certain brands of clothing and tack are seen as dq, certain behaviors at competitions, etc. See [1]. It seems reminiscent of preppie in terms of being not so much a self-identified subculture as a label applied by others. Rather than removing the acronym expanision, the subject almost certainly deserves an entire article, but I'm not qualified to write it.

I'm not sure why the other definitions were also removed; I expect it's some policy thing. One referred to a software consulting company in Chicago (DQ Associates or somesuch), the other to a certain fundraiser featuring drag queens. I could see how either should perhaps have contained links to stubs about the company or the organization receiving the funds (respectively), and feel that it would be more constructive (literally) to have done a web search or two and started the stubs as opposed to removing possibly useful content. But there's probably some policy wonk document that says it's better to blow stuff away than fix it. -- Akb4 09:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

older comment

I personally feel that DQ should redirect to Dairy Queen. --68.0.39.140 18:14, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No. --Indolences 03:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]