Talk:Drawing pin

Expand article
Some one really needs to expand this article! chris 04:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What are you waiting for!? ;-) John Dalton 06:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Fine then. I'll put in an expansion tag. 19:29, 6 March 2007 (UTC) The thumbtack was invented by Mick Clay in !903.

Why drawing pin
Why is a Drawing Pin called a 'drawing' pin?? I am from the Uk and live in Canada and everyone laughs that i call it that and have been asking me why?


 * Because one of their uses is to fasten drawings to boards. John Dalton 22:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Company brand?
Should there be a link to thumbtack.com (or disambiguation?) since it seems that company owns the domain/trademark? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.105.145 (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect Redirect
Not all tacks are thumbtacks. "Tack" should not redirect here. Mrs Scarborough 15:16, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Indeed: in Britain, even thumbtacks are not thumbtacks but drawing pins, except where American influence has been at play. They are drawing pins because they were designed for holding paper onto a drawing board while a technical drawing was made on it. This use began to be lost when draughting tape was introduced and now is redundant owing to the use of computers, rather than Tee-squares, set squares and pencils. (RJPe (talk) 21:45, 15 November 2009 (UTC))

Real or not
are the tumbtacks they use in Wresling real or fake

Most of the time? Real. 172.203.22.154 (talk) 01:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Safety
Do we really want to tell people that thumbtacks can be loaded into a paintball gun? - Denimadept (talk) 21:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes Ico2 (talk)

No — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.11.119.206 (talk) 02:32, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

yes, wikipedia is not censored, yada yada

Patent Jonathan A. HUNT 1914
Found this Patent of a Push-Pin. Patented Dec.8,1914 Inventor Jonathan A. HUNT --StromBer (talk) 00:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Wrong Credit?
I haven't been able to find any sources that did not cite this article to confirm a Mick Clay as the inventor of the thumbtack. The original German article on which this one is based mentions Johann Kirsten from the town of Lychen in Uckermark, Germany, 1903. He is the one who sold his rights to Otto Lindstedt. Found several sources (in German) that don't look like they copied the Wikipedia article. Possible act of vandalism?

Also: The main "Pin" article credits Edwin Moore with the invention of the push pin in 1903, while this article gives the date 1900. Which one is correct? ESemmel (talk) 22:01, 12 January 2011 (UTC)