Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats
This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
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In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
— "The Tyger" by William Blake
Welcome to WikiProject Cats, a wikiproject dedicated to improving to Wikipedia's articles relating to the family of mammals known as the Felidae and commonly referred to as "cats". Any editor can help contribute to this project by looking at the tasks listed here to find something in their interest or inquire on the talk page. Anyone seeking to join should add their name to the list of active participants.
Purpose
[edit]Goals
[edit]- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of cats by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles.
- To serve as the central point of cat-related article discussion.
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles about cats.
Scope
[edit]This project deals with the creation and editing of articles related to cats, both wild species and domestic breeds. We shall also include within the scope of this project those articles which have a direct and significant impact upon all members of the family Felidae, including such things as feline diseases and welfare. This scope excludes fictional cat or cat-like characters that appear in literature, art, movies, comics, television, video games, or other media.
Parent project
[edit]Departments
[edit]- The Assessment department monitors the quality of articles and indicates the relative importance of articles to this project. It is very useful in determining which articles are most in need of further attention and which are not.
- The Peer review is where editors can put cat-related articles up for a local peer review, which provides scrutiny and suggestions for the further improvement of the article.
- The Recognized content showcases Featured or Good articles, topics, and pictures, as well as a list of DYKs.
- The Collaboration has been inactive since August 2010. It was established to nominate an article for improvement each month.
- Maintain Portal:Cats
Activity
[edit]If you do happen to have some free time on your hands, we would greatly appreciate if you can improve any of the articles which haven't yet reached good article status. In almost all cases on Wikipedia, particularly articles which are less than good article status, we can always use additional references and reference citations for any information in any articles.
Hot Articles
[edit]The articles listed below are WikiProject Cats articles that have had the most edits in the past 3 days. These pages might be undergoing significant changes or may need to be monitored for vandalism or edit wars.
17 edits | Fishing cat |
10 edits | Coraline's Curious Cat Trail |
9 edits | Bicolor cat |
7 edits | Springfield pet-eating hoax |
7 edits | Bali tiger |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 13 October 2024 by HotArticlesBot.
Article Alerts
[edit]Did you know
- 27 Aug 2024 – Barry Green (hunter) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Di (they-them) (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 03 Oct 2024 – Karelian Bobtail (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
Good article nominees
- 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 04 Sep 2024 – Moggy (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Domestic cat (landrace) by Simmy27star (t · c); see discussion
Recent changes
[edit]List of abbreviations (help):
- D
- Edit made at Wikidata
- r
- Edit flagged by ORES
- N
- New page
- m
- Minor edit
- b
- Bot edit
- (±123)
- Page byte size change
13 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Fishing cat 12:29 +634 Jts1882 talk contribs (→Pocock 1939: text of key)
- diffhist Talk:Fishing cat 11:58 +297 Wolverine XI talk contribs (→Pocock 1939: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah reintroduction in India 08:15 +224 2409:408a:91a:9add:3506:5a3c:8d3a:b36d talk (→English: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 06:01 +79 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: Updated)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 05:55 +126 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: Reply) Tag: Reply
12 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 22:39 −77 Geogene talk contribs (ce)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 22:33 +1,368 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add, another Nylnoj citation fails verification.)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 20:42 +525 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add another quote from the paper that says the same thing, in effect, no one is using TNR on rats)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 20:11 +506 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add link to Gunther 2022, and the direct quote)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 19:24 +677 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 17:16 +337 Nylnoj talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 17:11 +531 Nylnoj talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 17:04 +13,148 Nylnoj talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Fishing cat 16:55 +489 Jts1882 talk contribs (→Pocock 1939: comment)
- diffhist Talk:Northwest African cheetah 14:44 −478 Purple.peonies1 talk contribs (Remove BIOL 412 HONORS assignment details) Tags: Manual revert dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:47 +2 Feoffer talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: no need to display the imgs here)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:45 +249 Feoffer talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:33 +346 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:31 0 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:31 −10 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: fix punctuation, move to right)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:30 +597 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:15 +1 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: updated)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:14 +15 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: ref)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:13 +2 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: BBC)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:13 −2 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: updated)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 13:12 +115 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: added ref)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 12:21 +218 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: updated)
- diffhist Talk:Cat 08:28 +196 BhagyaMani talk contribs (→Short description: re)
- diffhist Talk:Cat 07:00 +254 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→Short description: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Fishing cat 04:50 +296 BhagyaMani talk contribs (→Pocock 1939: Reply) Tag: Reply
11 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Fishing cat 22:49 +921 TheTechnician27 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Cat grass 21:24 +12 Owlfyta talk contribs (Update Online Communities assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Cat grass 21:23 +442 Owlfyta talk contribs (Update Online Communities assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist m Category talk:Animal welfare scholars 21:01 −85 Tom.Reding talk contribs (Remove unknown param from {{WP Biography}}: living=; cleanup) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Talk:South China tiger 14:40 +27 Edelgardvonhresvelg talk contribs (Extinction wiki project added to article due to functionally extinc status of the population)
- Move log 14:03 Amakuru talk contribs moved page Talk:Munchkin (cat) to Talk:Munchkin cat over redirect (Rv back to prior title per note on my talk page)
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 11:48 +520 ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: -1)
- diffhist m Talk:Balinese cat 07:16 −1,123 Psypherium talk contribs (Removed (almost a) decade old bot generated notification about an archive created for a citation link which is no longer included in the actual article.) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m Talk:Balinese cat 07:14 −871 Psypherium talk contribs (Removed (over a) decade old bot generated image deletion copyvio notification.) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 06:20 +54 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: updated)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 06:10 +1,132 Goodtiming8871 talk contribs (→Photo and caption edits: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist m Talk:American Shorthair 05:26 −1,071 Psypherium talk contribs ("Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages" - This page has actual human discussion on it, therefore it is especially useful to remove bot noise here.) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m Talk:Abyssinian cat 05:23 +8 Psypherium talk contribs (Line breaks added for (hacky but functional) readability improvement.) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m Talk:Abyssinian cat 05:22 −1,438 Psypherium talk contribs (removed bot noise) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist m Talk:American Curl 05:15 −1,143 Psypherium talk contribs (removed obsolete "External links modified" section) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
10 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 23:14 +345 VampaVampa talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 23:07 +1,331 VampaVampa talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- Move log 21:39 Amakuru talk contribs moved page Talk:Norwegian Forest cat to Talk:Norwegian Forest Cat over redirect (Requested by SMcCandlish at WP:RM/TR: Rvt. undiscussed move, which was in error. Per MOS:LIFE, formal names of standardized breeds of domestic animal are captalized. While this rarely includes the species name ("cat" here), it does when the name includes that word due to ambiguity of the name without it, as is the case with Norwegian Forest Cat (which is not a Scandinavian woodland), American Quarter Horse (which is not a coin), and a few other...)
- Move log 21:37 Amakuru talk contribs moved page Talk:Munchkin cat to Talk:Munchkin (cat) over redirect (restore previous title; typically just known as a Munchkin)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 20:32 +242 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add, the claim that TNR is ethical is also coming from non-academic sources, and is disputed by wildlife biologists that oppose TNR. What do professional ethicists say?)
To Do
[edit]Articles needing attention
[edit]A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Participants can look at the Category:Cats articles needing attention page that indicates the deficiencies in articles that can be improved. Articles with one or more templates questioning the content on the article page itself are placed in the category by adding |attention=yes to the project banner on the talk page.
Stubs
[edit]Stub cat articles that would benefit from improvement can be found here:
Requested articles
[edit]Several red links exist in some cat related articles, and there are also several other pages which have been requested to be created. They can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats/Requested articles.
Most popular articles
[edit]An automatically generated list of the most visited articles is generated here on a monthly basis: Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats/Popular pages.
All Articles
[edit]Category:WikiProject Cats articles plus Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats/Articles
Recommended article layout
[edit]There currently exists an article entitled List of cat breeds, which enumerates the various recognized breeds. Breed articles that already exist and are labeled with Category:Cat breeds appear on that category page, as well.
Title: The article for each breed is titled based on the apparently most-common official breed name, in English-language sources, such as the major registries. This namme is also used in the List of cat breeds. Where the major registries are evenly split on the name, or where the breed is not recognized by the major registries, the article title is be chosen using the most commonly used name in other English-language sources.
Redirects: When creating a new page, redirects or disambiguations under other possible names should be created to point to the page.
The article on each breed should include the following information, generally in this order:
- Lead section: summary of general information about the breed, brief history, brief description.
- History
- Characteristics
- Appearance
- Build and proportions, height and weight ranges
- Ears, tail, muzzle, etc.
- Coat types and colors
- Subcategories of the breed
- Behavio[u]r (optional and requires excellent sourcing, independent of the breed and its breeders – not registries, breeder-written magazine articles, self-published blogs and forums, etc.)
- Appearance
- Health, possibly including:
- Life expectancy
- Common medical issues (optional and requires excellent sourcing per WP:MEDRS – veterinary works, leading cat-care handbooks; not blogs, advice columns, or other primary sources.)
- Legal and regulatory matters (optional, as required)
- See also (optional)
- References
- External links (optional): Links to web sites that expand on the encyclopedic info provided by wikipedia. Generally excluded are local breed clubs (too many hundreds to try to maintain the links), commercial sites (where the ads or intent to sell something are blatant), forums and blogs (not particularly encyclopedic).
Galleries and "In popular culture" sections are discouraged per wider Wikipedia guidelines.