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.
7 edits | Tiger |
6 edits | Jones (fictional cat) |
5 edits | Springfield pet-eating hoax |
3 edits | Panthera spelaea |
2 edits | Panthera |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 9 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)
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
10 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:European wildcat 01:24 +153 UtherSRG talk contribs (→Falsche Verlinkung: Reply) Tag: Reply
9 October 2024
- diffhist N Draft talk:Paper Doll 16:37 +20 Deluxe Pacman talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Talk:European wildcat 13:26 +303 Haster2 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 13:19 +460 Teletletketes talk contribs (→"Diet": Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Litter boxes in schools hoax 10:57 +15 Dimadick talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Litter boxes in schools hoax 05:56 +13 DarknessGoth777 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 05:47 +261 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→"Diet": Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 05:08 +4 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: ce)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 05:07 +1,938 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add critique of Gunther, not a pro-TNR paper by any stretch....)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 04:45 +339 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: add, FRINGELEVEL)
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 04:28 +315 Geogene talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 03:43 +500 Teletletketes talk contribs (→"Diet": Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Lion 02:30 +160 LittleJerry talk contribs (→Innovative-solving problems capability in carnivore mammals: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
8 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Trap–neuter–return 20:02 +8,910 Nylnoj talk contribs (→Addressing NPOV issues, starting with the lead paragraph: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Lion 19:43 +493 LeandroPucha talk contribs (→Innovative-solving problems capability in carnivore mammals: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cat predation on wildlife 17:56 +31 Lunarachel2 talk contribs (Update Principles of Ecology assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Jones (fictional cat) 07:19 +384 193.82.232.233 talk (noting availability of short story)
7 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cat 22:54 +238 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→"Cat" as the main name: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 21:40 +1 Lunchyumm12 talk contribs (Punctuation related changes, specifically the usage of commas)
- diffhist Talk:Domestication of the cat 17:09 +454 Pabuappa13 talk contribs (Update Principles of Ecology assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Domestication of the cat 17:09 −457 Pabuappa13 talk contribs (Remove Principles of Ecology assignment details) Tags: Manual revert dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 16:22 +790 Carguychris talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 15:55 +520 Last1in talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 14:22 +478 Last1in talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: Support removal) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 12:46 −22 Valereee talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: clar)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 12:45 +393 Valereee talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 11:57 −1,208 Nthep talk contribs (Copyvio revdel completed (RR)) Tag: Manual revert
- Deletion log 11:56 Nthep talk contribs changed visibility of 2 revisions on page Talk:Moggy: content hidden (RD1: Violations of copyright policy: https://nutrisourcepetfoods.com/blog/pet-parents/domestic-shorthair-cats-everything-you-need-to-know/)
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 11:23 +117 UtherSRG talk contribs (→Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2024: Marked the edit request as completed (Edit Request Tool))
- diffhist Talk:Scratching post 05:02 +502 Chabala talk contribs (→Very narrow definition: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 03:23 +285 167.179.179.16 talk (→Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2024: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 01:24 +404 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory)
6 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 21:24 +1,208 Traumnovelle talk contribs (cv revedel) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 21:23 −7,806 Traumnovelle talk contribs (copyvio) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 18:59 +306 Valereee talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 18:23 +194 Trade talk contribs (→Eurabia conspiracy theory/White genocide conspiracy theory: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 14:10 +1,224 Kinfo Pedia talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 14:02 +4,492 Kinfo Pedia talk contribs (→Move To Domestic Shorthair: Reply) Tags: Reverted Reply
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 14:01 +3,314 Kinfo Pedia talk contribs (→I don't understand why this was redirected?: Reply) Tags: Reverted Reply
- diffhist Talk:Domestic Shorthair 12:53 +480 Kinfo Pedia talk contribs (→Please restore title of article to Domestic Shorthair Cat.: new section) Tag: New topic
5 October 2024
- diffhist m Talk:Indochinese leopard 15:14 −16 Tom.Reding talk contribs (image present: request removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Talk:Panthera balamoides 14:54 −66 Tom.Reding talk contribs (image present: requests removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Talk:Blynx 14:30 −16 Tom.Reding talk contribs (cleanup; image present: request removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Talk:Black cat 08:57 +152 2a02:c7c:bceb:3500:79ec:f887:5cf8:23c1 talk (edited for clarity)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield pet-eating hoax 02:29 +38 Di (they-them) talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Politics, +Dogs (Rater))
4 October 2024
- diffhist m Talk:Leopardus guttulus 20:08 −32 Tom.Reding talk contribs (image present: requests removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Talk:Stepan (cat) 19:40 −16 Tom.Reding talk contribs (image present: request removed) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Talk:Northwest African cheetah 19:20 +478 Purple.peonies1 talk contribs (Update BIOL 412 HONORS assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
3 October 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 23:13 +433 Anon126 talk contribs (→Grammatical errors: reply: paragraph has been edited since request was opened)
- diffhist Talk:Lion 22:03 +209 LittleJerry talk contribs (→WP:URFA/2020 again: Reply) Tag: Reply
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.