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.
4 edits | Siamese cat |
3 edits | Jaguar |
3 edits | Havana Brown |
3 edits | Lion |
2 edits | Simon (cat) |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 5 August 2024 by HotArticlesBot.
Article Alerts
[edit]Good article nominees
- 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
Articles for creation
- 17 Jul 2024 – Draft:Rheology of cats (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ReyP02 (t · c)
- 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:American Ringtail (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WPGalaxyCat1 (t · c)
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
7 August 2024
- diffhist Talk:Hairball 09:35 +275 Spifferella talk contribs (→Pretty sure the cat in the video clip is sneezing?: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 08:02 +863 SnowFire talk contribs (→RfC: is Longcat long?)
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 01:38 +302 Bedivere talk contribs (→Survey (RfC: is Longcat long?): Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 01:21 +284 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→"Diet": Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 00:52 −2 Iggy pop goes the weasel talk contribs (→"Diet")
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 00:52 +403 Iggy pop goes the weasel talk contribs (→"Diet")
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 00:45 +1 Iggy pop goes the weasel talk contribs (→"Diet)
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 00:45 +357 Iggy pop goes the weasel talk contribs (→Granpa Rexs Allen place of birth)
6 August 2024
- diffhist Talk:Creme Puff (cat) 23:51 +753 2a02:c7c:c4cd:a500:d533:9d0b:6da4:2755 talk (→Creme Puff is fiction: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Blue Mountains panther 22:51 +290 JTdale talk contribs (→Update needed?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 20:32 +810 JPxG talk contribs (→Survey (RfC: is Longcat long?): Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:African wildcat 19:11 +15 Dimadick talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:African wildcat 18:26 +253 Anaxial talk contribs (→F. sylvestris vs F. lybica--cladogram is wrong?: also an option)
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 15:53 −1 Redrose64 talk contribs (→RfC: is Longcat long?: also, don't begin an RfC statement with a list)
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 15:52 +204 Redrose64 talk contribs (→RfC: is Longcat long?: unsigned - WP:RFCNEUTRAL)
- diffhist Talk:Cats in Australia 15:30 +42 JarrahTree talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Australia, +Environment (Low) (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 15:07 +521 Bedivere talk contribs (→Survey (RfC: is Longcat long?): Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:African wildcat 13:24 +166 UtherSRG talk contribs (→F. sylvestris vs F. lybica--cladogram is wrong?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 07:41 −241 JPxG talk contribs (→RfC: is Longcat long?)
- diffhist Talk:Longcat 07:40 +1,606 JPxG talk contribs (→RfC: is Longcat long?: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:African wildcat 04:32 +599 Anaxial talk contribs (→F. sylvestris vs F. lybica--cladogram is wrong?: would need a new source)
- diffhist Talk:African wildcat 03:28 +1,204 Panoramagram talk contribs (→F. sylvestris vs F. lybica--cladogram is wrong?: new section) Tag: New topic
5 August 2024
- diffhist m Talk:List of individual cats 16:07 +4 Humphrey Tribble talk contribs (→Cleanup in progress: fix)
- diffhist Talk:List of individual cats 10:54 +27 Andrew Davidson talk contribs (update templates)
- diffhist Talk:Blue Mountains panther 10:43 +364 32.213.233.29 talk (→Update needed?: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Iriomote cat 09:55 +667 Jts1882 talk contribs (→Trinomial name and conservation status: the assessment is independent of taxonomy)
- diffhist Talk:Iriomote cat 04:22 +1,150 240b:c010:4c4:5225:509a:d27f:52d6:18bc talk (→Trinomial name and conservation status: new section) Tag: New topic
4 August 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah reintroduction in India 19:02 +660 Fowler&fowler talk contribs (→Birth and death graph of the population: Reply sorry but no) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah reintroduction in India 12:03 +192 2409:40c4:2012:a1be:8000:: talk (→Birth and death graph of the population: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 03:28 −338 Annh07 talk contribs (Reverted edits by 35.149.115.159 (talk) to last version by ClaudineChionh) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cat 03:25 +172 35.149.115.159 talk (→"Cat" as the main name: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cat 03:24 +166 35.149.115.159 talk (→"Cat" as the main name: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
3 August 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cat lady 22:54 −4 Di (they-them) talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell (Rater))
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Yoshi 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Xenosmilus 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Vishnufelis 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Vinayakia 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Tchadailurus 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Taowu 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Styriofelis 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Stenailurus 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Smilodontini 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Smilodon 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Sivapardus 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Sivapanthera 20:55 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Sivaelurus 20:54 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Rhizosmilodon 20:54 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Puma 20:54 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Pseudaelurus 20:54 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist N Template talk:Taxonomy/Promegantereon 20:54 +51 Tom.Reding talk contribs ({{WP banner shell|{{WP Cats}}}}) Tag: AWB
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.