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.
212 edits | Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax |
10 edits | Animal welfare |
9 edits | Cat meat |
7 edits | Snow leopard |
5 edits | Sphynx cat |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 14 September 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
Redirects for discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Panther habitat (talk · edit · hist) →Black panther was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Keimu (talk · edit · hist) →Black panther was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 12 Sep 2024 – Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating rumor by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Sep 2024 – Moggy (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Domestic cat (landrace) by Simmy27star (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 11 Sep 2024 – Black panther (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Leopard by Jashzakrzcwski (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 17 Jul 2024 – Draft:Rheology of cats (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ReyP02 (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
15 September 2024
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:42 +287 Feoffer talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:26 +163 Northern-Virginia-Photographer talk contribs (→Fake News - Not a hoax.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:19 +806 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:18 +403 FactOrOpinion talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:14 +361 Jonathan f1 talk contribs (→Notability?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:13 +1,201 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:08 +846 Jonathan f1 talk contribs (→Notability?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 01:00 +788 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 00:57 +374 Smartyllama talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: oppose) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 00:49 +107 Moncrief talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 00:13 +186 BombCraft8 talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 00:13 +426 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 00:03 +520 FactOrOpinion talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
14 September 2024
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:48 +471 FactOrOpinion talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:38 +554 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:36 +608 FactOrOpinion talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:18 +525 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:17 +273 BombCraft8 talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:15 +634 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:14 +282 BombCraft8 talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 23:03 +1,657 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:32 +396 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:28 +115 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: source)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:22 +420 72.14.126.22 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:21 +325 FactOrOpinion talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:19 +756 Last1in talk contribs (→Rumor, not hoax: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:15 +263 Feoffer talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:13 +711 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:07 +629 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Leopard 22:04 +216 SilverLocust talk contribs (→Merge proposal: Closing as not merged.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:01 +776 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 22:00 +375 Feoffer talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 21:50 +823 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 21:42 +326 HadesTTW talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 21:41 +248 Cpotisch talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 21:40 +196 Cpotisch talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 21:24 +214 Hatman31 talk contribs (→Should a new history or historical origin heading be added for (see below)?: collapsed per WP:NOTFORUM)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:49 +122 Feoffer talk contribs (→Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:43 −361 Rosguill talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by 2603:6011:F300:6FA3:E46D:A0F5:B214:488F (talk)) Tags: Twinkle Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:43 +361 2603:6011:f300:6fa3:e46d:a0f5:b214:488f talk (→Haitian Economy: new section) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Moggy 20:18 0 YorkshireExpat talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: sp)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:04 +350 Savvyjack23 talk contribs (→Rumor, not hoax: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:43 +385 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:35 +197 Seefooddiet talk contribs (→Possible AfD?: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:26 +307 KConWiki talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:19 +281 Maykiwi talk contribs (→Is it really appropriate to classify this as a hoax?: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:18 +579 2601:245:4601:9940:5dd9:c23a:743c:8c70 talk (→Possible AfD?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:15 +667 Maykiwi talk contribs (→Requested move 12 September 2024: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:08 +357 Maykiwi talk contribs (→Fake News - Not a hoax.: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:06 +89 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Should a new history or historical origin heading be added for (see below)?)
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.