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.
31 edits | Tiger |
19 edits | Mapogo lion coalition |
16 edits | Chronic kidney disease in cats |
14 edits | Olivia Benson (cat) |
13 edits | Panthera spelaea |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 17 July 2024 by HotArticlesBot.
Article Alerts[edit]
Featured article candidates
- 20 May 2024 – Tiger (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
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
17 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 19:38 +3,725 FloweringOctopus talk contribs (→Attempt to tidy article up - and a couple of requests for further improvement: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist m Talk:Leopard 15:10 −195 Apokryltaros talk contribs (Reverted edit by 41.210.143.86 (talk) to last version by Qwerfjkl (bot)) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Leopard 14:35 +195 41.210.143.86 talk (→why is a leopard called wild animal: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
- diffhist N Draft talk:Rheology of cats 13:06 +95 ReyP02 talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Talk:Pet store 07:46 −302 Samwalton9 talk contribs (Undid revision 1234919415 by 14.232.108.193 (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Talk:Animal hoarding 05:56 +424 Stellalunabat talk contribs (→Source doesn't support statement: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
16 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Pet store 20:22 +302 14.232.108.193 talk (→Thông Bồn Cầu - Giá 100.000đ: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
- diffhist Talk:Dewclaw 19:30 −29 Traumnovelle talk contribs (Undid revision 1234903778 by 2806:1016:6:F7A5:3477:FCA4:28F4:FD46 (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Talk:Dewclaw 18:51 +29 2806:1016:6:f7a5:3477:fca4:28f4:fd46 talk (Source) Tag: Reverted
- diffhist m Talk:Cheetah 14:01 −9 UtherSRG talk contribs (Reverted edit by Bob marli1 (talk) to last version by The Great Mule of Eupatoria) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 13:15 +9 Bob marli1 talk contribs Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Talk:Rabies in animals 11:08 +335 C-Kobold talk contribs (→Infected other mammals: Reply) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Reply
- diffhist Talk:Rabies in animals 11:06 +355 C-Kobold talk contribs (→seals have been infected as well with rabies and attacked surfers: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit New topic
15 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats 21:52 −95 HirowoWiki talk contribs (Removed signature) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Cat communication 21:07 +383 166.181.251.206 talk (→Corrections on my own Comment: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cat communication 20:57 +668 166.181.251.206 talk (→Misinformation re: Tomcat Fighting: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats 20:06 +38 Aszx5000 talk contribs (add)
- diffhist Talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats 19:45 +170 S0091 talk contribs (Placing Articles for creation banner, adding 2 WikiProject banners (AFCH))
- Move log 19:45 S0091 talk contribs moved page Draft talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats to Talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats (Publishing accepted Articles for creation submission (AFCH))
- diffhist N Draft talk:Chronic kidney disease in cats 19:12 +204 Renanalmeids talk contribs (←Created page with '{{translated page|de|Chronische Nierenerkrankung der Katze|version=|small=no|insertversion=|section=}}{{OKA}} ~~~~') Tag: New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 17:11 −154 Annh07 talk contribs (Reverted edit by 185.156.14.213 (talk) to last version by Annh07) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cat 17:10 +154 185.156.14.213 talk (→Vidjo me seks: new section) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 03:48 −274 Annh07 talk contribs (Reverted edit by 2600:6C48:77F0:9FA0:F13E:9045:DE:31B5 (talk) to last version by Fama Clamosa) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cat 03:43 +274 2600:6c48:77f0:9fa0:f13e:9045:de:31b5 talk (→Requesting for more black cat representation.: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Reply
13 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Bali tiger 04:15 +398 Athenry04 talk contribs (→Discussion: Reply) Tag: Reply
12 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cat bite 18:58 +977 Pbrower2a talk contribs (→disappointing at article's apparent negativity)
- diffhist Talk:Olivia Benson (cat) 10:01 −359 24.2.102.232 talk Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Olivia Benson (cat) 10:00 +359 24.2.102.232 talk (→Meredith Grey: new section) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist m Talk:African cheetah 08:22 −16 Tom.Reding talk contribs (-{{Talk header}} per Template:Talk header#Should this be added to every talk page?) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 06:29 +660 Noppikalle talk contribs (→Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2024: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 06:25 −522 Noppikalle talk contribs (Undid revision 1234028331 by Noppikalle (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Talk:Litter box 06:10 +144 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→History?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 06:07 +522 Noppikalle talk contribs (→In Distribution and habitat section.: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 06:01 +342 Noppikalle talk contribs (→Cougars: Reply) Tag: Reply
11 July 2024
- diffhist Talk:Litter box 19:47 +327 MadeiraDarling talk contribs (→History?: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 15:01 −324 Fama Clamosa talk contribs (Reverted edit by 2600:8807:1D03:A500:5140:FCDA:C12D:9AA7 (talk) to last version by Meters) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Jaguar 14:55 −257 BhagyaMani talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by 2600:8807:1D03:A500:5140:FCDA:C12D:9AA7 (talk): Not a forum) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist Talk:Jaguar 14:51 +257 2600:8807:1d03:a500:5140:fcda:c12d:9aa7 talk (→So Fast: new section) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cat 14:31 +324 2600:8807:1d03:a500:5140:fcda:c12d:9aa7 talk (→"Cat" as the main name: Reply) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit 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.