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.
27 edits | Tiger |
20 edits | Panthera pardus tulliana |
8 edits | Creme Puff (cat) |
8 edits | Bay cat |
8 edits | Barbary lion |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 24 April 2024 by HotArticlesBot.
Article Alerts[edit]
Good article nominees
- 15 Apr 2024 – Cheetah reintroduction in India (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion
- 05 Apr 2024 – Fishing cat (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wolverine XI (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 15 Apr 2024 – Tiger (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by LittleJerry (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 16 Feb 2024 – Domestic short-haired cat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Domestic long-haired cat by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2024 – Domestic long-haired cat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Domestic short-haired cat by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 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
24 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana 09:05 +255 BhagyaMani talk contribs (→Name of sub species: ping UtherSRG)
- diffhist Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana 07:29 +392 BhagyaMani talk contribs (→Name of subspecies: re)
23 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana 22:53 −11 Mohammad.hasnaki talk contribs (→Name of sub species: spelling mistake) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana 22:48 +220 Mohammad.hasnaki talk contribs (→Name of sub species: spelling mistake) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Talk:Panthera pardus tulliana 22:19 +210 Mohammad.hasnaki talk contribs (→Name of sub species: new section) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cat worm infections 16:08 0 Ipigott talk contribs (B class)
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 16:06 +150 Psychologist Guy talk contribs (→Attempt to tidy article up - and a couple of requests for further improvement)
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 16:00 +238 Psychologist Guy talk contribs (→Attempt to tidy article up - and a couple of requests for further improvement)
- diffhist Talk:Foldex cat 13:31 +306 Choucas Bleu talk contribs (→Merge discussion.: Closure of merge discussion: consensus in favor)
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 08:57 +108 Aredbeardeddwarf talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 08:57 +544 Aredbeardeddwarf talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 08:55 +109 Aredbeardeddwarf talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 08:54 +632 Aredbeardeddwarf talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Marozi 08:49 +709 Aredbeardeddwarf talk contribs (→Article is Completely Self-Contradictory: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 07:16 +368 Mohitkumar0121210 talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 06:47 +337 Jts1882 talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: file replaced)
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 04:34 +261 BhagyaMani talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: re)
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 02:31 +268 Mohitkumar0121210 talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 00:47 +133 UtherSRG talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: Reply) Tag: Reply
22 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Pet door 19:39 +270 GianniBGood talk contribs (→And getting the pet to use it?: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cheetah 19:22 +830 Mohitkumar0121210 talk contribs (→Incorrect map of India: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 16:20 −192 Annh07 talk contribs (Reverted edit by Amy11987654 (talk) to last version by Kpgjhpjm) Tag: Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cat 16:19 +192 Amy11987654 talk contribs (→Yooohooo yooo cannnn edddddiiiiittitttt wiiiikkkkakkpppppeeeddea wooohohoty: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
- diffhist m Talk:Cat 16:18 −53 Kpgjhpjm talk contribs (Reverted edits by Amy11987654 (talk) (AV)) Tags: AntiVandal Rollback
- diffhist Talk:Cat 16:18 +53 Amy11987654 talk contribs Tag: Reverted
20 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 12:40 +1,422 Ttocserp talk contribs (→Nocturnal/crepuscular/diurnal)
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 02:08 +1,155 Ttocserp talk contribs (→Nocturnal/crepuscular/diurnal: new section) Tag: New topic
19 April 2024
- diffhist m Talk:Burmese cat 08:53 0 Groogle talk contribs (Spelling)
- diffhist Talk:Burmese cat 02:58 +144 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→Contradictory statements in lead: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Burmese cat 02:08 +1,282 Groogle talk contribs (→Contradictory statements in lead)
18 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 21:26 +350 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 21:25 +308 Bennett1203 talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 21:22 +151 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 21:20 +214 Bennett1203 talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 21:17 +208 Traumnovelle talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Chantilly-Tiffany 20:55 +465 Bennett1203 talk contribs (→They aren’t extinct.: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Cougar 11:35 +15 Dimadick talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Leopard 11:29 +15 Dimadick talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Jaguar 11:27 +15 Dimadick talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Asiatic lion 00:03 −540 BhagyaMani talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by Mohanasses (talk): Spam) Tags: Twinkle Undo
17 April 2024
- diffhist Talk:Asiatic lion 23:57 +540 Mohanasses talk contribs (→Recent edits: Reply) Tags: Reverted Reply
- diffhist Talk:Jaguar 16:48 +30 Catfurball talk contribs (WikiProject.)
- diffhist Talk:Persian cat 14:18 −214 MrOllie talk contribs (Restored revision 1200586468 by TheImaCow (talk)) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist Talk:Persian cat 14:01 +214 205.223.222.241 talk (→cats: new section) Tags: Reverted New topic
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.