Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats
This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
Main page | Participants | Assessment | Recognized content | Templates | Collaboration |
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.
266 edits | Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax |
39 edits | Coraline's Curious Cat Trail |
13 edits | Fishing cat |
9 edits | Cat meat |
5 edits | Cheetah reintroduction in India |
These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 17 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
Files for discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – File:Screenshot of Arizona GOP promoting Springfield, Ohio cat-eating hoax.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Springfield, Ohio cat-eating hoax) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (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) (initially Springfield, Ohio cat-eating hoax) is requested to be moved to Springfield, Ohio, pet-eating hoax 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) proposed for merging to Leopard by Jashzakrzcwski (t · c) was closed; 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
17 September 2024
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 20:51 +254 YorkshireExpat talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:47 −42 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: shorten comment)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:38 +333 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: r)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:24 +589 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:16 +825 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: reply)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:14 +508 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Brainstorming: what would make a good lead photo?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:10 +300 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Brainstorming: what would make a good lead photo?: original Facebook post)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:08 −3 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:08 +999 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist m Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 20:07 +4 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:56 +306 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: +)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:53 +507 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: reply)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:41 +377 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Brainstorming: what would make a good lead photo?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:39 +214 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:36 +1,185 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:30 +398 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: +)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:27 +207 Soibangla talk contribs (→Brainstorming: what would make a good lead photo?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:24 +410 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: r)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:19 +951 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist m Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:11 −1 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist m Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:10 +1 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 19:09 +789 Anythingyouwant talk contribs (→Baselessness: sentence from opening paragraph removed)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:58 +471 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Cat)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:42 +1 Hey man im josh talk contribs (→Cat: fix)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 18:40 +306 Hey man im josh talk contribs (→Cat: reply)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 17:23 +576 Last1in talk contribs (→Include Dayton? Modify potential RM accordingly?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 17:15 −218 Wikishovel talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: corrected diff)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 17:14 +907 Last1in talk contribs (→MOS:LEADCITE: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Tabby cat 17:14 +467 CafeBusteloO talk contribs (Update Principles of Ecology assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 17:13 +1,278 Wikishovel talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: r)
- diffhist Talk:Siamese cat 16:57 +481 Tsommer23 talk contribs (Update Technical and Professional Writing assignment details) Tag: dashboard.wikiedu.org [2.3]
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 16:54 +259 El C talk contribs (→Ohio: addendum)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 16:25 +996 Firefangledfeathers talk contribs (→Now that the above RM is closed, discussions on the specifics other than "hoax": comment on a few options)
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 16:16 +158 Simmy27star talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 16:07 +503 JungleEntity talk contribs (→Is it really appropriate to classify this as a hoax?: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 16:04 +488 Carguychris talk contribs (→MOS:LEADCITE: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 15:33 +954 Last1in talk contribs (→MOS:LEADCITE: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 15:23 +421 Bestagon talk contribs (→Now that the above RM is closed, discussions on the specifics other than "hoax": two !votes)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 15:00 +521 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Include Dayton? Modify potential RM accordingly?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 14:44 +393 Carguychris talk contribs (→Ohio: see follow-up post, potential game-changer?)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 14:40 +1,083 Carguychris talk contribs (→Include Dayton? Modify potential RM accordingly?: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 13:08 +405 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→MOS:LEADCITE)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 13:02 +1,231 Carguychris talk contribs (→MOS:LEADCITE: new section) Tag: New topic
- diffhist Talk:Moggy 12:58 +519 Dekimasu talk contribs (→Requested move 4 September 2024: retain vs. commonality)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 12:48 +289 El C talk contribs (→Story as "a thing": closing — unrealistic)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 12:46 +197 Carguychris talk contribs (→Immigrant, migrant, or Haitian: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 11:36 +486 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Story as "a thing")
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 11:32 +180 Rhododendrites talk contribs (add image request)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 11:27 −895 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2024: archive)
- diffhist Talk:Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax 11:27 −610 Rhododendrites talk contribs (→Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2024: archive)
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.