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Removed:

as the link is dead. :/

John Aubrey made a passing reference to the first tabby cats ever seen in England, ca. early 17th century, a gift from Cyprus-- to whom? Can't remember which of Aubrey's Brief Lives I'm remembering... --Wetman 22:05, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Found it! I'll edit it in now.--Wetman (talk) 09:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • is it worth noting that a Roman mosaic portrays a tabby that has caught a bird? In the Spanish language, tabbies are called 'roman cats' BV 25.4.10


Mohamed?

Wouldn't it be in arabic, does arabic have an M?

I had the same thought. See the entry on Arabic Alphabet. The "M" sound does have a corresponding grapheme but it in no ways looks like the roman character "M". So whoever came up with the reference to Mohamed was either a convert or a hoaxter.

I've reverted the article, as the Mohammed legend is reference on various pages. See Google for details. Out of curiosity, does aramaic have a letter which resemblesLatin 'M', and if so, was that the character used to write the first initial of Mary's name? If not, the Christian legend needs to be removed too.

Of course, since both are merely legends and not fact, I would argue that both should remain. Taking away one when both are probably not true smacks of dogmatism.

Phil webster 21:02, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In the year of Jesus' birth, that entire area was under the control of the Roman empire, and the common language was Greek, not Aramaic or Arabic. Jesus and his mother both primarily would have spoken Greek, although surely they would have spoken Aramaic as well. Aramaic was more of a religious language at the time. (Comparable to Latin in the early Catholic church.) What would Mary's name have been in Greek? The capital "mu" does look exactly like the Latin M. Visitor:Aaron Hagans 03:59, 10/27/07

Photos

There are too many photos in this article and they're all of mackerel tabbies. Per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is not a collection of photos, so most of these should go. We should really only have photos that clearly display the different tabby patterns (mackerel, classic, ticked, spotted). For any more pictures, people can go look at Commons:Category:Tabby cats. howcheng {chat} 21:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Asian Tabby?

Is there such a tabby called an Asain Tabby? I'm because I think 1 of my cats is an Asian tabby. she has the charcteristic of an Asian cat (skinny, very loud) Angelofdeath275 21:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, tabby only refers to the pattern of stripes you see on a cat, and there are only four. howcheng {chat} 22:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One more photo

About remove my image.. I don't understand what is the problem. It is my photo and it says so. I thought it would be nice to see a tabby cat at the cat Show. Klarissae 00:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a cute cat, Klarissae, and that always makes for a nice image, but the trouble is that everybody wants to upload a picture of their cat, and if everyone did that, the page would turn into yet another photo gallery of cute cat pictures. Even this in itself might not be so awful (though definitely not encyclopedic), if it weren't for the fact that pictures take up a lot of memory space and people with slow connections have trouble opening really big pages. For what it's worth, I nearly re-reverted and put your picture back up before I realized we had another good shot of a mackerel tabby, right at the top of the page. Buck Mulligan 02:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer, I understand better now.. This is not my cat, but he really impressed judges at the Cat Show, so I photographed him. Klarissae 11:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Buff Tabby

Could some information on the buff tabby coloration be added? 68.43.152.39 20:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A buff tabby is the same as a cream tabby, which is a dilute orange tabby. This not a different tabby pattern, just a color. This article only covers patterns, not colors. howcheng {chat} 21:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Attabiyah

Source for this? Brownturkey (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any decent dictionary that shows word etymology will have this. For example, [1]. I'll add the footnote if you really want. howcheng {chat} 23:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tabby cat article

The Tabby cat article appears to be totally broken... seems vandalized but there seems no history... and the talk page redirects here. I don't know Wikipedia well enough to fix it... or about Tabby cats to write an article...Darkpoet (talk) 16:26, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was

Tabby coat pattern → Tabby cat — The previous move was unilaterally done without discussion. This article is about cats with a "tabby pattern", not about "coat patterns of tabbies (any cat kinds).--Caspian blue 16:37, 28 March 2009 (UTC) — Caspian blue 16:37, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

Discussion

Any additional comments:

The move from Tabby cats to the current title, "Tabby coat pattern" seems too specific and odd...

contribs) m (5,662 bytes) (moved Talk:Tabby cat to Talk:Tabby coat pattern: The cat breed articles can reference a Tabby as a coat pattern, whereas it would be less correct to reference Tabby cat when referring to a coat pattern. This would allow sections to be removed)

Cats with a sprite pattern are referred to as "tabby cat", so I don't think the previous title is incorrect, since "tabby" can refer to various "cat" types. I want the article title to go back to the original. I don't see any indication to justify the move in Project Cat.--Caspian blue 16:38, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Same issue for Tortoiseshell coat pattern and Bicolor coat pattern. Personally I prefer just Tabby, Bicolor etc. Or Tabby (coat pattern), Bicolor (coat pattern) etc. for disambiguation.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodo bird (talk • contribs) 2009-03-29T05:47:46 (UTC)
Thank you for the information. I restored the original titles since User:Cats rule has not initiated any discussion nor notified the community of his intention over the multiple cat-related article divided by cat's coat. But I could not revert it back to the original of the article due to another's test.--Caspian blue 06:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

patterns

I see mentions of ticked, and mackerel but I don't see anyone mentioning mitted tabbies. my cat is a mitted mackerel tabby. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.88.56 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I assume by "mitted" you mean that your cat appears to have "mitts" (like socks). That's not a tabby pattern, that's an interaction with the color suppression gene (see bicolor cat for more details). howcheng {chat} 02:13, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to add a little gallery with some tabby cats photos but it has been constantly reverted. Someone thinks it is good?

  • A typical tabby cat head, showing the classic "M"
    A typical tabby cat head, showing the classic "M"
  • Classic tabby, showing the bullseye pattern
    Classic tabby, showing the bullseye pattern
  • Spotted tabby pattern on an Ocicat.
    Spotted tabby pattern on an Ocicat.
  • Another tabby cat.
    Another tabby cat.

If someone, please support me by adding a : '''Support''' tag below. Thanks --MisterWiki talking! :-D - 13:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC) [reply]

  • Oppose - There are galleries already at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tabby_cats. - BilCat (talk) 13:38, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. First of all, your photos don't really add anything to the article. There are four tabby patterns and we have decent photos that illustrate them. One of yours you added to ostensibly display the M on the forehead, but the lead photo already does that well. The second photo, the calico tabby, is really just superfluous. As discussed elsewhere on this talk page, we are trying very hard to keep this page from being a collection of people's pet photos. If you have photos that show the tabby patterns better than what's already here, then I'm sure nobody will object if you replace them, but don't just add photos because you want your cats in the article. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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