Talk:Cat

Contradictory information

"Queens normally reach sexual maturity at 5–10 months, and males at 5–7 months. This varies depending on breed. Kittens reach puberty at the age of 9–10 months." This appears contradictory, unless I'm missing something? JBritnell (talk) 11:09, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Yep, seems that way to me too. In favour of sorting that out - to me, 9-10 months seems like a very long time with a very narrow range for it to be the start as implied; 5 months is about the time cats get spayed/neutered, which is the start of sexual maturity. Kookas (talk) 18:48, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Other name

I'm not sure why other names are not used for certain articles but are for others. A common name for cat is 'kitty' or 'kitty-cat'. Should that not be mentioned in the lead as other common names? I also addressed this in the 'Dog' article, as 'Doggy' is a common name used to refer to a dog. It is included in dictionaries. I'd appreciate some opinions here, and if there is a consensus, I will add it. Thanks. Battykin (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Imo, these names are not important enough to be mentioned in the lead. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:10, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't think those are formal common names, "the name by which a species is known to the general public", more nicknames or informal names. They don't help describe what the article is about or belong in the lede. If they did, we'd have to add moggie and who knows what else. —  Jts1882 | talk  06:33, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I understand why some might feel that way, but Wikipedia isn't all that formal. They use 'common spoken' terms in other articles, included in the lead. The term, 'Doggy' has been in the dictionary since the 1600s, and the term 'Kitty' since the 1700s. Both terms are common internationally. People often see a dog and say "doggy". The phrase, "Here kitty, kitty" is extremely popular as is people pointing to a cat, referring to it as a 'kitty'cat'. I am okay with not mentioning these terms, but I thought I would bring it up since I have seen other articles mention common 'other names' for a subject. Battykin (talk) 21:04, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

They're just diminutive/babified forms of the word. Wiktionary exists for that kind of listing imo. It's not so much about the formal name as it is about the proper name. In general, Wikipedia articles list alternative names for things when those names are the names that people actually recognise as the proper name instead of the article's primary name (especially due to regional differences, e.g. the page for elevator lists 'lift' because that's the actual name someone from the UK might use when searching for the article). Everybody recognises cat as the proper name for this animal. For some good examples, look at articles for things like drugs, which have a million and one street names (the equivalent of kitty, kitty-cat etc) but only a couple of proper names. The articles only list the names someone might actually use to search for the drug. Kookas (talk) 18:33, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Statistics

It would be interesting if we could have a simple table overview showing statistics about cats. For example, I specifically came here today to find out how many (estimated) cats, as pets ("house cats") live in total. Even a rough estimate is useful, even if it is not quite correct - right now I just don't have any numbers. This would be best if we could have a table-overview of useful cat data in general, as a table. (I prefer a table in this case, similar to what you can see in countries on wikipedia, because that is a LOT faster than reading through lots of text.) 2A02:8388:1641:8380:3AD5:47FF:FE18:CC7F (talk) 16:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

There are some estimated numbers (as of 2016) in the book The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker (ISBN 978-1-4767-3823-9). AnonMoos (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 October 2020

64.58.251.196 (talk) 18:05, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Its a meow meow

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -ink&fables «talk» 18:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Very true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maintenancecheck (talk • contribs) 04:08, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

cats.txt

cats are natural parkour masters okay we can all agree with that well duh ._. Wildcat889meowcat1245 (talk) 05:32, 28 December 2020 (UTC)cats are natural parkour masters okay we can all agree with that well duh ._.--Wildcat889meowcat1245 (talk) 05:32, 28 December 2020 (UTC)george washington(1774) jk hahahahahaha

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --TheImaCow (talk) 06:46, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Can i please post a picture of my cat?

Can i please add a picture of my cat? She is very cute and i have lots of pictures of her doing cute things like sleeping and sitting in boxes