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Date	Process	Result
November 2, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 10, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 19, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
February 23, 2006	Featured article review	Kept
March 3, 2007	Featured article review	Demoted
October 3, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
September 30, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
December 20, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Cat was copied or moved into Cat health with this edit on 15 February 2018. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Cat was copied or moved into Cat health with this edit on 18 March 2018. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

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No consensus, 25 October 2008, from Cat to Domestic cat, see discussion.
Not moved, 10 September 2012, from Cat to Domestic cat, see discussion.

Improper Grammar?

This says "it leads to the extinction of bird, mammal, and reptile species". Shouldn't it be THE bird mammal and reptile species?

This term stands for several species of birds, reptiles and mammals. To use "the", one would need to clarify which bird, mammal and reptile species went extinct - obviously, it's not referring to all such species. beforeAdapter (talk · contribs) 2022-03-20T17:22Z

An user added "User:CheezDeez ON TOP" to the evolution page - vandalism

Please fix the page (if possible) by removing this text 85.221.130.7 (talk) 17:11, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This text doesn't appear for me and hasn't been in the recent revisions. I believe you have an issue with your browser cache, do try to reset it. Traumnovelle (talk) 19:23, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is caused by vandalism and reverts being caught in a caching issue. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Strange_bug_on_Flag_of_Russia_article. The problem seems to be resolved, but the comment seems a genuine concern. -- Jts1882 | talk 19:25, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks it's okay now. The problem is solved. 85.221.130.7 (talk) 08:16, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok 159.196.170.79 (talk) 07:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

article length

Its not really short. To long 159.196.170.79 (talk) 07:06, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bro its ment to be long 159.196.170.79 (talk) 07:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What, exactly, do you think needs to be reduced or eliminated from the article? Mediatech492 (talk) 12:13, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2024

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Add meow sound 2600:100C:A107:162E:5088:4E05:B47A:D3EB (talk) 23:17, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, could be formatted better by someone who understands that better than me so I will leave this open for now. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cleaned up the file using {{listen}} '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 00:42, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Cat" as the main name

I think it's reversed. Isn't the term “cat” refers to the family “Felidae”? The first paragraph should be “domesticated cat or house cat, commonly known as just 'cat'”. -GogoLion (talk) 05:18, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How often do people say 'I have a house cat' instead of 'I have a cat' or 'I pet a domestic cat on my walk today' instead of 'I pet a cat on my walk today'. The term cat when referring to felids is derived from the term cat as in a house cat. Traumnovelle (talk) 05:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia naming policy is to use the common name and cat is used far more frequently that domestic cat. The term isn't ambiguous as, while we use might "cat" when discussing the whole cat family, this meaning would be clear from the context; we wouldn't use cat to refer to all cats without such qualifying context. I don't think house cat should be in that opening sentence as house cat refers to something more specific and excludes many of the species. — Jts1882 | talk 06:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Cat poison" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Cat poison has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 June 14 § Cat poison until a consensus is reached. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 21:40, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]