Talk:Siberian (cat)
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Does anybody have a link to, or any result of the mentioned study at UCD?
No, but see the link I just added in the "external links" section. 128.175.205.52 20:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I have cleaned up and pruned back the external links section for the moment - it seems to have been quickly turning into a laundry list of links promoting various breeders and personal pages/groups, and it would probably be a good idea to reference the "Links normally to be avoided" section in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_links before adding anything else. Vmccar5316 in particular had 3 seperate links to the same website for her cattery and self-run breed club.
At the risk of sounding like a chastising parent, let's remember this is an encyclopedia, not a webring. PhoenixFlare 19:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] References
To start things off in this area, i've added wording stating that the UC Davis study is unconfirmed...Have not been able to locate anything via Google or the UC Davis homepage as of yet. If anyone can find a solid, verifiable source of results or progress for the study, please change what i've written and add the approriate info in the references section. - PhoenixFlare 12:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Please refrain from editing correct information. The previous versions showed that the Siberians had been accepted into Championship status in February, which is correct. I've even shown some cats and won points in Championship class since the change. The correct information is also referenced in the external link given. It is incorrect to state that they were moved to Miscellaneous class in February. Arbilad 06:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- My apologies for not mentioning the championship status as well - I am not a breeder, nor someone that shows cats, and I was under the impression that stating they were in the Miscellaneous class would imply they were eligible for championship status in that class. That said, after doing a little further digging on CFA's website, it appears the breed profile page is out of date, as the actual page for the Misc. class does not list the Siberian - so away it goes apparently. PhoenixFlare 14:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)edited 15:02, 31 July 2006
Also, the only study I remember at UC Davis was a general study of the cat genome in general. I remember that there was hope in the Siberian community at the time that the study could be used to scientifically verify the hypoallergenic feature of the siberian. I think that the fact of the study, combined with the hope that they might track down why siberians are hypoallergenic, to become a belief in the existence of a study at UC Davis to see why siberians are hypoallergenic. Arbilad 06:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
It would probably be a good thing if someone could find a more authoritative source for the info on litter size and lifespan - i've replaced the previous links with one that contains the same info and doesn't give a 403 error, but it still doesn't look like a wonderful source. PhoenixFlare 19:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hypoallergenic
I’d like to RFC for adjusting the FUR / HYPOALLERGENIC section. My understanding is that the Siberian’s saliva allegedly does not include the relevant protein (or at least includes it in limited amounts) that gives rise to allergy, rather than the fur itself. Saliva is normally found in great quantities in cat fur (and dander), from grooming, but it is not the fur itself that is hypoallergenic (or rather, it is not the fur per se that people are allergic to in the first place, but the saliva on the fur and dander).
[edit] Writing Standards
Just a request here that if you're going to edit the article, at least make sure you can write clearly - i've just removed/edited a bunch of changes made by 70.169.82.67 that mostly amounted to removing parts of existing content, and adding their own inbetween with no concern for grammar or sentence structure.
Also removed at least 2 or 3 attempts by the same person to substitute links to a source with links to the main page for her personal cattery - this is supposed to be at least somewhat like an encyclopedia, not a place to advertise your business. PhoenixFlare 13:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
