Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Money cat

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was to redirect it to Tortoiseshell cat and to add a brief, cited mention of the term there. --Abu-Fool Danyal ibn Amir al-Makhiri 18:38, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Money cat

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Sources were requested for over a year, then I added a WP:PROD request, which was removed with the claim that sources would be added soon. Really... how long does it take to say where the author got this information from? Also, some of the claims (about this being mentioned in "House of Seven Gables") have been debunked. Sources should be shown to exist before we decide to keep this article around for a few more years... promises of sources are not the same as sources. I find nothing confirming this on Google or Google Scholar, although there may be some sort of asian charm marketed as a "Money Cat", it has nothing to do with what this article describes (see Maneki Neko). --W.marsh 21:00, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Some quick research about Money Cats and New England seem to lead that Money Cat is just a Massachusetts slang term having to do with witches or something, which you can find on the last page of this. [1] Certainly doesn't seem enough to create an article, maybe a redirect to Folklore of the United States or an equivalent article on New England is in order? --Korranus 21:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • This probably isn't WP:NFT, as I've heard of a similar thing in the UK, but there's nothing here to say it couldn't be merged to a folklore page as above. Preferably with some sources. EliminatorJR Talk 23:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • If you look on Google Scholar again, you'll find articles from the Journal of American Folklore such as this and this and from Western Folklore such as this that document the idea that a three-coloured cat is considered to be good luck in Japan. If you look on Google Books you'll find books that document the same folklore belief occurring in Maine. There's not much more than 1 sentence's worth of content to be wrung out of these sources, though: "A calico cat with three colours, known as a money cat, is considered to be good luck in Maine and Japan." Uncle G 00:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to Tortoiseshell cat. According to Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century, the term refers only to calico and perhaps tortoiseshell cats, not to all female cats. This can be mentioned in a sentence under tortoiseshell cat, alongside the similar Japanese folklore (though we should clarify that the term "money cat" is a US regionalism, not a Japanese term). —Celithemis 00:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • There's a general reference to folklore already, but the term should be mentioned (preferably not in the lead), and this should redirect there. —Celithemis 02:27, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Any cat that does not pee on my stuff is good luck in my book. (Also lucky for the cat if you know what I mean) --Infrangible 01:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. ~EdBoy[c] 01:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC) (That's nice, Infrangible)
  • Delete per nom and the fact that it's mentioned in Tortoiseshell cat. BTW, Infrangible, please observe WP:NPAOC (No Personal Attacks on Cats) --Richard 08:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.