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[edit] Older comments

I plan to remove the word "historical" from the article name. See Talk:List_of_historical_animals for further discussion. Jay 08:39, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)


I've tried everything I can think of, but the Bill Clinton link in the article just won't turn into a link! The same string pasted in here or the sandbox works fine, but not in the article. Ortolan88 06:14, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

It was a missing "]" in the URL on the preceding line that was the culprit. - Nunh-huh 06:20, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)


To whom it may concern: Please feel free to visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Dog breeds/Categories because I think that structuring Cat articles and Dog articles could take a similar tack--would be nice to use same subcategories for consistency. Elf | Talk 04:11, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I have a complaint. This list strikes me as way too long. Most of these cats are not famous in their own right, but a few are. It's difficult to find the actual historical cats among the "hey this person owned a cat named (blank)" entries.--T. Anthony 02:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I see your point and I also agree with Elf. I will work to structure this article like List of historical dogs. Grika Ⓣ 13:39, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Done. I also changed the sub sections to double linefeeds to shorten the TOC while maintaining differentiation. Grika Ⓣ 16:23, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chopin's cat

I removed Frédéric Chopin's cat who partially inspired Valse Brilliante by jumping on his keyboard while he was composing it. I cannot find a reliable reference for this. References I have found state vaguely that "it has been reported" and "one book states" that a "Cat Waltz" (I think they are possibly referring to Op. 34 No. 3, but it isn't clear) was inspired by feline antics on the keyboard. I would like to be convinced that such an unlikely story might be true. Is there a confusion here with Domenico Scarlatti's sonata K. 30 which has become known as the "Cat fugue" for apocryphal reasons? Please find a reliable reference before re-inserting Chopin's cat. --RobertG ♬ talk 09:57, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anne Frank's cats

This article has been AfDed and I wondered whether some input from those swho have worked on the historical cats list would be useful. Some on the AfD are claiming that Anne Frank is only "semi-famous"!! Robertsteadman 08:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Restructuring

I personally think that the current arrangement can create some confusion. Catarina could be counted as famous in her own right as being the inspiration for The Black Cat, Anne Frank's cats might qualify based on their appearance in her book, and others could be seen as crossing-over the two lists as well. Would you all be willing to have this changed to one single list of named cats, and one other list of unnamed cats? I welcome any response. Badbilltucker 01:23, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Unsinkable Sam, reference: website. Website says: Source: "History". No comment. --Polarlys 13:04, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Got a point there. I'm adding the names from that list, and then going on to other lists. Also note that the creator of the website did apparently go through some effort to try to verify those marked with either a c or an r, so I think it probably qualifies as at least nominally reliable. But, as stated, I will search for additional, more specific, references, as soon as I see that they are all included. Badbilltucker 15:46, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guinness Book of World Records

Snowbie is currently the longest cat in the world, and the heaviest. Snowbie deserves to be on this page. --66.218.17.142 17:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cat with an Executive MBA

I don't know if this is worth adding, but Colby Nolanis "a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Texas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general's office." Also, could we make "List of famous cats" redirect here? It took me a while to find the page. (I would do these things myself, but I don't know Wikipedia's policies) Korin43 04:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I created the redirect. Colby Nolan is appropriate, go ahead and add it. Grika Ⓣ 17:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unnamed?

Are the unnamed cats really unnamed? Or are that cat's with UNKNOWN names? 198.28.92.5 14:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] too many fictional cats mixed in here

This is a list of historical cats which i take to mean cats that actually lived. Therefore fictional cats should be deleted or moved to another list.LiPollis 07:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)