I am a sporadic editor but somewhat obsessive editor with an interest in the various members of the family Felidae, including all taxa and domestic breeds thereof.

This user is a member of WikiProject Paleontology.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years and 2 days.
MixThis user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.

Barnstars & Miscellany edit

  The Original Barnstar
Sivasmilus is a very good article. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 03:33, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
  The Writer's Barnstar
for your creation of Yule cat, a fascinating article! Eddie891 Talk Work 00:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


On 27 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Leopardus narinensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the newly discovered red tigrina may already be extinct? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leopardus narinensis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Leopardus narinensis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

  Hook update
Your hook reached 18,788 views (782.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2023 – nice work!


On 8 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pachypanthera, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the early big cat Pachypanthera may have weighed as much as 142 kilograms (313 lb) and had teeth similar to a hyena's? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pachypanthera. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pachypanthera), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 6 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sivapardus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sivapardus. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sivapardus), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 28 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Felis wenzensis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an ancient wildcat species is known only from a part of the jaw of a single animal discovered in Poland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Felis wenzensis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Felis wenzensis), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 25 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Yule cat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yule cat. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Yule cat), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

  Hook update
Your hook reached 14,803 views (616.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of December 2023 – nice work!

Reviews edit

I'm better at reviewing articles than actually writing them. Good Articles especially have to struggle with a backlog, and the often jargon-heavy paleontology articles even moreso. Since I like seeing articles achieve GA (and even better, FA) status, I consider these reviews as doing my part in the giant collaboration that is Wikipedia.

Good Articles reviewed

  Lantian man  Imperobator  Trinisaura  Panthera onca mesembrina  Titanoboa  Klallamornis  Carcharodontosaurus  Hudson Mountains  Placidium arboreum  Island bronze-naped pigeon  Snowy plover

Featured Lists reviewed

  List of carnivorans  List of cervids  List of afrosoricids  List of dasyuromorphs  List of diprotodonts  List of peramelemorphs  List of pilosans  List of lorisoids  List of storks  List of cercopithecoids  List of tapaculos  List of books bound in human skin  List of hominoids  List of cranes  List of tarsiiformes  List of gymnosperm families  List of sunbirds  Outline of lichens  List of platyrrhines  1952 in spaceflight  List of primates

Featured Articles reviewed

  Beaver  Solo Man  Red panda  Coccinellidae  Titanis  Ohmdenosaurus  Mimodactylus  Polar bear  Sun in fiction  Hypericum sechmenii  Philosophy  Nyctibatrachus major  The Firebird

Animal Lists edit

Not my project, but I'm watching (and occasionally reviewing) the one whose it is.

Extended content
  • 9.3% List-Class
  • 70.4% FA-Class
  • 20.4% remaining


Considering the sheer number, birds will be more complicated and the Passeriformes would have to be a subtopic.

  • 12.1% List-Class
  • 34.5% Stub-Class
  • 3.4% FA-Class
  • 50% remaining
  • 70% Stub-Class
  • 10% FA-Class
  • 20% remaining

Random Taxonomy edit

Felids edit




  • 66.7% Start-Class
  • 33.3% C-Class

In a weird position:   Sivasmilus

  • 20% Start-Class
  • 80% C-Class
  • 14.3% Start-Class
  • 21.4% B-Class
  • 64.3% remaining
  • 19.2% Stub-Class
  • 50% Start-Class
  • 23.1% C-Class
  • 3.8% B-Class
  • 3.8% FA-Class


  • 13.8% Stub-Class
  • 15.5% Start-Class
  • 31% C-Class
  • 27.6% B-Class
  • 8.6% GA-Class
  • 3.4% FA-Class


Extended content
  • 10.5% Stub-Class
  • 21.1% Start-Class
  • 15.8% C-Class
  • 36.8% B-Class
  • 5.3% GA-Class
  • 10.5% remaining
  • 7.7% Start-Class
  • 38.5% C-Class
  • 38.5% B-Class
  • 7.7% GA-Class
  • 7.7% remaining


  • 41.7% Stub-Class
  • 16.7% Start-Class
  • 33.3% C-Class
  • 8.3% B-Class




Extant feline genera edit

Excluding extinct genera but (mostly) including extinct species.

  • 14.3% Stub-Class
  • 14.3% B-Class
  • 28.6% GA-Class
  • 42.9% remaining
  • 12.5% Stub-Class
  • 18.8% Start-Class
  • 37.5% C-Class
  • 6.3% B-Class
  • 6.3% GA-Class
  • 18.8% remaining
  • 20% Stub-Class
  • 20% Start-Class
  • 20% C-Class
  • 40% B-Class
  • 40% Stub-Class
  • 13.3% Start-Class
  • 26.7% C-Class
  • 6.7% B-Class
  • 13.3% FA-Class
  • 46.7% Stub-Class
  • 13.3% Start-Class
  • 6.7% C-Class
  • 6.7% B-Class
  • 13.3% GA-Class
  • 6.7% FA-Class
  • 6.7% remaining
  • 25% C-Class
  • 62.5% B-Class
  • 12.5% GA-Class
  • 21.4% Start-Class
  • 21.4% C-Class
  • 14.3% B-Class
  • 28.6% GA-Class
  • 14.3% remaining




  • 2.1% Stub-Class
  • 6.3% Start-Class
  • 20.8% C-Class
  • 20.8% B-Class
  • 29.2% GA-Class
  • 12.5% FA-Class
  • 8.3% remaining

Possible in the future:   Corsican wildcat

See also:   Sardinian wildcat,   Cretan wildcat.

Projects, Goals, and Proposals edit

Important note: Much of what I'm planning is modeled after what others are doing at the now-thriving WikiProject Dogs. In this way I hope to revive the Cats WikiProject and bring the general quality of cat-related articles up.

Cat breeds edit

Other edit

  • Just generally work, either alone or with fellow editors, to improve upon the various cat articles.

Bits and bobs edit

A list of, "if only I could write"'s....

Cats in mythology & folklore
Cats in the stars