User:SilverTiger12

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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 is a participant in WikiProject Cats.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 5 years, 11 months and 1 day.
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
  • 68.5% FA-Class
  • 22.2% 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
  • 10.5% C-Class
  • 36.8% B-Class
  • 5.3% GA-Class
  • 15.8% 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