Talk:Norwegian Forest cat

Template
Suggestion: We need some sort of template containing headings, sub-heading, etc., that could be used for all the cat entries. It looks like all the entries for the various cat breeds follow their own structure. Having a template that could be followed would encourage people to add stuff to fill in the missing bits. What do people think? ('--Gary Judd 08:59, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)',,);


 * check out the cat breeds project for outlines on how the articles should look. Also, the table has a set format and color for a reason. If you want to help out on this project (and we really need the help), please read the project page, and related talk page. You might also want to check out the dog breeds project and talk page for more info. I'm glad to see someone with more than a passing interest in these articles :) [[User:Lachatdelarue|Lachatdelarue (talk)]] 13:42, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving your comments re why you made the changes. I thought for a moment that my 'improvements' had been vandalised! :)
 * No problem... and don't forget to sign in before editing stuff (I noticed your reply was from an IP). I did that all the time when I first started on here. [[User:Lachatdelarue|Lachatdelarue (talk)]] 14:32, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Photo
Hi -

I'm Bjørn Steensrud and finally wrote an NFO article on the Norwegian (!) Wikipedia .. wondering if I could use the photo on this article? It was suggested to me that photos and artwork could be put in commons.wikimedia.org for linking into all the wikipedias. As member of the board of Norsk Skogkattring I have a hard time deciding what photo to use, someone will always be unhappy about it and the old Truls photos aren't that good anyway ..

April 2, 2005, 1300 UTC


 * I was going to say you should feel free to upload the photo to the norwegian wiki and/or commons, but i just noticed that the photo doesn't have source/liscensing information, so you should probably try to find another one that has a free license. damn, i should probably remove this photo. ::sigh:: it was a good photo... Lachatdelarue (talk) 15:12, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * A very good resource for free images of all kinds is our own Commons... which is where I got one for this article. Lupo 14:29, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Very old breed?
Ok, it may still be old, but they didn't exist until at least the 17th century since long haired cats were unknown in Scandinavia until then. // Liftarn

If you say something like this, you should give a source. It is also quite unlikely as there is descriptions of longhaired cats going back to the viking age.
 * Don't take these romantic myths very seriously. NFC as many "ancient" breeds is a product of breeding programs that took place in 20th century.78.131.137.50 (talk) 13:32, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Too many external links?
Do we really need ten links to breeders? I'd say that was link-farm territory, and far too many for an encyclopedia. 86.132.138.84 14:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Convergent or Descendant evolution and 'Maine' Differences?
I have what I believe to be a Maine Coon Cat, however the appearances of the Norwegian Forest Cat and the Maine Coon are very similar. What primarily distinguishes between the two? Do the two breeds' similarities warrant some kind of note of distinction be added to both articles? Also, are the two breeds convergently evolved, or did the Maine Coon in fact derive directly genetically from the Forest Cat? 71.156.103.213 (talk) 21:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Lolo
I am reverting the Image:Lolo.jpg file to actually be of the cat. Someone changed it to a football player, which was then used in Historia_del_Club_Universitario_de_Deportes. Is there a spanish speaker who can explain on the Spanish article's talk page? I'll fix that one with a new image, I guess. matt kane&#39;s brain (talk) 20:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't mean to be rude, but...
I don't mean to be rude, but the amount of information in wiki's wegie article is PITIFUL! The Siberian cat wiki article is longer even though it is missing basic information like body weight and has only two lines for body characteristics. I'm trying to figure out if my cat is part Wegie or part Maine Coon. It doesn't say anything about how Wegie heads are supposed to be triangle shaped, after 20minutes of research I knew that. ( http://vonleibchens.googlepages.com/comparisonchart ) Gatorgirl7563 (talk) 20:18, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Luna
"Please note: If you have a cat named Luna, then she defiantly IS a Norwegian Forest Cat, and not a Mancoon." Umm... what? Luck + (talk) 16:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It was just WP:Vandalism, long since fixed.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:17, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Ages of cats in photos seem wrong
From my experience, the "8 months" and "less than a year" old kittens seem mislabeled. I think an 8 months old looks much older. Here is an example of a 6 months old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eU_7laU-48 It is true that "less than a year" probably covers the age of that cat, but I think it is around 3-4 months old, so it is a bit confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.207.247.121 (talk) 19:04, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed and taken care of. Crowz  RSA  03:04, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is a good argument for removal of the kitten pictures' age labels, since you're all clearly just guessing, and don't have any sources to back up the ages of the kittens in the photos. Things like this endanger this page's WP:Good Article status.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * These ages still appear to be incorrect. The photograph of the "8 month" old kitten seems more appropriate to 8 weeks than 8 months. This breed of cat is a large breed and a kitten of this size is definitely not almost a year old. Our 3 month old kitten is already larger than the cat in this image.59.100.213.182 (talk) 23:37, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

3 months and 8 months old cat pictures
They seem to be swapped. dash — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.221.120.50 (talk) 14:03, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Undone an undo – unsourced content
I undid the 2020-11-26T03:08:00 revert "unexplained removal" • version comparison …because the info there is unsourced, possibly semi-vandalism; this is the history:

2020-02-29T17:00:28 THERAGINGGAMER + "This desire for attention may lead to issues with jealousy and attacking other pets." • version comparison

Later this same user changes this, his own text:

2020-03-22T21:51:44 THERAGINGGAMER - "This desire for attention may lead to issues with jealousy and attacking other pets." + "Although they are a muscular they tend not to do good with dogs and high-energy pets. They get easily afraid and do not like having high-energy pets around." • version comparison — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ponken (talk • contribs) 13:43, 20 February 2021 (UTC)