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Wild cats of the United States

Well, breaking one rule as this does not have a main linking article (creating an actual article of this title doesn't make much sense). The relevant categories would be Category:Felines and Category:Mammals of North America. It's 'wild cats' so as not to include the cat in your living room.

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Wild cats of the United States	Bobcat - Canadian Lynx - Cougar - Jaguar

As I see it, only Bobcat and Cougar have to be FAs and both are. Jaguar is FA, while Canadian Lynx is middling. If someone wants to suggest an example of what level to bring Can. Lynx to, I'll try do so; I'm indifferent to the GA process, but the page can be made more competent. Note that this can be expanded. If Can. Lynx is done to FA we can expand to Wild cats of the Canada and the United States; if Ocelot and Jaguarundi are done, expand to Mexico. And so on. Marskell 19:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'll have to oppose, on the basis there is no centralized topic. It seems you nominated only ones that article good articles, which fails the first FT criterion. The articles are not linked with a template, and it omits several cats not listed above, like the Florida Panther, for example. A main article is needed, as well. Hurricanehink (talk) 19:40, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Florida Panther is a subspecies of maybe one hundred individuals (i.e., it is a Cougar). (And what are the other "several"?) Also not sure what is meant by "The articles are not linked with a template." Which template? The "centralized topic" makes sense as a talking point but is silly as a rule insofar as it demands an actual page. We should determine if there's clearly a linkage between the articles, yes? Here, there is: these are the four species extant in the United States, with the central two featured. I'm not particularly bothered, because I've never been here before. Marskell 23:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I thought it was a specific species. But are those the only four major wildcat species in the United States? Regardless of that, I oppose for several other reasons. One of the FT criterion is that all of the articles are linked by a template. Another criterion failed is the lack of every article being GA or greater (Canadian Lynx needs to be a GA). It also fails the second requirement - "The topic has an introductory and summary lead article". What about creating an article on List of wildcats in the United States? Hurricanehink (talk) 00:32, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

This arguably counts as a fifth, although the IUCN reports only "a small remnant population" in the U.S. In fact, it should really be only three, given the Jaguar is basically sightings. In any case, I'm withdrawing. This seems too focused on wikilawyering ahead of content improvement. Marskell 14:49, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• Withdrawn by nominator - 10:50, September 17, 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arctic.gnome (talk • contribs) 20:24, 17 September 2007 (UTC)