Talk:Cat (disambiguation)

Merger of Cats into Cat (disambiguation)

I propose that Cats be merged into Cat (disambiguation), and that Cats points to the Cat article page. - - cgilbert^{(talk|contribs)} 03:12, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• support, could be easily combined. Vicarious 04:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I propose to you, love. Hee hee! No, now I'm just joking around. I really also propose that we merge Cats and Cat. Hey, I really like cats! Hee hee!

-Diana Werkborch

I propose an article on longcat. He is what we fight for.

Also, pools closed due to aids, stingrays, diabetus, and volcanic ash.

It doesn't make sense to redirect Cats to Cat, because I am sure that the majority of the time when someone links Cats they are talking about Cats (musical).--Mynameisnotpj (talk) 02:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

CAT scan

In the UK CAT scan stands for Computer Aided Tomography. - It is a type of computer assisted x-ray machine that can generate synthetic 3d images. - also called a brain scanner (generic / informal). Hope that helps.
Lucien86 (talk) 13:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Sailing : Cat Head and Cat Hook

Hi the reason I found this page was that I was looking for the terms Cat Head and Cat Hook, which refer to a lifting hook on a large sailing ship - I think 18th or 19th century. It is attached at the front of the forecastle at the front of the ship. Since it is right next to the toilet - the "Necessary Seat" it might be connected of that. (The toilet is within the "Head" attached to the front of the hull).
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Terry bradshaw

Shouldn't terry bradshaw be mentioned here? or is it not for wikipedia?Excitinginterception7 (talk) 01:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

About disambiguation pages

• The point of a disambiguation page is not to list every possible acronym, definition or use of a particular word; disambiguation pages are meant to assist a Wikipedia user in finding an existing page whose topic is (or could be) the actual word used in their search query.
• I've removed MANY of the entries on this page because it is doubtful that a person would simply type "cat", "cats", or "CAT" in an attempt to find those specific topics, for example: Combat Application Tourniquet, CAT scan, Common Admission Test, Canadian Army Trophy, Cat Stevens etc...
• Please see Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) for more info.

Marchije (talk) 17:20, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

CATERPILLAR INC.

CAT isn't exactly an acronym for Caterpillar, literally or figuratively. It's an industry standard name appearing on all of their machines and is even the name of their website (www.cat.com). It also is a colloquial term for a type of machine they manufacture. Most people who would search the subject would not bother typing Caterpillar, a nearly archaic term for the company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.53.210.62 (talk) 05:07, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

The article we link to seems to agree with you, so I changed it. Does it seem ok now? Look it over and feel free to edit. Chrisrus (talk) 17:43, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

I think the point that the anonymous editor was trying to say is that the section for CAT says 'acronym', which is correctly pointed out, so I've removed the word. I'll classify the 'Other' section a bit better.+mt 21:27, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 28 October 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved; a split proposal is an alternative. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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Cat (disambiguation) → CAT – Most of the uses of the term "CAT" in the disambiguation page are acronyms. Seventyfiveyears (talk) 14:53, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 21:52, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• It's been this name for a long term, so might possibly need further discussion. -Kj cheetham (talk) 17:36, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Many aren't though, per WP:DABNAME "A word is preferred to an abbreviation, for example Arm (disambiguation) over ARM.". Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:01, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. Also the page lists many articles that do use the current form, Wikipedia generally prefers lowercase when in doubt, and it's not just a matter of the number of topics but also their likelihood to be the subject of a search that leads to the dab page. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:30, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. There are plenty of non-abbreviations on this list. WP:DABNAME is pretty clear here. kennethaw88 • talk 03:13, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

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