Talk:Manx cat

message: The lead mentions they are notable for being skilled hunters but doesn't say anything more about this.  Out of all of the cats I've ever had, the Manx is, indeed, an incredible hunter, and I don't recall seeing this type of behavior with any other cat.  They also seem to be friendlier than other breeds.  In any case, this article could use some expansion. Viriditas (talk) 15:38, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite a bit more could be said on this (with reliable sources, not children's cat books), esp. given that Manx cats are so common outside of Mann now largely because they were preferred as ship's cats for their mousing abilities and were spread from port to port. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 21:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Hunting 

message: "They are called stubbin in the Manx language." I'm skeptical.  Manx is a branch of Gaelic.  Stubbin seems like an English word that English-speakers would apply to a stub-tailed animal. —Tamfang (talk) 04:09, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a Manx/English dialect which has a mixture of English and Manx Gaelic words and grammar, so "stubbin" could be a word used in the Isle of Man. However, I used to live on the island a good many years ago and never heard "stubbin" or "stubby" used. It was always either "rumpy" or "stumpy". I am not saying they aren't used nowadays or in other places. Dabbler (talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The report of that word actually dates to the 1800s at least.  Manx is a pretty mixed-up language, with a very large number of English loanwords and other English influences, so stubbin as a (formerly) common Manxism isn't incredible in any way. Manx is a nominally Goidelic language with an enormous Germanico-Romance overlay via English due to the Isle of Man having been conquered by England, in pretty much exactly the same way that English is nominally a Germanic language, with an enormous Graeco-Latinate overlay via Old French due to England having been conquered by Norman France. Anyway, I have Manx language books around (believe it or not), so I'll source it in the article. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 18:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Stubbin" and Manx language 

message: Could someone who has/owns a good picture of a Manx rumpy please upload it for use as the main picture for the Info box. The Manx is best known for its tailless nature so a picture of one even with a short tail is misleading and distracting. I did check all the ones on file in Wikipedia/Wikimedia and unfortunately none of them are really good enough. Dabbler (talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely; the long-stubby in the main pic (as of this writing - still :File:Manx breed cat named Inkku.jpg) doesn't even qualify as a proper Manx according to some of the breed standards. That, and it does look like a Japanese bobtail to me, as well; several others have pointed this out since (hard to believe) 2007.  Anyway, I have a rumpy; I'll see if any of the pics I have of him so far are WP-worthy. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 10:43, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

text: I've removed the bobtail pic and put a rumpy riser in there, but it is not a high-quality photo.  Better a ho-hum placeholder that is correct than an incorrect pic. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 21:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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message: Someone pasted this into the "External links" section, but it isn't appropriate there (it's not a major resource about Manx cats, the subject of this article, but about a sub-sub-topic, a specific health issue in the health section):
*"Genetic welfare problems of companion animals - Manx Syndrome", at UFAW.org.uk
It should be checked for reliability, and if good should be used inline per WP:CITE as a source for specific facts. This page has massive reliable sourcing issues, and the last thing it needs is more trivia links; it's needs source citations. — SMcCandlish    Talk⇒〈°⌊°〉 Contribs. 00:30, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source on "Manx syndrome" 

message: This source cites its own sources, and we can track down many of those it uses, e.g. on genetics, to improve this article:   — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  10:11, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
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message: kayt cuttagh lit. 'bob-tailed cat' This is very well said I had my stubby tailed cats tested at the UCLA animal lab and the results came back as akin to Manx. Although the origin of the breed from the Isle of man cannot be denied the term Manx could be viewed as descriptive of most 'bob-tailed' breeds and probably should. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Manx_cat&action=edit§ion=new#  — Preceding unsigned comment added by R Dailey0001 (talk • contribs) 17:59, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
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message: Stimpy from Ren & Stimpy is a manx cat 14.203.83.38 (talk) 22:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's a reliable source for that, it could be added under "Fictional Manx cats". But you just asserting it is not a reliable source.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
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