Talk:Spot (Star Trek)

message: From VfD:
* I nominated this for deletion. Though I totally agree that fictional characters from television shows (especially one as seminal as Star Trek) deserve encyclopedic entries, I think that a seperate entry for the pet cat of a character is a bit over the top. I know Star Trek fans are completists and may disagree with me, but I really think that any "vital" information about Data's pet cat should be incorperated into the page about Data. I vote delete (obviously.)
P.S. - I can see that I have entered the link information to the page in question incorrectly but I have no idea why?! Can someone fix this for me? Pacian 09:56, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Spot originally appeared as a Somali cat, but he later became a normal house cat." I'm just wondering exactly what this is supposed to mean/imply, considering that the Somali breed is a "normal house cat." Lachatdelarue (talk) 17:33, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Somali cat reference 

message: I remember one teacher in college who thought his cat was a male, until he took the cat to the vet.  He said the cat appeared and acted like a male.  It was only after the vet made a detailed examination that he discovered the cat was actually a female.  He said he found out that in some rare cases, a cat could appear and act like a member of one sex, but biologically be a member of the other sex.  That might've happened here.
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Why is this article about deletion and not about Spot himself? I came here looking for information about Spot.
Er, is it possible that Spot isn't a Terran cat at all, and in fact may be a Trill symbiosis partner? If so, that might explain the abrupt gender changes...
User:Calibanu15.40, 30 July 2006
:Okay, that's officially the best theory ever. --Masamage 05:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender 

message: I have now twice removed this fact that was added by Walabio that has nothing whatsoever to do with Spot:
Another explanation is that Worf never made it back to his home Universe in Parallels.
Am I missing something? Or is Walabio just being a troll? --HeroicJay (not official user name)
:I think the poster is trying to say that Spot's sex-change is evidence that, in the episode Parallels, Worf ended up returning to a universe that was almost like his own, except with a female Spot instead of a male Spot.  Which, really, is putting way too much thought into things :).  --142.242.2.248 23:45, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Parallel in Worf

message: First, I vote to keep the article.  The fact that we have such along and varied discussion means there is some relevancy and interests in this arcane subject.
Second, anyone know the connection between Data’s cat Spot and  Hong Kong Phooey’s  cat Spot.  Is it merely a coincidence—i. e. Spot usually being a dog’s name?
Señor Cardgage 04:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hong Kong Phooey 

message: Hi,
I played around with a few links.  I'm not happy with the one I've put for "counterbalance" (Equilibrium).  E Pluribus Anthony suggested Equilibrioception instead, but that is to do with the sense of balance, as in how the inner ear works, not so much about the movement of body parts to maintain balance and co-ordination.  I'm still looking for a general link that describes counterbalance in the way a tight-rope walker uses a balancing pole, or a feline or kangaroo uses a tail...  perhaps this link should be removed until a better subject can be found? - Sinewalker 01:43, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey there!  Thanks for the note.  The term movement usually refers to when an organism moves a body part, like me (or Regan MacNeil) turning their head, while holding oneself in place, while locomotion deals with a being moving from point A to point B.  Equilibrioception deals with the overall sense of balance in maintaining anatomical equilibrium, though I must admit that none and all of the terms deal directly with this topic.  Perhaps you should just use your 'gut instinct'? ;)  I hope this helps.  E Pluribus Anthony 08:58, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi again.  As well, I interpret 'cognitive array' to possibly include any nervous or sensory organs conducive to cognition, including (for a cat) the brain, eyes, nose, whiskers, etc.  Nervous system may the apt wiklink in this instance; thoughts?  E Pluribus Anthony 22:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Actually, I believe E Pluribus is incorrect.  Where he used "movement" he meant "locomotion", while where he used "locomotion" he meant "motion."  Just my 2 cents after doing disambig link repair for movement.  Feel free to ignore.  Amalas =^_^= 19:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikifying Ode to Spot 

message: Can we move these to Wikiquote? Gerard Foley 16:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The quotes should probably be copied, not displaced or moved.  Numerous Star Trek (and other) articles contain notable quotes for characters, and help to round out those articles. E Pluribus Anthony 20:47, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: User EngineerScotty removed the quoted Ode to Spot, claiming that it's a copyrighted poem. Is the poem actually copyrighted somewhere as such, or is it merely a portion of a copyrighted teleplay, which surely can be quoted as much as any other exchange from a show, play, or film. For instance, the TOS theme song is quoted in full in that article. Unigolyn 06:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyrighted poem?