Talk:Garfield (character)

message: I was wondering what kind of cat Garfield is. And in this article he is stated as a tabby cat, however he's never looked like any pictures on the page of tabby cat. So is there any mistake? Flora 15:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[tabby cat]]?

message: Yeah seriously, can they understand Garfield?--64.121.37.248 20:35, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You Notice Garfield always speaks in thought bubble while jon speaks in a chatbox. Jon's face expressions change ONLY after he sees what garfield is doing or has done and/or sees the look on garfield's face.Knowledgekid87 11:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not always. Sometimes Garfield's face remains the same but Jon reacts and in 21 Jan 1992 stripe Garfield is thinking something and Jon replies: "I heard that!". There are other inaccuracies: sometimes Garfield knows how to read, sometimes not. --Alex:D (talk) 01:59, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Can they understand the cat?

message: We all know his last name is Arbuckles, but when was it said that his middle name is James? Could someone link to the comic in the Vault where this is said?  --Alice2 00:50, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: James?

message: I am quite sure that Garfield was not voiced by Brian Johnson, James Hetfield, and David Lee Roth in different iterations.Ian October 30, 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.129.113 (talk) 05:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's pretty clearly Frank Welker, this might need protection.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 01:04, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voice actors 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Garfield and Friends.jpg

message: the page makes no mention of Garfield and coffee  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharpyshow (talk • contribs) 21:43, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  coffee 

message: "Garfield was one of the cartoon characters featured in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, although he was the only character to be used without the permission of his creator."  I find this phrasing problematic, as I am sure the creator of Winnie the Pooh (who died in 1956) did not give his permission, and neither did the creators of Huey, Dewey, and Louie (who died in 1968 and 1969, respectively).  I'm not sure how to re-write this while keeping the same meaning, but suggest possibly "although he was used without Jim Davis' permission" instead.  93.173.171.127 (talk) 10:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I find the very assertion almost impossible to believe.  Paws, Inc. has handled Garfield licensing since the early '80s, and that's directly controlled by Jim Davis.  The thought that Garfield could appear without his approval makes virtually no sense.  Powers T 17:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cartoon All-Stars

message: "Garfield's age is noted as the same as the strip, even though at this point he is far older than the average or even longest noted life span of a cat. Currently, 32 Years old." This is incorrect, according to the Guiness World Records as of 2004 the oldest cat ever was 37 at death.66.41.44.102 (talk) 14:40, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  World's Oldest Cat 

message: I think Jim Davis has been shifting Garfield favorite food from Lasagna to Pizza. Recent strips seem to support this Ztyran (talk) 13:38, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, because I think from what I can tell from a source Jim should've made Garfield's favorite food be pizza because it's easier to draw. --180.72.66.61 (talk) 06:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garfield Favorite Food 

message: Given that he is not assigned one on this page I am curious, has he ever been called "Garfield Arbuckle" after his owner or "Garfield Cat" after his species? Or maybe something to indicate it indirectly like him being referred to as "a member of the Arbuckle family" or something like that? 174.92.135.167 (talk) 04:14, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I distinctly remember reading a strip where a human (I think Jon) calls him "Garfield Arbuckle" but I can't find it because Garfield.com's search engine is hard to use. AnAwesomeArticleEditor (talk) 14:21, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Surname

message: There is an edit war going on currently about Garfield's gender. There's a quote from a Mental Floss piece being used to support none; there's no source cited there for male.
It seems to me there are three options:
#List its gender as none, citing Mental Floss
#List his gender as male, either citing a source in the infobox or with a source cited elsewhere in the article
#Omit his gender entirely
Option 1 might entail pronoun changes throughout the article.
What I would like to see is discussion here about which option is best supported by sources and best complies with WP policy. Edit summaries are not a substitute for talk-page discussion. I would prefer to have the discussion move here naturally, but if I need to enforce it by reverting it to the last version before the edit war started and protecting the article, I'm prepared to do so. —C.Fred (talk) 15:36, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Much like Otis Elevators, steam engines are an undeniable classic, representing the heart and soul that made transportation great. To say otherwise stinks of Gulanism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:92D6:288D:B759:DA57:82E8:909A (talk) 22:44, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

text: This edit war is so ridiculous it's shown up on Heat Street and Reddit; probably more sites than that even.  HalfGig talk 22:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This edit war is so ridiculous it's shown up on a tedious troll journal and a site anyone can submit anything to. 82.31.7.40 (talk) 21:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender 

message: Need we really list Arlene under the "spouse" category of the infobox? --Milowent • hasspoken 18:05, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Where does the Muslim bit come from?   HalfGig talk 13:44, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  This edit  - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 14:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  according to this  looks like you could make the argument that they are married.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjackokcajm (talk • contribs) 21:16, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: *Citing a fandom wiki,Mjackokcajm?  We cannot countenance that!  In any event, I checked the Infobox template and "significant other" is an option, so I've changed it from spouse to that, now that Jim Davis has confirmed that Arlene is his girlfriend, thus eliminating the question of whether a legitimate or illegitimate cat marriage ever occurred.--Milowent • hasspoken 15:55, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forget about his gender and alleged Muslim faith ... Garfield is not married 

message: The Great Garfield Gender Wikipedia War of 2017 is in the news:
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I don't know how to put the "Wikipedia in the news" thing in this page's header, so if somebody does, please do so.  ~Thx, 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:8CE:FA2E:32C2:3DF4 (talk) 21:40, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: To clarify:  I'm not referring to the In the news on Wikipedia (i.e: ); rather, when a Wikipedia article itself appears in a news article (as above), there is a notice on that talk page's header.  2606:A000:4C0C:E200:8CE:FA2E:32C2:3DF4 (talk) 00:45, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done (without noticing this section before doing so). (t) Josve05a (c) 03:14, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: See my  22:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

text: Thanks.  For future reference, the template is  --[op]:2606:A000:4C0C:E200:2091:566E:356D:55EB (talk) 03:09, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In the news" 

message: Jim Davis said Garfield is male: in Washington Post: "“Garfield is male,” Davis told The Washington Post on Tuesday. “He has a girlfriend, Arlene.”"   HalfGig talk 12:55, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Jim Davis says Garfield is male

message: Change X to Y because no info about Garfield's appearance is shown. "He has four toes on each foot..."www.nickjr.com 98.24.238.45 (talk) 18:09, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Find some reliable sources that talk about his appearance if you like, but twitter and the site itself won't do. Please check WP:OR :) - ChrisWar666 (talk) 18:51, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't revert this edit. 98.24.238.45 (talk) 23:36, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2019 

message: (Prodded by a discussion on the forum for Square Root of Minus Garfield.)
Since 18 January 2009, this article has contained the sentence "Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis, who was named after President James A. Garfield." However, the last part of this claim was seemingly added based on the anonymous editor's logical leap, and does not seem to exist in the reference.
Later on 18 April 2016 another anonymous editor removed the reference. I have restored it with an updated URL, and removed the unsourced claim.
--Ørjan (talk) 01:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name section 

message: hello! I've sent this message asking if you could change Garfield's gender to none as Jim Davis wants Garfield to be universal so that the readers can believe he lives next door, or in Stockholm, Sweden here are my resources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59797/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-garfield
under #4 with the image of where Jim Davis states "Garfield is universal" Blastdonger678 (talk) 19:12, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Please see the above discussions about this, and seek consensus for this change. Thanks! aboideausapere aude 19:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2020 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion 

message: would like to add information from the French animated show. Otsu Katuga (talk) 19:45, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2022 

message: Amogusussyboi (talk) 04:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. - FlightTime (open channel) 05:29, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2022 

message: Has Jim Davis ever confirmed that Bill is Garfield's son? A FB comic by Berkeley Breathed cannot be the confirmation source for this. Jim Davis has to confirm it himself elsewhere. If Davis has not, then Bill should not be listed as a family member. 199.36.73.229 (talk) 21:40, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill the Cat as son 

message: under "gender", the quoted mental floss article never has an ending quote mark. page is locked due to vandalism so am unable to correct this. 2A00:23C7:CA94:FB01:A8A9:4D8D:96E6:AB9E (talk) 12:37, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I also put Mental Floss magazine's title into italics. —C.Fred (talk) 13:38, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  grammar mistake in article 

message: Since Juile Payne voice acted Garfield in one scene in the Garfield and Friends episode "Mistake Will Happen", the voice actor section should include her, similarly to how Daffy Duck's voice actor segment includes Richard Bickenback for voice acting him in one scene in Hollywood Daffy.https://garfield.fandom.com/wiki/Mistakes_Will_Happen 148.75.240.180 (talk) 03:13, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Fandom is user generated and does not qualify as a reliable source. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 03:26, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2023