Talk:Oscar (therapy cat)

message: The text of this article seems to be heavily plagiarized from the AP news story. Please rewrite or add a plagiarism template. --18.96.0.200 16:11, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sigh... Why don't you report AP for plagiarizing the New England Journal of Medicine? --Camptown 10:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If this is a copyvio then that's a serious problem. Whether or whether not the AP did the same thing to the New England Journal of Medicine is somewhat irrelevant Nil Einne 15:37, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Even if it isn't copyvio, the language needs improving. "last earthly breath"?!? Please. This is an encyclopedia.--134.159.165.7 02:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism 

message: OPPOSE.  If the New England Journal of Medicine considers Oscar and his story worthy of publication, given the numerous submissions from which it has to choose, then Oscar is definitely notable enough for Wikipedia.  Quidam65 03:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Deletion

message: Reasons for the revert of the external link and tone cleanup? -- Jeandré, 2008-06-23t08:52z
:I reverted your edit because you deleted a paragraph based on its tone instead of just rewriting it. It's important to note that the cat will cozy up to the dying, but otherwise stays clear of the living. I don't care about the removal of the external link or the "last earthly breath" line. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 09:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 2008-06-22 revert.

message: What color is Oscar?
Hmmm... I'll see if I can get a refrence.-Warriorscourge (talk) 05:08, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Coat Color

message: I believe this article at least to some degree fails to remain neutral. In the medical explanation section, one would expect to find a discussion of both those who believe in the cat's abilities and those who don't, but the few lines that would deny the cat's ability are quiclky followed by that person supporting the hypothesis that the cat can sense illness. 
e.g. "I suspect he is smelling some chemical released just before dying," says Margie Scherk, a veterinarian in Vancouver, British Columbia and president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners. "Cats can smell a lot of things we can't," she says. "And cats can certainly detect illness."
That is about as close to an oppsing view as this article has and it says "cats can certainly detect illness."--KX36 (talk) 12:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see it; there are a couple explanations for how Oscar could sense people dying.  All of them are sourced.  If you can find articles or other sources that call bullshit, feel free to add them.  The limitation in my mind is that of sources, not of POV.  I doubt you'll find any opposition to sources that criticize Oscar's abilities.  WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 13:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I changed the text according to the real meaning of this referense. There was a mistake with understanding Pitlik's meaning.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.223.54 (talk) 12:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refrense number 9

message: I deleted this section for violation of NPOV and for personal research and advocacy.  Besides a single outside reference and a reference to about.com, the author of this section engages in self-authored polemic about logical fallacies.  The footnotes are mainly citations of Dr. Dosa with whom the section author is debating.  Moreover, a vague reference to about.com does not count as a valid source.  The author obviously is using bogus or circular footnotes to varnish a personal opinion piece/criticism and as such is non-encyclopedic.  "Skeptics" referred to are not cited except the one.   The author's assertion of a claim of "psychic ability" is specious, since no such claim has been made.  In fact the previous section's "Possible explanations" are scientific and quite sufficient.  If the author wishes to have a section like the one deleted, then he/she should provide outside and authoritative arguments, not his/her own. J M Rice (talk) 22:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted "Skeptical explanation" section 

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