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{{Taxobox
|name=WikiKitten
|fossil_range = <br/>{{fossil_range|{{#expr:{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} - 2003}} / 1000000}}|0|[[2003|Late Nupedian]] (2003)&nbsp;– Recent<br/>Putatively since [[2001|Middle Nupedian]] (2001)|earliest = {{#expr:{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} - 2003}} / 1000000}}}}
|image=Wikipedia-lolcat.jpg
|image_caption=A cheeky WikiKitten editing Wikipedia
| status = LC
| status_system = iucn3.1
|regnum=[[Animal]]ia
|phylum=[[Chordate|Chordata]]
|classis=[[Mammal|Mammalia]]
|ordo=[[Cat|Carnivora]]
|familia=[[Felidae]]
|subfamilia=[[Felinae]] 
|genus='''''Wikifelus'''''
|genus_authority=[[User:Hypergeometric2F1(a,b,c,x)|2F1]], 2007
|species='''''W. wikifelus'''''
|binomial=''Wikifelus wikifelus''
|binomial_authority=[[User:Hypergeometric2F1(a,b,c,x)|2F1]], 2007
|range_map = Wikipedia-logo.png
|range_map_caption = The known range of the WikiKitten is shown in white
}}

A '''WikiKitten''' is an editor whose edits are a little [[Wikipedia:MYSPACE|Myspacey]], and usually has at least ten edits to the mainspace. They strive for recognition, and usually look for friends to help them out. They will normally look for little things to fix while editing, like correcting spelling or replying to talk page posts; their edits escalate from there.

Some WikiKittens need help and attention to become good editors, but most of the time they manage to make it on their own. They are fairly good at fighting off vandals, though they sometimes have trouble discovering them. WikiKittens nearly always act in good faith, though some of the time they don't. When a WikiKitten acting in good faith is mistaken for a vandal, they can get quite sensitive [[WP:No angry mastodons|and will either lash out or retreat into the den]].

WikiKittens who manage to grow up usually develop into either [[Wikipedia:WikiCat|WikiCats]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiPuma|WikiPumas]]. Sometimes they might even develop into [[Wikipedia:WikiGryphon|WikiGryphons]], though this is highly unlikely. They are unlike [[Wikipedia:WikiPuppy|WikiPuppies]] in that the WikiKitten will usually have more edits to the mainspace, might want to work independently without a large friend-group, and will get over kittenhood faster. Nonetheless, they will usually remain friends with their Wikipedian friends as long as they are on Wikipedia.

== Identification ==
If you are a WikiKitten and wish to identify yourself so you are not mistaken for a vandal, feel free to put '''{{Tlu|User:UBX/WikiKitten}}''' on your user page:
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:{{User:UBX/WikiKitten}}
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:If you used to be a WikiKitten but have grown up into something else, put '''{{Tlu|User:UBX/FormerWikiKitten}}''' on your user page:
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:{{User:UBX/FormerWikiKitten}}
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==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:Louis-&-Chanel-taking-a-nap.jpg|Two exhausted WikiKittens after having <s>played with</s> edited an article
File:Cat keyboard.jpg|A WikiKit editing...
File:Wikipedians cat.jpg|...and having a kitnap.
File:Young cat.png|Sometimes, a WikiKitten will try to [[Wikipedia:Talk page stalker|stalk a user's page]], with varying degrees of success.
File:001 kitten.jpg|"Hewwo, r th-th-ther awny awticles down thewe?" Like other new editors, WikiKittens want to help, but can find Wikipedia a [[Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia|big]] [[Haunted house|scary place]].
File:Beagle and sleeping black and white kitty-01.jpg|Some WikiKits do not mind being [[Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user|adopted by an experienced editor]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:WikiCat|WikiCat]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiPuma|WikiPuma]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiPuppy|WikiPuppy]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiGryphon|WikiGryphon]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiTiger|WikiTiger]]

{{WikiFauna}}

[[Category:Modern Wikifauna]]