Talk:Newt

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[edit] clarity

The article's syntax makes it unclear which species of newt is the largest; is it Plurodeles or Calotriton? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.253.168.230 (talk) 19:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Having looked it up it's plurodeles. So I've changed the wording, hopefully making it clearer, and added a reference Richerman (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ken Livingstone

The mayor of London. He keeps and breeds newts. It even says so in the article on him. Could he be mentioned in the popular culture section? I'll add it myself if nobody objects, but only after my finals, if I remember...

I think it's a good idea. Then we may have one popular culture item that isn't a fiction novel or a tv show. Cynops 13:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I've done that now and referenced it Richerman (talk) 00:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I think we need more references, there should be some reliable sources to use.-Cynops 18:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newts in popular culture

I don't think the last item on this - "In the interactive fiction game Enchanter by Infocom, there is a spell called "Cleesh" which transforms certain objects into newts. This is also the spell most likely cast at the beginning of Spellbreaker, which is the third game in the Enchanter trilogy." - belongs on a wikipedia page. -Cynops 01:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tadpole with legs?

The second picture really looks like a tadpole with legs. How can you differentiate between these two? Lightblade 23:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tylotriton

Tylotriton is not a European species of Newt. In fact, it does not exist. TyloTOtriton does exist, but it is a strictly Asian taxa.GoEThe 12:16, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Development

There's a sentence in this section that says ......but most species are more picky (see picture on right) but I can't see what the picture has to do with some newts being "picky". Has the picture been changed? Richerman (talk) 00:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I am considering making a request for this article to be semi protected as most of the edits made over the last few months seem to be vandalism. Does anyone else have a view on this? Richerman (talk) 22:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Many articles are vandalized occasionally. Without diffs, this doesn't seem to be specific, repeated, purposeful attacks on the article. ThuranX (talk) 23:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
It will be declined post likely - as pointed out above, there needs to be consistent heavy vandalism from multiple new accounts and IPs with a long history (the page, not the IPs). Wisdom89 (T / C) 02:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah well, I suppose we'll just have to keep reverting it then - it does get rather tedious though. Richerman (talk) 10:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peruvian Newt

I am surprised to not see the amphibian Lesser Spotted Peruvian Newt of the subclass Lissamphibia mentioned on this page.Indubitabler (talk) 22:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

No, and we don't have the one-eyed, two-toed, flying purple people-eater either. That's probably because we weren't born yesterday! Richerman (talk) 23:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Popular Culture

Monty Python and the Holy Grail's "She turned my into a newt!" should probably be in here. As useless and annoying as trivia can be, this is my one contribution. 72.161.250.152 (talk) 01:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

So... your one contribution is "useless and annoying as trivia can be"? No thanks. Please read WP:AVTRIV. ThuranX (talk) 02:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
This was included at one time with a lot of other trivia but it was all removed as the list was getting longer and sillier and didn't serve any useful purpose. Richerman (talk) 16:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)