Talk:Marginated tortoise

Marginated tortoise is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on December 4, 2004.

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Date	Process	Result
November 4, 2004	Featured article candidate	Promoted
March 20, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 28, 2004.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the Marginated Tortoise is the largest European tortoise?

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Richard Mayer[edit]

The original contributor of the German version of this article is Richard Mayer who has written several books on tortoises. He also appears to be the person who identified and categorised the sub species Testudo marginata sarda. -- Solipsist 22:01, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[[WP:FAR|Featured article review}} of December 7, 2005

{{passwith|the addition of references to the German article it was based on, copyediting of the "in captivity" section, considering encyclopedic tone and more explanations and comparisons}}

This version was promoted in November (04), and here's the diff. The changes to the paragraph beginning the primary food for these tortoises are plants from their native Mediterranean region are significant, and that whole paragraph could use some copyediting (the changes made it worse, though the original had a rather unencyclopedic feel to it as well). A number if images have been added; I'm not sure if there are now too many or not. Anyone else have any thoughts on it? Tuf-Kat 06:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very good article. The "In captivity" section could use a little more explanation/comparisons but is good nonetheless. The article has a lot of descriptive language so I consider the abundance of pictures a good thing. I see that the article was created as a translation of the same article in the German Wikipedia. Considering the unorthodox referencing style this translation should probably be noted in the reference section. I also note that this article, while translated from the German site, is not a featured article there....funny that. --maclean25 20:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I have fixed the paragraph I question. I think the images are fine.

Infobox[edit]

Add conservation status? Brandmeister 11:42, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marginated tortoises and protein[edit]

I have two marginated tortoises, and although I don't feed them animal protein that doesn't stop them from getting it. When I move them into their outdoor pen during the summer, one of the first things they do is actively poke their heads around the logs and eat spiders and woodlice. I've also read, but cannot site at the moment, that in the wild they have been known to eat carrion. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.43.47.103 (talk) 00:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Question[edit]

"the lighter colored underside slows the radiation of body heat into the cold ground". How come? Yonidebest 00:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

n/m, I removed it. Yonidebest 22:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]