Talk:Wolpertinger

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Being from germany I can tell you that this is a FUN TOY and absolutely fictional. Its is made as a tourist present, most commonly in south germany, swiss and austria, and has nothing to do with sick rabbits whatsoever. --Ollj 18:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

So if it's just a toy, where'd the picture come from... Duh-Doo-duh-DUNNNN...

Unnecessary Line

"Jagex enjoys playing with words. Here, this staff member has used the line, "hear it coming in the air tonight" which is from Phil Collins' song, In the Air Tonight."

The original quote itself has questionable relevance to the article (and is also unsourced). This particular line, however, seems entirely unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.241.17.32 (talk) 16:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Dürer Painting

The rabbit picture is by the famous German painter Albrecht Dürer, but of course it's manipulated. Should this information perhaps be added to the description of the image? --Flowi 15:04, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that, too, and decided to include the original painting. It's public domain now but still courteous to show the original work.

--User:anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.172.8.11 (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

What does this RuneScape crap have to do with this page, so if any other MMORPG adds a 'animal' or whatever, ie. A tiger. I go and spam the page with "OMG X MMORPG HAS ADDED A TIGER!!!11! on 1st of"

--Phil2611 16:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC) Well, you see it has to do with more than just an animal, that's why it's there with the game.

Zamonia

The Zamonia bit isn't entirely accurate: The creatures in that book (part deer, part dog) were called "Wolpertings," not "Wolpertingers." It's clearly derivative, but not quite the same. —Qit el-Remel (talk • contribs) 02:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

In the original German version, they are called "Wolpertinger". A deliberate change or a mistake by the translator? Anke (talk) 04:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Numerous WoW information tidbits

Some of the information there is actually interesting. such as the oktoberfest information. However the rest of it just makes the article a tad annoyin. If german students, german tourists, or anyone interested in Germany & it's culture was browsing the article, I'm sure they'd want something on the wolpertinger, rather than how to obtain it in Wow, what it's level is, and what it can do. This should be removed. But yeah, the oktoberfest stuff was interesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.200.203.80 (talk) 10:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Crisensus bavaricus

Rilly? Mythical beasties have binomials? Where'd this one come from? Are there more? Can anybody add some explainy or insert a ref? ...or is it bullplop?  • Lainagier • talk • 12:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Infobox

The infobox was removed, saying that it was "problematic" and "didn't offer anything". The remover also said that it "was influenced by cryptozoology". Would someone like to give me an example of how, in its most recent state before removal, it was problematic and influenced by cryptozoology? öBrambleberry_{_ meow _ watch me in action} 00:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

References

I just spotted this and had to look up whether it was a "real hoax" or a "hoax hoax". I found some possible candidates for references. I don't speak German so I'm relying on Google Translate and I can't reliably tell if all are any good:

• https://www.thelocal.de/20171006/beware-the-wolpertinger-bavarias-legendary-hybrid-creature (English)
• http://www.bayern-lese.de/index.php?article_id=453 (German, sarcastic)
• http://www.jagd-fischerei-museum.de/ausstellungs-archiv/mit-dem-wolpertinger-leben/ (German, sarcastic)
• https://www.gmx.net/magazine/wissen/entstand-fabelfigur-wolpertingers-14208616 (German)

--DanielRigal (talk) 12:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for finding these sources and initiating a discussion. Since this article is very much in need of sources, I encourage you to add the highest quality one(s), and perhaps other editors can then improve on those. As always on Wikipedia, the more accurate and the higher the reliability of the source the better. (In my personal opinion, that goes double in the case of a mythological being.) Use your best judgment--under the Wikipedia guidelines (including WP:IS and WP:RS)--regarding the sources. Then be bold. Again, thanks for your interest in this and for contributing. -T2. Timbuk-2 (talk) 20:09, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Diaspora

In German settled regions of the United States of America does the folklore transferas part of the culture? Will I find stories of Worpletingers in Southern Indiana? 2601:801:202:3CB0:B177:ED5E:D953:CB40 (talk) 04:23, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Winged jackalope depiction

There seems to be some confusion about what a wolpertinger actually is. The article says it can be any combination of animal parts, but also has a line comparing it specifically to jackalope and skvaders (and is in the category mythological rabbits and hares), and the main image for the article is an edit of a rabbit painting to make it look like this winged jackalope concept (without the mentioned "body of a squirrel" part). The choice of that image is strange as well; most mythical creatures I've seen either use older artwork of the creature, or a newer piece made specifically for Wikipedia if it's too recent for the former. This edit of an older painting is one of the only instances of this I've ever seen. Looking at the gallery on Commons, all of the authentic images show ones made from a variety of scrambled animals, with the only one even looking like a rabbit being an 1836 drawing that lacks the wings and teeth.

I'm saying this because, from what I've seen at least, people seem to have an impression that wolpertingers are essentially just a winged jackalope. I don't know the German sources, so I have no idea what the truth is, but the general view seems contrary to what this article says. If it can be either any combination or specifically a winged horned rabbit depending on the region, that should be specified better. Unfortunately I don't think any of the three citations used on this page are very good or reliable (one is just an unrelated article that has the word wolpertinger in it, which it claims is the same as a jackalope). Additionally I think the young hare painting should be replaced with a more authentic image. --Ringtail Raider (talk) 11:24, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

I agree with you but actually the most common Wolpertinger I have seen here in germany is actually the hare with deer horns. I don't know why but it seems to be the most popular one. 82.119.171.110 (talk) 08:25, 14 December 2023 (UTC)