[Mazeman]

"A hypothesis is what you test one way or the other; a theory is what happens what that hypothesis has been tested repeatedly and widely accepted by scientists as true."

You don't say whether these repeated tests need to have proven anything.
Regarding evolution, they certainly haven't proven the creation of any new species.
So in order to go from hypothesis to theory, you need a wide acceptance of scientists, not actual proof. So there's a political element?

[Dimensio]

You don't say whether these repeated tests need to have proven anything.

What would you expect to be proven? Theories in science are never proven.

Regarding evolution, they certainly haven't proven the creation of any new species.

You are incorrect here.

So in order to go from hypothesis to theory, you need a wide acceptance of scientists, not actual proof.

Nothing in science is proven. Theories are either found to be consistent with all observations or falsified through contradictory observations.

So there's a political element?

Not as such. More of a consensus based upon actual testing.

[MeanWestTexan]

"Regarding evolution, they certainly haven't proven the creation of any new species."

There was an example posted yesterday, actually.

Search for "lizard" in the title.