Talk:Riot dog

Louk notable?
Why does this warrant its own article, when a para. could suffice on the greek protests page? its only 2 paras here anyays.Lihaas (talk) 10:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Is Louk Kanellos or not?
The article says that Louk is not to be confused with Kanellos, yet two of the references used to talk about Louk actually talk about Kanellos (refs 2 and 3). Can someone explain this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wawawemn (talk • contribs) 22:27, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Many pages
I now see that a page for a dog Kanellos already exists. Although according to ta nea article 10.5.10 this is another dog called Louk, and not Kanellos, still i suppose the 2 articles could be merged.--Vanakaris (talk) 08:44, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with merging both.--Cerejota (talk) 05:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I would leave the LOUK page and Kanellos page seperate. they are two different dogs, one alive one dead. One will have probable future updates. 92.29.49.187 (talk) 19:22, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Merged.-The Gnome (talk) 21:04, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

How many "Riot Dogs" ?
At first the page implied there is one Riot Dog, then it talked about three of them (and then at the end, with the poem, it even implies that Riot Dog is a general term for dogs that are involved in Greek riots). I gathered there are actually three, so necessarily I had to clarify this in the beginning of the article ("Riot Dog is a term used to describe either of the three (Kanellos, Louk aka Thodoris, and Loukanikos) literal mascot dogs of the protesters of Athens, Greece.")

I don't know so much (yet) about the subject; if someone knows better, and understands that Riot Dog does NOT refer to "any of the three mascot dogs", then please correct me, but also make clear in the article how many dogs there actually are. BTW, it's a very interesting subject, please don't hesitate to work on it more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wawawemn (talk • contribs) 19:35, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I found that there are actually two dogs: Loukanikos (aka Louk or Thodoris) and Kanellos.They look alike but are clearly different. Besides other differences, Kanellos is a few years older, and has died (in something like 2007). Loukanikos (Louk, Thodoris) is still alive. Obviously there were other dogs following Greek riots, but these two are the most famous, and what made the idea of "riot dogs" popular to other countries as well. The name "Riot Dog" though originally was used to refer to the later dog, Loukanikos- so I think we should keep it as such.

I don't have time to fix this article these days, but I will soon if no one else does. If someone disagrees with these things I say, please say so here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wawawemn (talk • contribs) 00:40, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed.-The Gnome (talk) 21:04, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

who is getting kicked?
the names are all messed up — Preceding unsigned comment added by DJLO (talk • contribs) 21:00, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

When did Loukanikos die?
Article says Louk died in May 2014, and there's an associated ref.. But there's now a BBC news story indicating he died in October 2014. Which is correct?--A bit iffy (talk) 21:22, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Need for expanding section on Chilean riot dogs?
Should this article include an exhaustive list of riot dogs, or should a "List of Riot Dogs" article be written? This page as-is makes no mention of dogs such as Chirimoya, Rucio Capucha, Camote, Lobo, Simon, etc. Here's a blog entry (so take it with a grain of salt) that discusses many of them. Perhaps the wiki could use some updating? Talon999 (talk) 04:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC)