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http://www.olympic.org/Assets/OSC%20Section/pdf/QR_3E.pdf

violet/riga _^[talk] 21:44, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2014 Olympics

The row about the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia appears to have the designers of the mascots listed in the character section. The designers section of that row is blank. Should I make the correction? Bfotino (talk) 22:37, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Goku?

I heard that Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z was named the ambassador for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Does this count as the mascot for the 2020 Summer Olympics?Johnny Brockman (talk) 08:23, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is unconfirmed, so I would hold back until we get official word. Retroity (talk) 23:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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First Official Mascot

There seems to be a contradiction over what the first official mascot was. Either it was:

Smoky, a Scottish terrier, 1932 or
Waldi, a dachshund, 1972.

Two sources are given for the 1932 mascot, one a blog,^[1] the other a Time magazine article,^[2] but the official Olympic site claims the first was in 1972.^[3] Is there any other source material supporting either side? Relspas (talk) 23:09, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Smoky, Official Olympic Mascot in 1932". All About Canadian History. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "Those Loony Olympic Mascots". Time Magazine. IOC OLYMPIC MUSEUM / ALLSPORT / GETTY IMAGES. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "History of Olympic Mascots 1968–2014 – Photos & Origins". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

General knowledge

Link the following mascots with the Olympics games 2409:4043:2284:A404:0:0:1B33:F8AD (talk) 08:25, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Beijing 2022

I participated in this and picked a Chinese lantern child and painted him as me!;) 86.9.162.90 (talk) 18:40, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion

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The result of this discussion was don't merge. Di (they-them) (talk) 01:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I propose merging List of Olympic mascots and List of Paralympic mascots. I think that it might be best to have a single page for all the IOC mascots, perhaps renaming the page into List of Olympic and Paralympic mascots. That way, the page can be expanded and also include mascots of the Special Olympics World Games and the Deaf Olympics, which are IOC-recognized events. I also think it would be most convenient for readers to see all of them in one page. Any thoughts? Di (they-them) (talk) 20:29, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Sounds like you want to start an article named "List of multisports event mascots." All the events you mentioned are different; different bodies govern the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. It is true that during the last few games, the mascots go together, but that is still not a reason to marge all these articles into one long list. Nimrodbr (talk) 11:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As someone who archives mascot content, i like the idea. However, i don't really think that Special Olympic mascots should be included, but i'll accept. Also, next years' inaugural Olympic Esports Games might have a mascot, so if it has one, you should put it further.

Greetings! Chopi-Dzint (talk) 16:32, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it makes sense to merge the Olympics and Paralympics, since the mascots are often unveiled together/are related to each other. Though I'd draw the line at Special Olympics and Deaf Olympics since they aren't linked to the Olympics/Paralympics at all mascot-wise (and aren't as notable events). JSwift49 15:07, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the contrary, I did a search and didn't find any other articles starting with "List of Olympic and Paralympic". So if that's the case, and consistency matters (since they are separate events) it might be better to keep the lists separate. The Youth Olympics would also make this list quite long. I see both sides JSwift49 15:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Why?

Why are you removing Morley? Like, he's official and he needs to be there!

I don't understand this! - Chopi Chopi-Dzint (talk) 10:45, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You need to provide a source. We can't just put something without proof. Di (they-them) (talk) 11:54, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Smoky, Official Olympic Mascot in 1932". All About Canadian History. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[2] "Those Loony Olympic Mascots". Time Magazine. IOC OLYMPIC MUSEUM / ALLSPORT / GETTY IMAGES. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[:0-3] "History of Olympic Mascots 1968–2014 – Photos & Origins". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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