The naming of wolves

[ancestral]

If you don't like it don't play it.

Really? Sounds like an argument by dismissal fallacy.

Uh, Twins vs. Yankees?
Twins [are] hot now... But they don't meet each other until the next month.

Perhaps this is deviating slightly off-topic, but… I’m actually a huge Twins fan and in fact I’m going to a game when the Yankees come to Minnesota in August

[tr0ll]

If you don't like it don't play it.

Really? Sounds like an argument by dismissal fallacy.

(edited for clarity) perhaps boru was getting annoyed with negativity

another answer might be "if you don't like the name chosen by the game, right-click on the unit and rename it" although that may mess up scenarios that have hard-coded speciifc unit names.

[Captain_Wrathbow]

although that may mess up scenarios that have hard-coded speciifc unit names.

No, it wouldn't. Unit names are completely independent of unit IDs, the former only displayed to the user, and the latter used for referring to the unit in the code. Even if that weren't the case, the author has the option of marking units as "unrenamable", preventing the user from changing the name.

[pauxlo]

The problem occurs if the unit's name is used in the scenario dialogue, and you don't have such a unit anymore. (Not a technical problem, but confusing for the player.) Thus you (the author) will usually make any unit unrenameable which is used this way.

[Shinobody]

I'm pretty much shocked by people's reactions to putting REFERENCES into campaign. Gosh. Either they complain about referenced works, or insert [acronym=SOMEONE USED THAT NAME HE'LL SURE SUE YOU IF YOU USE IT I MEAN IT]Wesnoth Forums Generic Copyright Remark[/acronym]. Brr.
As for names, maybe Belka and Strelka?
Geri and Freki.
Úlfrsläkt, for Wesnoth references.
Amaterasu, rather as reference to Okami game than to Japanese mythology. (Doesn't seem IMO like very good idea.)
... Or just plain Okami, which has less religious implications.
EDIT: Damn, I forgot Laika, more famous Soviet Space Dog.
Also, maybe include Tropey as wolf's name? TVTropes are quite strong here anyway, so possibly there are poeple who'd get the reference.

[boru]

I'm pretty much shocked by people's reactions to putting REFERENCES into campaign. Gosh. Either they complain about referenced works, or insert [acronym=SOMEONE USED THAT NAME HE'LL SURE SUE YOU IF YOU USE IT I MEAN IT]Wesnoth Forums Generic Copyright Remark[/acronym]. Brr.

Yeah, I live in fear that White Fang himself will show up at my front door with a court summons.

As for names, maybe Belka and Strelka?

Great find, thanks!

Geri and Freki.

I'll add these to the Norse wolves I already have: Huargo, Lyall, Fenrir, Warg.

Úlfrsläkt, for Wesnoth references.

From where? I don't recognize it.

Amaterasu, rather as reference to Okami game than to Japanese mythology. (Doesn't seem IMO like very good idea.)
... Or just plain Okami, which has less religious implications.

Okami sounds good, thanks!

EDIT: Damn, I forgot Laika, more famous Soviet Space Dog.

I got Laika in there already, thank you. She's famous from the People's Cube.

Also, maybe include Tropey as wolf's name? TVTropes are quite strong here anyway, so possibly there are poeple who'd get the reference.

A bit too 21st century for me, thanks.

[Shinobody]

Vaeringjar, kickass faction of Vikings, have Ulfrslakt, chaotic wolf-people as their archers.
But if this isn't so recognisable, then maybe nevermind.