Talk:Flame Thrower

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Requested move

Flame Thrower vs Flamethrower

In-game, this weapon is referred to as the Flame Thrower. -Shine () 15:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Pictogram plus.png Support: -Shine () 15:52, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Weak support: My support for this is a little weaker, as Valve always refer to this as "Flamethrower" everywhere outside of the backpack. -- Pilk (talk) 16:01, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram minus.png Oppose: I much prefer Flamethrower. It's a real-life term that's used in-game and I have never heard anyone refer to it as a Flame thrower. Also, the backpack/items is the ONLY place where it is referred to as such, everywhere else is flamethrower --Firestorm 16:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram minus.png Oppose: Flamethrower works, and it is often reffered to as such. -- Smashman... (ts) 17:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support: While "Flamethrower" is more correct, if Flame Thrower is the in-game name, that is what we should follow. -- Nineaxis Duck Gib.png 17:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I just saw an tip on the loading screen which used "flame thrower", so the backpack name isn't the only place there is the space. -- Nineaxis Duck Gib.png 22:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram minus.png Oppose: Valve refers to this as both the Flamethrower and the Flame Thrower, so this seems a bit unnecessary. Furthermore, as far as I can see, the TF2 community likes to refer to this weapon as the Flamethrower. -The Neotank ( | Talk) User The Neotank Signeotank.gif 22:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram minus.png Oppose: Flame Thrower sounds like fire breathing to me — Wind 01:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support: If we change one weapon to match the in-game spelling, we have to do that for all of them. We can't pick and choose based on if we like it or not. It's inconsistent. -- En Ex (talk) 02:09, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram plus.png Support: I agree with Nineaxis. We have to document what the item name is in-game. The only reason I see the community and Valve using the correct term, is because that is on web pages/forums, so naturally it's not as solid as it is in-game. People likely don't pay attention when writing articles and forum posts, and probably just automatically type flamethrower, whereas other times, they may have made a mistake, or remembered the in-game title. At the end of the day, being a wiki for Team Fortress 2, I think it should be Flame Thrower till the in-game names change to reflect accuracy. The same applies for the other items.-- Benjamuffin Om nom nom! 06:22, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
It might be worth adding a trivia piece regardless of what is chosen. For example: if Flamethrower, "In-game the Flamethrower is titled Flame Thrower, regardless of this being incorrect in reality" and if Flame Thrower, "Though the item is titled Flame Thrower in-game, the correct term is Flamethrower". -- Benjamuffin Om nom nom! 06:26, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Pictogram minus.png Oppose: Basically what Firestorm said.--Nelson340 21:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)