Talk:Flame Thrower

Requested move

Flame Thrower vs Flamethrower

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

 Support: -Shine () 15:52, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

 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)

 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)

 Oppose: Flamethrower works, and it is often reffered to as such. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 17:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

 Support: While "Flamethrower" is more correct, if Flame Thrower is the in-game name, that is what we should follow. -- Nineaxis 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 22:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

 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) 22:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

 Oppose: Flame Thrower sounds like fire breathing to me — Wind 01:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

 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)

 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 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 06:26, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

 Oppose: Basically what Firest orm said.--Nelson340 21:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

 Oppose: Sounds strange. And it is a Flamethrower, not a Flame Thrower. --Picard lm(de) 14:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

 Oppose: Flame Thrower looks bizzare. One exception should not be the defined rule. Noizeblaze 17:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

 Comment: How about having the article name be Flame_Thrower, but with DISPLAYTITLE Flamethrower? That way it's consistent URL-wise (works with item ID redirection script without redirects) but still displays the correct name for a weapon that spews flame — Wind 17:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

This is an excellent point... same with SMG maybe? -- Pilk _(talk) 18:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I think that's a bad idea. I've never been been a fan of DISPLAYTITLE. It definitely should not ads used on English pages. It'll just confuse the users. -- Smashman... _{(t • s)} 18:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)