Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Birthday

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— The Soldier

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The Wiki Birthday Update, or Happy Birthday Our Dear Wiki, was a four-day unofficial Team Fortress 2 update released on June 30, 2011.

The official Team Fortress Wiki was born on June 30, 2010, so we celebrated our first year of life with an extravagant event! In its short year alive, the Team Fortress Wiki has reached many impressive milestones including: 15,527 articles, 23,374 uploaded files, 15,007 registered users, and 673,570 edits overall.

Creators

Nero123 - some hats, design
Aperture AI - pages' makeup, hats
Gl0BuZ - site header
En Ex - English texts
Cappy - names of items, original texts
Valve - Team Fortress 2, the Hatless Update page

...and all of the wiki users for their contribution to this grandious project.

Wiki Cap

The Wiki Cap is the dream hat for thousands of users on the official Team Fortress Wiki. Ours is probably the only wiki that rewards its users with such a coveted prize. As you may have guessed, statistics show that 99% of users edit this wiki's pages for the sole purpose of obtaining the Wiki Cap. Such a desirable, exclusive, and fashionable prize does not come easy, however...

Day 1

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ONE YEAR AGO...

...the Official Team Fortress Wiki was opened for everybody!

What started as a small, yet ambitious, community-run project has since evolved into a huge, Valve-sponsored effort to be the biggest and best source of information on the Team Fortress series in existence.

Since June 30, 2010, the steadfast editors, translators, and staff of the Wiki have bonded together to form a strong group of individuals dedicated to continuously updating and improving the information available on the Wiki.

Really, can anyone remember a day without edits? Without chatter about the latest TF2 developments, translations of popular pages, discussions about new ideas, and the like?

Nope.

Each and every day, the community at the Official Team Fortress Wiki works to make itself bigger, better, and more robust for the benefit of the entire Team Fortress community.

— Preface blurb

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Firgrim

The Firgrim is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Pyro. It appears as a pilgrim's hat with a black belt. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Pyro's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Trendy Bastard

The Trendy Bastard is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Demoman. It appears as a big, black hat with a white belt. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Demoman's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Fearless Joseph

The Fearless Joseph is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Sniper. It appears as a cream-colored fedora hat similar to that worn by Indiana Jones. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Sniper's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Convincing Cover

The Convincing Cover is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Spy. It appears as a gray derby hat with a black belt. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Spy's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Day 2

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The Drink'n'Cream Day!

— Preface blurb

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Official™ Team Fortress Energy Drink

The Official™ Team Fortress Energy Drink is a downloadable drink can model replacement for the Scout. It appears as a creamy-colored can with the logo of the Team Fortress Wiki on it.

It can be downloaded here to replace either Bonk! Atomic Punch or Crit-a-Cola.

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Outrunner

The Outrunner is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Scout. It appears as a team-colored headband with the Bonk company logo badge and an "Official Team Fortress Wiki" badge pinned on it.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Scout's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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I'Screem

The I'Screem is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Heavy. It appears as a paper hat, traditionally worn by ice cream men and at doughnut stores. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Heavy's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Day 3

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INTRUDER ALERT

HACKER

AT THE MP

— Preface blurb

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Hatless Day birthday comic

The Hatless Day birthday comic uses screencaps from Meet the Spy to tell a brand new and enthralling story that follows a number of certain wiki editors on their mission to find and stop a nefarious hacker!

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Day 4

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The party is over. Also, lookin' for RJ on this page.

— Preface blurb

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Battered Turtle Helmet

The Battered Turtle Helmet is a downloadable drink can model replacement for the Soldier. It appears as a battered, green helmet. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Soldier's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Sterile Cap

The Sterile Cap is a downloadable headwear model replacement for the Medic. It appears as a team-colored medical scrub hat. A paintable version is included in the download.

It can be downloaded here to replace your Medic's hat of choice, including some all-class hats.

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Trivia

88 users from the official Team Fortress Wiki say that spending hours of blood, sweat, and revisions is worth it in order to get the Wiki Cap.
The description of the Firgrim states "Rand Co. guarantees this hat will cause your enemy to quake like a hatless Irishman, or your money back." A following annotation says that no refunds are permitted.
The description of the Fearless Joseph claims it to be the "Holy Grail", although an annotation found below says that is not the actual "Holy Grail".
The description of the Convincing Cover claims "With the Convincing Cover (from Rand Co.), your enemies will never be able to find you using the SpyXposer 3000, the latest in anti-cover technology from Rand Co.!" This is followed by an annotation that says, "This hat's cover functionality has not been tested by Rand Co., who assumes no liability in the event of the hat not actually providing the user cover."
Clicking the word "Nope" found amongst the Day 1 page will redirect you to the infamous Nope.avi video.
RJackson's personal logo can be found above the "Wallpapers and Steam-Avatars" banner on the Day 4 page.