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I want to add an image to this article. Kingofthewetcats (talk) 11:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Which image would you like to add? Could you provide a link to it on Commons? '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 12:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for replying so late, I forgot someone responded to this. here's the image i want to add: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Team_Fortress_2_Engineer_Gameplay.png Kingofthewetcats (talk) 18:48, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: That's a copyright violation on Commons and will be deleted. -- ferret (talk) 19:26, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bestseller or commercial success?

Is this game supposed to be a bestseller and/or commercial success or neither? Why? Thomas Wiencek (talk) 03:22, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Engineer having a robotic arm

I know this will probably be considered very minor, but to my knowledge, the Engineer has a robotic arm that his right glove covers. Should that be added in, and if so, how? Lacon432 (talk) 23:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've not heard of this before, and even if it was true, it'd probably be such a minor in-universe detail that it would not be worth including anyhow. IceWelder [✉] 09:27, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I's called the "Gunslinger", here's a link:

[1] Barcodc (talk) 20:47, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voice actor of Saxton Hale in VSH

From what I know the voice actor for Saxton Hale in VSH is not the official voice actor, as the mode was community made, (I couldn't find a good source other than steam forums mentioning this) 69.171.222.49 (talk) 15:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could we make vectorized versions of RED and BLU's logos?

I've never managed to come across a lot of vector versions of TF2's teams RED & BLU. Could someone be able to whip it up? Barcodc (talk) 20:31, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, someone could; even you could. However, there looks to be little use in an encyclopedic context as neither would be free media and we wouldn't be able to use them on this article per the WP:NFCC. IceWelder [✉] 20:50, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

...oh. Barcodc (talk) 04:25, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]