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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! It should be noted that within the edit summaries for the 2011 College Basketball Invitational, I specifically noted that "It's 'UCF' not 'Central Florida' (Outlined per school and in CBI program)," and further stated that, "Any further change will be considered vandalism." You continued to reverse the edits without supplying an edit summary, and thus without apparent reason. Deeming that this was an unconstructive edit, and being warned that "Any further change will be considered vandalism," I proceeded to warn an anonymous IP user against making "edits [which] appear to constitute vandalism." Unconstructive edits and vandalism by IP users is prevelant on Wikipedia, and warnings are standard in this case.

Now moving onto the issue itself, a discussion on Wikipedia has previously taken place concerning whether to use 'Central Florida' or 'UCF'. First background, in 2007 the University of Central Florida re-branded its athletic programs from being the 'Central Florida Golden Knights' to the 'UCF Knights.' During the time that the UCF article became a good article and the List of University of Central Florida alumni became a featured list, there was a debate over the naming convention. It was decided that UCF should be used. As an established and neutral autopatroller stated, "You wouldn't change "USC Trojans" to "Southern California Trojans", would you?" Further more, "The standard is to use the name used by the university." Articles previous to the change retain 'Central Florida,' whereas newer and current articles utilize UCF.

In addition, the university itself specifically states in its media guide: "UCF, Not Central Florida  Please refer to the University of Central Florida as UCF [...]" This is also mentioned in the Conference USA guide.

As well, the CBI website, CBI tournament bracket and CBI guide all refer to university as UCF, not Central Florida. As for naming convention, there is no other American university which uses the common name "UCF." In addition the naming convention for the University of South Florida is indeed "South Florida." Even though you were personally unfamiliar with the naming convention, you must maintain a neutral point of view. As such, I am reverting your good faith edits to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational article, to reflect the facts above. If you have any further questions regarding the issue or Wikipedia in general, please feel free to ask. --Nemesis63 (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)