Talk:UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball
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The request to rename this article to UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball has been carried out.
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– Consistency with UT Martin Skyhawks, the way the University of Tennessee at Martin self-identifies for athletics. Arbor to SJ (talk) 16:49, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
- Support Per common usage. As far as I can see, no real reason not to. 2010 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks football team, 2011 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks football team, 2012–13 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, and the family of Category:Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks should all be moved as well. Ejgreen77 (talk) 18:30, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose Per common usage. ESPN the worldwide leader, USA Today, and Sporting News all use Tennessee–Martin. Also, UT can be confused with the University of Texas similar to UT Arlington. I think the entire family should use Tennessee–Martin. -AllisonFoley (talk) 18:52, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
- Weak Oppose - The direction at WP:CBBALL has been to use the self-identifying names where they are clear (e.g. USC, LSU, BYU, etc.) but this case has conflicting usage as pointed out by User:AllisonFoley. I think we should wait until the abbreviated name is fully in the public eye (in other words, adopted by most reputable news services as acceptable usage). To me there is a big drop in brand awareness from "USC" to "UT Martin." Part of the point is clarity, and I'm not sure that would be achieved by this move. I am not hard over on this opinion, though. Rikster2 (talk) 20:04, 30 October 2013 (UTC)