Perfect Game Changes Louisiana Logo to Ragin' Cajuns

[CajunRebel]

HoustonCajun is correct.

The biggest obstacle to our university's athletic teams being known as LOUISIANA is our failed branding policy.

No, the biggest obstacle is the fact that our university is legally required to NOT use LOUISIANA or UL, which makes it next to impossible to brand anything LOUISIANA or UL.

[CajunNation]

No, the biggest obstacle is the fact that our university is legally required to NOT use LOUISIANA or UL, which makes it next to impossible to brand anything LOUISIANA or UL.

It is NOT illegal to brand ourselves as Louisiana.

[Turbine]

Myself and others have been fighting this battle for a few years now. There have been numerous behind-the-scenes discussions on what to call us on Wikipedia. The "consensus" is always that we should be called Louisiana-Lafayette. That's why this guy calls a change to Louisiana vandalism. It's been edited to Louisiana probably hundreds of times. Every time it gets edited right back to Louisiana-Lafayette.

We're fighting a losing battle here just like everywhere else.

Very interesting. That discussion seems to have been about "Page Title" which is not currently being challenged.

The TreyDavis3 character is editing out factual information from the body. Including a simple link to what the school calls its athletic programs today, while inserting what the school called its athletic program in the 1960's and prior.

This is what he called vandalism:

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (often abbreviated to Cajuns) is the official nickname [1] given to the sports teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The university is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA Division I (NCAA)|Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams.

[Turbine]

No, the biggest obstacle is the fact that our university is legally required to NOT use LOUISIANA ...

Help! t h i n   a i r I'm gasping.

Well at least I know where you pulled that out of.

[CajunRebel]

It is NOT illegal to brand ourselves as Louisiana.

True, it is perfectly legal to call ourselves the Louisiana-Lafayete Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

[CajunRage]

It is NOT illegal to brand ourselves as Louisiana.

Stop the Cajun field construction! Cut hudspeth, marlin, tony and lotief's pay! We need to focus all of our resources on branding ourselves as LOUISIANA!

You want a new branding campaign? Write the damn check. I'd rather my money going to paying quality coaches and improving facilities. Just remember, you'll have to put enough zeroes to buy off the cronies in BR.

[CajunRebel]

Very interesting. That discussion seems to have been about "Page Title" which is not currently being challenged.

The TreyDavis3 character is editing out factual information from the body. Including a simple link to what the school calls its athletic programs today, while inserting what the school called its athletic program in the 1960's and prior.

This is what he called vandalism:

Hmm, that's interesting. That shouldn't happen.

I wish I knew more about how wikipedia worked and how we could work the system to get this changed. I wonder if it would be possible to initiate a new "requested move" to Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and work together to build a consensus for it?

[CajunAlum10]

I just went and edited wikipedia. No big deal. Easy to do, anyone can do it. I left the Title at the top as Louisiana-Lafayette just to suffice people trying to search for us. But everything else on the page now has Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

If it doesn't last long, hey, I tried.

I edited the opening paragraph to read: "The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, at that time known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, was the first to adopt the nickname "Ragin' Cajuns," using it initially in the 1960s to refer to its football team. The University now brands itself athletically as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns."

[cajunhawk]

Lots of "not caring" going on with the wikipedia page. I'm amazed it actually bugs people that we want to call ourselves a certain name. And people wonder why so many of us are overflowing with vitriol towards other state schools.

[HoustonCajun]

True, it is perfectly legal to call ourselves the Louisiana-Lafayete Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

Check out our athletic website. Athletically, we are LOUISIANA. Louisiana is legal and it is our athletic brand. It appears only our marketing dept. is screwing up how we get that message out. Athletics certainly is doing it right. Why do you think we have LOUISIANA on our jerseys, stadiums and fields? We can certainly enjoy all the positive things that are going on while still fighting for our rightful name, LOUISIANA. Pointing out where problems exist can lead to resolving the problem. We need to connect Ragin Cajuns with LOUISIANA. Every website is different. Some use it with LOUISIANA and some use it with Louisiana Lafayette. There is no consistency anywhere with our name, partly because there is no consistency coming out of the university marketing vs. athletics. Simply pointing out an issue with our name that could possibly lead to correcting it should not offend anyone. This website led to identifying Wikepedia errors.

[Turbine]

True, it is perfectly legal to call ourselves the Louisiana-Lafayete Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

I know you are bring facetious.

"Legal" can take many tangents.

The easiest tangent is just "Louisiana"

ps the hyphen is illegal.

[RedTails]

Would have never thought there would be a secret Wikipedia war going on. Just change the logo to the Louisiana|Ragin' Cajuns one.