Thread:MilkMC/@comment-25682031-20170317043156/@comment-27219153-20170317050947

No need to apologize, it really isn't advertised anywhere so there was no way for you to know about it.

There are several reasons that a server may use a name of their choosing.
 * Not doing so, would prevent 'legitimate' name changes (ones not made solely to get a higher spot on the list). There really is no way to determine whether its 'legitimate' or not, so even if it was decided by wiki mods or admins, there could still be a great deal of bias involved and seen as unfair to many.
 * New servers come along all the time, and they are generally aware of the order of the list and name their server to get the spot they want. I feel it would be unfair to older servers if they weren't allowed to change their name to get the spot they want as well.
 * If servers had to stick with their initial name, we would likely get many servers 'closing' and 're-opening' with a different name to get around the system. And again this can't be enforced well.

I don't like that servers choose their name specifically to get a higher spot on the list, but it is what it is. There has been talk of randomizing the order to avoid these kinds of conflicts. I would like to see such a system implemented, although I'm not sure how to without creating at least one template for every server that exists. This would significantly increase page load time.