Board Thread:Policies/@comment-24172144-20141009031834/@comment-1038387-20141009160327

"DC Animated Universe" was a fan-originated name that already existed by the time the wiki was created. We didn't make it up.

In recent years/months/days, we're veering away from fan-crated nicknames. "LSHAU" and "Earth-Teen Titans" would be named "Legion of Super-Heroes TV Series" and "Teen Titans TV Series" if they were created today. Even "Dakotaverse" would probably be "Milestone Universe". Donnerverse, Nolanverse and Burtonverse... would probably have other names too. They're nowhere near as common as DCAU. That's because we focus less on fan nicknames, and more on neutral titles, things people will look for.

SEO is important, and trumps just about every other argument. Things like "CWNU" are crap for SEO. Even "CW New Universe" won't get us high on Google. People look for Iris West in the Flash TV Series? They look for "Iris West Flash TV Series". Not "Iris West CW".