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Why are some set names being incorrectly renamed? Is it from the IRs? Just because some price guides may use incorrect or generic names, we should be using he correct names. The set names are clearly marked on the card backs and packages. An example is a set currently named "1972-73 Williams Swedish Ishockey" https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/153195/1972-73-Williams-Swedish-Ishockey The set was previously named "1972-73 Swedish Williams Hockey 72/73" as shown on the back of the card.  The packaging and card backs read "Hockey 72/73". The word "Ishockey is nowhere. 

I recently saw changes being made in set names that I had no clue why they were being made. I resolved to give up the fight. Some simply think they know everything and better than the rest of us.

The way European sets are named is very incosistant. A lot of the names derive from Beckett or other North American sources from the past that would tend to identify the country of origin and/or translate the name, while others just use the actual name of the product. That particular one is an odd one since the actual product appears to use "hockey" instead of the Swedish "ishockey".

Check the change logs and contact the member(s) who have made the changes. Also check the Inaccuracy Reports tab on the Change log page to see if those changes were requested by another member. If not, then it was completely the person who made the changes.

You don't repeat the year(s) in the set names if they're for the same year(s); the year(s) come first.
"1972-73 Swedish Williams Hockey" not "1972-73 Swedish Williams Hockey 72/73".  "72/73" is just another way of writing "1972-73"

And isn't the name of the company "Williams Förlags (Williams Publishing)" not "Swedish Williams". When we indicate a country of release or printed language we put it on the end in parentheses. I belileve the correct way to name this set is "1972-73 Williams Hockey (Swedish)".

I disagree. "1973-74" is the year or season the set was issued. "Swedish" is added to distinguish non-North American set. "Williams" is the short form for the manufacturer Williams Forlags AB. "Hockey 72/73" is the name of the product as provided by the manufacturer. Not all cards depicting content from a particular season, were released during that season. For that reason, I believe that the name should include the "72/73" as shown on original packaging. 

Often the variations can be due to different individuals posting.

My original point was that sets were being "renamed" from what was shown on the packaging to more generic names used in other guides. I spent effort at one time to bring some consistency to the set names using the product names as shown on cards and packaging, and some have been renamed. Before I "fix" the names again, I was trying to determine if I should bother.