Nickname vs Title See Most of the city nicknames are not nicknames they are titles For example Kansas City is titled or dubbed Heart of America and City of Fountains it is nicknamed KC People will use KC frequently in everyday speech as a substitute for Kansas City it is the popular nickname for the city By contrast the term City of Fountains is uncommonly used as a title not a nickname This contradicts with the titles listed under nicknames in the Edmonton articles I have attempted to put real nicknames and remove titles from the Edmonton page However some people take this too personally and get upset about changes made that they don t agree with What is the best way to make these changes