Look at it as a safeguarding measure.
I suppose AT's view is dat SRC doesnt wants to be seen as promoting a certain LFS,due to the presence of our sponsors. at the same time, posting the full name of the LFS when making negative comments abt them or bad mouthing them might lead to some legal action.
BY not posting the full name of the LFS, or by editing away the full name of the LFS, SRC abolish away all legal implications it has with the post, or the one who made the post.
thus to avoid all these unpleasant incidents from happening, and to safeguard your own backside, just continue to use *** to replace certain alphabets of the LFS.
Disclaimer : This is solely my own view and has nothing to do with AT or SRC.