diff --git a/app/models/site_config.rb b/app/models/site_config.rb
index d45701121..34b67ae3d 100644
--- a/app/models/site_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_config.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class SiteConfig < RailsSettings::Base
   # Community Content
   field :community_name, type: :string, default: ApplicationConfig["COMMUNITY_NAME"] || "New Forem"
   field :community_emoji, type: :string, default: "🌱"
+  # collective_noun and collective_noun_disabled have been added back temporarily for
+  # a data_update script, but will be removed in a future PR!
+  field :collective_noun, type: :string, default: "Community"
+  field :collective_noun_disabled, type: :boolean, default: false
   field :community_description, type: :string
   field :community_member_label, type: :string, default: "user"
   field :tagline, type: :string
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20201228194641_append_collective_noun_to_community_name.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20201228194641_append_collective_noun_to_community_name.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a3b90350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20201228194641_append_collective_noun_to_community_name.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module DataUpdateScripts
+  class AppendCollectiveNounToCommunityName
+    def run
+      return if SiteConfig.collective_noun_disabled || SiteConfig.collective_noun.blank?
+
+      SiteConfig.community_name = "#{SiteConfig.community_name} #{SiteConfig.collective_noun}"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/append_collective_noun_to_community_name_spec.rb b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/append_collective_noun_to_community_name_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..705881d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/append_collective_noun_to_community_name_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+require Rails.root.join(
+  "lib/data_update_scripts/20201228194641_append_collective_noun_to_community_name.rb",
+)
+
+describe DataUpdateScripts::AppendCollectiveNounToCommunityName do
+  context "when collective_noun_disabled is false" do
+    it "appends the collective_noun to the community_name" do
+      allow(SiteConfig).to receive(:collective_noun).and_return("Club")
+      described_class.new.run
+      expect(SiteConfig.collective_noun_disabled).to eq(false)
+      expect(SiteConfig.community_name).to eq("DEV(local) Club")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when collective_noun_disabled is true" do
+    it "does not append the collective_noun to the community_name" do
+      allow(SiteConfig).to receive(:collective_noun_disabled).and_return(true)
+      described_class.new.run
+      expect(SiteConfig.community_name).to eq("DEV(local)")
+    end
+  end
+end