Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps

... Okay then, first. Brought to my attention by the recent alias request for biodiesel_(artist) -> muzz... The naming policy -- is that staying the same or changing?

The old policy, if I remember correctly, was that the ideal was to use an artist's real name if it was acquirable, as that would be unchanging (99.9% of the time), whereas many artists go through several aliases. The idea being to have the least hassle in setting up aliases for changing artist names, since then each new name could just be aliased back to the real name, instead of shifting aliases again and again whenever a new name is used.

Obviously other places have, ah, different policies. I mean, WikiFur as an example: basically refuses to use real names unless it could be called criminal negligence.

Anyways, your opinion/intended policy on this is what?

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