Aliasing onta → doxy
Link to alias

Reason:

How is this not already aliased??

Are.. are they different people? I mean, I dunno about them, but a cursory look seems to suggest they're two different people. They've got two different twitters and stuff... and different tumblrs. from an knowledgeable perspective, this LOOKS like two people who work really really closely together?

I mean, I guess they could be the same person who keeps art topics or whatever separated? (like how some artists used to have pony and non-pony accounts a few years ago)

SnowWolf said:
Are.. are they different people? I mean, I dunno about them, but a cursory look seems to suggest they're two different people. They've got two different twitters and stuff... and different tumblrs. from an knowledgeable perspective, this LOOKS like two people who work really really closely together?

I mean, I guess they could be the same person who keeps art topics or whatever separated? (like how some artists used to have pony and non-pony accounts a few years ago)

the "my patreon" link on onta's FA leads to doxy's patreon acco so. im pretty sure that its same person with two artist names

Commander_Eggplant said:
the "my patreon" link on onta's FA leads to doxy's patreon acco so. im pretty sure that its same person with two artist names

Well...

*insert montage of research and comparison-and-contrast between the different social media accounts, activity analysis and creepy levels of investigation.*

Oh.

Onta posted, on FA, 3 years ago...
I seeked to redefine myself again under a new name (Doxy for those interested)

Oh.

Well then, that settles it. :D (for the curious, he created Doxy because he was feeling restricted by the art he was creating as Onta, and it gave him the freedom to explore new ideas.)

The real question is... does he prefer Onta or Doxy? ... I'd be inclined to support 'doxy' since that's the name used on most of the Patreons, but "onta" is a pretty famous name too, by the look of it.

What if Onta and Doxy both alias to something like onta_and_doxy, doxy_and_onta, or onta/doxy? Prevent confusion for people trying to tag Onta only to have it replaced with what might be considered a separate artist's name (especially as they appear to be different people at a casual glance to social media.)

Just a thought!

SnowWolf said:
The real question is... does he prefer Onta or Doxy? ... I'd be inclined to support 'doxy' since that's the name used on most of the Patreons, but "onta" is a pretty famous name too, by the look of it.

What if Onta and Doxy both alias to something like onta_and_doxy, doxy_and_onta, or onta/doxy? Prevent confusion for people trying to tag Onta only to have it replaced with what might be considered a separate artist's name (especially as they appear to be different people at a casual glance to social media.)

Just a thought!

I get what you intend, but i feel for just general practical purposes having it alias to just one name would be preferred

Usually, admins prefer the most well used or recognized name

I forget when and where it happened, but Onta at some point gave an explanation of why he created the Doxy name. If I remember right, it had something to do with wanting to take some of his art in a new direction and feeling like a new identity would help. The alias here could go either way I think. He still uses both names.

edit: Ha! Got distracted and walked away for an hour, and someone beat me to it.