User talk:Brockwaybiggs

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Troy Neilson‎, and I noticed that your username, "Brockwaybiggs", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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 * Hi @JalenFolf Thanks for reaching out. I did review the username policy. My understanding was that BrockwayBiggs as a username was compliant, but perhaps my understanding is incorrect.
 * To provide some details: Brockway Biggs is my artist name. Brockway Biggs is an individual.  Brockway Biggs is not a company or organization.
 * Is my artist name (Brockway Biggs) considered a product or service?
 * In addition, would you have a recommendation about who to contact to have the wikipedia entries about me corrected to reflect the standard approach for artists who perform under an alias? (i.e. artist name is the primary wiki page and their real name redirects to the artist name)
 * This would improve google search results, which are currently confusing.
 * Examples:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_(rapper)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O._(rapper)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_(rapper)
 * Thanks! Brockwaybiggs (talk) 21:17, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * In addition, if you check the "Talk" tab, there was a merge of Brockway Biggs and Troy Neilson in 2007. And there is still quite a bit of relevant and useful information in "holding" on the Talk tab.  Any insight into how to have this improved would be appreciated! Brockwaybiggs (talk) 21:25, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

August 2022
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