is it okay to change those with php in their names to ones they were known as before?
From my knowledge, we can’t change the names back to their original without the artist’s permission. They do not want their names associated with the art anymore. Also, any form of calling out the original names is in violation of rule 9.
Just to follow up and confirm, yes PHP artist tags and the like are a policy we will continue to uphold here.
I’ll write up an official post at some point outlining this information in clear detail, but for the time being please continue to respect the privacy of artists under a php alias.
@ANoobis
If you know of any art from them then searching it up would most likely be the best bet. If they’re DNP here it obviously wouldn’t exist on our site, but searching on somewhere like Twibooru may be a good start.
If you’re looking for PHP artists however, please do not go spreading their real artist tag around. That’s not okay by our rules.