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November 23

Why did Alicia Keys change her name?

Her article is so long and detailed I'm not about to try to read it all. I didn't find it any of the places I looked, and certainly the information should be in the lede.

I would also like to know why such a detailed and apparently well-referenced article isn't at least good.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:12, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

She hasn't changed her name; Alicia Keys is her stage name. Many if not most entertainers use a stage name. And if you'd searched the article for the word "name" you would have found "Keys almost chose Wilde as her stage name at the age of 16 until her manager suggested the name Keys after a dream he had. She felt that name embodied her both as a performer and person"--Shantavira|^{feed me} 20:39, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure it the case with Keys, but the actors equity unions/associations dont allow members to have the same name as one already registered hence the use of "stage names". MilborneOne (talk) 20:52, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shantavira Right. Changed the name she uses professionally would be more like it. Shouldn't the lede have that statement about the change to a stage name?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:01, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What's stopping you from improving the article? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It looks too well done and I don't have the confidence that what I would do would look right.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:40, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Vchimpanzee: The first sentence says that Alicia Keys is her professional name. If you have better wording for it, be bold or discuss on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 04:20, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This little writeup has somewhat of an explanation about how she settled on "Keys".[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:43, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Being a "Good Article" is actually a pretty high assessment. The article in question used to be listed as a Good Article, but was delisted for various reasons. This page details the problems that led it to being delisted. If you wish the article to be relisted, you need to correct the problems (or determine that they are no longer problems) and renominate the article for Good Article status. --Khajidha (talk) 13:36, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]