Editing Help:Files (section)

==Naming files==
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File names should be clear and descriptive, without being excessively long. While the image name doesn't matter much to the reader (they can reach the [[Help:Image page|description page]] by simply clicking on the image), it matters for editors. It is helpful to other contributors and for maintenance of the encyclopedia if images have descriptive or at least readable file names. For example, ''File:Skyline Frankfurt am Main.jpg'' is more manageable than ''File:14004096 200703230833355477800.jpg''.

To avoid accidental overwriting of images or other media, generic filenames should not be used when uploading. For example, a picture of an [[album cover]] should not be given the name ''File:Cover.jpg''. Sooner or later someone else will try to do the same thing, and that could overwrite the old image. Then the new image will appear wherever the old one was seen before—an album article would then show the wrong album cover. A better name would be ''File:Sabaton The Last Stand cover.jpg''

===Renaming files===

Renaming a file page is different than [[Help:Rename|renaming other kinds of pages]]. The ''[[Help:page name|page name]]'' of a ''[[Help:file page|file page]]'' is renamed by a ''[[WP:file mover|file mover]]''.  A file mover is a user granted special [[Wikipedia:User access levels|rights]]. Unless you have been granted file mover rights, you must make a request to rename the page.

The request to rename a page is made by adding the following [[Help:template|template]] to the wikitext file page, anywhere on the page:
:{{tlx|Rename media|''new filename''|''reason for name change''}}
This will add the file page to ''[[:Category:Wikipedia files requiring renaming]]'', where a file mover will notice it.

The most common and accepted reasons a file mover will change a name are:
* '''Uploader''' request
* Changing from a '''meaningless''' to a descriptive title
* Changing from a '''misleading''' name to an accurate name
* Correcting important '''errors''' denoting, for example the spelling of a [[proper noun]], or a false historical date
* Harmonizing file names with '''a set of related names'''
* '''Disambiguating''' files with very similar names
* Remove '''pejorative''', '''offensive''' or '''crude''' language
The bolded words are description enough for the reason for a name change.