Editing Help:Files (section)

===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.