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Once an image has been selected, a file name will automatically appear in the "Destination filename:" box. This should be edited so that it is '''descriptive''' but '''concise'''. File names should include enough information so that the file can be easily identified by its name alone, but should be as to-the-point as possible. | Once an image has been selected, a file name will automatically appear in the "Destination filename:" box. This should be edited so that it is '''descriptive''' but '''concise'''. File names should include enough information so that the file can be easily identified by its name alone, but should be as to-the-point as possible. | ||
For technical reasons, file names cannot contain any of the following characters, as these would conflict with wiki code: '''# < > [ ] | : { } / '''. For the same reason they also cannot contain sequences of tilde characters ('''<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>'''). Other special characters, especially multibyte characters such as Japanese text, may also cause server errors and should be avoided. | For technical reasons, file names cannot contain any of the following characters, as these would conflict with wiki code: '''# < > [ ] | : { } / '''. For the same reason they also cannot contain sequences of tilde characters ('''<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>'''). Other special characters, especially multibyte characters such as Japanese text, may also cause server errors and should be avoided. Only use alphanumeric characters, dash and underscore should be used in file names. | ||
Like other wiki page names, file names are case sensitive except for the first character, which will always be normalized to uppercase. File extensions (.png, .jpg etc) should always be in lowercase. | Like other wiki page names, file names are case sensitive except for the first character, which will always be normalized to uppercase. File extensions (.png, .jpg etc) should always be in lowercase. | ||