Allow to rename file names of uploaded images

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The discussion is about the ability to rename file names of uploaded images. meglio suggests that moderators and post authors should be able to change the file name after upload for better user experience and SEO. They argue that asking users to rename images before uploading may not be practical, as many users upload screenshots with automatically generated file names or copy URLs of existing images. purldator mentions that this idea was already suggested, but meglio requests clarification on where this proposal was previously discussed.

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After an image is uploaded, its name is shown when you mouse over:

It doesn’t make a lot of sense for users nor for SEO.
It would be good if moderators and post authors were able to change that name after upload.

NB. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to ask users to rename images before uploading because:

  1. They often do screenshots and the file name is given to the screenshot automatically and copied to the clipboard.

  2. The often just copy a URL to an existing image on the net and just insert it.

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This was already suggested. The uploader will keep the original file names.

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I cannot find where there is such a proposition, could you please point me to the message which discusses the same that’s being proposed in this topic?

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There was previous discussion of this, but it is a lot of work to implement and far simpler to simply respect the filename that is uploaded.

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