Commons:WikiProject Museums/Images naming

Image names should be as descriptive and relevant as possible, following upload guidelines. For museum items, reaching this goal can be achieved by providing such necessary information as:

• Keywords describing the work:
  • Author (if known/relevant),
  • Title or name (if any),
  • Type of work (if no title/author),
  • Subject (if no title/author),
  • Date of work (in case of ambiguity);
• Name of the museum (follow the category name as much as possible);
• Accession number (if known, should always be mentioned; could be concatenated to avoid confusion);
• Version information (when several versions of the same work are taken, a numbering—n1, n2—, a photograph date—2025-01-11—or any detail name—front, arm—could be used).

Further information could be added, but remember to keep image names short and useful for everybody.

Examples

• File:Van Gogh Sunflowers Neue Pinakothek 8672.jpg (author title museum a.n.)
• File:Exaltation fleur Louvre Ma701.jpg (common name museum a.n.)
• File:Amphora olive-gathering BM B226.jpg (type subject museum a.n.)
• File:Diomedes Glyptothek Munich 304 n1.jpg (subject museum a.n. version number)
• File:Aryballos owl 630 BC Staatliche Antikensammlungen.jpg (type subject date museum—a.n. is unknown)
• File:NAMA X15118 Marathon Boy 3.JPG (alternative syntax, museum a.n. common name version number)
• File:Apollo-Helios, sec. IV-III a.C. - Roma, museo di Villa Giulia Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto.jpg (another alternative syntax, subject date museum credit—a.n. is unknown)