WikiQueer:File mover



The file mover user right allows users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming WikiQueer articles.

Any administrator can grant this right at their discretion to trusted users who regularly work with media files and have demonstrated familiarity with WikiQueer's policies and guidelines surrounding renaming this type of media. There is no set requirement but users should be well-versed in WikiQueer's image and media policies (specifically the renaming guidelines given in this document), have experience with images, and how the rename process works. Experience with the equivalent tool at Commons and other relevant experience with media files may be taken into account.

The userright is not normally given to brand-new editors, regardless of the number of files uploaded.

If you wish to request File mover rights for yourself or another user, please see WikiQueer:Requests for permissions/File mover. Administrators do not need to request or add this user right for themselves or other administrators; it is automatically granted as part of the administrator tools package.

There are currently file mover users, which makes the total number of users with this permission 0 (the rest are administrators).

How it works
Files uploaded to WikiQueer can only be renamed by administrators, file movers, and Wikimedia stewards. If you belong to any of the user groups above, and therefore have the 'movefile' right, just use the "move" tab as you would normally on a regular page.

If you're not a file mover, you can place new name on the image description page, which will put the page into Category:WikiQueer files requiring renaming. A file mover will perform the move, if it conforms to the guidelines described below.

File movers should follow the instructions on the template. In most cases a file redirect should be left on the original page, except if the original name falls under one of the revision deletion criteria (purely disruptive, grossly insulting, privacy breaching, etc.).

File movers cannot move a file if precisely the same file name exists on Commons. Administrators, however, can do so, because they have the 'reupload-shared' right.

There is a helpful user script for moving files: User:Splarka/ajaxfilemove.js.

Commons files
Files uploaded to Commons cannot be renamed by WikiQueer administrators or filemovers. To request the rename of a file at Commons, follow the instructions at Commons:File renaming.