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I like to illustrate the articles I write (e.g. a lot of the autism ones ), and since I’ve been here over a year now, my art is a lot better than it was before. So when I look back at the pictures that I’ve drawn, a few of them are downright ugly.

I’d like to redraw some of the weirder-looking ones. Is it possible to directly replace them? (I.e., to make a new image with the same name, thus overwriting the old one?)

This would allow me to keep the same image names, and it would automatically replace all the uglier versions of the drawing.

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For those who are looking for the correct link compared to the one above:  https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Autism-Spectrum

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I believe that the best way forward is to upload the image under a new name (maybe, v2, for example). I haven’t tested it in a little while so I’m not positive, but unless my memory is failing me, I think that if you use the same file name, it’ll show you an error. Even if not, though, I believe that trying to use the same file name can result in issues with thumbnail generation - in other words, the main image might be the right one, but then the smaller versions generated for display in categories or even on mobile devices may well show up as the previous version. It can get “funky”.

You’re welcome to test it out if you’d like - I don’t think there’s any big harm in giving it a try on one file. Maybe the software is smarter than I’m giving it credit for! But as far as I know, the best practice would be to use a new file name, even if it means having to do some wikitext updates - eek. 

For what it’s worth, I think even your “oldest” images are still fantastic:slight_smile:

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From an administrative standpoint, it seems that “best practice” is for every file to have a unique name. Some potentially confusing scenarios:

  • different licensing in various versions
  • the image was used in another wikiHow article and the new version of the image does not fit the second article