Guiding principles

Ok, I was getting confused by what we are trying to say so I looked it up and I think we could adapt this example from https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/datashare/filenames

Avoid special characters Just because you can use something doesn't mean you should. There are two reasons to avoid special characters, punctuation marks, and symbols in filenames:

Special characters and punctuation marks are often reserved characters for computer operating systems. This means that the character is used in a very specififc way by the operating system and using it in a file name will cause errors. Not all operating systems and programs support the same characters. A common example is how the modern Mac OS (9 and after) support a number of special characters (/ \ : * ? < > |) that are not supported by Windows. Also: Never Use Emojis in file names! It's a very bad idea at this time.

Tkstephe (talk)00:15, 11 November 2022
Tkstephe (talk)00:18, 11 November 2022

I added text to support my recommendation. Please edit as needed/preferred.

Tkstephe (talk)23:24, 8 December 2022

No additional edits - considering this thread done

ClaireSwanson (talk)18:12, 9 January 2023