Imagine I have list of names. User could duplicate one of the names but the system requires that each name is unique. To save users time, the name field of the duplicate name is already prefilled. What is the best way to display a unique item?
So for example, imagine a list like this:
After duplication of the last name, should it be named 'Consectetuer adipiscing copy', 'Consectetuer adipiscing 1', or something else?
Taking inspiration from how the macOS treats this:
So you can actually use:
If we're being honest here, it doesn't really matter what the exact wording is.
What matters is what the user intends to do when he or she duplicates a file. And that is usually to keep the base name but extend it by something more useful. Otherwise they can create a new object or rename the thing completely, in which case your naming convention doesn't matter anyway.
So making renaming as easy as possible while still making clear that it's a copy should be your actual goal here.
Let's take Windows' approach as an example:
Same as MacOS, not really bad but maybe it could be better. I have to delete a whole word and also be careful with that slightly annoying "-" character.
Something that is easily deleted and uses no special characters would probably be a better option here, e.g. "Wichtige Tasks 2" or "Wichtige Tasks Kopie".
