When you edit an existing media type, the form tells you which field holds the source information, using the field label, like this:
> *Video URL* field is used to store the essential information about the media item.
However, when you add a new media type, the form shows a dropdown to select a field to hold source information, and this shows what appear to be the labels of *field storage* entities, not field instances, so you see labels like this:
> - media.field_label
> - media.field_thumbnail
This is inconsistent, and makes it difficult to figure out which field to use if you want two media type to share the same field.
Also, field storage labels are not meant to be human-readable. The labels are merely the machine IDs.
A single field storage will have multiple field instances, and these may not necessarily have the same label. So using the instance label in the add form is not simple.
However, the storage label shouldn't be used as-is. The same pattern as in the 'Add field' form should be used, of entity type label + field machine name.
The edit form should show the machine name in addition to the label, to allow matching the two up.
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