Commons:Valued image candidates

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These are the candidates to become valued images. Please note that this is not the same as featured pictures or quality images. If you simply want some feedback on your pictures you can get that at photography critiques.

Single images can be proposed for valued image (VI) status. Candidates must be proposed as being the most valuable of all Commons' images within a specified scope. Judging is carried out according to the valued image criteria.

A Most Valued Review (MVR) is opened where there are two or more candidates competing within essentially the same scope.

The rules for promotion can be found at Commons:Valued image candidates/Promotion rules.

An image which has previously been declined can be renominated within the same scope only if the issues leading to the original decline have been addressed. Previously nominated images that were closed as "undecided" can be renominated at any time. Once a candidate achieves VI or VIS status it can normally be demoted only if some better candidate replaces it during an MVR.

If you would like to nominate an image for VI status, please do so following the instructions below. If you are proposing a better candidate within essentially the same scope as an image which already has VI status, please open an MVR.

How to nominate an image for VI status edit

Nominations will be evaluated using the criteria listed at Commons:Valued image criteria. Please read those criteria before submitting an image to help cut down on the number of candidates that have a low chance of success. Make sure you understand the concept of scope and how to choose the correct scope for your nomination.

Please make sure that your proposed image fulfills all of the necessary criteria before nominating it. For example, if it needs to be geocoded, do that in advance. If no appropriate categories exist, create and link them beforehand. Although some reviewers may help by fixing minor issues during the review process, it is your responsibility as nominator to ensure your image ticks all the necessary boxes before you propose it. If you nominate an image that ignores one of the criteria, don't be surprised if it fails VI review.

Adding a new nomination (image) edit

Step 1: Copy the image name into this box (excluding the File: prefix), at the end of the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Valued image candidates/My-image-filename.jpg. Then click on the "Create new nomination" button.


Step 2: Follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save the resulting VIC subpage.

Step 3: Manually add the candidate image towards the end of Commons:Valued image candidates/candidate list (under the heading "New valued image nominations"), as the last parameter in the VICs template. Click here, and append the following line as the last parameter of the relevant section:

|My-image-filename.jpg

so that it looks like this:

{{VICs
 ...
 |My-image-filename.jpg
}}

and save the candidate list.

Renomination edit

Declined VICs can be renominated by any registered user, but only after one or more of the root cause(s) leading to a decline has/have been addressed. Undecided VICs can be renominated as is although it is still recommended to consider and fix issue(s) which may have hindered a promotion of the candidate in the previous review.

Besides fixing issues with the previous nomination the following procedure shall be followed upon renomination.

Step 1: Edit the candidate subpage you intend to renominate. All declined and undecided VICs are placed in either Category:Declined valued image candidates, or Category:Undecided valued image candidates and sorted by the date of the previous nomination.

Step 2: Replace the previous nomination date and time by pasting in

|date={{subst:VI-time}}

Step 3: Replace the "undecided" or "declined" status with "nominated" (or "discussed" if you intend to add it to a Most Valued Review).

Step 4: If the previous nominator was a different user replace the nominator parameter with

|nominator=~~~

Step 5: If the candidate does not already have an archive link to previous reviews: Create one using the following procedure.

  • Cut the text in the previous review section (leave the closing braces "}}")
  • replace the review parameter with
|review=
{{subst:VIC-archive}}
}}
  • Save the page.
  • There is now a red link to Previous reviews. Click the link to create the archive subpage and paste in the previous reviews.
  • Save the previous reviews archive page

Step 6: Add the candidate to the candidates list.

How to open a Most Valued Review edit

There must be at least two candidates competing within essentially the same scope to open an MVR. Each needs its own VIC subpage, which should be created as above if it does not already exist, but with status set to "discussed". Then, add the following section at the end of the page Commons:Valued image candidates/Most valued review candidate list:

=== Scope ===
{{VICs
  |candidate1.jpg
  |candidate2.jpg
}}

where Scope is the scope of both images, and candidate1.jpg and candidate2.jpg are the respective candidates. If need be, also remove the relevant image(s) from the list in Pending valued image candidates

If one of the candidates is an existing VI within essentially the same scope, the original VIC subpage is re-opened for voting by changing its status to status=discussed and new reviews are appended to the original VIC subpage. However, any original votes are not counted within the MVR.

The status parameter of each candidate should remain set to "discussed" while the MVR is ongoing.

How to review the candidates edit

How to review an image edit

Any registered user can review the valued image candidates. Comments are welcome from everyone, but neither the nominator nor the original image author may vote (that does not exclude voting from users who have edited the image with a view to improving it).

Nominations should be evaluated using the criteria listed at Commons:Valued image criteria. Please read those and the page on scope carefully before reviewing. Reviewing here is a serious business, and a reviewer who just breezes by to say "I like it!" is not adding anything of value. You need to spend the time to check the nomination against every one of the six VI criteria, and you also need to carry out searches to satisfy yourself on the "most valuable" criterion.

Review procedure edit

  • On the review page the image is presented in the review size. You are welcome to view the image in full resolution by following the image links, but bear in mind that it is the appearance of the image at review size which matters.
  • Check the candidate carefully against each of the six VI criteria. The criteria are mandatory, and to succeed the candidate has to satisfy all six.
  • Use the where used field, if provided, to study the current usage of the candidate in Wikimedia projects. If you find usage of interest do add relevant links to the nomination.
  • Look for other images of the same kind of subject by following the links to relevant categories in the image page, and to any Commons galleries.
    • If you find another image which is already a VI within essentially the same scope, the candidate and the existing VI should be moved to Most Valued Review (MVR) to determine which one is the more valued.
    • If you find one or more other images which in your opinion are equally or more valued images within essentially the same scope, you should nominate these images as well and move all the candidates to an MVR.
  • Once you have made up your mind, edit the review page and add your vote or comment to the review parameter as follows:
You type You get When
*{{Comment}} My Comment. -- ~~~~ You have a comment.
*{{Info}} My information. -- ~~~~ You have information.
*{{Neutral}} Reason for neutral vote. -- ~~~~
  •  Neutral Reason for neutral vote. -- Example
You are uncertain or wish to record a neutral vote.
*{{Oppose}} Reason for opposing vote. -- ~~~~
  •  Oppose Reason for opposing vote. -- Example
You think that the candidate fails one or more of the six mandatory criteria.
*{{Question}} My question. -- ~~~~ You have a question.
*{{Support}} Reason for supporting. -- ~~~~
  •  Support Reason for supporting. -- Example
You think that the candidate meets all of the six mandatory criteria.
  • If the nomination fails one of the six criteria, but in a way that can be fixed, you can optionally let the nominator know what needs to be done using the {{VIF}} template.
  • Your comment goes immediately before the final closing braces "}}" on the page.
How to update the status
  • Finally, change the status of the nomination if appropriate:
    • status=nominated When no votes or only neutral votes have been added to the review field (blue image border).
    • status=supported When there is at least one {{Support}} vote but no {{Oppose}} votes (light green image border).
    • status=opposed When there is at least one {{Oppose}} vote but no {{Support}} votes (red image border).
    • status=discussed When there is at least one {{Oppose}} vote and one {{Support}} vote (yellow image border).


Remember the criteria: 1. Most valuable 2. Suitable scope 3. Illustrates well 4. Fully described 5. Geocoded 6. Well categorized.

Changes in scope during the review period edit

The nominator is allowed to make changes in scope as the review proceeds, for example in response to reviewer votes or comments. Whenever a scope is changed the nominator should post a signed comment at the bottom of the review area using {{VIC-scope-change|old scope|new scope|--~~~~}}, and should also leave a note on the talk page of all existing voters asking them to reconsider their vote. A support vote made before the change of scope is not counted unless it is reconfirmed afterwards; an oppose vote is counted unless it is changed or withdrawn.

You can submit new nominations starting on COM:VIC.

Pending valued image candidates edit

Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache
54,426 closed valued image candidates
 Closed as Nominations 
Promoted
  
48,906 (89.9%) 
Undecided
  
3,037 (5.6%) 
Declined
  
2,483 (4.6%) 


New valued image nominations edit

   
 
Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Martinvl (talk) on 2024-03-12 15:50 (UTC)
Scope:
Vertical sundials in South Africa
Reason:
Unlike the Northern Hemisphere, the numbers on vertical sundials in the Southern Hemisphere follow a clockwise pattern. I believe that this is the best image in Commons of a vertical sundial, not only in South Africa, but in the Southern Hemisphere. The cropped version of this image has been used in many articles on sundials. -- Martinvl (talk)

Previous reviews

Open for review.
 
Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Nikride (talk) on 2024-03-13 08:39 (UTC)
Scope:
The intersection of Shevchenko and Zoriana streets in the village of Mankivka
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2024-03-14 06:25 (UTC)
Scope:
Hemicycla fritschi, shell

  Support Best in scope and useful. --Tagooty (talk) 10:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
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Nominated by:
Nikride (talk) on 2024-03-14 08:11 (UTC)
Scope:
Entrance to the village of Ivanky
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Palauenc05 (talk) on 2024-03-14 10:29 (UTC)
Scope:
50 Pfennig Notgeld banknote (1921) of Treuenbrietzen by Heinz Schiestl, reverse: Prince-elector Ludwig I.

  Support Useful and used.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 05:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Palauenc05 (talk) on 2024-03-14 10:29 (UTC)
Scope:
Fischers Maathes reclining on his sofa.
Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-15 05:36 (UTC)
Scope:
Ancient Roman busts in the Museo archeologico nazionale (Venice) - Herakles after the type of 'Lansdowne'
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-15 05:34 (UTC)
Scope:
Ourapteryx sambucaria specimens – male dorsal

  Support Useful and used --Llez (talk) 07:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-03-15 05:54 (UTC)
Scope:
Mural above main entrance of the Reformierte Kirche Vnà South side.
Used in:
Cultural property of national significance in Switzerland.
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2024-03-15 07:11 (UTC)
Scope:
Laevichlamys squamosa (Squamose Scallop), right valve
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Nikride (talk) on 2024-03-15 08:17 (UTC)
Scope:
Sign "I love Volodarka"

  Best in Scope--Alexander-93 (talk) 18:47, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
grendel|khan on 2024-03-15 11:29 (UTC)
Scope:
Human pregnancy test, daily series
Used in:
en:Pregnancy test, en:Human chorionic gonadotropin

  Comment Scope must be linked to correct category of similar images. Might also suggest scope be made a little more specific, say, "Human pregancy test, daily series". --GRDN711 (talk) 17:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done There is no category for "human pregnancy test", but I've updated it to link to the appropriate category, and specified "daily series". Thanks for the heads-up! grendel|khan 02:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Support useful and used. Scopes need to have a linked scope category but the actual wording of the scope does not have to match the linked scope category name. In this case, the scope category - Category:Pregnancy test, is a sub-category of parent Category:Human pregnancy, so there is an implicit connection.
Less you think pregnancy tests should not be explicitly categorized, try googling "pet pregnancy tests" :). --GRDN711 (talk) 01:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adjusted the name of the scope accordingly, linking to the same category, thank you! grendel|khan 04:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-03-15 11:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Oranda (ship, 2005), stern
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-03-15 16:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Reformierte Kirche Scuol Tower entrance.
Used in:
Cultural property of national significance in Switzerland.
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Alexander-93 (talk) on 2024-03-15 18:42 (UTC)
Scope:
Honda Tomo - left rear view
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Alexander-93 (talk) on 2024-03-15 18:44 (UTC)
Scope:
Mole Costruzione Artigianale 001 - left rear view
Open for review.
Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
grendel|khan on 2024-03-15
Description: A set of images taken in identical conditions except that the soft focus setting on the lens (a Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 with Softfocus) is changed, to clearly present the setting's effect.
VISC of:
Soft focus photography
We do not have set nominations these days. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-16 05:58 (UTC)
Scope:
Madonna con Bambino Jacobello Del Fiore - Museo Correr

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:25, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-16 06:01 (UTC)
Scope:
Composition with Winged Nymph Blowing Amongst Reeds by Alexandre de Riquer - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-16 06:04 (UTC)
Scope:
Ourapteryx sambucaria – mounted specimen male ventral

  Support Useful and used --Llez (talk) 06:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2024-03-16 06:23 (UTC)
Scope:
Laevichlamys squamosa (Squamose Scallop), left valve

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:28, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
iMahesh (talk) on 2024-03-16 07:00 (UTC)
Scope:
Aerial view of Lingampalli railway station

  Done @Archaeodontosaurus: --iMahesh (talk) 01:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Nikride (talk) on 2024-03-16 09:04 (UTC)
Scope:
Entrance to the village of Kashperivka
Open for review.
 
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Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-03-16 18:20 (UTC)
Scope:
Detail of the main entrance of the Reformierte Kirche Zernez
Used in:
Cultural property of national significance in Switzerland.

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 18:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Palauenc05 (talk) on 2024-03-16 18:24 (UTC)
Scope:
Statue of Saint Peter in Trier-Ehrang, Germany.
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Palauenc05 (talk) on 2024-03-16 18:22 (UTC)
Scope:
Former stairway to "Pfeiffersbrücke" in Trier-Ehrang, Germany.
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Palauenc05 (talk) on 2024-03-16 21:33 (UTC)
Scope:
Blankenheimer Kreuz in Trier-Ehrang, Germany (after restoration).
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-17 05:22 (UTC)
Scope:
Roman antiquities in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Venice) - Statuette of a boar

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:15, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-17 05:38 (UTC)
Scope:
Female Figure with a Glass by Alexandre de Riquer - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

  Support Best in scope and used --Llez (talk) 06:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-17 05:27 (UTC)
Scope:
Roman antiquities in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Venice) - Cameo with Zeus Egioco
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2024-03-17 06:17 (UTC)
Scope:
Canariella discobolus, shell
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-03-17 10:36 (UTC)
Scope:
L'Eldorado - Péniche évènementielle (Lambersart), bow and starboard view.
  Oppose IMO there are problems with this nomination. Per COM:VICR (6) and Category:Ships, the categorization needs to be improved. Per COM:VICR (3), image is cluttered and too dark. --GRDN711 (talk) 15:06, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.
 
Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Nirmal Dulal (talk) on 2024-03-17 12:41 (UTC)
Scope:
Oriolus xanthornus (Black-hooded oriole) - in flight

please crop... Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Thank you. -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 13:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Nirmal Dulal (talk) on 2024-03-17 12:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Stachyris nigriceps (Grey-throated babbler) - Sub. Sp.- S.n.nigriceps
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
GRDN711 (talk) on 2024-03-18 02:37 (UTC)
Scope:
Andrea - IMO 7041431
Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-18 05:55 (UTC)
Scope:
Gauls associated with the Lesser Attalid Dedication (Venice) - Kneeling Gaul

  Best in Scope --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-03-18 05:56 (UTC)
Scope:
Paintings of Madonna lactans by Dieric Bouts - Museo Correr

  Support Best in scope and used --Llez (talk) 06:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2024-03-18 06:29 (UTC)
Scope:
Hemicycla distensa, shell, banded form

  Support Useful and used.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 16:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-03-18 10:56 (UTC)
Scope:
Laléa - Péniche évènementielle (Wambrechies), bow and starboard view.

  Best in Scope--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 16:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.
 
Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-03-18 22:44 (UTC)
Scope:
Fantasia (ship, 1951), bow view.
Open for review.



Pending Most valued review candidates edit

Portrait of Vicente Guerrero edit

   
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) on 2021-01-21 17:47 (UTC)
Scope:

Retrato Vicente Guerrero por Anacleto Escutia en Palacio Nacional (Mexico)

(Portrait of Vicente Guerrero by Anacleto Escutia in Palacio Nacional (Mexico))

Previous reviews

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:10, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
[reply]
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
ErickTErick (talk) on 2023-10-31 21:45 (UTC)
Scope:

Retrato póstumo del presidente Vicente Guerrero en el Museo Nacional de Historia, Ciudad de México

(Posthumous portrait of President Vicente Guerrero in the National Museum of History, Mexico City)
Reason:
The version of this image which currently considered the most valuable within its scope is of much lower quality than this newer version. In addition, the name given to the scope is factually wrong about the location of the painting (it is not within Palacio Nacional) and Mexico's Spanish name is misspelled (it's México, not Mexico). -- ErickTErick (talk)
  Done Started MVR ErickTErick (talk) 19:15, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

El Aficionado - Antonio Casanova y Estorach edit

   
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Ezarateesteban on 2023-11-26 22:02 (UTC)
Scope:
El Aficionado by Antonio Casanova y Estorach

  Comment The original file is the .tiff : File:El Aficionado - Antonio Casanova y Estorach.tiff. Everypeople can create a better processed image from this file. So what are we suposed to do ? --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 19:39, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am doing it according this reccomendation Ezarateesteban 23:13, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Ezarateesteban on 2023-11-26 22:00 (UTC)
Scope:
El Aficionado by Antonio Casanova y Estorach

  Comment The original file is the .tiff : File:El Aficionado - Antonio Casanova y Estorach.tiff. Everypeople can create a better processed image from this file. So what are we suposed to do ? --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 19:37, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Anciens bains municipaux de Colmar edit

   
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Gzen92 [discuter] on 2018-01-22 12:21 (UTC)
Scope:
Exterior of anciens bains municipaux (Colmar)
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. -- DeFacto (talk). 17:18, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
[reply]
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 
Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Gzen92 (talk) on 2023-12-29 07:22 (UTC)
Scope:
Exterior of anciens bains municipaux (Colmar)

  Comment The light on the cble is a bit distracting. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 12:19, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 00:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
To initiate a most valued review, please go to the dedicated MVR sub page.
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All open candidates in an MVR have to have their status set as "discussed" while the review is ongoing. Only when all candidates are due for closure can the MVR be closed.

Refer to Most valued review, the promotion rules and the instructions for closure for details.

Pending valued image set candidates edit

  This section has been deactivated because of technical issues. Please do not add any VI set candidate.