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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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How to review an image

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache
63,423 closed valued image candidates
 Closed as Nominations 
Promoted
  
57,193 (90.2%) 
Undecided
  
3,593 (5.7%) 
Declined
  
2,637 (4.2%) 


New valued image nominations

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Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2026-05-31 10:40 (UTC)
Scope:
VP-BDE (Airbus A330), view at Irkoutsk- Airport
Reason:
Obviously this is the onely image we have of this aircraft. -- Pierre André (talk)
Result: 0 support, 1 oppose =>
declined. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:36, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
[reply]
Open for review. May be closed as Declined if the last vote was added no later than 08:00, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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Nominated by:
Ktkvtsh (talk) on 2026-06-04 17:26 (UTC)
Scope:
Notable location, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.
Reason:
Levee near site of US civil war battle. -- Ktkvtsh (talk)

Previous reviews

Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Ezarateesteban on 2026-06-05 11:58 (UTC)
Scope:
Statue to Saint Agustinus in Our Lady of Fátima church, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Isn’t this one better ?--Jebulon (talk) 00:38, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment This one is clearer, but if it's overprocessed this one
This is QI, the another not --Ezarateesteban 12:54, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
QI is not relevant to VI. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:54, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.

View promotion
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-06 20:40 (UTC)
Scope:
Saint John the Evangelist by the School of Jusepe de Ribera - Louvre Museum
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:35, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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Voting is closed. Await automatic removal by VICBot2 at 00:18 (UTC)

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Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2026-06-07 04:37 (UTC)
Scope:
Detail of the decorative vaulted buttresses Reformierte Kirche Ilanz (Image of death.)
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:35, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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Voting is closed. Await automatic removal by VICBot2 at 00:18 (UTC)

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Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2026-06-07 05:25 (UTC)
Scope:
Spisula solidissima (Atlantic surf clam), right valve
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:36, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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Voting is closed. Await automatic removal by VICBot2 at 00:18 (UTC)

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-07 05:21 (UTC)
Scope:
Inscription of Caius Antistius Threptus - Augustal Severe - Musée des Amériques - Auch

 Support Useful and used --Llez (talk) 06:28, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:36, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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Voting is closed. Await automatic removal by VICBot2 at 00:18 (UTC)

View promotion
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-07 05:30 (UTC)
Scope:
Pilea mollis - Foliage

 Best in Scope with a very good file page caption (as usual)--Jebulon (talk) 23:06, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:36, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
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Voting is closed. Await automatic removal by VICBot2 at 00:18 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-07 07:13 (UTC)
Scope:
Madonna and Child with Angels in a Garland of Flowers by Peter Paul Rubens - Louvre Museum

 Best in Scope with a complete caption. And I like the little monkey very much.--Jebulon (talk) 23:13, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 08:00, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Brihaspati (talk) on 2026-06-07 07:27 (UTC)
Scope:
Replica of Brihadisvara Temple in ivory

The name of the artist or something else to show it is valuable would be helpful. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:57, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Couldn't find any artist name in museum and online. --Brihaspati (talk) 08:57, 9 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Jebulon (talk) on 2026-06-07 16:53 (UTC)
Scope:
Portrait photographs of Louis Philippe I restored and interpreted
Used in:
Louis-Philippe Ier
Reason:
Only two photographic portraits exist of this man. This is a restored (by Gimp) and reinterpreted (by Gemini) derivative picture (see file page) of a very old and very damaged original. -- Jebulon (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2026-06-08 05:18 (UTC)
Scope:
Spisula solidissima (Atlantic surf clam), left valve
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-08 05:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Lewisia cotyledon (Siskiyou lewisia ) - Flower and buds
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-08 05:54 (UTC)
Scope:
« Armure au lions » de Giovanni Paolo Negroli, Fondation Bemberg Toulouse
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-08 08:52 (UTC)
Scope:
Montmonrency Castle in Montigny-en-Ostrevent - France, exterior seen from the south
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-08 14:48 (UTC)
Scope:
Meles meles taxus (European badger)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-08 14:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Meles meles taxus (European badger) head
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-08 14:50 (UTC)
Scope:
Meles meles taxus (European badger) climbing a tree
Open for review.
Commons:Valued image candidates/ Sculpture of Ciokaraine M'Barungu.jpg

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Jebulon (talk) on 2026-06-08 18:06 (UTC)
Scope:
Abraham Lincoln in 1846, interpretation
Reason:
After the wife, let me nominate the husband ! Same period, probably same photographer. The earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Restored with GIMP, reinterpreted by Gemini, then reworked with Gimp. The result is not that bad IMO -- Jebulon (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2026-06-09 04:33 (UTC)
Scope:
Vexillum michaui, shell
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-09 05:09 (UTC)
Scope:
Pieris japonica (leaves) (Japanese pieris) - The three developmental stages of leaves
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-09 05:11 (UTC)
Scope:
The Port of Cassis (Sunrise) by Charles Camoin, Fondation Bemberg Toulouse

 Support Useful and used --Llez (talk) 05:51, 9 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-09 06:25 (UTC)
Scope:
Lamp with anonymous sovereign inscription (OA 7569) - Louvre Museum

 Best in Scope Très bel objet ! As-tu pensé à appliquer un masque ? Il doit être possible d’améliorer la netteté. Et qu’est-ce qu’une inscription souveraine ? --Jebulon (talk) 10:10, 9 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment Merci pour l'attention apportée à cette oeuvre.

Merci pour les conseils mais je ne suis qu'un débutant et j'ai encore beaucoup à apprendre. Je ne connais pas Gimp... En octobre je ne savais pas corrigé une perspective!

La fiche du louvre indique : Une inscription souveraine anonyme figure sur le col et la panse.

   Inscription :
   السلطان / الملك ا / لعالم
   Translittération : al-sulṭān/ al-malik a/ l-ʿālim
   Traduction : Le sultan /al-Malik, / le savant
       Positionnement de l'inscription : Sur le col
   Inscription :
   عزّ لمولانا / السلطان / الملك ا / العالم ا / لعادل / المجاهد عزّ / نصره
   Translittération : ʿizz li-mawlānā / al-sulṭān / al-malik a / l-ʿālim a/ l-ʿādil / al-muǧāhid ʿazza / naṣruhu
   Traduction : Gloire à notre seigneur / le sultan / al-Malik / le savant, le juste, le combattant
   Positionnement de l'inscription : Sur la panse 

-- JackyM59 (talk) 11:33, 9 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-09 07:08 (UTC)
Scope:
The Adoration of the Magi by Luca Signorelli - Louvre Museum
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Uoaei1 (talk) on 2026-06-09 12:46 (UTC)
Scope:
Stained-glass windows of northern aisle (Freiburg Minster) − Bäckerfenster
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-09 14:07 (UTC)
Scope:
Sterna hirundo (Common tern) with common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-09 14:08 (UTC)
Scope:
Sterna hirundo (Common terns) fighting in flight
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2026-06-09 21:18 (UTC)
Scope:
Aethopyga christinae latouchii (Fork-tailed sunbird) male
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2026-06-10 04:22 (UTC)
Scope:
Church of Friens National Monument. National monument. Rear and right side.
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2026-06-10 04:53 (UTC)
Scope:
Barcania chalingi tigaensis, shell
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-10 05:51 (UTC)
Scope:
Urtica urens (annual nettle) - leaves
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-10 05:54 (UTC)
Scope:
'Virgin and Child' of Santa Maria della Ca' di Dio in Venice XIIIe century.

 Support Only one in scope, useful and used. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:20, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Kiril Simeonovski (talk) on 2026-06-10 07:05 (UTC)
Scope:
St. Mary Magdalene Church (Star Dojran), view from southwest
Reason:
I think this is the most representative picture of this monastery church, which is famous for its neo-Byzantine architectural style. -- Kiril Simeonovski (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Kiril Simeonovski (talk) on 2026-06-10 07:11 (UTC)
Scope:
St. Elijah Church (Velušina), view from northwest
Reason:
I think this is the most representative picture of this 18th-century church. -- Kiril Simeonovski (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Kiril Simeonovski (talk) on 2026-06-10 07:18 (UTC)
Scope:
Church of the Theotokos (Dolno Egri), facade
Reason:
I think this is the most representative picture of the facade of this church. -- Kiril Simeonovski (talk)
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-10 11:49 (UTC)
Scope:
Funerary stele of Amīn al-Dīn (Louvre – MAO 99) - Louvre Museum
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Ezarateesteban on 2026-06-10 17:56 (UTC)
Scope:
Portrait of Antonio Gaudí by Pau Audouard
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2026-06-10 22:07 (UTC)
Scope:
Vue animée de la falaise et du bourg d'Ault dans la Somme by Charles Desavary, Proantic antiquarian
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Llez (talk) on 2026-06-11 05:15 (UTC)
Scope:
Volachlamys tranquebaria (Tranquebar Scallop), right valve
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Paramanu Sarkar (talk) on 2026-06-11 05:19 (UTC)
Scope:
Rhipidura albogularis (Spot-breasted Fantail)
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-11 05:18 (UTC)
Scope:
Pilea peperomioides - Foliage
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2026-06-11 05:33 (UTC)
Scope:
'Mars' by Giambologna, Fondation Bemberg Toulouse
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
JackyM59 (talk) on 2026-06-11 06:51 (UTC)
Scope:
Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre in Douai - France, exterior seen from the west
Reason:
The building is listed as a historic monument in France -- JackyM59 (talk)
Open for review.


I have added the following to the VI Nomination ProcedureːPlease ensure you have the FastCCI gadget enabled. You should use this to identify existing VIs with similar scopes. Note that if an image shows up as FP or QI it may also be a Valued Image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Closed valued image candidates

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Pending Most valued review candidates

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To initiate a most valued review, please go to the dedicated MVR sub page.
Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache

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

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