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Pending Most Valued Review Candidates

More participation in Pending Most Valued Review Candidates is needed. Some candidates have to wait many months for a decision. --Milseburg (talk) 12:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Removal of an image and a more general problem

Hello everyone. Since I couldn't find a clear procedure for proposing the removal of a photograph from the list, I'm writing here. Thanks to anyone willing to partecipate to this discussion. The particular case I will describe here, also vividly illustrates a larger issue, namely the very low participation in procedures, which results in some photos being passed off as "quality" without any real evaluation beyond one or two users at most. In this case, however, I'm referring to the image File:Banca Carige Piazza Ferrari Genoa Italy Sep23 A7C 06610.jpg. The most ironic thing is that this image was labeled as quality for the topic "Banca Carige, Piazza Raffaele de Ferrari, Genoa". But the photograph does not depict "Banca Carige, Piazza Raffaele de Ferrari, Genoa". It's only a building with a Banca Carige advertising sign above! That is the building of the Genoa Stock Exchange, for which there are many other photos of equal, if not superior, quality (see Category:Genoa Stock Exchange). Obviously, the image should be removed at least from those concerning Banca Carige. Please note that this is not an isolated case; not long ago, I came across an image in violation of copyright that had been evaluated as "of quality" (Commons:Deletion requests/File:Info Chiostro Sant Andrea Genoa Sep23 R16 07474.jpg). And these are just cases I've seen because I'm familiar with the topic. In short, we should probably discuss how to deal with this issue: perhaps we could establish a limit of 3 participants for evaluating an image as "quality". Does it seem a good idea? Pros and cons? --teatroge (dm) 04:54, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

• VI is a very demanding label, much more than the other two. Its complexity explains the problem of voting. If you find any errors, contact the author directly to discuss them with him. Another possibility is to ask an administrator.--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Nominate for removal

Is there a process for nominating images to be removed from the list of valued images? These were promoted in 2014 and do not meet criteria #3 ("Must illustrate its subject well"): Valued image set: Five Tibetan Rites (animation). Dreamyshade (talk) 17:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

No idea I'm afraid. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Template for Most Valued Image Closure

Hello everyone. Often, I have taken 15-20 minutes to close a single MVR since it doesn't have an existing template and we have to keep our eyes wide open as scope for mistakes are much wide open when we approach this type of closure. Hence, for a long period of time, I am trying to create a template which could do the work so. However, given I have not much expertise in template building, I couldn't be able to do so. However, what I think is I have created a very, very raw template which still cannot do things as expected, but is a start. If anybody can help, it will save much time for our fellow volunteers hoping to close MVRs. Pinging Archaeodontosaurus, Charlesjsharp, Ivanhercaz, and Eusebius for the same. Contributor2020^{Talk to me here!} 14:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

I have failed to understand the process of closing MVRs so any help very welcome. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:23, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Pinging MichaelMaggs, George Chernilevsky, and Yann.for a participation in the discussion, since according to me, this is something which is a very big mess which was not cleared up for some reasons. If I do not see participation of any here, I shall also promote this discussion to COM:VP. Contributor2020^{Talk to me here!} 14:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

I've been out of the loop for a very, very long time. You can count me out I'm afraid. Eusebius (talk) 21:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)