Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Nomination procedure

Step 1 - Evaluate
 The submissions will be evaluated using the criteria listed on Wikipedia:What is a valued picture?  Please read the criteria before submitting a picture  to help cut down on the number of candidates that have a low chance of making it. If you are unsure if your picture will fulfill the criteria, please consider adding it to Picture peer review for initial assessment.

Step 2 - Create subpage
Create a page to place the image on; this page needs to be a subpage of Valued picture candidates. To create your own subpage, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the form below (for example Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Southern Right Whale) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

Step 2.5 - Transclude and link
Transclude the newly created subpage to the Valued picture candidate list (direct link).

Step 3 - Update image
On the nominated image's page use the 'Edit page' button to add the vpc template like so:  (placing in "title" the first text typed above) for example: Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/ Southern Right Whale. This inserts the valued pictures candidate template, to let the original contributor and other interested parties know that the image is up for voting.

Step 4 - Review a nomination
This project only exists because users devote time to review nominations. After nominating an image, please consider reviewing some other nominations below. Please keep the criteria in mind when doing so.