I didn’t expect to run into this titling issue again, but seeing how something I just nominated today may encounter this problem I want to see if I can figure out a general way of going about this.
So some of y’all may remember when I came to the forum about this initially-rejected electrical box mural which didn’t have any official title: Issues with title for mural nomination which should be perfectly eligible otherwise
TL;DR, I nominated a box mural which had no official title for it, and my first attempt at a derived title caused it to be rejected for being a “low quality/inaccurate title”. It did pass on a 2nd attempt with a new title, “Bluebells And Mushrooms Mural”.
I am encountering a similar problem with my newest nomination at a train station. This nomination is titled “Untitled” on its accompanying plaque:
Even the official website for the train line’s art project has it listed as the title:
However, after my first saga with an unnamed art piece, I’m having second thoughts about my naming conventions for situations like this. What do you guys think that should be for cases like this so I can avoid naming issues in the future? Thank you!
Title: Untitled, Pastor Martelino
Description: An untitled wall-spanning sculpture by Pastor Martelino at West End MARTA station finished September 11th, 1982. Part of the MARTA Art Project.
Supporting: Art projects are incredibly interesting to explore. Link to MARTA Art Project page: MARTA
Location: West End MARTA Station, Atlanta Georgia
(Sorry i have no ideas for your naming question).Woah… that was difficult to get past looking at a wall with a plaque… hopefully ML and reviewers treat you well.
How about this?
MARTA Art Project at West End Station
Feel free to replace the “at” with punctuation if you prefer.
That’s probably not distinct enough. I think some of these stations have more than one art project, though perhaps not West End. We workshopped it elsewhere and came up with a good solution based on what’s written on the plaque.
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Yeah. West End has 3 different art projects (I personally saw 2 of them, but I read on the MARTA website for these that there is a 3rd art piece). While calling it “West End MARTA Art Project” was an idea we came up with, considering there’s 3 different pieces there that title would be too vague while excluding the possibility of nominating the other art pieces there.
Ultimately, I’ve settled on this:
It’s almost akin to a citation you would see in an academic paper, emphasizing the artist name, name of the work, and the year, all of which are on the plaque.
Here are my thoughts on this interesting work of art.
If @seaprincesshnb has advised about the title I would take that advice 
Personally I don’t think the main picture is doing it any favours.
Obviously I am looking at a screenshot so can’t read it easily, but it looks very plain/bland. Visually it could be anywhere of anything.
When it’s a work of art I want to see the art in the wayspot at the end of the day.
The picture from the transport system website of the artwork is so much more visually appealing, I can instantly see it is art.
You can win or lose a reviewer in a second as they open up the review page on what they see.
It is so difficult sometimes as a wayfinder trying to get the balance between conveying information about a location enough to convince someone of its value, that it is where you say it is etc.
you can write in the supplementary that it is pinned at the plaque as an anchor point for the long art piece for example.
Here is an example where I used the close up of the plaque in the supplementary to prove it was official etc.
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A main image showcasing the art and a supporting image showing the plaque was going to be my recommendation. You made it work very well!
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