WHEN IS A REMOVED ITEM ACTUALLY REMOVED?

The "removed" page shows dozens (hundreds?) of pictures that have been voted fit for removal. Beyond the copyright non-compliance issues we have some rather odd "author" images, including: a dog (admittedly, very cute), a bunch of carrrots, a flowering shrub, numerous corporate logos, book jackets, and a baby eating a huge slice of watermelon.

If I were one of these authors, I'd really wonder about LT.

What is the actual mechanism for having an image removed?

Thanks.