Talk:Age of Empires (video game)/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

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Overall it looks good. It seems to cover the topic fairly comprehensively and is an easy read. The lead also looks good.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   I think that the paragraph that begins with "Military units are created..." could be improved. For example, what does "while walls and towers are defensive fortifications" have to do with the creation of military units? The paragraph seems to switch between subjects and is a little disjointed. Perhaps the military part should be put last?
   Can 'modified synchronous model' and 'triple hitpoint' be explained per Wikipedia:Jargon?
   There are several unnecessary 'also's in the text. Please see User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a#Eliminating_redundancy for example.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The infobox should be properly cited. At the very least the release date and ratings need a cite. The others can probably just have a single reference to the game box in the infobox title, if you like.
   The format of authors in the references section is inconsistent. Compare "Rollings, Andrew; Morris, Dave" and "Russell, Lawrence T." to "Chris Anderson" and "James Holland". Please choose one style.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   To be on the safe side, File:Champions Of The Magnificent City.JPG, File:AgeOfEmpiresScreenshot.jpg, File:Age of empires.jpg and File:AoE 4 Wonders.JPG should use the 'Non-free use rationale' template. See the File:Age of Empires Coverart.jpg page for example.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   These issues should be relatively easy to address, so I'll hold it open until 1/9/2008. The only other item that stuck out for me is the repeated use of the same citations on consecutive sentences. I don't know of a policy against that so it won't stop a pass; it just looks a little untidy. =) Thank you!—RJH (talk) 23:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

   Comment: I think I've made the necessary changes to the article. --EclipseSSD (talk) 15:09, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

   There's just the one issue left. Thanks.—RJH (talk) 16:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

   Thank you.—RJH (talk) 19:55, 5 January 2009 (UTC)