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July 26, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
February 23, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
April 17, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
April 20, 2018	Good article nominee	Listed
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Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

There are uncited statements, including entire paragraphs, in the article.
The article is over 14,000 words, more than what is recommended in WP:TOOBIG. I think several sections, such as the "Definitions", "History", and "Religion" can have some of the information moved to their spun out articles, while other sections like "Art and cultural production" and "Legacy" can have information spun out into new articles. I also think some information can be summarised more effectively.

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:17, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it should, or you could start improving and re-organizing the article yourself? (I'm not against a GAR, but I feel that actually addressing problems would do more good than just reviewing them. Unfortunately I have little time to work on this myself, for now.) Gawaon (talk) 08:27, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gawaon: I have neither the time nor the interest to improve this article. With almost 43,000 good articles, I have chosen not to take on large projects that I'm uninterested in, and I hope editors who care about the article can take the lead on improvements. I'm happy to add tags if pinged or re-review the article once it is ready. Z1720 (talk) 15:09, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No Info Box like on Mayan

I am sure this has come up 1000 times, but I have never understood why an infobox would not be seen as critical for a flash overview of anytopic. I am trying to figure out Mayan from Aztec at a glance— Cant do it, since no infobox. Inayity (talk) 15:54, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You mean similar to the infobox in Maya civilization, say? Maybe it's just because nobody has added one yet? So if you want one, feel free to go ahead and add it, I won't stop you. (Though I can't speak for others, of course.) Gawaon (talk) 03:50, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Aztecs

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There are uncited statements, including entire paragraphs, in the article. Several sections, such as the "Definitions", "History", and "Religion" have too much detailed information which can be spun out into articles that already exist or removed, while other sections like "Art and cultural production" and "Legacy" can have information spun out into new articles or summarised more effectively. Z1720 (talk) 18:49, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fix it?·maunus · snunɐɯ· 19:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Maunus: Please see WP:GAR, which says "Wikipedia is not compulsory and editors should not insist that commentators, interested editors, or past GAN nominators make the suggested changes". I have neither the time nor the interest to resolve the concerns in this article. Z1720 (talk) 23:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]