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The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization in an area that encompasses southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. The earliest villages of the Maya peoples developed before 2000 BC. The first Maya cities developed around 750 BC, and by 500 BC these cities possessed monumental architecture. Two hundred years later, the Maya were using hieroglyphic writing, the most advanced script in the pre-Columbian Americas. Only three of their books of history and ritual knowledge are known for certain to remain. Beginning in the mid third century, the Classic period saw the Maya civilization develop a large number of city-states linked by a complex trade network. In the 9th century, there was a widespread political collapse in the central Maya region. In the 16th century, the Spanish Empire colonised the region; the last Maya city fell in 1697. The Maya developed highly sophisticated artforms, complex calendars, and mathematics that included one of the earliest instances of the explicit zero in the world. Maya architecture included palaces, pyramid-temples, and ceremonial ballcourts. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): WP:MESO's last TFA was Spanish conquest of Petén in May 2016. WP:CAMERICA's last TFA was Jaguar on Nov. 29, 2021. I think the last "civilization" article is Macedonia (ancient kingdom) on May 7, 2020.
Main editors: Simon Burchell
Promoted: July 24, 2015. URFA/2020 declared "FAR not needed" on Feb. 16, 2022.
Reasons for nomination: Latin America/Mesoamerican topics are underrepresented at FA. This is also a level-three vital article, with over a million page views last year. This would be a TFA re-run; its last run was on January 27, 2016.
Support as nominator. Struck, see below Z1720 (talk) 15:32, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: the article is too long, fails to adequately use summary style, is crammed with too many images, needs a MOS review, and has repetitive and redundant language throughout. With a considerable number of older FAs passing FAR recently, it should not be necessary to re-run older FAs that have not been through FAR. (I am in favor of re-running older FAs that have been through FAR.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:37, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Reluctant oppose per Sandy. It would be great if this article could be gotten into shape to run, but right now it is way too bloated and needs better application of summary style to meet the FA criteria. (t · c) buidhe 06:55, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest withdrawl: I'm not sure if I'm allowed to close this or if a TFA coord has to, but it's been open a month and there have been few edits to resolve the above. I suggest that SandyGeorgia and Buidhe post their concerns on the article's talk page, and perhaps bring it to FAR if warranted. Z1720 (talk) 18:15, 25 March 2022 (UTC){{subst:TFAR bottom|passed=no}}[reply]