I'm listing this article for peer review because I want to clarify issues and receive constructive criticism before I nominate this for WP:GA.

Thanks in advance, Nannoyani (talk) 23:05, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'll pick up more things within the next days as I read the article. Here's some basic points and questions I can give as of now:

• Recall a GA article can be understood by a broad audience. Some of the sentences in Gameplay are quite specific.
• "sv_alltalk" or even such a console command isn't mentioned in the referenced manual page. I suggest removing it or mentioning that a console command can be used. You can also clarify or remove 200 units of Kevlar?, which I couldn't read the source of to verify its purpose.
• I suggest removing the last sentence in Assassination: A VIP shouldn't expect ... sufficient protection.
• You can elaborate on how Golsrc and Quake engines are related for lay readers. I clarified that the Half-Life engine and Goldsrc engine are the same thing.
• On November 9, 2000, Valve announced that the retail version had gone gold, and the mod version was released shortly after: What does "gone gold" mean?
• Couldn't find the exact quote for "strong identity" in ref52
• The first sentence in Critical Reception and Gameplay has a citation overkill. I suggest WP:CITETRIM
• What punctuation mark should be used? Is it "250.000" or "100,000"? Some do not have a punctuation mark. Resolved this but keep this in mind
• Release may have subsections, especially on the German ban (and could be merged with the Brazilian one). Is there more content on OS X and Linux ports to avoid one-sentence paragraphs?
• You may refer to MOS:MILLION and use {{nbsp}}

RFNirmala (talk) 12:03, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for responding! Well regarding your concerns, I'll try to fix any mistakes.

• Acknowledged.
• I think it was in the self-published source which I had to remove, since it contained information from Wikipedia.
• Acknowledged.
• Acknowledged.
• There isn't exactly 'strong identity' quoted, there is an indirect mention of it from Jess Cliffe.
• Acknowledged.
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• I think adding a subsection for "Controversy" can be done, which will combine both the German and Brazilian bans. Now regarding the Linux and OS X ports, that's what I came across only. Maybe this source here can be useful, since it mentions that Counter-Strike is the third Linux port regarding Valve games.
• Acknowledged.

I'll polish the article later, thank you again for your speedy response! Nannoyani (talk) 08:43, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]