The author's age is relevant as it gives the rest of the community a standard at which to judge their achievement, and a reference point to base our criticisms.

The author's age is relevant as it gives the rest of the community a standard at which to judge their achievement, and a reference point to base our criticisms. Users here can be savage when judging other's work and castigating a person at this age would be both unnecessary and detrimental to their development.