Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Article feedback sucks and was implemented without consent of en:wiki/reply (7)

Wow. That's a little harsh. You've turned that list of complaints into just mere whining. Well, first of all, that list of complaints, or reasons for the tool to be removed (although some less valid than others) seems to be less than that of the reasons for the tool to be used. In fact, as far as I know, there are no reasons for the tool to be used at all.

Also, how about you replace what you said, "I don't like it" in their minds seems to mean "so nobody else should be permitted to use it" with this, "I think it makes no improvement to Wikipedia" in their minds seems to mean "it is unneccesary and distracting". Or how about you turn it around and look at what the other side of the discussion are saying: "I like it" in their minds seems to mean "everyone else must put up with it". It's easy to put a selfish spin on it, and I think there's about the same amount of selfishness coming from both sides of the argument, as there is opinions. Thousands of words from you is not the same thing as widespread support of the tool (You for example, have edited this page many dozens of times, but your opinion is still the opinion of just one user), but I do think you're right in that the overall argument has remained neutral (neither supportive nor opposing).

Personally, I oppose the tool. In my opinion, it is useless, unneccesary, potentially destructive, goes against the nature of wikipedia, is being used for the wrong reasons, is quite easily misinterpreted (both for those rating the page and those interpreting the results), and it ultimately looks ugly. But, hey, that's just my opinion. I'm here to share my opinion in the hope that it is taken into consideration. And it comes down to that. If a small handful of people so passionately oppose this, that they write thousands of words in their defense, then their words should be taken deep into consideration. This is not to say that this passion makes a widespread opposition to the tool, and there's a lot of passion from the other side as well. I don't think there's (or has been) any widespread anything or any kind of consensus on this tool, so perhaps it's time to bring out the "If it ain't broke" philosophy and change it back to the way it was (even though we've all got our opinions on what "broke" is). But yeah, that's pretty much all I have to say.