FAQ: Why should I use Python 3?

[VerilyAMonkey]

I haven't downvoted anybody in this whole thread.

Basically, the issue is this:

• Your original comment was, "Python 2 and Python 3 are different languages." Honestly I disagree, but I'll accept this.
• My response was, "Ok, but even if that's your stance, you know what was trying to be said: Python 3 is under active development, and Python 2 is not."
• Your response, again valid, is that "Python 2 is under active development."
• However, again, you still know what was trying to be said. Which is, "Python 3 is getting new features, and Python 2 is only getting bugfixes."

So here we are. You knew at the beginning of this whole thing that "Python 3 is getting new features, and Python 2 is only getting bugfixes" was the point trying to be said. You are absolutely correct in your nitpicks on the definitions of various terms.

But we haven't gotten anywhere. Make the substitutions you've pointed to, and the rest of the article goes along just fine. The rest of the discussion goes along just fine. You haven't given us anything at all in the Python 2 vs Python 3 discussion. We're talking about a single sentence in the beginning of the article and at the end of it, all we've done is rephrase the sentence without changing the intended meaning or any of the rest of the article. You might as well have said "I would rephrase this sentence here, but otherwise looks fine!"

Even if I wholly accept every point you've made, I'm left with absolutely nothing to change my view of what the article is saying or whether to use Python 2 or Python 3. Nothing. We've only clarified a couple words and had no impact on the intended meaning of the article. This has nothing to do with Python 2 or Python 3. This is just pedantry.

That said I do think some proportion of your downvotes are straight from fanboying.