Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-1251315-20140625132912/@comment-1207741-20140705224300

Let's pretend articles are like hair. Long articles are people who desperately need a haircut, like this guy.

Your proposal, in its current form, is to shave half of his head, like this. The hope is that a) nobody will notice how long his remaining hair is, and b) people won't be bothered that half of what should be there is not.

Tabs, meanwhile, are like this. Being split apart hasn't solved any of the individual strand's length problems. If anything, it's allowed whole sections of hair to become even longer because, hey, there's room now.

What's really wanted is a haircut in a world devoid of barbers.