Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Yeah, I guess not caring about optimization is just not what I see wrong with these articles. The poor writing, as well as the general inanity, are what make them bad in my book,I think I've given the wrong impression. I am saying that the "make a quick dnd article that will appeal to a lot of people" just isn't going to care about optimization, but may well be both genuine and be written by someone who understands the game.
The examples given in the OP aren't even bad, outside of the same poor writing we see damn near everywhere these days.