Have you ever even partied with a PUP? From level 1-70 I didn't meet a single person who could outparse me and I never once solod. We already get a bad stigma and it doesn't help when we get unfair treatment from websites like this. I will thank you to hold your tongue in the future about things that you do not understand.
It's not like websites like these come up with these questions or opinions out of the air. Most of the questions and observations come from players. No one starts off with an opinion of a job when they first release it, the opinions occur as time goes on and players both bad and good try out the job. Over time, most jobs earn reputations. These reputations may or might not be deserved, but they all stem from observations of many players and the reputations come from ppl who have played the job. I remember when BLU first came out, the job has gotten a bad rap as far as partys are concerned, not because if the abilities or skill set or anything to DO with the job, but because ppl were using Exp Parties to spell hunt with. There were a couple BLUs on my server who set up Exp Parties and then only tried to fight the mobs they needed spells off of. That's great for the BLUs, but pissed off everyone else that was try to get some decent exp/hr.
As far as PUP is concerned, I don't have a real opinion. I've played with some decent PUPs and I've played with some PUPs that were worthless. Just like all other jobs. The players make the job, and unfortunately, some players just give the job a bad reputation. They might not want to heal, even though PUP is the only other job with native cure V. They might not have a decent DD setup because they don't have all the attachments. Heck, they might be used to just soloing (which I think many do) and so don't either have the gear or inclination to have the gear to party most efficiently. Honestly, don't know or don't care. I'd rather play with ppl who know how to play as a team and not individually, regardless of the job. Which is why most of my partys now are LS partys. As far as giving PUP a decent shake, we don't have on in my end game LS right now, but we are encouraging ppl to level it, just so we can test it out in end game. There's plenty that are excited about the possibilities.
Going back to your point though, the reputation that PUP has was created by ppl who play PUP, and I believe that questions posited like the ones from Stratics helps to improve the game, the job, and make more ppl more interested in playing that job. I know that there have been changes and updates to the job that now it's not an automatic lolPUP.
