Well I can't send you the link because I am on my phone. But Kishi said he would have multi hour debates throughout the 15+ years making the story with his editors. So CC is correct about that.
And what does that even mean? How much detailed and authentic is your link? Seriously we are talking about an actual source so that I can find out exactly what was said and the context.
Wouldn't you want to understand the context better if you ever write a story which is then asked to be made for at least a 5 year long serialization and then which keeps going for 15 years?
A lot of changes are made on the story board and brain storming to reach from point A to B which is certainly not a straight line. How many panels would be there? How much content has to be fit it and how much of story and hints to be dropped or not|? What to cover in this chapter and how to go about it next...let alone drawing the correct expressions images and then fitting them and what not..and it's been done on weekly basis for 15 years.
There have been so many interviews and some fake and some real which only made ones thing clear I am not accepting random claims. Especially seeing how much personal interpretation is added when it comes to hearsay rather than actual words.
I read in an earlier interview that Kishi had drawn only Itachi and no Sasuke when he presented the original concept to WSJ. But he was told to introduce a character and introduce a rival for Naruto and add more stuff for a longer story and a chance to expand later on. It doesn't look like that it was editors only ideas, just them making more suggestions about what they wanted from him.
Either way let, accept your version- that means the whole editorial group is responsible for all the mess up where Kishi was just drawing the script handed to him with little contribution. Then I guess it doesn't matter if Kishi was good or bad in writing females or anything at all for that matter ....let's find the names of his editors who made the story and lynch them. ^_^
It's funny that in an attempt to flame the writer you are actually relieving him of his responsibilities as a writer.