Great post but I have a couple of differen rules/ideas.

Shortstackers to the right aren't that big of a deal for me. You can gtfo a lot when they open a pot and you know where they are. Also with reads you can actually re-steal a lot and turn it into a good situation.

Shortstackers to the left is more of a problem to me, especially if your standard open is 4BBs or more or if you're planning on playing really loose. If either of these are true then it's not hard for the SSers to make quite a bit off you without even realising it playing a fairly braindead shove good hands strategy. I would far rather have a SSer to my right than to my left, although I guess he standard edge you have on the player to your right is diminished somewhat if it's a SSer instead of a fullstacker so ideally you'd rather they were on the other side of the table/ in a grease fire.

While it is a pain in the arse to have a maniac on your left, I would rather have him there than somebody half decent.

With the issue about the table going shorthanded a lot of regs are really stupid. I lose count of thte number of times a good table breaks because a couple of people leave and yet half decent regs don't want to play shorthanded despite fsh being at the table. It irritates me a lot, although sometimes I get to play HU vs. retards so that makes up for it somewhat.

That said I completely agree with the concept and one of the things I am trying to do at the moment is constantly table select regardless of the number of tables I have running. I've been queueing on waiting lists/ starting tables and then leaving what I consider my least profitable table. I think it's really helping my winrate. It's a no-brainer, I would rather play fish and donators than regs.