Coming in late; but here's a couple comments all the same.
1. Any good revolver will shoot 1" - 1.5" with preferred loads. It takes a very expensive, very tightly fitted automatic to shoot that well. Forget about reliability and forget about matching Freedom Arms shooting that well at twice the range.
We can say that any good semi-auto can shoot 1" - 1.5" too. We'll just agree that any revolver or semi-auto that can't do that isn't "good."
3. Any automatic can malfunction. Timing issues in revolvers are rare.
Timing issues can happen in any revolver. So can cartridge creep, cylinder binding, cylinder won't open for one reason or another, stuck cases that won't eject, ejector rod creep, bad headspacing, misaligned chambers, and so on.
5. If you can't see the presence or absence of a casehead under the hammer, you need your eyes checked.
So how do you know if it's loaded? Look down the barrel? You'll still have to open the cylinder to see if the primer has been hit, and eject the shell to see if it's still live. Pretty much every semi-auto has a built in loaded chamber indicator, or you can check the chamber.
Or, just treat every firearm as if it's loaded. Equality.
6. Autos aren't necessarily "too complicated" but it is fact that revolvers are simpler.
Let's see:
Revolver: load cartridges, close cylinder, shoot 'till empty. Then try to explain to them how to push the cylinder release button with one hand while swinging out the cylinder with the other hand, and then hold on to it while pushing the ejector rod... or how to open the cartridge door and line up the cylinder, push the ejector rod, now push it harder so the cartridge actually ejects... just pluck the empty cartridge out when it still doesn't eject. Oh yeah, did you put the hammer on half-cock?
Semi-auto: insert mag, press slide release, shoot 'till empty, push button to eject magazine, done.
But on the other hand, you have to memorize all terms for all three malfunction types, techniques to clear them, the locations of all kinds of different safeties, etc.
CraigC sez: Automatics 'may' be superior as combat weapons but in all other respects revolvers are superior.
What you mean is in the things you claim are important in that post make revolvers superior, but that only means they are superior for you for your special purposes or uses. Do you really have revolvers in all those calibers?
By the "revolvers are superior" logic, single-shot handguns are superior to revolvers, in all respects.
Personally, I like revolvers and semi-autos. One handgun will be better for one purpose, while another will be superior for a different purpose. That's why I have multiple firearms.