Honestly, I don't care what they do to Boneshaper Shinnok. Just buff my main Necromancer and we'll be fine. I mained Jade and Kano in MK9, so that should speak some volumes to you. Shinnok is fine as his, not top 3 material at all. He has a lot of even match-ups and maybe the occasional 2-3 good ones in his favor but to out right say he's top 3? No.
Clearly when people refer to Shinnok being strong to the point of needing adjustments they are talking about BS, not the other two variations.
How do you define "not top 3 material at all"? Having everything be either good or great with no real weaknesses is not top material? Having no bad MU's, or possibly one bad MU at the most is not top material? Being better overall than nearly every variation in the entire game, which is unanimously agreed upon by both spectators and top players is not top material?
BS Shinnok is "Top 10" to you but not Top 5? Seriously? Hall of Fame level downplay. What are
nine variations better than BS Shinnok? Maybe you can see how absurd it looks if you try to type it out.
I'm not sure what you are judging by, but again, there isn't an ounce of evidence to suggest that Bone Shaper is not a Top 5 variation in the game at worst, likely a Top 3. Whether he needs nerfs or not or how many nerfs is debatable, but to pretend as if he isn't a hair away from being the best in the game is asinine.