User blog comment:Solomus-BlackWing/Power Debate/@comment-25076627-20140715211907/@comment-25076627-20140716035541

While I definitely discussed demoting Dirge more often and in more detail with Cal, I had briefly mentioned it to Han on several occasions, including in Skype calls. Whether or not he took the comments seriously was up to him. Anyway, I had both Han and Dirge promoted without consulting the community as a whole. Notice how Han doesn't complain about that.

Please, show me a single message on a talk page that directly expressed concern over my promotion.

Again, enough with the DS/BB hate. DS's logic was that since I was making the decisions for him anyway, he could just make it easier for everyone involved by promoting me. It wasn't childish, it was practical. Similar to cutting out the middle-man. The only childish thing in the whole ordeal was how the rest of the administrative staff reacted. Rather than properly expressing your concerns like adults, you opted for vague whining and false false reassurances ("I'll stay with you." ; "it's good to know you aren't looking to rock the boat"). As I've said many times, all it would have taken was a short Skype call and we could have sorted things out within minutes.