User blog comment:SniperGhost/Death Before Dishonor Blog 2/@comment-1022794-20100702020545

Two primary reasons are his experience with how to manage the site and power reliably, along with positive user interactions and great relationships with large portions of the community.

Also, no new admins for now. We decided a while back that articles were less important than users, as our current admin team can effectively monitor the influx of articles. However, if there was a large influx in users, that would require better observation and possibly more positions of power.