User blog comment:AmazingPythor/Important: Demotion of Veralann/@comment-26425232-20170309144727/@comment-26067066-20170309201736

Although Hype arguably didn't provide any definitive answers, his comments were extremely questionable in general. When asked to provide information regarding the discussion behind Slicer's demotion, instead of shutting the entire thing down immediately, as would be the responsible action to take, he stated that "he'd see depending on how the admin site is set up." As Loney and I have stated numerous times, we need to have complete confidence that an administrator can keep such things private, and if we can't have this confidence, then we shouldn't allow a candidate access to the admin site; it's not a matter of punishment so much as it is a necessary security precaution. I'm really not sure what you're missing here.

Also, you mentioned previously that the admins should have kept the matter private instead of making a public announcement, which you dismiss as fearmongering. I feel that conducting such a matter underhandedly would have been perceived as shady and caused even more of a mess. I was aware that either situation would cause nonsensical tumult, but believed that overall this would be the wisest option, so I find it unfair to label it as "scaremongering."