User blog comment:G-man./Demotion Request: G-man./@comment-4879311-20160509125420/@comment-3112181-20160509153751

You're right, it is a ceremonial position. But it comes with ceremonial duties, which – at least in the eyes of five users – he's failed to uphold. It's not a matter of scrutinising policy or taking matters with a grain of salt; what it all comes down to is whether or not he is the single user who most deserves to be president and given this ceremonial honour. In the minds of many, the answer to this question is no.

Also, your argument (if I'm understanding it correctly) can be turned around on you. The main case I'm seeing thrown around in G's defense is that he's a good coder; nowhere is it written that coding is the duty of the president.

We could very well abolish the titles of president and vice-president, and simply be run by a collection of administrators. But this site, like any organisation or entity, naturally needs a head: someone to serve as "the model user" and call the difficult decisions. In the collective opinion of a large chunk of the active community, he does not fulfill these capabilities. It's as simple as that.