User blog comment:Sharple/Rule Request: Demotions and Promotions/@comment-782162-20110805122524

earg..... now thats a tricky one. If you notice, some votes are put to the public, and some are decided on between admins... It is to our discretion. We know that some things will cause a stir and divisions between users, particularly demotions, so those kind of things are kept private. If it is something such as a rollback promotion, it will most likely come up on the public. Bans are a very simple matter usually also. If a user has minor offenses, a vote will come up in the public. But we will NOT wait to ban for a serious offense. Many serious offenders can gather followers when a public ban vote has gone up.

Honestly there isn't exactly a set code for votes, no matter what various rules say, We are admins because we have experience, and you have to have faith in that experience.

PS. For quick action, it is MUCH easier to gather admins than to get the entire community to vote...