My view of that thread,
as I espoused when I was asked about it, found that Seiji (not evaluating staff) and Fine had reservations about the rating. As Lephyr pointed out, Qawsed disagreed with 4-C, Fine initially agreed with 4-C but seemed to hesitate later, and DDM supported it earlier but made ambiguous statements later.
Looking back, that was enough of a mix that we should've tried to really nail down proper answers from people, and get more input. But I also don't think the 4-C stuff was taking something clearly rejected, and adding it in spite of that, such that it would be a rule violation. The thread was just kind of a clusterfuck.
As I mentioned, I think the best way forward would be to make a new thread bringing up the important counterarguments, to reformat discussion outside of that clusterfuck.
I don't. Seems like a lurker, not some sock that's out to get you.