The situation there is more than standard. In fact, there is no secret. nodtin withdrew because he is leaving somewhere for the summer, which he told me in ICQ. But I agree with R55Max that the organizer is not obliged to report to any of the participants about every decision made at the first request, especially if it does not concern them. Moreover, the rules state:
Neither of these points applies to this situation. And to consider a simple question about why one is accepted and not the other as a demand for the organizer to report and to think that his dignity has been hurt... that's a bit of an overreaction, I think it's better to be more straightforward.