'Being really good at it' is subversion when
they aren't actually really
good at it, they just disregard the rules. I wont speak for George, but
yes,
doing it in secret makes me think they *are* adding bias. If this is
upstanding, good work, they would do it in view with open communication.
Transparency breeds accountability.
In this particular case, other than some clumsy meatpuppeting which rang
all the alarm bells, nothing was done in secret. The editor declared his
interest in his first edit.
Fred