User blog comment:Hockeyben/RFA/@comment-168424-20110413193751

I would mention that being a bureaucrat is a much higher level of responsibility, since you can completely wreck a wiki as a bureaucrat (make other bureaucrats, remove sysops, etc.). A bureaucrat should also be required to have demonstrated sysops skills or shown exceptional leadership among sysops. By your requirements, its almost easier to become bureaucrat than a sysop and that makes very little sense.