Thread:Josephyr/@comment-26269130-20160201144641/@comment--20160201151452

Well I don't know the reason either but I'd like to throw in that botting people can easily be abused by people. Especially considering not everyone knows what a bot is. Much less finding the box to "enable bot edits" in RC for new/inexperienced users. I would assume it has to do with the openness of editing, and by having every admin the ability to freely bot users/themselves can get abused.

Not an official answer but that's my two cents. As a personal opinion, local admins not having that ability is a good thing.