User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: April 11, 2016/@comment-24258073-20160412053139/@comment-5558012-20160412130407


 * "The * indicates that the right can't be revoked at a local level, not that once you remove it it can't be self-added again."

Not true. Special:UserRights states "A * indicates that you cannot remove the group once you have added it, or vice versa." The statement's "you" isn't exclusive to the promoter or demoter.