User blog comment:Teridax122/Admin authorty/@comment-26686429-20121023075301

The philosophy is normally "no" - although experience is worth noting, and you should look at their arguments, users are normally seen as equals, and there's no difference in "rank" between an admin and a normal user, or a more experienced admin, etc.

I wouldn't consider userrights anything about authority, as that really doesn't exist on a wiki-based system. Instead try to get agreement between different people, remember - you're working together to create the wiki, you shouldn't be working against each other with an authority based system.