User blog comment:Kirkburn/Technical Update: January 27, 2015/@comment-1251315-20150128141013

Not sure if this is already known, but I'm posting here. There seems to be a bug with the global flags on some wikis. For this, I will use Flightmare as an example of this bug.

As we know, he has the council/helper/util flags across all wiki's. On TES Wiki, he is also a sysop. When I go to w:c:tes:Special:ListUsers/sysop, he will be listed with all these flags as intended. However, sometimes, I will go to the ListUsers page (any wiki) and he'll only show up with the helper flag (and sysop for TES wiki), apparently losing council/util at random for no reason. The logs on central wiki don't show anyone is actually removing and re-granting the flags when he needs them.

This also seems to happen with other users with global flags, such as Sactage's "URL" bot, in which it will randomly stop showing URL as having the bot-global flag.

It's a minor bug, but somewhat irritating. I'll file this to S:C/bug later today if it's not already known to Wikia. :)