Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-32391117-20190109022240/@comment-34888194-20190109022959

Hello. A Bureaucrat can grant other users "bureaucrat" right, but they cannot remove a "bureaucrat" right. Only staff can remove a bureaucrat right, but do so rarely.

A bureaucrat can grant administrator, and can also remove the administrator right. Generally, it's a good idea for bureaucrat to minimize themselves to grant "bureaucrat" right and offer just the admin, instead, because they can't remove it once it has been added to other people. A bureaucrat can remove the "bureaucrat" themselves, but it's irreversible, which means you can't add your bureaucrat right back.

An admin can only grant discussion and chat moderators, whereas the bureaucrat can grant additional rights such as rollbacks, content moderators, admins, and bureaucrat.