User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Introducing New Moderator Opportunities For Community Administration/@comment-27393108-20160114110814/@comment-24258073-20160115073152

I know but on some wikis, you have to prove that you're ready to obtain lower tiered rights before you can even think about applying for higher tiered ones. On some wikis (but not all of them, and almost certainly not half of them) that's just how it is.