User blog comment:Meighan/Wiki Wisdom: Reacting to Trolls and Vandalism/@comment-1927317-20111112055444/@comment-1927317-20111112180804

"And why exactly should they report it to an admin while they can revert vandalism themselves?"

So that vandals can be blocked or warned or what have you. Things that regular RCs and UCs are incapable of. I don't see anything in my post that suggest that they shouldn't revert it.