Thread:Josephyr/@comment-26269130-20160201144641/@comment-1251315-20160201184544

Some wiki's have bureaucrats who don't know what they are doing with their wiki's, so giving them the ability to grant bot flags to people is liable for abuse to hide edits that they don't want other members of the wiki to see for any reason, which could easily be abused if you want to "silence" members edits from the wiki. I think it's a good idea that Staff have the right to grant the bot flag, that way nobody can abuse it or gain bot rights by mistake.