From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski
We have already seen this on IRCNet. Giving sysops power to ban sysops is going to lead to a lot of problems.
So could you:
- forbid sysops block other sysops
- don't install it on any Wikipedia but (maybe) English
They're not analogous situations. Banning on IRC means no ability to participate--a sysop can't easily unban himself. Banning on Wikipedia means only blocking the ability to edit pages--a sysop can easily unban himself.
That is, the ability to ban WP sysops is only cosmetic.