Mattias Sweden, 15/02/2013 17:17:
it used to work just fine, so I assume this is a
Wikimedia feature which
I haven't been aware of.
Indeed. It's a feature to preserve the parity among sysops, «an
intrinsic system for consensual action, reciprocal control, and
prevention of abuse».
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Administrator
Consensus is a very important principle in Wikimedia projects.
Nemo