Thread:Project:Current issues/User:MZMcBride and sysopping of User:Fram/reply (62)

That entire block the paragraph you quote starts with "Use this page for requests for: [...] Promotion (to administrator, bot, bureaucrat, etc.)". It's a block describing the Project:Requests page and the RfA process. The paragraph on convincing 'crats and administrator status is entirely within the context of convincing 'crats reading an RfA. There is nothing written there saying that a single 'crat can bypass the RfA/consensus process on that very page – where in this case other members of the community would have undoubtedly objected.

And as for this logic of meeting the requirements:
 * Did you miss the part saying "don't ask for administrator without giving a concrete reason"
 * That whole thing is about the "common sense" of convincing bureaucrats reading your RfA that you deserve to be an admin. Having multiple 'crats object to your adminship doesn't fit in any common sense I've seen.