User blog comment:Legøfanyøda/Message From MsD/@comment-4845243-20130907160923/@comment-1693968-20130907171346

Requests for Rights forces the admins to promote users, even if it is harmful to the wiki. Recommendations for Rights allows admins to know the community's opinions, and encourages them to follow it. However, if there's someone who shouldn't be promoted, they aren't forced to promote them. That's why we created the Recommendations for Rights, instead of using Requests for Rights.