User blog comment:NTPYTO/I am... a little... surprised... and I don't know exactly what to... think./@comment-4752762-20120430160353/@comment-3541956-20120501062038

Emite, I don't think this started off as a worldwide project but more as a personal one. From there, it doesn't sound too strange that he made his friend bureaucrat. And remember, bureaucrat rights cannot be removed, so when it became a worldwide one, it was probably too late.