User blog comment:Drkdragonz66/Removing Blocking Powers from Rollbacks/@comment-2052424-20110809164658

There are fewer admins than moderators. What happens if a ban needs to happen right away, and there is no admin around to do it? Do the moderators be forced to endlessly rollback EVERY piece of vandalism that the subject makes without being able to do anything else about it?

No; they should not have to wait however long for an admin to come on. They need the power to bann, when no other can.