Well if "Yogzototh pointing stuff out acted as [a warning]" and
mojjj still got the punishment, then the warning had no purpose.
Just to make this clear, would he still have received his demotion if he was logged in at the proper time? (Speaking of which, he was online 2 days ago and 36 hours ago, judging by the games he played. His thread was, what, half a week ago?)
My concern is that I'm not getting the impression that the decision to demote
mojjj evolved from a consent among the admins. In particular, these things don't add up for me:
1. Apparently a warning seemed sufficient, yet
mojjj was demoted without further notice.
2. The warning was not given on grounds of lacking communication channels, although a public warning and this (inevitable) thread have qualitatively the same levels of public shaming. If that was your concern.
3. In addition,
mojjj was logged in multiple times since the "incident", leaving ample opportunity for a warning. But despite a lack of periculum in mora (from what I can tell), a sudden decision was made and action was taken, leading to point 1.
I lack (internal?) information to complete the picture here, maybe the decision process could be elaborated on a bit more?
Also, if you punish repeated offenders harder (no discussion about that in this thread please), I think an (afaict) long time admin like
mojjj would deserve a warning shot and not immediate termination. It's not like there was
actual harm done.