I hypothesize that the reason for staff punishments not being public information is that this could be used as a way to harass or bring up really old punishments from years ago. It would contribute nothing to the report they're dealing with in-game, and only cause problems or arguments about the validity of a staff member's actions.
If Administration aren't confident in a staff member, they'll remove them from the role immediately.
@Kenty and
@Clarky can speak on behalf of Administration about this, as they both were demoted for different reasons. Some more serious than others. I'll let Kenty speak for himself if he wishes.
If you know the rules and understand (even a little bit of) staff responsibilities, it won't be hard to identify when you need to make a staff complaint on a staff member. Whilst it is largely confidential and only visible to you and Administration whilst it's being investigated, the system works. I've made staff complaints that have been accepted in the past, a long time ago.
I see no purpose in making staff punishment records public. Their demotion should indicate their bad actions if and when they're demoted, which should be more than enough.
Our actions as Enforcers, Moderators and Senior Moderators are always scrutinized by Administration when the situation calls for it, and we are constantly held to a high standard of behavior and policing in this community. We have several internal guidelines and "SoP"s in regards to various things.
We lead by example, so deleting someone's post as a joke, or shitposting on an otherwise serious thread won't reflect well on the staff team as a whole, regardless of who did it.
It is incredibly difficult, and at most times impossible to predict bad actors in the staff team. In the MassRDM case, where a Moderator used noclip to MassRDM, it was spontaneous and entirely unpredictable. The staff member in question held all the qualities, experience and knowledge required to be a Moderator, and was as I understand it, quite respected and trusted for being a Moderator and member of the community. There was no warning ahead of time or heads up, making the incident quite a shock to most of us when we learned of it.
So if your concern is that we aren't held accountable for our actions, then I can assure you that we certainly are.
