Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23523342-20151226132850/@comment-26402117-20151226214354

I'd say numbers over rights in this case otherwise its less input from the community. If other users are not invited to the discussion, it depends on the size of the community really because if the mods are a sizeable portion of the editor base, the vote still would count. As a sidenote, certain behaviours from the target user can result in staff streamlining the demotion. Like breaking the site's policy or strongarming using admin rights - and these could be a reason to a speedy demotion in general. Direct interference with the voting (blocking users, deleting the input or removing evidence elsewhere) also counts as a streamlining factor. Some users are stripped of their rights before an immediate permablock so that the block is maintained - this may not require consensus but would require proof of a policy violation. While this may or may not be the case here, its an important consideration and "one man's contribution is another man's vandalism" can apply as well.