I really believe the best solution is to have just one description TEXTAREA field which is used as the comments in the warning PM/email since I never saw the need for that separate alert comment field anyway, but that you allow the warner to customize the warning message however they want by simply initializing it for them with all the warning information. I almost always want to customize the warning message in some way, but cannot. If you also implement the change of including the quoted text of the warned post in addition to a link to it, I would want to edit down that quoted post to isolate the text that is being warned about. This clarity will help the warnee and other moderators understand exactly the reason for the warning. As it is now, it almost always needs a followup explanation. I think you suggested this would create more hassle for the moderators, but this would save the moderators a lot of time.
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