Re: -300 rp after deranking
When you de-rank from one rank Gold to silver or say plat to gold you are set back to the middle point of the lower silver 1 rank or gold 1 rank. that means the RP loss for de-ranking from the different ranks is different. This is normal for a couple of seasons now.
When you rank up from say Gold to plat you do get a 100 RP bonus for ranking up.
Best of luck in the Outlands and I hope this answered your question.