Lets discuss the flaws with the forums

[GrowlZ1010]

The discussion of bans should definitely be allowed; perhaps even encouraged. That's the only thing I would really criticize these forums for at this point in time. The current system fosters an air of secrecy. Peer review is nothing to be afraid of. If a ban reason is so weak that it will not stand up to public scrutiny, then the person should not have been banned in the first place.

Thread and post deletion should be justified by the moderator who removed the item in question in a public arena. Perhaps there should be an option in the User CP, "Show deletion reasons?", which would clearly show the reasons for an item's deletion in place of the item itself.

Also, this hasn't happened much of late, but when someone is clearly posting a one-off request on behalf of someone else, I don't see why that justifies the thread or post being closed or deleted. Account sharing is one thing, but when you do a friend a simple favour by posting a short comment for them, it should be allowed to stand.