Originally Posted by senor rubirosa

Good suggestions, dong. And no surprise there.
I have a few thoughts.

I'm not sure I see why ban warnings should be indicated, but still ...

It may provide an opportunity for the member (or pals) to have a rethink. It's a throwaway.

• Moderator votes on bans could be published? It would aid transparency. Addresses the key issues raised recently.

By name, or merely numbers for and against? I think this might be going a bit far, in either case.

Yes, sorry for and against. It's late

• No gallery access/upload for non paying members. At all. If the gallery is to be paid for that's fine but then non paying members who don't use it should not be made to feel second class because their contribution is 'merely' verbal (well, OK - written). That has wrankled! Pictures are not the sole raison d'etre for LPSG.

Two ways (at least) of looking at this. Do you mean they wouldn't even see the thumbnails? Because the thumbnails might be incentive to become a Gold Member, and doing away with that might damage the financial interest of the owner. (This is, at the end of the day, a business.)

Thumbnails may work. X (1-3?) days free/restricted access on sign up - Pay therafter, may be better.

• A process whereby members (probably paying members) may seek the removal of or request an explanation from moderators whose activity considered by a group (12 say) to be partial, spiteful and/or vindictive. Again, open to abuse but...

Interesting, but very open to abuse, as you say. Worth looking at.

It's a bit jury-ish I know, but the issuse of moderator impartiality has arisen more than once. The banning of BD being only the most recent example.