Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[Tonus]

What we demand is very simple: that the community we serve, at least have the decency to make reasonable criticism to offer to our actions. Not just smear our work because of a warning or a thread lock. Or at least ask us the reason of our action, instead of jumping to conclusions.

But the community is not a monolith.  And the people most likely to get action taken against them are usually going to be the types who gripe and complain the most.  The community as a whole won't be able to enter into any sort of agreement with the staff (aside from the Rules), which means that those of us who play nice (the majority IMO) are at the mercy of those who realize that it's easy to rock the boat with only mild repercussions.

Because your system is pretty good --requiring staff discussion and votes before action is taken-- I think the better approach is to display confidence in the system and shrug off criticism.  Otherwise you'll be fighting constant battles with internet lawyers.  And you are under no obligation to do that.  You have a system that works.  Use it and don't worry about the people who will complain.  There will always be people who complain.