Lets face it, the reason the information isn't open to the forum, is because the team doesn't want the grief and hassle of people complaining about the reason. I.e.
'WhackyWill was banned for mouthing off at such and such' Response being from the forum, But such and such is a dick, no need for the ban' or 'I've done trades with X plenty of times, never have I had not received and item etc'
Let's be honest, that's the real reason, you guys don't want to Ban someone and realise it was a mistake once debated throughout the forum.
That isn't a dig at the team, but that's the only reason I can think of, unless it really is a petty power trip that you want to keep this information to your self just for that.
As I said, not having a dig, just stating what seems obvious to me, yet know one wants to say it, but it's an open forum, if that can't be said then what can....
If those are neither the answers then why can't the real answer be given instead of, 'closed for discussion' That's just exacerbating things...
Curious about the pre-warning of the imminent ban and time to tidy up your PM's and dealings with trades.
Steve got banned, but was notified a couple of hours after his ban via an email. So he had no time to finish off any PM's that were going on to other members...
Now you could argue he's lying, I've not seen his emails etc, but I have no reason not to believe him.