As a moderator or admin it is polite to notify someone if they are banned or have had posts deleted or even just give a warning in private....would people agree with that?

So, say I did something ban-worthy in the forum but had pm's off....a moderator could not contact me because they can't override user settings. I think that is wrong.

I think mods/admin should be able to override it.

Granted if people don't want to be contacted or seen online by the general majority that is fine, but they should be contactable in exceptional circumstances by authorized members (ie moderators/admin).