Original sentence: Discussions that may result in disciplinary action against volunteer editors take place in a private forum which can only be accessed by ODP's staff and meta editors.For security reasons, ODP has a standing policy that prohibits any current ODP editors from discussing the reasons for specific editor removals.However, volunteer editors who are at risk of losing their editing privileges are given warnings by e-mail if it is felt they are violating ODP guidelines.It is alleged that some of these private forum discussions have been published outside of ODP after being forwarded to ODP's critics by anonymous ODP insiders
Edited sentence: As such, former ODP editors who have lost their editing privileges are often left to wonder why they cannot login at ODP to perform their editing work.Even so, some of these private forum discussions have been published outside of ODP after being forwarded to ODP's critics by anonymous ODP insiders.However, discussions that may result in disciplinary action against volunteer editors take place in a private forum which can only be accessed by ODP's staff and meta editors, and volunteer editors who are at risk of losing their editing privileges may not be given any notice that such proceedings are taking place, much less notice of an adverse decision.ODP also has a standing policy that prohibits any current ODP editors from discussing the reasons for specific editor removals.The rationale that is publicly asserted for this policy is that volunteer editors are asumed to know when they are violating ODP guidelines