diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8f757af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Number of days of inactivity before an issue becomes stale
+daysUntilStale: 120
+# Number of days of inactivity before a stale issue is closed
+daysUntilClose: 30
+# Issues with these labels will never be considered stale
+exemptLabels:
+  - pinned
+  - security
+# Label to use when marking an issue as stale
+staleLabel: wontfix
+# Comment to post when marking an issue as stale. Set to `false` to disable
+markComment: >
+  This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
+  recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
+  for your contributions.
+# Comment to post when closing a stale issue. Set to `false` to disable
+closeComment: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7e89b3ed3..e0d8d48d7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ GEM
       uniform_notifier (~> 1.11)
     byebug (11.0.1)
     cancancan (3.0.1)
-    capybara (3.25.0)
+    capybara (3.26.0)
       addressable
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ GEM
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2019.0331)
     mimemagic (0.3.3)
-    mini_magick (4.9.3)
-    mini_mime (1.0.1)
+    mini_magick (4.9.4)
+    mini_mime (1.0.2)
     mini_portile2 (2.4.0)
     minitest (5.11.3)
     moneta (1.0.0)
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.3)
       multi_xml (~> 0.5)
       rack (>= 1.2, < 3)
-    oj (3.7.12)
+    oj (3.8.0)
     omniauth (1.9.0)
       hashie (>= 3.4.6, < 3.7.0)
       rack (>= 1.6.2, < 3)
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ GEM
       thor (>= 0.19.0, < 2.0)
     rainbow (3.0.0)
     raindrops (0.19.0)
-    rake (12.3.2)
+    rake (12.3.3)
     rb-fsevent (0.10.3)
     rb-inotify (0.10.0)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-support (3.8.2)
-    rubocop (0.72.0)
+    rubocop (0.73.0)
       jaro_winkler (~> 1.5.1)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 2.6)
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ GEM
     rubocop-rails (2.2.1)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.72.0)
-    rubocop-rspec (1.33.0)
+    rubocop-rspec (1.34.0)
       rubocop (>= 0.60.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
     ruby-units (2.3.1)
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ GEM
     uniform_notifier (1.12.1)
     warden (1.2.8)
       rack (>= 2.0.6)
-    webdrivers (4.1.0)
+    webdrivers (4.1.1)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
       rubyzip (~> 1.0)
       selenium-webdriver (>= 3.0, < 4.0)
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/members_controller.rb
index 55cbdcf34..ca35129b3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/members_controller.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 module Admin
   class MembersController < ApplicationController
     before_action :auth!
+
     def index
       @members = Member.order(:login_name).paginate(page: params[:page])
     end
 
+    def destroy
+      @member = Member.find_by!(slug: params[:slug])
+      @member.destroy
+      redirect_to admin_members_path
+    end
+
     private
 
     def auth!
diff --git a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
index 76411b0ec..d044836ed 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  EMAIL_TYPE_STRING = {
-    send_notification_email: "direct message notifications",
-    send_planting_reminder:  "planting reminders"
-  }.freeze
-
   def unsubscribe
     verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(ENV['RAILS_SECRET_TOKEN'])
     decrypted_message = verifier.verify(params[:message])
@@ -72,6 +67,11 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
   private
 
+  EMAIL_TYPE_STRING = {
+    send_notification_email: "direct message notifications",
+    send_planting_reminder:  "planting reminders"
+  }.freeze
+
   def member_params
     params.require(:member).permit(:login_name, :tos_agreement, :email, :newsletter)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/members/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/members/index.html.haml
index d91b1f8a1..522c659c6 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/members/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/members/index.html.haml
@@ -2,14 +2,19 @@
   = page_entries_info @members
   = will_paginate @members
 
-
 %table.table.table-striped
-  %tr
-    %th Name
-    %th Email
-    %th
-    %th
+  %thead
+    %tr
+      %th{scope: "col"} #
+      %th{scope: "col"} Login Name
+      %th{scope: "col"} Email
   - @members.each do |member|
     %tr
-      %td= member.login_name
+      %td= render 'members/tiny', member: member
+      %td
+        = link_to member, member
       %td= member.email
+      %td
+        = link_to admin_member_path(member), method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, class: 'btn btn-light text-danger' do
+          = icon 'fas', 'ban'
+          Ban member
diff --git a/app/views/members/_follow_buttons.haml b/app/views/members/_follow_buttons.haml
index 82a2b7d88..244dc15f4 100644
--- a/app/views/members/_follow_buttons.haml
+++ b/app/views/members/_follow_buttons.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - if current_member && current_member != member # must be logged in, can't follow yourself
   - follow = current_member.get_follow(member)
   - if !follow && can?(:create, Follow) # not already following
-    = link_to 'Follow', follows_path(followed: member), method: :post, class: 'btn btn-block'
+    = link_to 'Follow', follows_path(followed: member), method: :post, class: 'btn btn-block btn-success'
   - if follow && can?(:destroy, follow) # already following
     = link_to 'Unfollow', follow_path(follow), method: :delete, class: 'btn btn-block'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/members/show.html.haml b/app/views/members/show.html.haml
index 8031e151a..2560ef9ae 100644
--- a/app/views/members/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/members/show.html.haml
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
 
         = render 'members/follow_buttons', member: @member
 
+        - if can?(:destroy, @member)
+          %hr/
+          = link_to admin_member_path(slug: @member.slug), method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, class: 'btn btn-block btn-light text-danger' do
+            = icon 'fas', 'ban'
+            Ban member
+          %hr/
+
       = render "stats", member: @member
       .card-footer
         = render "contact", member: @member, twitter_auth: @twitter_auth,
diff --git a/app/views/members/show.rss.haml b/app/views/members/show.rss.haml
index 075e3fafb..bb28ff632 100644
--- a/app/views/members/show.rss.haml
+++ b/app/views/members/show.rss.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   %channel
     %title #{@member.login_name}'s recent posts (#{ENV['GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME']})
     %link= member_url(@member)
-    - @posts.each do |post|
+    - @member.posts.each do |post|
       %item
         %title #{post.subject} by #{post.author.login_name}
         %pubdate= post.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
index 484fe6c10..d6ac4b5b3 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
                 %strong unread
               = n.created_at
           .col-6.col-md-3.text-right
-            = link_to n.sender do
-              %h3
-                = render 'members/tiny', member: n.sender
-                = n.sender
-            = render 'members/follow_buttons', member: n.sender
+            - if n.sender.present?
+              = link_to n.sender do
+                %h3
+                  = render 'members/tiny', member: n.sender
+                  = n.sender
+              = render 'members/follow_buttons', member: n.sender
+            - else
+              Member deleted
       .card-footer
         = link_to 'Read', n, class: 'btn btn-primary'
         = link_to 'Reply', reply_link(n), class: 'btn btn-secondary'
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/show.html.haml b/app/views/notifications/show.html.haml
index 2303c9ea5..84a8a29f2 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/show.html.haml
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
   .card-header
     .card-title= @notification.subject
     .float-right
-      = link_to @notification.sender do
-        = @notification.sender
-        = render 'members/tiny', member: @notification.sender
+      - if @notification.sender.present?
+        = link_to @notification.sender do
+          = @notification.sender
+          = render 'members/tiny', member: @notification.sender
+      - else
+        Member deleted
+
   .card-body
     = render @notification
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 28b892018..008033fc1 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   get 'members/auth/:provider/callback' => 'authentications#create'
 
   scope :admin do
-    resources :members, controller: 'admin/members', as: 'admin_members'
+    resources :members, param: :slug, controller: 'admin/members', as: 'admin_members'
     get '/' => 'admin#index', as: 'admin'
     get '/newsletter' => 'admin#newsletter', as: 'admin_newsletter'
     comfy_route :cms_admin, path: '/cms'
diff --git a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
index 4f22214ea..d36b7bd95 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ namespace :growstuff do
   # usage: rake growstuff:admin_user name=skud
 
   task admin_user: :environment do
-    add_role_to_member! ENV['name'], 'admin'
+    add_role_to_member! ENV['name'], 'Admin'
   end
 
   desc "Add a crop wrangler user, by name"
   # usage: rake growstuff:cropwrangler_user name=skud
 
   task cropwrangler_user: :environment do
-    add_role_to_member! ENV['name'], 'crop-wrangler'
+    add_role_to_member! ENV['name'], 'Crop Wrangler'
   end
 
   def add_role_to_member!(login_name, role_name)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
index 173b0ff0e..87a95ccb0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/member_controller_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 describe MembersController do
   before do
     @member = FactoryBot.create(:member)
-    @posts = [FactoryBot.create(:post, author: @member)]
     @twitter_auth = FactoryBot.create(:authentication, member: @member)
     @flickr_auth = FactoryBot.create(:flickr_authentication, member: @member)
   end
@@ -28,11 +27,6 @@ describe MembersController do
       response.should be_successful
     end
 
-    it "assigns @posts with the member's posts" do
-      get :show, params: { slug: @member.to_param }
-      assigns(:posts).should eq(@posts)
-    end
-
     it "assigns @twitter_auth" do
       get :show, params: { slug: @member.to_param }
       assigns(:twitter_auth).should eq(@twitter_auth)
diff --git a/spec/features/members/ban_spec.rb b/spec/features/members/ban_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eb2888e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/members/ban_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe "members list" do
+  let!(:spammer) { FactoryBot.create :member }
+  let!(:admin) { FactoryBot.create :admin_member }
+
+  context 'logged in  as admin' do
+    before do
+      login_as admin
+      visit member_path(spammer)
+    end
+    it { expect(page).to have_link "Ban member" }
+    describe 'bans the user' do
+      before do
+        accept_confirm { click_link 'Ban member' }
+      end
+      it { expect(page).to have_link admin.login_name }
+      it { expect(page).not_to have_link spammer.login_name }
+    end
+  end
+end