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diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 7043d8206..791334d2d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,20 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     require_capability(:allow_write_gpx)
   end
 
+  ##
+  # require that the user is a moderator, or fill out a helpful error message
+  # and return them to the index for the controller this is wrapped from.
+  def require_moderator
+    unless @user.moderator?
+      if request.get?
+        flash[:error] = t('application.require_moderator.not_a_moderator')
+        redirect_to :action => 'index'
+      else
+        render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   ##
   # sets up the @user object for use by other methods. this is mostly called
   # from the authorize method, but can be called elsewhere if authorisation
@@ -164,6 +178,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # to be used as a before_filter *after* authorize. this checks that
   # the user is a moderator and, if not, returns a forbidden error.
   #
+  # NOTE: this isn't a very good way of doing it - it duplicates logic
+  # from require_moderator - but what we really need to do is a fairly
+  # drastic refactoring based on :format and respond_to? but not a 
+  # good idea to do that in this branch.
   def authorize_moderator(errormessage="Access restricted to moderators") 
     # check user is a moderator
     unless @user.moderator?