This is the line I replied to. The newbie lock was because of the flood of newbies all posting stupid shit to the thread. I didn't even notice you in particular. So if you think you shouldn't have been unbanned (which was automatic, I just gave you a time out), then ban yourself.
Have you tried an external keyboard on your ipad mini? The iPad pro is a great machine, but it's not better for web than the regular ipad, and there are lots of keyboard options available for any ipad.
I have traveled using just an ipad and bluetooth keyboard, and have been reasonably satisfied with it.