# Ban symbol next to suspended usernames **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2015年二月9日 22:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-symbol-next-to-suspended-usernames/25045 "2015-02-09T22:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年二月9日 23:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-symbol-next-to-suspended-usernames/25045/3 "2015-02-09T23:17:57Z")
No; this was [already covered elsewhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-ban-reason-text-field/6752/14). The community may wonder why they don’t see Bill around any more. They may also need to see _evidence of moderator action_ to prove that this is a place where negative people cannot just run around being jerks to people with no consequences. That said, we still want to avoid the “hello there new community member, check out our fabulous collection of heads-on-a-pike!” ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/0/044836d3dbcc3a5d6b72357ab527e29adee5e061.jpg) So I would _ **avoid** _… - showing any indication a user is banned on their username next to their posts. Just seeing the user stop posting should suffice, we don’t need to advertise the ban on every single old post they made. - having a public “rogue’s gallery” page listing everyone who has been banned, and for what reason. This seems too celebratory of punishment to me. Bans are sometimes _necessary_ but they should be regrettable, a method of last resort, not something you’re proud of advertising to the world. So for those community members that get curious about what happened to Bill, they can start a meta topic about it, or click on his user page to see the same public ban information (a brief sentence, plus duration) Bill himself can. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-symbol-next-to-suspended-usernames/25045)._