# Exclude "Suspended" and "Blocked" users from username auto-complete

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-suspended-and-blocked-users-from-username-auto-complete/38574>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** mentions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-suspended-and-blocked-users-from-username-auto-complete/38574 "2016-01-27T13:55:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-suspended-and-blocked-users-from-username-auto-complete/38574/4 "2016-01-30T11:01:01Z")

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It doesn’t need to be a long list of caveats if they’re just differentiated from the rest like @zogstrip suggests. Maybe a red-ish background and an icon or just the words “suspended/blocked” on a newline.

There are many valid reasons for mentioning a user after they’ve been blocked, like you’re talking about the events that led to the blocking, so we shouldn’t be completely hiding it anyhow.

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