[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5887: Show trac gardeners if a profile has been banned.

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#5887: Show trac gardeners if a profile has been banned.
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 Reporter:  peterwilsoncc  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Profiles       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:8 peterwilsoncc]:
 > I wouldn't feel comfortable showing modwatched to all logged in users

 Modwatched is different to blocked/banned/deactivated/whatever :)

 My biggest concern with showing `deactivated` (perhaps `temporarily
 deactivated` for the first month?) is that it could unwittingly harm
 reputation of someone when it's not intended.

 As I said in slack in #forums:
 > My biggest hesitation to “everyone and anyone” is the possibility of
 someone noticing “Oh an ACME company employee got their account
 deactivated” and it not being clear publicly why (Especially since we
 can’t really say why someones account is deactivated, or if it even ever
 was due to privacy and all that)

 There's a big difference between "Banned" and "Penalty box, please contact
 us" which currently is one and the same status.

 I think the middle-ground here is to show the blocked status (NOT
 modwatched) in profiles to anyone who has any form of extra "trust level"
 - which we can determine via make.wordpress.org/* roles being >=
 subscriber.
 It's relatively safe, let's those who need to see it, see it, and avoids
 any possible chance of giving the wrong impression to someone who doesn't
 understand how account moderations happen on WordPress.org.

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