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I like the idea tbhThere's a very simple solution here.
Make it a site feature where the banned members' reason for being banned shows up when you hover over their name. It would show the usual info like join date etc., but if they're banned, it would list the reason(s) also.
On the site's end, moderators would have a list of fixed, bullet point or checkbox options for selecting what the reasons are, and they would be required to select the reasons from their menu before they're able to go through with the ban.
If anything, it'll reduce a huge chunk of the clutter here asking about such and such user when they could simply hover over the name and see for themselves.
If people are banned for one reason or another, it makes zero sense for those reasons to be private. It would be like if the authorities arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned somebody for a crime, but they hid the information of what crime was committed from the public.
If somebody promotes trap content, for example, yeah delete the post and ban them into the nether realm. But there's no harm in having their reason for ban being displayed like a rap sheet or badge of dishonor.
This will placate posters like @ScornedStoic, while not changing any rules or moderator responsibilities, and it will trim the fat from this thread.
