As longstanding members know (and newer ones should have picked up from the FAQ), the staff prefer that questions about why former members were banned be asked by PM or e-mail. There are good reasons for this policy.
Lately, however, I’ve seen an odd phenomenon: active, non-banned members such as Markxxx and diggleblop who have the telltale ‘BANNED’, in capital letters, for their status. I’m curious if there’s a glitch, a new policy, some sort of game, or what? (Obviously, if this leads to a question that ought to have been asked privately, please say so and lock this.)