Why a username is not in bold letters?

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,853]

Does that mean he/she been banned from the forum? I'm seeing it more often lately!

[Pastel 7,627]

Indeed, that means the member has been banned from the forums.

[Commander Frost 731]

If a member's name is grey and un-bolded along with being un-clickable, that means they're account has been banned.

[Shanks 10,811]

Yes, it does when someone is banned the letters in their names are unbolded and you also can no longer click on their profiles. With a site this large it is a rather unfortunate yet common occurence.

[Princess Periwinkle 3,774]

Yes, names that are not bold (and are also unclickable) are banned users.

[Khaoios 1,970]

Usernames that are "bold" are clickable to view that members profile

Usernames that are "not bold" are unclickable, and that is because that member (for whatever he or she did) got permanently banned.

 

They won't appear on the members list, but there will be times you'll see them from past posts they made. 

[Lightwing 12,955]

The unbold,unclickable,and grey username means that the user has been permabanned from MLPForums.

 

If you try to access to the banned user's page by any other means,you'll get an error,which will say

 

"This member is no longer active"

 

As additional info,a permaban doesn't mean that the account has been erased,if not that has been locked from the public view.

There are very exceptional cases where a permaban is lifted,but it's not common,because permabans are only made when an user has made something that has gone beyond the unimaginable,and has gone against the most severe rules of the forum(NSFW excess,abusive behavior...)

 

All that you need to know about permabans has been explained with this.Good day

[Adorkable 2,737]

I think Sky Chaser answered your question perfectly. Members' usernames that aren't bold or clickable are banned, but not necessarily permanently.

 

Since your question was answered, I'll go ahead and lock this thread. Have a good one! ^^

[Venomous 18,813]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have confirmed the issue and were able to resolve it quickly. We will be marking this as closed.