Personally I don't think this topic is relevant for Meta board. If someone like the OP is not able to understand the reason why their is archive & banned user then it is the end.
No matter whatever standards we want for the forum, here is still forum and should still be used as a forum. I don't think that it is bad for a user (irrespective of the rank) to ask an honest question they don't understand. It is either we answer the questions or we scroll pass. We shouldn't try to always make people feel they don't know or understand what they are doing. From people's question, some other people also learn. I didn't know that a user's profile can show archive if not for this post. Thanks!