It reminds me of the Puritan practice of putting miscreants on display in stocks. (I'm not being critical, just observing a similarity).
The idea is to warn people who might trade with him, not to punish him. The forum doesn't handle justice.
Thanks! Is it possible to have some kind of link next to what would've been my avatar, the "user box"?
If this were XenForo, a simple template hook would suffice, not sure how SMF handles its stuff.
I don't think that's necessary.