Tagging "Probationary" users - mechanism to alert mods/admins to a user's probation?

[stardotstar]

Hi all,

I wonder what people think about the way to handle a pretty common situation.

We get users who have infringed or somehow got themselves into a status where one or another mod or admin wants to "keep an eye on them" or after being banned or other action we need to put them on probation or a good behaviour bond/notice.

Is there some way that a user can be "flagged" for extra attention when the mods are browsing the forums.

Ie perhaps a "P" graphic appears in the Post Bit which only a mod or admin will see if the user is added to a secondary user group that is a sort of "extra watch list".

They do not need to know they are in this group and it shouldn't ever become necessary to follow up but repeat offenders and people who may have been able to change their username or other instances can fly under the radar and something like this could be a useful notice to allow mods to immediately see that this member needs watching.

Perhaps even with a mouse over the "P" user notes could pop up?

Any mods that ring a bell with this kind of functionality or tackle the situation differently?

Love to hear your thoughts.

Might be work hacking something very simple together - hidden user profile field that displays in postbit to mods/admins only?

Will