This whole area on the en-wiki is full of inconsistently applied rules and technical complexity. Not even long-term/clueful users know who is banned and who is blocked, what the difference is between these two, and how a a "community sanction" fits into this. There are no standards about how to label blocked users. Some indef-blocked users are not added to the category I mentioned above. Some blocked users are blocked/banned "in secret" and there is no mention of their block on their user pages (example)flong term. Some indef-blocked users cannot easily appeal their block when their talk page access is blocked by an admin without discussion. Other editors are not permitted to appeal on behalf of so-called bad actors.