--- a/app/soc/models/user.py	Sun Feb 01 16:18:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/models/user.py	Sun Feb 01 17:14:42 2009 +0000
@@ -107,3 +107,11 @@
   agreed_to_tos_on.help_text = ugettext(
       'Indicates when the user agreed to the site-wide Terms of Service.')
 
+  #: field storing the status of this User.
+  #: valid: Is just that, it's a valid User.
+  #: invalid: This means that this User has been excluded from using the website.
+  status = db.StringProperty(required=True, default='valid',
+      choices=['valid', 'invalid'],)
+  status.help_text = ugettext(
+      'Indicates the status of the User. Invalid means that this account '
+      'has been excluded from using the website.')

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user.py	Sun Feb 01 16:18:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user.py	Sun Feb 01 17:14:42 2009 +0000
@@ -73,17 +73,23 @@
     new_params['sidebar_heading'] = 'Users'
 
     new_params['extra_dynaexclude'] = ['former_accounts', 'agreed_to_tos',
-        'agreed_to_tos_on']
+        'agreed_to_tos_on', 'status']
     new_params['create_extra_dynafields'] = {
         'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_user_not_exist('link_id'),
         'clean_account': cleaning.clean_user_account_not_in_use('account')}
 
+    # recreate the choices for the edit form
+    status_choices = []
+    for choice in user_logic.getModel().status.choices:
+      status_choices.append((choice, choice))
+
     new_params['edit_extra_dynafields'] = {
         'link_id': forms.CharField(widget=widgets.ReadOnlyInput(),
             required=True),
         'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
         'agreed_to_tos_on' : forms.CharField(widget=widgets.ReadOnlyInput(),
             required=False),
+        'status' : forms.ChoiceField(choices=status_choices),
         'clean_account': cleaning.clean_user_account('account'),
         'clean': cleaning.validate_user_edit('link_id', 'account'),
     }
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@
     form.fields['account'].initial = entity.account.email()
     form.fields['agreed_to_tos_on'].initial = entity.agreed_to_tos_on
     form.fields['agreed_to_tos_on'].example_text = self._getToSExampleText()
+    form.fields['status'].initial = entity.status
 
     super(View, self)._editGet(request, entity, form)
 

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sun Feb 01 16:18:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sun Feb 01 17:14:42 2009 +0000
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     # set the specific fields for the users profile page
     new_params['extra_dynaexclude'] = ['former_accounts', 
-        'account', 'is_developer']
+        'account', 'is_developer', 'status']
 
     new_params['create_extra_dynafields'] = {
         'clean_agreed_to_tos': cleaning.clean_agrees_to_tos('agreed_to_tos'),