#327

backend/app/models/ip_address.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 class IpAddress < ApplicationRecord
   validates :ip_address, presence: true, length: { maximum: 16 }
-  validates :banned, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
 
   has_many :user_ips, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :users, through: :user_ips
+
+  def banned? = banned_at.present?
+  def ban! = update!(banned_at: Time.current)
 end

backend/app/models/user.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   validates :name, length: { maximum: 255 }
   validates :inheritance_code, presence: true, length: { maximum: 64 }
   validates :role, presence: true, inclusion: { in: roles.keys }
-  validates :banned, inclusion: { in: [true, false] }
 
   has_many :created_posts,
            class_name: 'Post', foreign_key: :uploaded_user_id, dependent: :nullify
@@ -19,5 +18,9 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
            class_name: 'WikiPage', foreign_key: :updated_user_id, dependent: :nullify
 
   def viewed?(post) = user_post_views.exists?(post_id: post.id)
+
   def gte_member? = member? || admin?
+
+  def banned? = banned_at.present?
+  def ban! = update!(banned_at: Time.current)
 end