diff --git a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
index 1fee842e0..5627af059 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
       relation = relation.where("posts.is_deleted = TRUE")
     elsif q[:status] == "all" || q[:status] == "any"
       # do nothing
-    else
-      relation = relation.where("posts.is_deleted <> TRUE")
     end
 
     if q[:source]
diff --git a/app/models/artist.rb b/app/models/artist.rb
index 36dc1f840..6d5462ed6 100644
--- a/app/models/artist.rb
+++ b/app/models/artist.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
             rescue PostFlag::Error
               # swallow
             end
-            post.delete!
+            post.delete!(:ban => true)
           end
         rescue Post::SearchError
           # swallow
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index d7f209976..642900462 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
         update_column(:is_deleted, true)
         update_column(:is_pending, false)
         update_column(:is_flagged, false)
+        update_column(:is_banned, true) if options[:ban]
         give_favorites_to_parent
         update_children_on_destroy
         update_parent_on_destroy
diff --git a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
index 0a37a5c86..470e87c62 100644
--- a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 class PostPresenter < Presenter
   def self.preview(post, options = {})
-    if post.is_deleted? && !CurrentUser.is_privileged?
+    if post.is_deleted? && options[:tags] !~ /status:(?:all|any|deleted)/
+      return ""
+    end
+    
+    if post.is_banned? && !CurrentUser.is_privileged?
       return ""
     end
 
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
     flags << "pending" if post.is_pending?
     flags << "flagged" if post.is_flagged?
     flags << "deleted" if post.is_deleted?
+    flags << "banned" if post.is_banned?
 
     path = options[:path_prefix] || "/posts"
 
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
   end
 
   def image_html(template)
-    return template.content_tag("p", "This image was deleted.") if @post.is_deleted? && !CurrentUser.user.is_privileged?
+    return template.content_tag("p", "The artist requested removal of this image") if @post.is_banned? && !CurrentUser.user.is_privileged?
     return template.content_tag("p", "You need a privileged account to see this image.") if !Danbooru.config.can_user_see_post?(CurrentUser.user, @post)
 
     if @post.is_flash?
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_notices.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_notices.html.erb
index 2ba274237..800ce596f 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_notices.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_notices.html.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 
 <% if post.is_deleted? && post.flags.empty? %>
   <div class="ui-corner-all ui-state-highlight notice">
-    This post was deleted
+    <% if post.is_banned? %>
+      This post was deleted because it was requested by the artist
+    <% else %>
+      This post was deleted
+    <% end %>
   </div>
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130321144736_remove_up_score_from_posts.rb b/db/migrate/20130321144736_remove_up_score_from_posts.rb
index cdb0c3be8..849ffee90 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20130321144736_remove_up_score_from_posts.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20130321144736_remove_up_score_from_posts.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ class RemoveUpScoreFromPosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
   end
 
   def down
+    execute "set statement_timeout = 0"
+    add_column :posts, :up_score, :integer
+    add_column :posts, :up_score, :integer
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130322162059_add_is_banned_to_posts.rb b/db/migrate/20130322162059_add_is_banned_to_posts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd22ded7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130322162059_add_is_banned_to_posts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class AddIsBannedToPosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    execute("set statement_timeout = 0")
+    add_column :posts, :is_banned, :boolean, :null => false, :default => false
+    Artist.banned.each do |artist|
+      Post.raw_tag_match(artist.name).each do |post|
+        post.update_column(:is_banned, true)
+      end
+    end
+    PostFlag.where("reason ilike '%requested%' and reason <> 'Artist requested removal'").each do |flag|
+      flag.post.update_column(:is_banned, true)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 9aa6e6907..4b6efdb94 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -2280,7 +2280,8 @@ CREATE TABLE posts (
     image_width integer NOT NULL,
     image_height integer NOT NULL,
     parent_id integer,
-    has_children boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL
+    has_children boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
+    is_banned boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL
 );
 
 
@@ -6263,4 +6264,6 @@ INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20130318231740');
 
 INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20130320070700');
 
-INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20130321144736');
\ No newline at end of file
+INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20130321144736');
+
+INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20130322162059');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/artist_test.rb b/test/unit/artist_test.rb
index d5b8907cb..7b1db7c3a 100644
--- a/test/unit/artist_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/artist_test.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class ArtistTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         @post.reload
       end
 
+      should "ban the post" do
+        assert(@post.is_banned?)
+      end
+
       should "delete the post" do
         assert(@post.is_deleted?)
       end