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[A_Curious_Cat]

I've recently noticed that one of my dwarves has a red exclamation point.

Here's his thoughts screen:

Spoiler: Solon Sokanasmel (click to show/hide)

  Solon Sokanasmel, "Solon Phrasedmerchants", Herbalist   
"I must pray to Zanos Trustedhopes the Fair Worth.  How frustrating!"
Over the long term, He has been under a great deal of stress.  He is  frustrated after being unable to pray to Zanos Trustedhopes the Fair Worth for too long.  He is frustrated after being unable to practice a craft for  too long.  He is frustrated after being unable to acquire something for too long.  He is frustrated after being unable to fight for too long.  He is  frustrated after a lack of abstract thinking for too long.  He feels lonely after being away from family for too long.  He feels lonely  after being away from friends for too long.  He is frustrated after being unable to pray to ‹kor Cobrarout the Swift for too long.  He is frustrated  after being unable to pray to Disuth for too long.  Within the last season, he was angry dwelling upon  getting into an argument.  He felt  wonder after communing with The Tower of Cresting.  He was enraptured after communing with Fimshel the Matched Covers.  He felt wonder  after communing with Erib Silvermined.  He was frustrated after being unable to pray to Fimshel the Matched Covers for too long.  He was angry  after getting into an argument.  He was content after eating a wonderful dish.  He was blissful dining in a legendary dining room.  He was  relieved being near to a waterfall.  He felt satisfied at work.  He was frustrated dwelling upon  being unable to fight  for too long.  He felt euphoric due to inebriation.  He didn't feel anything after seeing a sloth's dead body.  He didn't feel anything  after seeing a sloth's dead body.  He was blissful remembering  dining in a legendary dining room.  He was relieved remembering   being near to a waterfall.  He felt satisfied at work.  He felt satisfied remembering  work.  He was annoyed  after sleeping on a rough cave floor.  He felt satisfied at work.  He felt euphoric due to inebriation.  He was content  after eating a fine dish.  He felt satisfied upon improving herbalism.  He was frustrated dwelling upon  being unable to pray to  Fimshel the Matched Covers for too long.  He felt pleasure while performing. 
He is married to Mafol Dyesmith and has 5 children:  Udib Workwhispered,  Medtob Clutchnet, Endok Wheelsteacher, Ducim Knightoil and Mebzuth Vinerazor.  He is the son of K–buk Ragtactic and Feb Skunkrings.  He is a worshipper of Erib Silvermined, a faithful  worshipper of Fimshel the Matched Covers, a worshipper of The Tower of Cresting, a worshipper of ‹kor Cobrarout the Swift, an ardent worshipper of Zanos Trustedhopes the Fair Worth, a  dubious worshipper of Doren the Granite, a worshipper of Disuth, a casual worshipper of Ikud and a casual worshipper of Ob Profanegloom the Silent Strangeness. 
He is a  citizen of The Severe Swords.  He is a member of The Portals of Insight.  He is a former member of The Slippery Girders.  He is a former member of The Creed of Citadels.  He is a former  member of The Silvery Order.  He is a former member of The Diamond of Evisceration.  He is a former member of The Knowing Glaze.  He is a former member of The Crowded Dye.  He is a  former prisoner of The Knowing Glaze.  He is the former chief medical dwarf of The Knowing Glaze.  He arrived at Datanshed on the 6th of Sandstone in the year 125. 
He is  sixty-five years old, born on the 5th of Malachite in the year 61. 
He is thin.  His nose is sharply hooked.  His sideburns are clean-shaven.  His very long moustache is  neatly combed.  His very long beard is braided.  His very short hair is neatly combed.  His teeth are crowded.  His small-lobed ears are somewhat short.  His pink skin is wrinkled.  His  somewhat narrow slate gray eyes are slightly close-set.  His hair is chestnut. 
He is slow to tire and agile, but he is susceptible to disease. 
Solon  Sokanasmel likes marcasite, sterling silver, banded agate, pig tail paper, the color dark chestnut, shields, backpacks, rabbits for their ability to burrow, nightmares for their  unfathomably horrifying nature and the words of The Free Yells.  When possible, he prefers to consume giant snapping turtle, pomegranate wine, acorns and bayberries.  He absolutely  detests hamsters. 
He has an astonishing memory, an iron will, a very good feel for social relationships and a very good sense of the position of his own body, but  he has a shortage of patience, little natural inclination toward music and lousy creativity. 
Like others in his culture, he holds craftsdwarfship to be of the highest  ideals and celebrates talented artisans and their masterworks, has a great deal of respect for the law, greatly prizes loyalty, values family greatly, sees friendship as one of the  finer things in life, believes that honesty is a high ideal, greatly respects artists and their works, really respects those that take the time to master a skill, deeply respects those  that work hard at their labors, respects fair-dealing and fair-play, finds merrymaking and partying worthwhile activities, values martial prowess, values leisure time, respects  commerce, finds nature somewhat disturbing and values cooperation.  He personally values sacrifice and values decorum, dignity and proper behavior.  He dreams of  crafting a masterwork someday. 
He is in a constant state of internal rage.  He could be considered rude, though he finds rules of etiquette to be valuable in the abstract.   He is moved by art and natural beauty, and he is troubled by this since he dislikes the natural world.  He tends to be passive in discussions.  He has a tendency to consider ideas and  abstractions over practical applications.  He has a sense of duty.  He has a greedy streak.  He is generally quite confident of his abilities when undertaking specific ventures.  He  likes to brawl.  He is often nervous.  He becomes very focused during conversations when he's trying to remember something.  He chews his cheek when he's bored.  He needs alcohol to get  through the working day. 
Overall, he is unfocused by unmet needs.  He is not distracted after being away from people.  He is level-headed after staying  occupied.  He is unfocused after doing nothing creative.  He is not distracted after leading an unexciting life.  He is distracted after being unable to  acquire something.  He is untroubled after drinking.  He is level-headed after eating a good meal.  He is distracted after being unable to fight.  He  is level-headed after causing trouble.  He is level-headed after arguing.  He is unfocused after being unable to be extravagant.  He is not distracted after  not learning anything.  He is unfocused after being unable to help anybody.  He is distracted after a lack of abstract thinking.  He is not distracted after  being unable to make merry.  He is unfocused after being unable to admire art.  He is distracted after being unable to practice a craft.  He is distracted  after being away from family.  He is distracted after being away from friends.  He is unfocused after being unable to practice a martial art.  He is  level-headed after practicing a skill.  He is unfocused after being unable to take it easy.  He is level-headed after communing with Erib Silvermined.  He is  unfettered after communing with Fimshel the Matched Covers.  He is unfettered after communing with The Tower of Cresting.  He is distracted after being unable to pray  to ‹kor Cobrarout the Swift.  He is distracted after being unable to pray to Zanos Trustedhopes the Fair Worth.  He is distracted after being unable to pray to Disuth. 

A short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry.

Is there anything that I can do to get the icon to go away, or should I just banish him to the wilderness?  Should I make him part of the militia (I've recently started mining out the barracks)?  If I banish him, his wife is my only legendary bone carver and the creator of one of my artifacts.  Will she take it when she leaves with him?

Thanks in advance.

[Loam]

A red exclamation point means the dwarf is Enraged!. It's not a problem in and of itself. It's a temporary status effect that triggers when something makes a creature mad. This usually happens in combat, when a creature takes damage. But it can also happen if a creature feels insulted in an argument - which is probably what happened here.

Your dwarf "is in a constant state of internal rage," meaning he's much more likely to feel anger at upsetting things - as you can see, he's angry after getting into an argument. But he's also "rude", so he's more likely to start arguments as well. Since anger is a highly stressing emotion, what's probably happening is that this dwarf keeps arguing with other dwarves, getting mad when they argue back, and mounting up stress thereby.

So, he's probably doomed; in general I find that "constant state of internal rage" is one of the worst personality traits for stress gain. You'd have to keep him away from other dwarves entirely to avoid the argument spiral. Though putting him in the militia might help, since on-duty dwarves don't seem to chat with anybody (even their fellow militia).

If you banish him, his wife won't take the artifact with her (unless for some reason she's carrying it... but even then you could put it on a pedestal)

[A_Curious_Cat]

Thanks!

I put all artifacts on pedestals, and exiled him.

Asshole stole a cobaltite mug on his way out!

Edit:

That bitch!  She stole a tea wood cup!

[NTJedi]

With dwarves who are problems I typically place them into a special suicide military team then I have them march to steal or attack an enemy far away.  If they die then I setup a memorial and usually it's not a problem.  If they return then I quickly send them out again on a mission even more dangerous and far away.

[Schmaven]

Another use for troublesome dwarves is silk collection in the caverns.  With an airlock style setup, they can fill a stockpile, isolated from the fort, then with a couple lever pulls, they're isolated in the caverns while other dwarves haul it away to the looms.