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→What makes you think it's an Advertising account?
:Check the moderation log. There are at least three bots running campaigns against CP. Two of them are SEO bots, creating an account with a brief write-up on the user page, and a single link to a website or page which someone is paying to promote. The other SEO bot creates a user page with a link as well, but then also posts an barely-readable article which makes no coherent sense and includes HTML tags which are incompatible with Wiki Markup. The "article" sometimes includes promoted links as well, but often not, so as to lend credence to the idea that this bot account is legitimate. And yes, I said at least three bots. There is at least one more bot, mass-registering accounts for future use, but letting the accounts "age" in hopes that makes them look more trustworthy when they are eventually used.
:Check the moderation log. There are at least three bots running campaigns against CP. Two of them are SEO bots, creating an account with a brief write-up on the user page, and a single link to a website or page which someone is paying to promote. The other SEO bot creates a user page with a link as well, but then also posts an barely-readable article which makes no coherent sense and includes HTML tags which are incompatible with Wiki Markup. The "article" sometimes includes promoted links as well, but often not, so as to lend credence to the idea that this bot account is legitimate. And yes, I said at least three bots. There is at least one more bot, mass-registering accounts for future use, but letting the accounts "age" in hopes that makes them look more trustworthy when they are eventually used.
To ensure I'm not blocking anyone legitimate, I'm allowing the mass-registrations. 98% of them are held by spam bots, but they haven't done anything yet, so I don't want to risk blocking a real user who is lost in the horde.--[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 18:51, October 9, 2026 (EDT)
:To ensure I'm not blocking anyone legitimate, I'm allowing the mass-registrations. 98% of them are held by spam bots, but they haven't done anything yet, so I don't want to risk blocking a real user who is lost in the horde.--[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 18:51, October 9, 2026 (EDT)