All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXI

[Bob Schroeck]

I see a post in Moderation -- the one that would create "Blog:Bad Toys 3D LE" -- that I'm wary of approving.

Is the line that begins with "Name:" personally-identifying information? Is it a way to circumvent copy protection? Is it both?

If any of those are "yes", then we'd be leaving ourselves open to legal liability. But are any of those "yes"?

EDIT: There's also the fact that this is a new user's very first post. Is it spam? I don't know enough about video games to be able to tell.

I don't think it's spam, but it's hard to say. The links are not to the usual spam/malware pits; one is to the home of the DOSBOX emulator while the other is to a copy of a 1998-vintage game at Archive.org. Then again, that is indeed a serial number that's scattered across the net already. Meanwhile, "Danyrolux" is a username at so many sites with so many interests (and so little actual content) that I suspect it's a spambot. And then there's the question of why they thought this was an appropriate venue for the post at all.

I've dropped our erstwhile blogger a query on his user page. If he doesn't answer, we can assume he's a spammer and reject the edit. If he does answer we'll take it from there.