Can't answer all of your question, but below is what I was able to pull from the Admin board. I know without this board, I would not have been able figure a lot of things out quickly. Plus, the support when things had to vented then finding out yea that happen to me also so I was not alone on when something happen.
Thanks for the recognition as a moderator. I try to check the boards once every other day and to look if there are new account request. I'm glad I was able to find this website to check on new request.
https://cleantalk.org/blacklists There has been a lot of account request where the IP or email had been reported as SPAM or trying a brute force attack on other forums that would have brought the website down.
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