`:::::::Paid advocates have already lost, and everyone realises it.  That behaviour has been banned for a decade.  They realise it, which is why they operate in secret, as does everybody else, which is why they end up getting banned when they're discovered.  But this is old news.  Paid editors are probably not in any trouble, given the general opposition to cracking down on academics, librarians, and other non-advocate paid editors.  (Or perhaps I just don't realise that my ban is coming for being paid to do public outreach?)   `