I used my downhill bike in the snow and the pads and rotors went rusty, the pads ended up cracking and became useless
and the rotor met my friend mr angle grinder to take the rust off and are now in perfect use.
Main thing is to make sure your pads are ok could be life or death!!
as to the validation you should remove that before people see it as its as it will lower your chance of getting validated!
just carry on with the good topics and stick to the rules and it will happen faster than you know!