[Use Cases] Solution guide: Stop malicious bots while allowing legitimate traffic

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First solution guide for the use-cases section. A solution guide is a cross-product content type that starts from a customer's goal and walks through achieving it using multiple Cloudflare products together. For the full content type definition, refer to Solution guide — Style guide.

This guide covers layered bot defense using Bot Fight Mode, Turnstile, Application Security custom rules, and rate limiting. Scoped to Free, Pro, and Business plans with Enterprise features in callouts.

• New file: src/content/docs/use-cases/application-security/bots/stop-malicious-bots.mdx
• Nested under the bots/ discovery page per agreed IA with Daniel
• 3 shared partials created: enable-bfm.mdx, create-widget-dashboard.mdx, bot-score-baseline-rules.mdx
• Updated source pages to use shared partials: bot-fight-mode.mdx, dashboard.mdx, challenge-bad-bots.mdx
• Updated block-attacks.mdx with cross-reference to this guide
• Updated bots/index.mdx (discovery page) to link to this guide
• All expressions verified against source docs
• All feature descriptions aligned with source docs language
• Dashboard paths verified on Free plan; Business-tier procedures match source docs

Related: PCX-21341

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This pull request requires reviews from CODEOWNERS as it changes files that match the following patterns:

Pattern	Owners
/src/content/docs/bots/	@patriciasantaana, @cloudflare/pcx-technical-writing, @cloudflare/product-owners
/src/content/docs/turnstile/	@migueldemoura, @punkeel, @patriciasantaana, @cloudflare/pcx-technical-writing, @cloudflare/product-owners
*	@cloudflare/pcx-technical-writing, @cloudflare/product-owners
/src/content/docs/waf/	@pedrosousa, @cloudflare/firewall, @cloudflare/pcx-technical-writing, @cloudflare/product-owners

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Preview URL: https://a7583100.preview.developers.cloudflare.com
Preview Branch URL: https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com

Files with changes (up to 15)

Original Link	Updated Link
https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/stop-malicious-bots/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/stop-malicious-bots/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/bots/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-fight-mode/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bot-fight-mode/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/widget-management/dashboard/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/widget-management/dashboard/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/
https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/block-attacks/	https://canthony-stop-malicious-bots-guide.preview.developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/application-security/block-attacks/

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Redirects

This PR changes current filenames or deletes current files. Make sure you have redirects set up to cover the following paths:

• /use-cases/application-security/bots/