Dial M for Murloc Forum Rules

[Iliketurtles]

Just general, common sense forum guidelines. Please try and avoid doing the following:

- Spamming. No, not the canned meat, just really stupid, irrelevant stuff. (wait..some of that we like)

- Multiple posting, also known as double posting. (not likely to happen with this type of messageboard, but you never know), don't worry, we understand that stuff acts funny sometimes. Just go back and delete the extra post, which you can also do by clicking the "edit" button.

- Grammar and spelling. Please use somewhat normal and correct grammar and spelling. We don't demand perfect Oxford English from anyone, but typing in all caps, using chatspeak or leaving out interpunction make a post hard to read, plus having to read abominations like "plz" or "ne1" makes modly blood boil. Obviously we're not going to be harsh on you if English is your second language or you're just not good at it, but please make the effort.

Drama - There are always the occasional, full-moon outbreaks of drama. We will attempt to keep these to a minimum.

These are serious offenses around here, and if you get caught doing any of the following, don't be surprised if you get banned for a few days.

- Flaming. We all have bad days and we all say things we regret. We ask everyone to please consider not posting until you have calmed down as words, even virtually, can be hurtful.

- Similarly, racist or homophobic statements, or any statements disparaging a specific group, will not be tolerated.

- Trolling. Do not make statements only to get angry responses. Also, do not reply to such statements, just report the post and leave it alone.

- "Adult" Subject Material. This is a public forum so please keep subject matter, whether image, text or link, to at least a PG rating.

Things you absolutely, positively must not do ever. This is what'll get you permanently banned right away, no questions asked.

- Ad-spam. If you sign up only to promote any kind of business (be it Free XBox, Free Viagra or Free Carpet Cleaner), your ad-spamming self is banned, your link or contact information will be removed and you will almost certainly be publicly ridiculed.

- Promotions. If you sign up only to promote any free services... well, reactions will vary. If you've read this forum for a while, and you think, hey these people could be interested in my website, and that would just happen to be your first post here, don't be afraid to post it. If you're uncertain, send a private message to a moderator or admin first. However, if you're just spreading something across as many message boards as humanly possible without regard for rules or members, your ad-spamming self is banned, your link or contact information will be removed and so on.

- Really, if you sign up for any other reason than interest in the WoW or Save the Murloc Guild Community, you know what happens to your ad-spam, link and self.

Topics and threads in general

There are some topics we decided to ban altogether because experience has shown that nothing but grief comes off discussing them.

- Anything illegal, obviously.
- Hacking related stuff.
- Religious topics.

Linking

Some things we'd prefer you didn't link to:

- Anything illegal, obviously
- Hacking related stuff
- Porn
- Any kind of online petition.
- those sites where you can view nasty pictures of traffic accident victims and whatnot
- those flash movies where a screaming zombie head pops up and scares the bajeezes out of you.

- Special thanks to the Iliketurtles and Groxo for their part in the creation of these rules.