Everyone pay attention, Blizzard has set guidelines for appropriate use of the forums:
1) Racist and Ethnic slurs or references to sexual preference are not allowed on the forums.
2) Posters may not negatively portray religions, religious figures, or nations.
3) Both clear and allusive references to illegal drugs or illegal activities are taboo on the forums.
4) References to sexual acts, pornography, and extreme violence are not permitted
5) Threats of violence, harassment and defamatory language may be met with a Ban from the forums.
6) Obscene, vulgar, and otherwise inappropriate language will not be tolerated in this milieu.
7) Spamming by posting the same phrase or gibberish are disallowed from the forums, this rule also applies to over use of the "report thread" feature.
8) Posts that exist only to cause unrest among the forums, known as trolling may be the cause of a ban.
9) Duplicating threads or creating links only to post to other threads is right out.
10) Players may not share information about their identities, the identities of other players, or of Blizzard staff.
11) Players cannot advertise for services that violate the EULA, such as account trading and game hacks.
12) Is not acceptable to advertise for non-WoW related businesses or websites on the forums.
13) Posting links to malware such as Trojan viruses and keyloggers are forbidden.
14) Guild Recruitment may only happen in the Guild Recruitment and specific Realm Forums.
15) Many people have suffered bans recently for posting information regarding Wrath of the Lich King. If it's not Official published by Blizzard, discussion on the forums is off limits.
16) Players may not impersonate Blizzard Employees on the forums.
17) Finally, players who have received disciplinary action may not post about them in the forums and circumventing a suspension or ban from the forums may result in a permanent ban.
