Universal Rules
While using this forum, you must display a good standard of knowledge and common sense to achieve your goals, and posting purpose. Please adhere to all rules stated below, or warnings may be given. These warnings and our system will be displayed, and explained later in this text. This text acts as the law of this forum. However take note that having a forum account and access here is a privilege bestowed to you, but not a right. This rule set acts as a 'standard' however the staff, and its owners are able to perform any actions as they see fit. This is the case only to those who are unruly and circumvent these rules indirectly but with intention of disrupting the The universal rules apply to all parts of the Wargaming Network, its subsidiaries and networked partnerships.
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Note: Some sites are do contain more specialized rules in relations to their topic/theme. When using a partnered/networked site, please double check their rules for any more specific rules that extends beyond the Universal rules.
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0. Zero Tolerance with Disruptive Behavior
These rules are not to be treated "as is" in all statements, they however, are solid guidelines on how you should preferably conduct yourselves. Please note, all staff reserve the right to administer and enforce these rules as they see fit in order to run the community in a safe, effective and efficient manner. Remember, using these forums are administered and moderated by people who devote their free time to run them is a PRIVILEGE, not a right.
Don't take us wrong. We love the game, hobby, and online community as much as you do. We just place this rule ZERO to handle those individuals who 'Evade' the literal rules who have full intentions of causing mass havoc, disruption or alike to the community. There are always these folks ;P. Trolls. And to repay back to you trolls we will Trololo you away.
In any event - if you have an issue with a particular staff member(s), an administrative action or anything about the site - please send a message directly to me and we'll talk about it.
1. Usernames & Registration1. You shall provide an accurate and correct email address on registration. Only administrators have access to these. In addition, all information you choose to give in your public profile shall be accurate, and updated regularly.
2. You may only have one username, and once account active at a time throughout the whole network. You may not operate under different aliases at any time. In the event in which you have made a fault error, please contact one of the staff. We have cross-checking
3. You may not impersonate any person in the community, or world. This in includes member of staff, or staff member in the community.
4. You may not have inappropriate names that offend. Keep it PG-13. If you do have an offensive name we will ask you to change it or leave.
2. Topics & Posting1. English is the standard language on this forum.
2. Foul language shall not be tolerated. Keep it clean!
- Defamatory, hateful, or distressing posts are strictly prohibited.
- Posting a thread addressing an individual in any contect is prohibited.
- Trolling is prohibited.
- Flaming is prohibited.
- Racist, sexist, or any discriminating comments are not to be made on this forum.
- Retaliatory remarks and arguing with another member is strictly banned, and you will have the same action taken as the provoker/arguer.
3. Keep the posts clean - and purposeful!
1. Refrain from Double Posting
Do NOT make a post after another post you just made. Simply go to your post and edit your post to add more content. Let other users reply before you make a reply.
2. Refrain from Post Bumping
Do not make useless posts in effort to bump your thread. This is for clearly intentional post bumping. If you are adding to the conversation appropriately you are OK.
3. No Threadjacking:
ThreadJacking [v] : Taking over a thread on a message board by taking a part of the original posted topic, twisting it around and "hijacking" the thread itself.
- Do not hijack somebody else's thread. If you want have something private to settle, simply Private Message (PM), e-mail, Instant Message (IM), or create your own thread.
- Do not attack or post unnecessary comments that is not relevant to the thread. This includes the Original Poster's (OP) past history, pricing, rules, requests, and alike.
If you find something suspicious, or funny however, please report the post, and notify the staff team to take a look at the post.
***4– The Report Button –If you find a post that looks like it's in direct violation of the forum rules, please report it to us by using the report button (the ! button). There is a report button next to every post, as well as in each PM that you receive. Clicking it will send an email to every Administrator and Moderator informing them of the post's or PM's location, so that we can find it and take care of the problem. This is the best way to fight against spammers or people who are trying to cause trouble. If you just ignore it, it may never get addressed! Reporting a post is completely anonymous; the person you are reporting will not know who reported the post.
***5– The Thanks Button –If you have found the information from another member useful or helpful, please make use of the Thanks button, instead of posting a reply that merely says “thank you". This helps us keep the forum clean and free of clutter, and helps to improve the other person's reputation on this forum. You may also use the Rep button (little scale) to give another user positive or negative rep as you fit, and can include a brief note to the other member. Do not abuse our Thanks or Rep system, doing so will result in some banhammerz!.
4. Do Not Advertise or Solicit (without given permission)
All interested advertisers - please visit this link:
- Do not post a link in your threads fully intended for commercial speech.
- Do not solicit via Private Messages (PM). Having conversations is OK. Random PM dropping is not.
- Do not post third-party links with ideas of any promotion. [Counts-as ->Guerrilla Marketing]
- The only allowance of third-party links will be accepted if they are used to cite the source or act as a resource references for the posts and threads. If posts are made in intention of self-promotion, or any intentional sales promotion will be removed.
- You must be a WGN_Partner to advertise with us.
- For more information, check this thread. or Private Message.
Advertisements that are NEVER allowed:
- URL or Links that have referral ids.
- No incentive sites.
- No petitions (It wont do anything to GW anyways)
- Inappropriate material
- Guerrilla Advertisement ("Indirect" or "shameless" advertising)
5. Coming.
6. No Spamming, flaming, trolling & inappropriate posts:
We have many minors visiting this website. Intentional repetitive spamming will not be tolerated. Posts that have inappropriate content will NOT be tolerated at all. So for a guidance for all posts - keep it rated PG-13. Simply respect people in the way you would like to be treated. We will not be word-nazi's and nitpick every swear word out there, but just keep it clean as possible.
The talk of politics & religion will not be tolerated due to the touchy subject of different opinions. This site is mainly for the game and hobby and while we can talk about real-life events in the general talk area, just use discretion.
A. No Post Count/ Reply Spam Inflation -
Do not post excessive amounts of short replies for the sole purpose of inflating your post count. This includes the infamous “thanks for the share” & other short, worthless posts. If you’d like to say “thanks” to someone for their effort/contribution, make use of the Thanks button; That’s what it’s there for. If you are caught inflating your post count, all of those replies will be deleted without notice and an infraction or ban will be issued.
7. No posting of Copyrighted material:
Do not request, post, pm, & email copyrighted material such as rulebooks, codices and etc. This include the linking to PDF files and etc. We do not want to get into any legal trouble.
Disciplinary Actions:
– Infractions and Bans – An 'infraction' is the staffs way of saying 'shame on you' for doing something wrong. We do not hand this out like candy, and we usually give verbal warnings. However, our Admins & Mods have the right to issue infractions or bans as they see fit. If you receive 4 infractions on this forum, it could result in a permanent ban or temporary suspension.
Yeah I know there is a lot of Rules, but hey we want a nice clean forum. You help us, we will help you. So go ahead enjoy yourself, just keep these rules in mind.
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