Registration Terms
Uwow.biz forum rules
It is obligatory for every user to be acquainted with these rules, follow them and monitor their changes.
Keep in mind that if you don't know these rules it doesn't mean you are not responsible for breaking them.
Part 1. Registration rules
Registration process is a free will action and free of charge, however, while creating an account you agree with the rules below, including punishments for breaking them.
Registration process is complete when you confirm it via your e-mail.
It is forbidden to create several forum accounts except for cases, when it is approved by the project's Administration.
If you forget your password, don't create a new account. The forum has a password recovery function.
If it turns out that someone has several accounts, then the Administration have the permission to delete them and to restrict forum access for that user.
It is forbidden to create accounts which:
have similar nicknames to the project's Administration members;
contain swear words, insults towards a person/a group of people;
contain propaganda of nazism, fascism, drugs, religions, sexual minorities and other minorities (as well as their oppression), other propaganda banned by law.
include website or e-mail addresses, other projects' names (without prior approval of the uwow.biz Administration).
Part 2. Rules for making posts, creating topics, statuses and other contents
Every new post is being checked before its publication. Then it is being premoderated (only for new users who have less than 5 approved posts).
The Administration isn't responsible for the content that is being published on the forum.
The Administration doesn't guarantee you that you won't find anything that could offend your moral/religious/racial feelings.
The Administration prevents cases of breaking these rules by imposing penalties according to the rules.
It is forbidden to advertise any other projects, post external links that are not hidden with the help of spoiler or off topic tags and are not approved by the Administration members (Devillish, Agis).
It is forbidden to post direct or indirect links of similar projects (free private WoW servers).
Active chatting is welcomed as long as it doesn't break the forum rules and rules of a specific forum section in particular.
It is forbidden to post anything offensive, obscene, caddish, nationalistic or anything that violate moral and ethical standards (except the " " section).
It is forbidden to incite national, religious, racial, ideological strife.
Part 3. Violation types and punishments for them
For each violation users get warning points. The forum has an accumulative penalty system.
Every time when imposing penalties a forum moderator only chooses the reason. Depending on the number of warning points the forum system sets the punishment duration automatically:
1-4 points - 3 days ban from posting anything
5-9 points - 7 days ban from posting anything
10-19 points - 14 days ban from posting anything
20 points and more - permanent account ban
And now let's proceed to the types of violations and numbers of warning points you get for each of them.
1. No spamming
Very short forum posts or very long ones that contain worthless information and only clutter up the forum are considered to be spam.
Creating identical topics or making several posts in a row can also be classified as spam.
This also includes contentless posts in order to get attention.
Punishment: 1 warning point
2. No flaming
Flaming is a hostile interaction between persons over the internet, often involving the use of profanity, including personal insults the main goal of which is to start an argument. Sometimes it can be classified as trolling, but more often flaming is caused by a person being mad at someone.
Punishment: 1 warning point
3. No off topic posts
Something that is not within the bounds of a particular discussion. For example, a forum post that doesn't correspond to the main forum theme or a topic where the post was made.
Punishment: 1 warning point
4. No overquoting
Meaningless or multiple quotation. Too much quotes make it difficult to understand what a person is trying to say.
Punishment: 1 warning point
5. No trolling or bullying
Provoking conflicts between particular persons on the Internet. It's also forbidden to bully (intentionally humiliate or insult a person you are talking to) in any way.
Punishment: 1 warning point
5.1. No profanity
It's forbidden to make posts which include profanity.
Punishment: 1 warning point
6. Do not insult forum users
It's forbidden to make posts which include insults the main goal of which is to offend a forum user/a group of forum users.
Punishment: 1 warning point
7. No advertising or posts that contain links
It's forbidden to advertise any projects as well as posting external links. Even if the links are hidden with the help of spoiler or off topic tags the Administrators (Devillish, Agis) should approve such actions.
Direct and indirect links of similar projects (free private WoW servers) are forbidden in any way.
Punishment: 20 warning points
8. Do not sabotage
It's forbidden to spread malware programs, discuss and plan possible cyberattacks, threaten a group of people or the whole project, spread bug information, make posts which contain information about malware spreading or deliberately delete/spoil trusted information (for example, for moderators).
Punishment: 20 warning points
9. Do not insult the Administration members
It's forbidden to insult, troll or discredit the Administration officials in a direct or indirect way.
Punishment: 20 warning points
10. Do not discuss the Administration's actions
It's forbidden to discuss, criticise the Administration's actions (except for topics dedicated to this theme).
Punishment: 20 warning points
11. Do not insult the server
It's forbidden to insult the server in a direct or indirect way.
Punishment: 20 warning points
12. Do not insult someone's relatives
It's forbidden to insult someone's relatives in a direct or indirect way. Any references to relatives that can be treated as an insult or have double meaning are forbidden. This also includes all the wishes of harm, death etc.
Punishment: 20 warning points
13. Do not perjure or deceive the Administration members
Any attempts to deceive or provide the Administration with deliberately false information in order to cover for one's violation or to cover one's friends are forbidden.
Punishment: 20 warning points
14. No trading or selling
It's forbidden to offer an account trade, try to sell/buy/share an account. It's forbidden to sell/buy in-game goods for real money. It's forbidden to offer services that are not related to WoW for real money.
Punishment: 20 warning points
15. No forum bug abusing
There is no such thing as a perfectly working system. It's forbidden to abuse forum bugs that give you an advantage over other forum users.
Punishment: 20 warning points
16. Do not insult people who donate or say bad things about the donation system itself
It's forbidden to insult, troll or provoke people who donate in a direct on indirect way. It's forbidden to say bad things about the donation system. Donating is a free will action and someone else's wallet shouldn't bother you. If someone who donates starts provoking a conflict then they will also be punished.
Punishment: 20 warning points
Warning! The Administration has all the rights to impose in-game penalties for violations on the forum if they break the game rules of the server.
The Administration has all the rights to change these rules, add or remove any paragraph of any rule without informing forum users.
Any registered user agrees to follow these rules and monitor their changes.
If you are not happy with these rules or they limit your freedom of actions it's highly recommended to leave the forum and, if possible, don't come back in order not to start any conflicts.
Sincerely, the Administration of uwow.biz project