User Guidelines

WarcraftPets.com provides a fun, entertaining, and informative website for the World of Warcraft community. In that spirit, members of this site are encouraged to participate and share to make the site even more enjoyable for all who visit.

However, engaging in any form of inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. Should a user violate any of the guidelines listed below, disciplinary action(s) will be taken.

False Collections

Users should not submit a false pet collection. This is often done for the sole purpose of rising to the top of the Top 50 Collections list. This behavior compromises the legitimate efforts of those users who are honest. Such activity will result in:

  • First offense: The deletion of the user's pet collection; the user may restore a legitimate collection thereafter
  • Repeat offenses: The permanent suspension and/or removal of the user's account; attempts to create additional accounts will be blocked

Member Comments

Comments submitted by members may not include any speech that is deemed "inappropriate". This includes speech that is racial, violent, sexual, obscene, disrespectful, or malicious in any way. Such statements will be removed and the offending user's account will likely incur a permanent suspension.

Inappropriate statements include (but are not limited to) the following categories:

Racial/Ethnic

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Promote racial/ethnic hatred
  • Are recognized as a racial/ethnic slur
  • Allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred

Extreme Sexuality/Violence

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Refer to extreme and/or violent sexual acts
  • Refer to extremely violent real life actions
  • Pornography

Sexual Preference

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Insultingly refer to any aspect of sexual preference pertaining to themselves or other players

Posting Cheats, Hacks, or Malicious Content

This category includes:

  • Posting links to cheats, hacks, Trojan horses, or malicious viruses / programs

Obscene/Vulgar

This category includes both clear and masked language in posts, signatures, and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Are an inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
  • Are pornographic in nature

Inappropriate Language

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Are a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
  • Are otherwise considered objectionable
  • Bypass the Obscene Language filter

Harassing or Defamatory

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Insultingly refer to other characters, players, or groups of people
  • Result in ongoing harassment to other characters, players, or groups of people

Religion

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Negatively portray major religions or religious figures

National

This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images which:

  • Promote national hatred
  • Are recognized as national slurs
  • Allude to symbols of national hatred

Spamming and Trolling

This category includes:

  • Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish
  • Creating comments for the sole purpose of causing unrest
  • Causing disturbances, such as picking fights, making off-topic comments, insulting other users

Advertising

This category includes:

  • Providing a link to any external website for the sole purpose of promoting that site
  • Providing a link to any any non-beneficial, unrelated businesses or organizations

Inappropriate Characters

This category includes:

  • POSTING COMMENTS IN ALL CAPS
  • Excessive use of ASCII art

Circumventing Suspension

This category includes:

  • Creating a new account when your account has been suspended
  • Having someone create an account on your behalf

Permanent Suspension

Repeatedly engaging in any activity that violates the guidelines listed above will result in the permanent suspension (or removal) of the user's account(s). Additionally, WarcraftPets.com reserves the right to deny offending visitors access to the site entirely.

It is my hope that those who choose to create user accounts will use them for their intended purposes and keep their demeanor light and fun. After all, this site is all about fun. Please do your part to preserve that spirit while logged into your account.

Major changes to this policy will be noted in the News section.


Policy last revised: 1-Jul-2008.