It used to be a punishable offense. Now it is not, so people are going to keep doing it.
I have read all the rules out of boredom, Here are the basics of forum posting without having the massive wall of text that their official rule page has.
You are not allowed to “necro” a thread. That by Blizzard’s terms has two definitions.
1: necro meaning, posting on a thread that has not been replied to in over a moths period or
2: posting on a thread that the original poster said they were done with and did not come back to
Also not allowed to restart the topic of a locked post UNLESS it was locked due to it reaching the forum posting cap, in which case a forum moderator will restart the thread in a new location and state why they are doing so.
You cannot post on the forums about a thread that was locked if it was locked to reasons other than reaching cap.
You cannot post on the forums asking about any sort of account actions
You cannot post on the forums to try to get around a GM ticket
You cannot post on the forums as a means of attempting to slander a player’s progress, such as guild recruitment and the such.
If you do not like the direction a thread you created is going, you are not allowed to create a new thread to try and reroute your old one.
Pretty basic stuff.
Dont necro, dont be rude, dont attempt to circumvent the rules by using the forums.
Oh and one more thing I forgot to add. If a thread was rerouted to adfferent section of the forums, you are not allowed to start the exact same thread on the forum it was rerouted from.