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Can you promote in r/classicwow?

A community for World of Warcraft: Classic fans.

The short answer

Participate genuinely, follow the Content Creator Guidelines (maintain a 1:10 self-promo ratio), make posts clearly relevant to Classic WoW, disclose your affiliation, and avoid direct ads or recruiting.

What works here

  • Sharing Classic WoW–relevant projects or content if you're an active community member
  • Occasional self-promo when you follow the sub's content-creator rules and flair requirements
  • Linking to content/resources that directly relate to Classic WoW (following disclosure rules)

What gets posts removed

  • Direct advertising or lead-generation posts presented as solicitations
  • Posting guild advertisements or Looking-for-Guild/Looking-for-Members posts outside the megathread
  • One-off or low-effort self-promotion without prior community participation or required disclosure
  • Links to cheating/exploits/private servers or any illicit behavior

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

Content Creator Guidelines require active membership and limit self-promotion

The sidebar says 'Be an active member... for every self promotion submission there should be 10 non-self promotion submissions.' This implies conditional allowance with limits and expectations.

Subreddit requires posts be about WoW: Classic

Only content related to World of Warcraft: Classic is permitted, so vendor messages must be directly relevant to Classic WoW.

No Guild Advertisements / LFG

The rules explicitly ban guild ads and looking-for-guild posts and point to a megathread for that purpose, so recruitment/advertising is restricted.

Restricted content & removals

Moderators may remove reposts, low-effort or promotional content and link bans (e.g., Twitter), so promotional posts risk removal if not following detailed rules.

Official rules of r/classicwow

  1. 01Content must be related to WoW: Classic
  2. 02Be civil and respectful
  3. 03No Witch Hunts / Harassment
  4. 04Do not share or encourage the use of exploits, cheats, RWT, etc
  5. 05No real world politics or religion
  6. 06Flag NSFW content
  7. 07Restricted content and extended rule-set
  8. 08No Guild Advertisements or Looking For Guild Posts
  9. 09Flair your posts accurately
  10. 10Follow Content Creator Guidelines

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 1, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

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