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Posted by: The Storm
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No. The forum rules are clear that soliciting donations is prohibited. Furthermore, advertisements are not allowed either. As coolmike said, discussions are generally allowed to occur, but when it crosses the line into "promotion" or "advertising," the thread is typically locked.
Why is this? Well the primary reason is that Achronos/the Web Team does not want to see its website used to solicit donations and/or promote charities unless they are official Bungie-sanctioned promotions.
There are many potential underlying reasons that I can think of, though, ranging from reasons as minor as lack of discussion and possible proliferation of such threads all the way to more serious reasons such as scams/phony charities. But that's just speculation -- I can't really say for sure what the underlying reasons for the rule are. I can only say that I completely agree with it for my own reasons.
These forums are a place where people come for entertainment, laughs, and discussion. There are many other places you can go when you're feeling charitable. Trying to take advantage of a well-established community to make money (even if it's for charity) seems inappropriate and destructive to me.
In my personal opinion, one of my private groups has really suffered a reduced sense of fun and community due to people constantly trying to use the group to raise money for charity, non-profit organizations, and sometimes even for-profit ventures. I'd hate to see that happen to the main forums too.
[Edited on 09.30.2011 11:51 AM PDT]