Tbh all has been said by previous posters but I do understand 3d's point of view on this subject. I use to be in starwolf and recruitment policy was totally different there than it is in wow, this is simply cause wow isnt like planetside nor eve online.
In planetside you have enough with 10 ppl for a squad and the more really community members you can add the better. Same story counts for eve online (yes I have more tech 2 ships than you 3d and more cash, doesnt really matter in eve online, dunno ;p ).
In eve online you can compare it with being in a top alliance who have there own territory in 0.0 which require loads of cash to maintain and experienced ppl with good ships to keep that status & territory. You dont wanna recruit ppl in there noobships to assist you in 0.0, you cant afford it.. welll perhaps you can since there is no limit on how many you can bring with you. This is something we do have in wow which makes it a bit harder and we just have to compensate/prioritise.
It's hard to explain but it's just damn hard to find out who's a community member and who's not. In wow you gotta consider if it's worth the effort to help those guys with gear. Believe me I spended more time helping people with items and god knows what to get them up to endgame standards, allot of those people left the guild, a few are even still community members so my effort wasnt for nothing. Also if those persons where community members beforehand I dont mind also it's just that I hate to put effort in people who dont care in the end anyway.
So lets just keep it with this, I'm doing my best to add good people to this community and sometimes I have to say no cause I dont want to disappoint other people, even though the person who applied is Gandi. So far we got allot of new good people in this community which will hopefully be there in future games and tbh that's all we can do. If you want more community members than go recruit in eve online

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This topic is a bit of an attack towards me btw, stop trolling around on recruitment forums telling me how to do my job. If I dont do it right then show me by making your own wow guild and achieve more with better members, doubt you can.
Sorry for this reply, you get that when you post these things, dont mean to offend anyone, respect your opinions and as friends but these posts shouldnt be made imo.
Killerwolf...