Ground Rules

There are a few ground rules for participation in our community. Please note that the same policy withstands on our forum as it does throughout the OPRS website, webcasts, chatroom, and anywhere else that Oracle Paranormal Research Society is represented.

Please refrain from obsessive use of profanities, suggestive language or content, as it will not be tolerated.

This is an open forum, and you are free to speak your point of view, however it must be done in a manor that does not provoke, upset, or insult another person.

Chatroom and forum administrators reserve the right to remove or ban any person who they feel is not respecting these rules. Please use this same respect when calling in to the live show.

Be civil.
No personal attacks. Do not feel compelled to defend your honor in public.

Stay on topic in Forums.
Please pay attention to the topic of your messages, and check that it still relates to its parent. Off-topic discussion not taken to private email is eligible for removal.

Be kind to newcomers.
It's tempting to revisit controversial decisions you disagree with, but it's rarely productive to do so, since it almost always results in the same heated, lengthy, and time/energy draining discussions leading to the same conclusion that was reached in the last round.
Therefore, for issues already raised, discussed, and decided upon, reopen the discussion only if you have significant new information that would reasonably prompt reconsideration of the original decision.

Ignore spammers.
Spam is a blight upon the face of the net. Nobody likes it. However, it is hard to avoid. Despite our best efforts, you will occasionally see spam on our site. However, don't forget that complaining about spam in public increases noise, but not signal. It may make you feel better, but it doesn't help.

Identify your subject matter.
Not everyone has time reading all forum postings. To ensure that your message reach the right people at timely manner, identify your subject matter clearly in the subject line. Subjects like a question and problem are not very helpful.

No unsubscribe messages.
Unfortunately, this bears repeating.

No test messages.
Please do not send test messages to the forum. You can, however, create test pages on the Wiki, but please don't forget to delete them after you finish learning.

While OPRS loves receiving comments from our friends here in the forum, and we do our best to reply, we are all very busy both within the group and in our personal lives and may not have time to reply or comment to every post, email, comment, etc that comes our way. Please do not be discouraged. If there is something you would like us to check out for you, please contact us during our live broadcast.

THANK YOU ALL for participating in the forum, on our website, and during our live shows. We appreciate you all.