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These are some of the unofficial guidelines we must implement/follow in order to combat spam and keep this board as clean as snow (I know it's impossible to achieve a clean board without a bit of spam), but it can be reduced if we stick to the following rules, which, as I previously stated, are unofficial and subject to change and improvement over time). I'll leave the thread open for comments.

RULES

• Follow the rules and guidelines of the  forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0/).
• 1. Only Naija Pidgin and English is allowed
• 2. Be respectful and polite towards others. Avoid using offensive language or making personal attacks.
• 3. Stay on topic and avoid hijacking threads with unrelated discussions.
• 4. Use clear and concise language and try to keep your posts brief and to the point.
• 5. Check your spelling and grammar before posting.
• 6. Avoid spamming or posting repetitive or off-topic messages.
• 7. Do not post any sensitive or personal information about yourself or others.
• 8. Respect the privacy of others and do not disclose any personal information without their permission.
• 9. Do not post content that is illegal, or copyrighted/plagiarism.
• 10. No duplicate thread/Topic is allowed.
• 11. Be mindful of the tone of your posts and try to contribute constructively to the conversation.

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Dem dey good 2 go. But di no 2, u 4 change am 2 Pidgin instead of Naija. Naija no be language but na di kwantri bibdat. Thanks 4 di rules. I really like am well well. But time goes we go still change some of dem. U go find way pin am so im go dey on top always.

The rules are good and linient enough to abide with and as time goes on there may be room for improvement for additional rules that will also contribute towards the required guide needed on how every member of this locale to behave, i will in addition suggest the rules to be pinned and locked with time for everyone to see or better still, this can be a general rules discussion thread for the board while there will be another thread created and pinned only for the rules and regulations, i must commend you guys to be doing well in bringing things together for good and benefit of all.

Only the administrator, and global moderator (if i remember correctly) can pin threads, but this isn't a problem, the thread doesn't have to be pinned right now, we can all see it the way it is, and please let nobody make any request to them about pinning this for now, either through PM or a thread in meta, because it is somewhat irrelevant and unncessary for now. (i they talk because you fit close eye open am, see new thread for meta wey Naija person make say make them pin our unofficial guidelines. Abeg oh ;D). We gats take things somewhat easy, once we don gain full ground, then we go fit they make more requests.

I saw that too... Him fit just change am to naija pigin, it is still cool that way. Nice job Igehhh ah dey see all of una doings, make una keep the good job.

Good points.


To avoid daily bumping and spamming under the topic, I will lock it after taking in suggestions and when everyone is satisfied with the rules (based on the votes thus far), and then we/I would kindly request it to be pinned via PM because it will serve a valuable purpose on the local board. It only takes a few seconds to pin a thread, so it's not a big deal.

The rules dey okay and good to go for now. They are very straightforward, concise and easy to understand by anyone. Any other thing that is necessary to add can follow up after this. As you’ve also suggested, this thread should be pinned to the top so that newbies on the local board can easily see it and read through before joining other activities here. Welldone Igehhh.

U dun try for this one, I believe we go dey update the thread and as time goes on we go request for am to be pinned, maybe after we dun get posts wey full everywhere wey e come dey hard for newbies to find this thread. Igehhh I go also suggest you qoute that whole thread wey you link under the ur post. Make we no dey carry traffic dey commot this board. Instead linking just say make them read am below. Anything wey we dey find make we make am available here as na so I see for other places so person fit spend him whole dey here without going out.

Also do the thread like a welcome thread where you welcome everyone to the board (you understand wetin I dey try talk so). Like make them know how the hustle start and them not destroying it with their spamming, I believe time go come when spamming go wan kill here but we go survive am and abeg make no body dey rush anything, with requstujyfor specific things like subbaords etc with time when we see a need we go contact theymos, make we just make here active and that's all.

This rules them really makes sense and for every well meaning naija person for inside the forum go understand say keeping to the rules no supposed be big issue but him own best interest it is needful and necessary so that everyone go get space for himself here especially when it comes to spamming.

Another tin I just want suggest, na say, it for good we also add an for the rules say make every new brother or sister wey just join the forum and wan make comment for the naija board for the first time make sure to introduce himself so we go fit know am. How una see am nah?

its not necessary as i stated in the rules;  "Do not post any sensitive or personal information about yourself or others" we made that mistake in the past we will not make the same mistake again. we were not supposed to expose our personal information on a public domain in the first place for our own safety.. omoh tins dey sup for here make everybodi just dey him dey hustle, even you wan know person you fit vinto am via PM

This is a good effort that is commendable @igehhh, kudos to you. Rules are important in a community like this and I believe we are good to go with these ones. We are used to communicating under the Naija subforum, much more might not be needed pretty soon. But there would be moments where reasons might later present themselves to add to the ones posted above.

Your rules of engagement dey ok OP. As the matter be like this nobody go do anyhow for the our platform here. Make the rules wey dey govern this board be our guidelines for the interim until we settle down Wella. As e be now ehn, rules na wetin dey hold platforms, organizations, nation's, associations etc for them to dey together make no Yama Yama come out wey go bus cata cata because if e happen na every O man on your own o wey no go make sense at all.
 Like as you talk, say the rules go dey but as time goes on say amendment and changes go dry, new ones go dey added while some existing ones go dey modified e better that way so as you talk make we take am like that.

Well done Igehhh. You have done well. I have no doubt that this is serve as a very good intro to newbies in the future. I would like to make a suggestion. I don't know if this can be added to the rules. Make we dye try search the board first before we make any post to avoid repetition of topics and redundancy. For example creating several topics to discus the new CBN policy with the bank note redesign when there is no new idea or analysis in it.

So far so good, we dey progress and one thing I use Sabi Naija be say we no dey ever carry last and e dey show even for this forum and I just wan say una too much.
To our selfless bosses them @Brainboss@Igehhh una too much for all the effort una dey put for this forum to make sure say everybody dey survive here and the fact say una no dey relent, una reward dey here on earth even before una reach to enjoy the one for heaven.

And just as @Agbe my one Senior man wey I dey see him handiwork for the forum been don suggest say this introduction and rules wey OP post for rather dey in pigin than plain English as na we something and na pigin we know no be oyibo Grammer.

With that been said I want to thank everyone who has contributed immensely in one way or the other to bring this to manifestation, I say thank you and I want to encourage everyone that no matter how heated the board turns out, we should always look out for each other and be our brother's keeper.
Thanks once again.
~OBARI.

Brodaly una try I know say e no easy at all to struggle to this extents in achieving the so desired local board, in as much we dey put fire we go try as well to make sure everything pure and legit. Secondly wetin I go also tell new pipo be say make them no carry street eyes fall enter inside this our lovable forum b4 dem go spoil our images bicus sometimes if I dey negotiate some deal ones dem noticed say me na omo 9ja the discussion no dey too get head at all. So make we put am for rules as well so that if dem report anybody wey be 9ja we go straight request for parma ban to reduce bad names so that we too go dey protected as I believe say many of us bele dey here and e no good make one common person come remove all our hands for table wey we dey carry chop.
Then lastly, before you or we go consider any new pesin as a valid member we go see him stability and contribution towards our 9ja board and to the forum at large this one go make us very serious.

Abeg I still get plenty thing to yan but make I rest small as no be only me dey here.
As e dey play e dey show
Thank you all.

No be older users here they decide/consider new users to be valid member, as long as say you be Nigerian, you are eligible to post here, even non-Nigerians sev they free to comment for here or anywhere else (local boards included) as long as you sabi the language of communication for the board (without using GT or plagiarising), thus we would appreciate it if we have more quality users and less spammers, but this board is open for all. If users spam here, you can basically report their posts.
We no go fit add that one to the unofficial guidelines/rules for here, no be naija users go tell moderators wetin them go do for forum, them they handle issues on a case by case basis, thus na moderators they decide wetin them go do about any user wey break rules (whether na Nigerian or not). Mind you say Nigerians they do well for forum, and na only very few times wey i don see say Naija person break rules or got banned, thus we suppose only tell new users about the forum rules and teach them wetin them suppose know. We no suppose put any extra effort to protect ourselves or to tell people say Naija people they good and industrious, if them no wan believe, na them they lose.

I like the rules hope we going follow the rules to avoid other things.

E make sense as rules they for the forum and you still put pidgin make we understand more about each other post and other things

Actually I no mean say them go implement those things I tok so but as e be weda them fit put am as suggestions but if e no follow then dem fit buz am out, all we need na for way forward nothing serious brodaly.

This is what I have been doing so far only those with 5 posts or more are considered to be a full member of the Naija local board, those who only post once and disappeared we nodey too reason dem for the matter. If you check my monthly overview thread you go notice say no be everybody der. And there are still few members yet to added too...

Coyster is right. If anyone is reported, we cannot agitate for a permanent ban; that is up to the admin to decide. We are human, and no matter how long you have been here, sometimes unexpected mistakes lead to a permanent or temporary ban. In such cases, we also support the user against being permanently banned, but in some cases where the user consistently breaks rules, he will be banned and no one will say anything.

For the past year, the case of plagrism in the Nigerian community has decreased significantly due to constant awareness

Normally as rules dey the forum nai make sense pass because no organization go fit function fine if dem no put some rules and guildlines wey people go abide by for that organization.E really totori me for body as we Don get our own board like this were we go fit create quality threads to talk about somethings them wey been dey worry us for mind for our own general language wey be pidgin.

Well thank you very much, you are really trying to carry up this board along.
One more thing is it possible for a member to posting before maybe due to much engagement, like office work, personal business and have no much time to posting here could such person still count as a valid member?
Of which I knew during the monthly stat such user may not be included as active member but I want to know of the valid member.

My advice to my fellow new members is plagiarism once you're catch that account don go and e no go make sense say u suffer build accounts and rank up they con ban you, that time you'll be seeing the forum fort that they wicked or something like that..
Make we they sure of wetin we go post

I am bringing this thread to the first page for everyone to see and read. And to the newbies wey supposed read before posting. Everyone should read this again mostly the newbie wey never see am before should read this. These are there Nigerian local board rules and regulations and when we obey these guidelines things go better for us in our corner here. And don't forget to tell others to read the thread time to time. Bump.

Omo.. Na better tin you just do @ "Mate2237", because I no go lie, this is actually my first time seeing this very thread oh, and I'm still very surprise how come this thread is over 6months old and yet I never saw it for once, because true true this na one thread wey suppose dey pinned on the front page of this our local board, as first thing every newbie is expected to read before making a post, so as to know what is expected of them & have to behave on this our local board. So once again, thank you @ Mate2237 for bringing this to our notice.

Nowahala. Na so many people still dey here wey never see am, newbies wey dey come dis days e no dey reason to read dis rules though dem never see and  now wey I bring am to the front page of the board, how many newbies have made any comments here except you the Hero Member, and that also shows day dem no dey interested to follow the rules but interested on posting. Posting is good but please follow the rules.

I just want dis thread to be at the top so dat those newbies e no go come say dem never see such things, so I am gingering everyone here in the local board to make comments so that it will be visible for all to see 🙏. I also thank your appreciation. Keep ur good work in the forum.

OP u have done a great job that will go a long way to help newbies to improve in quality Post, and also make the forum more useful to users. I believe many newbies will settle down to read before posting in this local board because dey will be afraid not to fall victim for the rules which will help them to improve.

E dey very good as di rules of dis our local board de as a thread, so e go be a guide to members, especially newbies, in order not to violate am. I also support sey dis our guideline thread suppose dey pinned as number one, wen person open our naija board, to help avoid making mistakes wey di forum no need. I like di way wey bitcointalk in general take de organized, e show say na intelligent minds de run am.

Last last I thank @Igebotz, and all our oga dem wey de make our local board to de move forward and de organized, una do well. Na who sabi dem de give responsibilities. Although I no too understand di unofficial general  guideline, because to my own understanding, di guideline suppose de official. Abi na until di bitcointalk moderators, approve am?

As you can see from de topic date no be today ooo, na right from de first week wey we get our local board, na im @Igeboltz came up with dis wonderful guidelines. Na because we no get local moderator to help us pin am for our local board so that beginners go easily see am and read am. As we dey create new topics e dey carry am go back of de created topics na im make @Mate2237 comment on de topic so that e go fit bring am back to the front page of the local board. Also, I go like make we dey comment periodically until we get a local mod or dem finally pin am for us.

Lol... You've good eyes. I know he's very correct because forum's rules page has the same thing. Check it out and you would see it is titled "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines and FAQ." I don't know what the "unofficial" is doing there and I wish someone could enlighten us.

@Mate2237, thanks for bringing dis thread back, as you @Sokani, talk am, e good to de refresh am back to di front page, until  di thread go wear em permanent Jersey for first position.

For di unofficial matter, e be like say e pass our power and boundary, but no cause for alarm, so far say di message dey clear.

No p. Na so dis thread supposed be. Make im dey on top of di matter every time even though those newbies e no dey see ma. One thing I just discovered today in this local board be sae,the newbies e no dey see dis thread at all. Go and see the new threads dem don create yesterday and today upon sighting this thread at the front page of the board. I just dey wonder if dey are humans or robot. I no just understand di matter for dem again. I think sae bringing this topic to the front page would help matter o but those dude dem e no dey send you oo. Dem dey do weti dem like.

This thread need to be pin on the local board because of it importance and necessities to both newbie and old members of the local board and bitcointalk community in its entirety,  recent happenings have made me search for this thread as it contains rules and guideline for members here,  to avoid any penalties in the local board and the entire bitcointalk community.

It was a sad news to see one of our own local board member getting banned recently and the offence was plagiarism,  which is something that a senior members suppose know say bitcointalk no dey joke with,  so it is good to have this kind of thread always at the top of the page for visibilities

When Igebotz been start this thread, e talk say e go PM the admin to see if them go fit pin this thread, i never read any feedback about that, or if e get anywhere wey e don talk about the feedback, make person point me to the post. But if nothing like that don dey and if Igebotz dey see this post, i will like to ask if he sent the PM and wetin the admin talk.

I did PM theymos after earlier PM, but he hasn't responded yet, so I'll try again and then PM Cyrus or the Global moderator to see what happens. Those rules were adopted by the community, so I don't see why they shouldn't be pinned to the Board.

Reminder should be given to them. Pm the three personnels again and also if possible add the creation of more subbords in the local board here. Probably these days dem dey very busy for plenty activities, mostly di maintenance of the website. @wiwo you tok well, and nai make since dem never pin di thread at di top, we go dey make comments so dat di thread go dey ontop. But even as dat many of e no dey gree read this thread. Something dat dem go use dey guide themselves, dem dey dodge am. Dat guy story was a sad one.

You're right but I don't think PM would do a lot of good, thyemos is someone who likes everything to be written in a formal request Format and post on the Meta. I've taken the measure I felt was right now it's time to do the official one + the sub board request.

A safe way to keep the forum super friendly. Una don do well. Kudos!!

I won thank you well well way give me the rules of the forum I go follow am ad e dy..