Help end this phase for Nigerians @Theymos

[Doan9269]

Another benefit i noticed as regards Nigerians having their local board was when i discover the large numbers of Africa football fans at the gambling sections who on a daily basis engage on football discussion and this thread was created by cryptopreneurbrainboss and i can see how active the thread has been, this means that we could as well get more members into our Nigeria (Naija) thread as well if granted a local board were all discussion will be suitably discussed at a course.

[Pmalek]

Another benefit i noticed as regards Nigerians having their local board was when i discover the large numbers of Africa football fans at the gambling sections who on a daily basis engage on football discussion and this thread was created by cryptopreneurbrainboss.

I hope you get your own local board because you really want it. But please don't use posts made in gambling boards as a reason why that should happen. I am not familiar with the post quality in that particular thread that you linked to, but many other discussions in the gambling boards have the same problem. The people posting there have no idea what they are talking about. They don't know much about sports, they probably don't watch it either, and they don't gamble. Check out the amount of spam that is generated every weekend when most of the football action takes place. There are hundreds of posts about half-time and full-time results, who scored the goals, and in what minute. You will rarely see someone make a comment about a particular situation that happened in the match where you would see that the person actually watched it and decided to share his thoughts.   

[Poker Player]

I hope you get your own local board because you really want it. But please don't use posts made in gambling boards as a reason why that should happen. I am not familiar with the post quality in that particular thread that you linked to, but many other discussions in the gambling boards have the same problem. The people posting there have no idea what they are talking about. They don't know much about sports, they probably don't watch it either, and they don't gamble. Check out the amount of spam that is generated every weekend when most of the football action takes place. There are hundreds of posts about half-time and full-time results, who scored the goals, and in what minute. You will rarely see someone make a comment about a particular situation that happened in the match where you would see that the person actually watched it and decided to share his thoughts.   

Regarding what I have put in bold, I think it is the other way around. Most of them gamble more than they should.

But yes, that thread should not be considered a reason to create a local Nigerian board. On the other hand, this one created by Brainboss, could be a reason to consider creating a Nigerian local board:

Nigeria (Naija)

We can see that the thread has comments daily, although I suppose that if a local board with several sections were created, the movement seen in the thread would be diluted.

[Mr.right85]

This is interesting because it's all over the place. I was expecting maybe lesser developed countries to be more interested, but that also goes hand in hand with how many people have access to the internet in those countries. I can't really make much out of this besides the fact that this diversity shows us that crypto is attracting people from all spheres and classes, and that's a good thing.

This list comes from Google trends, and the way its calculated is that it measures the popularity of specific search relative to all the other searches so its not really important how many people have access to the internet. This is how it looks when it comes to top 5

Values are calculated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the location with the most popularity as a fraction of total searches in that location, a value of 50 indicates a location which is half as popular. A value of 0 indicates a location where there was not enough data for this term.

Note: A higher value means a higher proportion of all queries, not a higher absolute query count. So a tiny country where 80% of the queries are for "bananas" will get twice the score of a giant country where only 40% of the queries are for "bananas".

It is no new news that Nigerians in there every day life wants to win. Even with a government that isn't supportive of its citizens and admist exploitation and the marginalisation of its people and resources, Nigerians still seeks a means to be independent and earn scares means without government interference.

Also looking at the fact that Nigerians on the forum continues to exhibit an uptrend in participation of forum activities. It would be the forum being fair to help Africa's leading and one of the worlds globally recognised bitcoin adopting nation by its people a place on the leading cryptocurrency forum.
A local board would be a big boost in the unification of Nigerians on the forum, growth of cryptocurrency that would extend to our locality as well.

[SatoPrincess]

There’s been no response from the moderators. I want to believe this thread is in the right board and is visible for moderators to see and do something about it. I don’t know if we will get a Yes/No response or simply silence. For me, a Yes or a No, this isn’t the right time will be sufficient. Silence gives us hope that our request may be heeded today, tomorrow or the day after!

[Pmalek]

Have any of you from the Nigerian local thread PMed theymos or Cyrus to speak with them and see how they feel about your request? They have certainly seen the thread, but you should ask the admins are there plans to create a Nigerian local or not. Ask them what you can do to help and which sub-boards you would like to have.

[Rikafip]

There’s been no response from the moderators. I want to believe this thread is in the right board and is visible for moderators to see and do something about it. I don’t know if we will get a Yes/No response or simply silence. For me, a Yes or a No, this isn’t the right time will be sufficient. Silence gives us hope that our request may be heeded today, tomorrow or the day after!

Silence is also sort of an answer but that of course doesn't mean that you shouldn't keep trying and reminding forum staff about your case.

Have any of you from the Nigerian local thread PMed theymos or Cyrus to speak with them and see how they feel about your request? They have certainly seen the thread, but you should ask the admins are there plans to create a Nigerian local or not. Ask them what you can do to help and which sub-boards you would like to have.

I asked the same thing some time ago  in Request for Nigeria local board, which is like their main local board request topic (imho, they should focus their efforts in one thread only) and looks like CryptopreneurBrainboss already contacted those in charge but I didn't find out whether he got any reply so far.

On behalf of all industrious and actively involved Nigerians on this forum, I once again crave the indulgence of theymos as the CinC of bitcointalk to kindly consider our noble plea for a local board

Have you ever (by "you" I mean members of Nigerian community) tried contacting Cyrus regarding your request as he is moderating Other Languages section to get any sort of feedback what would be the requirement for getting the local board. He helped us when we asked for more child boards in our local, so maybe you can get some answers from him.

We didn't want to start sending messages from different accounts on a specific demand, so to be on the safe side, we appointed the leader of the group CryptopreneurBrainboss to talk to Cyrus in Pm instead of going individually. We don't want it to appear as if it's our right, we are only demanding.

[Igebotz]

Have any of you from the Nigerian local thread PMed theymos or Cyrus to speak with them and see how they feel about your request? They have certainly seen the thread, but you should ask the admins are there plans to create a Nigerian local or not. Ask them what you can do to help and which sub-boards you would like to have.

Our leader C.Brainboss has been sending PMs to both administrators since last month and has yet to receive a response, so for the time being, we are bumping the thread and pretending it has not reached the eyes of Thymos. Sometimes silence indicates progress, and other times it indicates neglect. We are still waiting with bated breath.

[Pmalek]

I asked the same thing some time ago  in Request for Nigeria local board, which is like their main local board request topic (imho, they should focus their efforts in one thread only)

Yeah, they really should. It gets confusing this way when you have multiple threads and you have to go back and forth to check what has already been said. I forgot about the other one and saw that it wasn't mentioned in this one.

Our leader C.Brainboss has been sending PMs to both administrators since last month and has yet to receive a response, so for the time being, we are bumping the thread and pretending it has not reached the eyes of Thymos.

I hope I am wrong for the sake of the Nigerians, but if you haven't received any response after all this time, I am afraid the admins don't consider it that important of an addition. Maybe in the new forum. No reason to give up though.

[Rikafip]

Yeah, they really should. It gets confusing this way when you have multiple threads and you have to go back and forth to check what has already been said. I forgot about the other one and saw that it wasn't mentioned in this one.

Not just confusing, other members might be annoyed as well seeing couple of topics being bumped on the regular basis asking for the same thing. @Smartvirus, you might wanna consider locking this one and focus your efforts in the other one.

I hope I am wrong for the sake of the Nigerians, but if you haven't received any response after all this time, I am afraid the admins don't consider it that important of an addition. Maybe in the new forum. No reason to give up though.

True, that's why I said that silence is an answer too but as you said, its no reason to give up as these things can take some time. Out of curiosity I just checked how long it took our local board to get several child boards, and it seems that more than 2 and a half years passed from the moment marlboroza created Croatian local - new child board request - moderator request back in March 2018 and we got new child boards in December 2020. And still waiting for our local mod.

[Igebotz]

Our leader C.Brainboss has been sending PMs to both administrators since last month and has yet to receive a response, so for the time being, we are bumping the thread and pretending it has not reached the eyes of Thymos.

I hope I am wrong for the sake of the Nigerians, but if you haven't received any response after all this time, I am afraid the admins don't consider it that important of an addition. Maybe in the new forum. No reason to give up though.

If having at least one African local board isn't considered important, I'm afraid there's more to this than we ever imagined, but I hope we're both wrong

The new forum is not guaranteed, and we may not all live to see it. Even the world's most secure site 360.cn didn't take that much to build.

[Poker Player]

I would recommend all Nigerians to keep bumping this thread, always making constructive comments, obviously, until you are granted the local board for being persistant. Those of us who are not Nigerians but support you in the cause will help you in this. 

[Pmalek]

Out of curiosity I just checked how long it took our local board to get several child boards, and it seems that more than 2 and a half years passed from the moment marlboroza created Croatian local - new child board request - moderator request back in March 2018 and we got new child boards in December 2020. And still waiting for our local mod.

I remember that. But I think the admins were quite fast to respond in our case when they were PMed with our requests. Was it marlboroza or dkbit98 who contacted them? I forgot. We voted on which child-boards we needed, explained how the local was cluttered the way it was back then, and the mods agreed with us. We didn't even create unnecessary work for the staff by expecting them to move the threads to where they belong. Most of the active local members took the initiative and moved their own topics. Those were interesting days.

[Rikafip]

But I think the admins were quite fast to respond in our case when they were PMed with our requests. Was it marlboroza or dkbit98 who contacted them?

Iirc it was @dkbit98 who started all that process once again.

Most of the active local members took the initiative and moved their own topics. Those were interesting days.

That's true we took initiative and finally got our child boards (must admit I was pessimistic about our chances). I remember talking to Cyrus on bitcointalk Discord server about the case as well as he used to be quite active there.

I would recommend all Nigerians to keep bumping this thread, always making constructive comments, obviously, until you are granted the local board for being persistant. Those of us who are not Nigerians but support you in the cause will help you in this.  

Yep, that's the only way to eventually get your own local board and just because no one from the forum staff is answering here in this thread (or the other one) doesn't mean that they are not listening, it's just that they are very careful with these kind of things due many local boards eventually becoming inactive.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Have any of you from the Nigerian local thread PMed theymos or Cyrus to speak with them and see how they feel about your request? They have certainly seen the thread, but you should ask the admins are there plans to create a Nigerian local or not. Ask them what you can do to help and which sub-boards you would like to have.

Sometimes silence indicates progress, and other times it indicates neglect. We are still waiting with bated breath.

I agree with you Mr igehhh, and I think in this matter, the silence means progress, and not neglect.
Come to think of it, if theymos was not going to grant us our request, then he probably would have replied to this thread, stating it can't be done, and maybe close the thread so the conversations don't linger on, making the thread a long one and yet empty.

So I personally think that he's silence on this matter means progress, and I have this feeling that our Nigeria local board is already done and waiting to be deployed, he (theymos) is only waiting to see how persistent will be be, so I urge us not to relent, let's keep pushing and making sure this thread remains on the top in this meta board, we are close to achieving that which we long desire.

[Agbe]

There are three factors that authorities always used to create institutions, Organisaon, Boards, Offices and States, etc and I believe the Moderators and the administrators in this forum are also using two factors to consider the creation of any Board in the forum

1. Political Factor
2. Social Factor
3. Economic Factor

The Political Factor is all about the leadership of the Board. Can they rule themselves? They have to scrutinize the personalities in the community to select a leader that accountability, Transparency, submissive, humble, Trustworthy, truthful and hardworking to control the board. So probably they are discussing or deliberating on the matter in hand.

2. Social Factor. This is the demographic population of the requested Board, how many newbies, Jr. Members, Members, Full Members, Sr. Members, Hero members and Legendaries are there to create the board, if they are not many they can fuse themselves in the platform or attached themselves to one Thread. But if they are much and floating in the forum here and there, there is no way a BOARD will not be created for them to gather in one place.

3. Economic Factor. I believe this forum will not use this factor to create a board for the Nigerians in the forum. This factor means, If I create this board what will they produce for the sustainance of the board and the forum. And this not use by the authorities in the forum to create a board. And if this is not use for a creation of a board the aforementioned first two factors have been meant by the Nigerians in the forum. Nigerians are Scattered in the forum. And creating a board will unite them in one fold.

[Mpamaegbu]

I would recommend all Nigerians to keep bumping this thread, always making constructive comments, obviously, until you are granted the local board for being persistant. Those of us who are not Nigerians but support you in the cause will help you in this. 

Thank you (and other non-Nigerians) for your word of encouragement on this demand of ours for a local board. We shall not relent or rest on our oars on this too. Honestly, this is going to be a win–win for this forum. Our contributions and involvements in the crypto space are immense. It's not a mere saying. There are statistics to show for that. I earnestly think the handlers of this forum should consider our plea as that will further enhance activities and businesses for this forum and the entire crypto community in general.

[Cookdata]

I have gone through the other thread and this one and I get offended by some people who are against the Naija official board because they feel we don't have another official language except the English we were forced to speak but you guys don't live here in Nigeria. Here, hardly you find somebody who can read and write who doesn't understand what pidgin is all about, this is what we use to communicate with locals, traders, and local marketers who cannot flow with English and they all understand it regardless of how you put it, they always understand the pidgin.

The fact that one of the world's leading news organizations, BBC^[1], gave us an Official Naija pidgin website to read through popular posts and what's going on in Nigeria demonstrates the importance of the pidgin language.


[1] https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/topics/c2dwqd1zr92t

[uchegod-21]

I would recommend all Nigerians to keep bumping this thread, always making constructive comments, obviously, until you are granted the local board for being persistant. Those of us who are not Nigerians but support you in the cause will help you in this. 

Thank you Poker player, Rikafip and others supporting us in this request. All I know is that theymos will grant our local board request. What I don't know is when it will happen. We shall keep making good posts in this thread and other threads of our local board request and in the whole forum.
Approving the board will encourage us to do more, not approving it will not discourage us, but for fairness to the largest black race and the giants of Africa, we will appreciate if our request is being granted.

[Mpamaegbu]

The fact that one of the world's leading news organizations, BBC^[1], gave us an Official Naija pidgin website to read through popular posts and what's going on in Nigeria demonstrates the importance of the pidgin language.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/topics/c2dwqd1zr92t

My broda, na dat wan even dey pain me pass sef and with those of owa brodas wey dey like speak phoney join.

Anyone, that as it may be; we aren't resting on our oars. We shall continue to paddle until we get to the seashore. Good things aren't easily achieved. That's my consolation whenever what I'm trying to achieve continues to elude me in my mind's eye. The Nigerian community here has continued to grow in leaps and bounds. Outside here, the Nigerian crypto community remained unfazed even when there was a ban on crypto activities in Nigeria till a time now that the government is reconsidering its actions to unban and then regulate it. We're letting our government know that crypto is the way to go.