Proposal For Naija (Nigeria LB) Sub-Boards Creation

[Agbe]

Calvary Greetings from the Nigeria Local Board to theymos and other dignitaries in the forum. The primary reason for starting this topic is to create sub-boards in the LOCAL BOARD. A local board is created for the forum's users to use their native language. Nigerians have been in the forum for about 8 years, and at first we were all in one thread making comments and creating topics, but as the number of participants increased to a point where the thread became congested, a Local Board was requested, and on January 1st, 2023, the Local Board was created as a surprise package for Nigerians.  And as time passes, the board expands faster, and the population grows by the day. We have spent around 11 months since the creation of the BOARD, and the board is growing quickly, therefore we are requesting theymos to look into the board and create sub-boards so we may split up the discussions accordingly.


With over 100+ monthly active posters, the board becomes congested, making it tough to browse through a slew of off-topics and copy-and-paste local news pieces generated by newbies. We are not suggesting that local news is not important, but it should be of general interest rather than personal interest. Because this is a bitcoin discussion topic, all users are required to have a basic understanding of bitcoin. As a result, when child boards are created, other discussions will be on their sub-boards, while bitcoin discussions will be on the board's home page.

The Reasons for the Request

• Congestion. Too many threads and difficult to navigate through and topics are easily buried.
• To minimize spams: Since there is no local moderator at the moment, the child board will separate the trash, spamming and unrefined posts from the main board.

Requested Sub-boards.

• Naija Politics & Society: Topics that'll be of interest to bitcoiners in relation to politics and the society in general.  
• Other Discussions: Other topics that might be of interest to bitcoiners.
• Off Topic Topics that are not relevant in any of the above will be moved to this place.
  

This list is compiled from last month to this month.
Some of the Politics and Society's Threads found in the Board

Threads that are related to Politics and Society board
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Subsidy removal and all you need to know
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Fuel Price do move 4rm ₦537 To ₦617 for one Litre
Youths Becoming Reluctant to Marry
Tinubu's comment on 25% in FCT call for serious concern.
The country no de move forward
President Tinubu, shakes the entire security sector.
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, suspended!!
The future of our children, a concern in a demoralized society

I have just seen this now: Who is to be blamed ?

Add to Charles-Tim list:  When Godfather-ism becomes a problem in Nigeria
Naija and godfatherism
When Godfather-ism becomes a problem in Nigeria
Supreme Court Justices a Shame or Praise
Federal Government 3 Million Technical Talent Programme for Young Nigerians
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What really happened to Nigeria Economy
Joe Biden Appoints Two Nigerians As Special Advisers
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Nigerian gov supports AI initiatives with $290K in grants
Historical Nigerian True-Life Story of a Man Who Lost His Five Sons in One Day
The president certificate and how it affects us crypto-currency enthusiast

Some of the Other Discussion Threads Found in the Board

Threads that are related to Other-topics board
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Help Your Brodas/Sistas Stand Strong!!!
Placing value in the family
Learn to unlearn and unlearn to learn
Drainage is not a dump yard
Ede Yoruba : the first ever published Yoruba text book in China
Books Written in Pidgin English
A thought for a welcomed development

Add to Charles-Tim list:  
Come wetin we see about some Nigerian youths wey use smoking do work of they lif
One crazy thing that most Nigerians do that affect our savings over time
Lionel Messi win 8th ballon d'Or
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Nigerian parents and spirituality.
The pressure to last long in bed and the increased use of manpower drugs
Why we too de abuse moments of celebration?
MARRIAGES TARGETED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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[Weekly Akawo] Naija Friends

Increase in merit allocation to the Naija (Nigerian board)
Increase in Cryptopreneurbrainboss allocation:

Ps: While on this matter I also need an increase theymos (my allocation is too poor).

Approval of additional merit source:
1. From Charles-Tim: Charles-Tim merit source application + Nigerian local board
2. From Igebotz: Igebotz Nigerian Local Board Merit Source Application

[examplens]

• To minimize spams: Since there is no local moderator at the moment, the child board will separate the trash, spamming and unrefined posts from the main board.

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.
Merit source applications to reward quality posts more are okay, but spam removal is perhaps more important for maintaining the forum. In the end, it will be easier for you to discuss if your board is spam-free.

[Odohu]

I have also noticed an increase in the participants of the Naija local board as can be seen in the sharp increase in post count of the board. I can actually attest to the fact that navigating through the local board can be challenging most times considering the way topics and discussions are arranged in the Nigerian local  board. If we have sub-boards, it will really help in organising discussions and accessing information.

For a board that is less that a year, the growth noteworthy and should be supported as a way of pushing Bitcoin penetration and the spread of this amazing technology, of which Nigeira is playing a key role.

We appreciate the efforts of those who do make it time to check on the Naija local board and also support in many immeasurable ways. We do not take likely, the support of Hugeblack, EFS amongst others. Approval of a few merit sources will also help encourage quality posters to do more to keep the board going.

While we hope this request will be considered, it is important to note that we appreciate having a local board in a forum like this.

[Charles-Tim]

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.

We are going to later ask for a moderator, but the need for other boards (especially other discussion which is meant for off-topic) is imminent. If there is a moderator moderating that board, he will not be able to delete many of the posts which some people see as spam, because many are not spam but belonging to off-topic board. Unless the moderator just want to be harsh. It is worth mentioning that moderators have fast response to the posts that I have been reporting on the board.

[BlackBoss_]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

[Charles-Tim]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Let me be specific, Nigeria local board consists of many quality posters. Also this thread is about the need for child boards.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

Some people prefer to use Pidgin, while some people prefer to use English, while some people prefer to use both.

[Doan9269]

Thank you Agbe for bringing this up, i see naija local board increasing in activities ever since the approval of the local board, now it's unto the next phase to help see the local board going well organized by how it members post on the board, I've also seen two or more cases of postings that are not perfectly on topic which some of the members take advantage of the unavailability of the sub board to post anyhow topic, now when there's three to five sub boards under the local board, each thread will finds its appropriate board it is well fitted in, else other contrary threads will be moved to off topic because they are not fit in anywhere.

If this request is granted, i see it to be one of the means to reduce spamming and off topic threads created indescriminately by some members, this will also encourage for more quality post when each aspect of discussion is having a designated board expected to have all related discussions, it will also be easier to locate any off topic or low quality post to be reported to the moderator if any is found.

Lastly, thanks to Hugeblack who had made it a commitment in identifying unmerited quality posts from local boards, this is one of the reasons we also hope that the two local board merit source applications be considered to help encourage other quality posters and also compliment cryptopreneurbrainboss who is the only merit source, while his own monthly allocations too can increase, thanks to all other active naija local board bitcointalk members for the good works on the local board and for bringing this initiative to request for sub boards.

GoodLuck all the way.

[rachael9385]

Our local board (Nigerian board) is one of the most active boards in the forum. Both quality posters and non-quality posters are on the board, so I understand the whole concept of what @Agbe is trying to conclude and, as for me, I do say the same thing as he has already said earlier.
Our local board should have a moderator and also a sub-board where the local board moderator can move or arrange every topic to the specific board it is supposed to be (if any users fail to post it where it is supposed to be). It will also help to reduce the rate of spammers and non-quality posts on the board.
I can conclude that one of the reasons why many other users (i.e) merit source and all the rest of them normally visit the Nigerian local board is because we have a lot of active and quality posters but what we don't have is a moderator and more merit source.

[bitmover]

I think Nigeria really deserves more sub-boards

i have been following all local boards for some time, and I have created this animated chart which allows people to see how Nigeria board has been flying. It is already one of the most active boards in the forum, even lacking its sub-boards.

I scraped the data from each chart and added here in this new animated chart, as suggested by dkbit98  and Rikafip.

We can see the evolution of each local board activity since 2020.

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/12312077/

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The Reasons for the Request

• Congestion. Too many threads and difficult to navigate through and topics are easily buried.
• To minimize spams: Since there is no local moderator at the moment, the child board will separate the trash, spamming and unrefined posts from the main board.

Requested Sub-boards.

• Naija Politics & Society: Topics that'll be of interest to bitcoiners in relation to politics and the society in general.  
• Other Discussions: Other topics that might be of interest to bitcoiners.

Good and valid points @Agbe.
Nigerian local board is having more posts engagements and so many newbies are creating threads that are useful but off topics, it is now one of the active local boards in the forum, if we have the off topic sub board and political/society discussions sub board, the main board will be free from spam that are not related to bitcoin.

[Igebotz]

Thank you OP. Finally, the long-awaited request. I'm sure thyemos didn't expect the board's activity to skyrocket in such a short space of time when he created the board while neglecting the sub-boards. Thank you for making this public. I'm temporarily out of sources to bless the post.

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

You're sending the wrong message here, or maybe you didn't read the entire OP. There is no free spam zone anywhere on the forum, and BTW, more than 70% of the local use pidgin to communicate, making it difficult for non-pidgin speaking moderators to function successfully. A child board is required to assist in navigating and organising the board for easy reading. We also need a local moderator, which I've discussed with thyemos in the past, and I believe we'll have one when the time comes.

[Agbe]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

I was not expecting this from you.  You are out from the course of discussion. You have to redirect yourself to the main point. We are talking about creating of child boards to split the discussions in the local board and you are saying to mute or lock board. I just believed that you don't understand the full text on the OP. BlackBoss_ it is not compulsory that you must make comments on all the threads you come across. You have to leave the ones you don't understand. Nigerian board has quality posters and even some of the newbies post well, just that we are posting everything in one board and the board is congesting with different news and others so we want to split them into different Sub-boards.

[Rikafip]

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.
Merit source applications to reward quality posts more are okay, but spam removal is perhaps more important for maintaining the forum. In the end, it will be easier for you to discuss if your board is spam-free.

I beg to disagree. While global mods can still delete spam (having their onw local mod would be of course better), not having separate child boards is imho more important and should be priority. Imagine if on our local board we don't have child boards and instead everything is crammed in one and if it was 10x as active.

Regarding them getting their own local moderator, it mainly depends on the amount of spam they have there so unless its a real problem, chances of them getting one are not good.


While I am glad to see that you started request topic, choice of child boards seem kinda strange to me. Wouldn't it make more sense to put off topic and politics&society into one child board, while asking for some other boards like "altcoins" (once bull market start you can expect increase of intresest in those, or maybe even marketplace if there's enough interest.

Anyway, I hope that you get new child boards as soon as possible since you are one of the most active local boards and you are in a real need for at least a few. 

[hugeblack]

Some of mentioned sub-boards are not related to Bitcoin, and creating such sub-boards may increase spam discussions that are not related to Bitcoin and without a mod, I do not expect them to be approved. I suggest changing the name of the sub-board for something related to Bitcoin, and collecting +30 topics within Last 90 days, things like technical section, wallets, beginners and help.

Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

[DaNNy001]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

What are you saying mate, I don't think you have surf the naija local board because if you have then you would know that the board is one of the most promising in terms of quality posters and more over there are lots of other board in which lots of spamming and abuse of merit is going, where someone is showered lots of merit for a shit post of just saying a welcome or introduction message. If you do browse other local board then you will be surprised to what you would see but that being said , this thread is for request of child board and moderator just like every other local board has and I think you should stick to it and again not everyone speak and pass information in the local board in fluent English as I believe you will be familiar with what is called pidgin English or "broken English" as we call it here.

[Sim_card]

OP, I applaud your effort on this thread to put it to theymos that we need a sub-board to help us navigate our local board easily. It has been noticed that newbies from Nigeria are increasing everyday and most of them come first to identify themselves in the local board, by creating topics that are not bitcoin related since they are newbies and love posting more than reading. This has made the board to have numerous topics that are scattered all over the board. A sub-board will help us comb this, as topics will be posted base on where it falls into. For OP, to write this, it has become something that is giving us a lot of headache, because Nigerians are people that don't like to complain no matter the situation that we are passing through, because our government have made us strong to adapt to things the way they are. As the population of the board increases, it gets more congested.

[Rikafip]

Some of mentioned sub-boards are not related to Bitcoin, and creating such sub-boards may increase spam discussions that are not related to Bitcoin and without a mod, I do not expect them to be approved.

That's not necessarily true as almost two years ago we (Croatian local board) got few childs boards, and neither of them were related to Bitcoin. First one was "Off-Topic" and the 2nd one was for altcoin announcement so it was separated from altcoin discussion.

From our experience, it didn't contibute to extra spam and all it did was making our main board much cleaner and easier to navigate.

[Nwada001]

From our experience, it didn't contibute to extra spam and all it did was making our main board much cleaner and easier to navigate.

Exactly the reason for the need for sub-boards is to make things in their right place, and posts that are ordinary are considered low quality, and spam will be on the off-topic board, which anyone visiting those boards is not expecting to see.
 
Another benefit of this sub-board is that if the local board has its own moderator, it will make work easier for them, and it won't appear as if they are too harsh or not being considerate, as most posts that are not crypto-related and not entirely political and could have been deleted will be easily moved to the appropriate board, and other active members on the local board can also know the right way to use and report posts that they notice don't fit in where the OP created them.

[iBaba]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

I think it's a great idea to get local moderators to moderate the board. Despite that the board uses English language as a language, it also uses what we call the Pidgin English. Pidgin English is a lingua franca that is a mixture between English language and other African languages. Pidgin is widely spoken in Africa and every country in the continent has its peculiar style of speaking in Pidgin. For instance, the style in which a Nigerian speak Pidgin English is different from Ghana or Cameroon despite their closeness in borders.

Nigerian Pidgin is blend with other major indigenous tribes in the country such as Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. So, most at times, it takes an indigenous speaker to understand the conversation between them and communicate. Likewise, it will take a local moderator to be able to effectively monitor the conversations in the board as well as sort the threads in the proposed child boards.

An English moderator is not a bad idea but for a more effective moderation of the board, you need a local or native moderator.

[hugeblack]

That's not necessarily true as almost two years ago we (Croatian local board) got few childs boards, and neither of them were related to Bitcoin. First one was "Off-Topic" and the 2nd one was for altcoin announcement so it was separated from altcoin discussion.

We have a different experience, especially the alternative currencies section. It has become full of ANN and bounty topics. The number of active people in your local council may be limited.

In general, their chances of creating sub-boards related to technical section, wallets, beginners and help are higher than altcoin\off-topic.

Another benefit of this sub-board is that if the local board has its own moderator, it will make work easier for them, and it won't appear as if they are too harsh or not being considerate, as most posts that are not crypto-related and not entirely political and could have been deleted will be easily

I do not remember that there is any local sub-board mod only  Russian board have more than one mod.

[Majestic-milf]

 This is a good suggestion and I hope we get a very favorable reply from Theymos. The Nigerian local board has grown tremendously and what the Op is requesting is really important for the board because if there's no sub board for politics and societal discussion and off topic, we'll be forced to see some discussions which are not Bitcoin related but fit somewhere else as off topic.
I remember when @cryptopreneurbrainboss and @igebotz made a vote for how much percentage of politics be discussed but with how much the board grew, some users have forgotten that there's a limit and if you go on that board, you'd find more societal discussions more than the Bitcoin ones and I feel it's pertinent Theymos do something to this end.
 For me, if this proposal is granted, asides from giving the board a moderator, it may help reduce the amount of spam on the board and if eventually a mod is given, it reduces his job of having to always check on how much spam is on the board.

[Igebotz]

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.
Merit source applications to reward quality posts more are okay, but spam removal is perhaps more important for maintaining the forum. In the end, it will be easier for you to discuss if your board is spam-free.

I beg to disagree. While global mods can still delete spam (having their onw local mod would be of course better), not having separate child boards is imho more important and should be priority. Imagine if on our local board we don't have child boards and instead everything is crammed in one and if it was 10x as active.

Regarding them getting their own local moderator, it mainly depends on the amount of spam they have there so unless its a real problem, chances of them getting one are not good.

What the global moderators do is lock up threads with repeated reports, which is not what we want. I can't blame them because you need to understand pidgin English to be able to know what spam is. We need a local moderator that is fluent in the language and can go through threads to remove spam. There are many of us who are willing to take on this position, but what we really need right now are child boards because our current situation is similar to what we had on our local thread (before the creation of LB). The level of congestion is extremely high now.

While I am glad to see that you started request topic, choice of child boards seem kinda strange to me. Wouldn't it make more sense to put off topic and politics&society into one child board, while asking for some other boards like "altcoins" (once bull market start you can expect increase of intresest in those, or maybe even marketplace if there's enough interest.

Anyway, I hope that you get new child boards as soon as possible since you are one of the most active local boards and you are in a real need for at least a few. 

Not every LB has multiple child boards and we didn't see the need for altcoins and marketplace sub-boards as most Nigerians aren't interested in rendering services nor are they interested in altcoins.

[Lida93]

• To minimize spams: Since there is no local moderator at the moment, the child board will separate the trash, spamming and unrefined posts from the main board.

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.
Merit source applications to reward quality posts more are okay, but spam removal is perhaps more important for maintaining the forum. In the end, it will be easier for you to discuss if your board is spam-free.

it is he who wore the shoes knows where it pinches the most, local board mod is likewise important to this course but in a scale of preference we think the sub-boards comes in first in our request.

There are reputable members in the Naija LB that will be willing and ready to take up the mod responsibility if the chance giving. I have had private discussion with some of our LB members are they appear to show interest in the position.

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

Your suggestion is not bad but still not good and won't give the desired final solution seek for.

How many mods in the bitcointalk that uses English that have a good understanding of the Naija pidgin? Abi nah ur mout de scratch you wey dey tok okpata.[/list]

[Agbamoni]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

I think it's a great idea to get local moderators to moderate the board. Despite that the board uses English language as a language, it also uses what we call the Pidgin English. Pidgin English is a lingua franca that is a mixture between English language and other African languages. Pidgin is widely spoken in Africa and every country in the continent has its peculiar style of speaking in Pidgin. For instance, the style in which a Nigerian speak Pidgin English is different from Ghana or Cameroon despite their closeness in borders.

Nigerian Pidgin is blend with other major indigenous tribes in the country such as Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. So, most at times, it takes an indigenous speaker to understand the conversation between them and communicate. Likewise, it will take a local moderator to be able to effectively monitor the conversations in the board as well as sort the threads in the proposed child boards.

An English moderator is not a bad idea but for a more effective moderation of the board, you need a local or native moderator.

You have spoken well and provided further explanations for better understanding. When it comes to selecting a moderator for a board or sub-board, there are pros and cons to consider. You need to trust who you are selecting and how well they have contributed to the development of the local board. Additionally, it should be someone who is not afraid to speak out, preferably someone with a history of addressing issues they believe are wrong or not handled properly in the local board.

Having a local moderator is more preferable, as you mentioned. The person should be fluent in both good English and African Pidgin and should be able to relate to African culture, beliefs, and a way of life. Time zone is also important. It's best to know the moderator's available hours for moderation.

[Franctoshi]

This request is due and from the point of being one of the most active local boards in the Forum, it makes much of sense if there be a creation of a sub-board to de-congest the main board, and keep the board clean and for easy navigation of topics because from my notice topics get easily buried a few hours after it is published,  Therefore with the grant of this request to include politics & society and other discussion into Nigerian Local Board, it definitely in solving the problems and filtering of LB.

@Agbe this is such a great idea and I'm in full support of this request.

[Rikafip]

What the global moderators do is lock up threads with repeated reports, which is not what we want. I can't blame them because you need to understand pidgin English to be able to know what spam is.

Well, in that case won't hurt to create moderator request topic as well. You certainly won't get one until you ask for it so why not, but before that you should also discuss among yourself who would be a good moderator because if theymos gonna approve it, he will ask who you prefer to get that role.

Not every LB has multiple child boards and we didn't see the need for altcoins and marketplace sub-boards as most Nigerians aren't interested in rendering services nor are they interested in altcoins.

You know the best which sections you actually need, just seemed weird to ask for two non-bitcoin related topics.

[Davidvictorson]

Great effort Agbe. Well done.

~snip~

I have read the back and forth from the arguments of both Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike. In summary, we can agree that

- Although the child boards will not reduce spamming we need it to maintain sanity in the board.
- Secondly, spamming can be controlled and brought to its barest minimum if we have a moderator from the local board. I nominate Agbe for this role.

My thoughts are that we have a better shot getting a moderator from the local board than being granted the child board.

Let's see what Thymos would do.

[Igebotz]

Well, in that case won't hurt to create moderator request topic as well. You certainly won't get one until you ask for it so why not, but before that you should also discuss among yourself who would be a good moderator because if theymos gonna approve it, he will ask who you prefer to get that role.

On a more realistic side, requesting a board moderator is not what we urgently require at this moment because thyemos must be convinced with a slew of bad reports, which we lack.I'm not claiming that the LB is free of spam. I'm only stating that there isn't a lot of spam on the board. This is something that the global moderators can tackle, but I find it strange that a large number of my reports go unsolved. Our urgent demands are sub-boards and a merit source. For the time being, we can do without a Local moderator.

You know the best which sections you actually need, just seemed weird to ask for two non-bitcoin related topics.

The main boards with serve as Bitcoin discussion and economics

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.

We are going to later ask for a moderator, but the need for other boards (especially other discussion which is meant for off-topic) is imminent. If there is a moderator moderating that board, he will not be able to delete many of the posts which some people see as spam, because many are not spam but belonging to off-topic board. Unless the moderator just want to be harsh. It is worth mentioning that moderators have fast response to the posts that I have been reporting on the board.

Yes, I agree with what you said. I happen to be normally active on the Nigerian local board, and I also suggest that there should be some sub-boards, and after the sub-boards, a moderator should arise. The reason is not far from what you have said; there are most topics that should just be on the off-topic board, but they all just get jam packed on one single board, and if there are any moderators now, I think it's actually going to be a very stressful or confused duty for the moderator, but if there are sub-bards, then it will be easier.

[rachael9385]

I think it would be much more beneficial for you to ask for a local moderator. You have several very active members who, if they are ready to accept responsibility, should perhaps apply for local mod positions.

We are going to later ask for a moderator, but the need for other boards (especially other discussion which is meant for off-topic) is imminent. If there is a moderator moderating that board, he will not be able to delete many of the posts which some people see as spam, because many are not spam but belonging to off-topic board. Unless the moderator just want to be harsh. It is worth mentioning that moderators have fast response to the posts that I have been reporting on the board.

Yes, I agree with what you said. I happen to be normally active on the Nigerian local board, and I also suggest that there should be some sub-boards, and after the sub-boards, a moderator should arise. The reason is not far from what you have said; there are most topics that should just be on the off-topic board, but they all just get jam packed on one single board, and if there are any moderators now, I think it's actually going to be a very stressful or confused duty for the moderator, but if there are sub-bards, then it will be easier.

I totally agree with what you both are saying, the sub-board is more important than the moderator, why because without a sub-board the moderator will only have to delete, ban or lock post and not to move to anywhere (but can still move to other boards outside the L.B) so the sub-board is more important than the moderator, we should have the sub-board first before we can be ready to have a moderator, maybe a week or more, before we can get a moderator.

[Mate2237]

I totally agree with what you both are saying, the sub-board is more important than the moderator, why because without a sub-board the moderator will only have to delete, ban or lock post and not to move to anywhere (but can still move to other boards outside the L.B) so the sub-board is more important than the moderator, we should have the sub-board first before we can be ready to have a moderator, maybe a week or more, before we can get a moderator.

I think the two are important at the time like this. Both the moderator and the sub-boards are necessary now. We need the moderator (s) to clean the board from spam and shitposts. Therefore no one is more important than the other. All the two are pressing needs in the local board. The sub-boards are to divide the discussion according to their various section but the moderator will be working from all the sub-boards to make sure that all things are okay I'm the board.

Without a Moderator the main board will still have an issue like shit bitcoin Posts and low quality post. Op your effort is great and we pray the request is granted. And Moderator can move threads from o e board to another within the local board..

[rachael9385]

I totally agree with what you both are saying, the sub-board is more important than the moderator, why because without a sub-board the moderator will only have to delete, ban or lock post and not to move to anywhere (but can still move to other boards outside the L.B) so the sub-board is more important than the moderator, we should have the sub-board first before we can be ready to have a moderator, maybe a week or more, before we can get a moderator.

I think the two are important at the time like this. Both the moderator and the sub-boards are necessary now. We need the moderator (s) to clean the board from spam and shitposts. Therefore no one is more important than the other. All the two are pressing needs in the local board. The sub-boards are to divide the discussion according to their various section but the moderator will be working from all the sub-boards to make sure that all things are okay I'm the board.

Without a Moderator the main board will still have an issue like shit bitcoin Posts and low quality post. Op your effort is great and we pray the request is granted. And Moderator can move threads from o e board to another within the local board..

However, I know that the both are so dem important but what I am trying to say is that, I don't think that we can have the both at the same time because there have been so many requests from our local board that we haven't gotten any reply ye, but we are still hoping to get positive returns from the requests, so that's why am saying the sub-board is more important for now than the moderator, maybe after the sub-board then we can talk about the moderator.
The sub-board is good and also, the moderator too is good because without the moderator the local board will be full of trash post.

[Nheer]

• Congestion. Too many threads and difficult to navigate through and topics are easily buried.
• To minimize spams: Since there is no local moderator at the moment, the child board will separate the trash, spamming and unrefined posts from the main board.

I have also noticed this in the local board, too many threads are being created recently and i noticed some are even irrelevant threads contributing nothing to the board but if these many threads are of quality and adding value to the board it would have been acceptable. Due to the absence of moderator in the board garbage posts are being made and it is making it difficult to locate good posts. I think it will be helpful if a moderator is being appointed to keep the board in check and sweep out any irrelevant or useless posts. Activities have increased recently and it is a good development for the entire forum so i hope theymos considers this request.

In addressing the issue of creation of a Sub Board I think it’s a good idea but i don’t think it is necessary just yet, maybe in the future but for now a moderator should be enough to handle things here and i think it will be best to appoint a local moderator who speaks and understands the language of the board because most post are being created using Pidgin English all through. A local moderator can easily identify spam posts.

[Makus]

Thank you Mr Agbe for bring this massive problem from our local to discuss publicly in the meta board with those members who have upper hand in this forum, it is very obvious to see that our local board is the third most active participating local board in this forum and yet we have not been receiving credits based on this hype. Mr Theymos please we need you to consider the growth of our local board and effect some changes that our local board member have brought to your table.

However, I know that the both are so dem important but what I am trying to say is that, I don't think that we can have the both at the same time because there have been so many requests from our local board that we haven't gotten any reply ye, but we are still hoping to get positive returns from the requests, so that's why am saying the sub-board is more important for now than the moderator, maybe after the sub-board then we can talk about the moderator.
The sub-board is good and also, the moderator too is good because without the moderator the local board will be full of trash post.

rachael9385 I think the two goes together when it comes to there operation, assuming the subboards have been approved, do you mean we will still go back to beg an external moderator to shuffle the posts that were missed up by their OPs? No! So the best request is to ask Mr Theymos to please give us the two, both the sub board and the local board moderator.

[Mpamaegbu]

OP, thanks for bringing this to the open. Chop knuckles 👊

[nelson4lov]

Huge thanks to Agbe for putting this proposal up. This has been in discussions in the Nigeria local community and after extensive discussions on the subject matter, we reached the agreement that this would be the best course of action for the community. When we first made the initial request for a local board, we didn't know it would grow this fast and while we're happy with the community growth, we'd really like if everything is much more organized so we can know which sub-boards to go for which discussion.

[SmartGold01]

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

Use report to report spam posts because it's responsibility of local members who ask for the local board.

The board is in English and global moderators, current moderators who can use English can moderate it. All moderators in Bitcointalk can use English well and all of them can do this.

I don't think you really read through the op correctly, because I can't see a correlation to what op is saying and to what you are posting here, do you know how hard it's to read a local pidgin english do you think you can decode it correctly if I may ask? Most times it's very hard to read pidgin if you are not a native of Nigeria and how do you think others who are not a native of Nigeria can moderate the local board if we don't actually report a post to them. Btw we are requesting for childboard which is normal thing because there are more of different topics from many angles which I know we need a new childboard to move those posts to where it belongs. Maybe next time while commenting on a post always try to read through op thoroughly before posting because you are sending a bad message over here.

[Richbased]

Some of mentioned sub-boards are not related to Bitcoin, and creating such sub-boards may increase spam discussions that are not related to Bitcoin and without a mod, I do not expect them to be approved. I suggest changing the name of the sub-board for something related to Bitcoin, and collecting +30 topics within Last 90 days, things like technical section, wallets, beginners and help.

I applaud your understanding @ hugeblack in our quest to attain more sub-boards, it is important that we should not undermine our motives of being in bitcointalk as our intentions is to promote and secure our interest on bitcoin and bitcoin related activities. So creating more sub-boards in regard to the suggestion that is being listed by @agbe and legendary charles-tim may not really be necessary, the only reason I believe the sub-board should be created is only in respect of jam packed topics and threads due to the massive growth in the Nigeria local board.

Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

Sure, we hope to get a moderator soon as it will aid in the success of the Nigerian local board and bring Nigerians more closer to one another both by interactions and suggestions towards creating an enabling system that will be favorable to all. So we do hope for a moderator or rather moderators due to our increased growth on this forum.

[BlackBoss_]

I don't think you really read through the op correctly, because I can't see a correlation to what op is saying and to what you are posting here, do you know how hard it's to read a local pidgin english do you think you can decode it correctly if I may ask? Most times it's very hard to read pidgin if you are not a native of Nigeria and how do you think others who are not a native of Nigeria can moderate the local board if we don't actually report a post to them. Btw we are requesting for childboard which is normal thing because there are more of different topics from many angles which I know we need a new childboard to move those posts to where it belongs. Maybe next time while commenting on a post always try to read through op thoroughly before posting because you are sending a bad message over here.

Agbe discussed about many things in his post: proposal for sub-board for Nigeria; more merit sources, more source merit, discussions about spam too.

What did I do wrong in my post?
If a board is spam, very spam, admins will lock it, it's reality. I wrote that local members are responsible for what they write and discuss, not the admins.

I did not say I am against sub boards for Nigeria.

[SmartGold01]

I don't think you really read through the op correctly, because I can't see a correlation to what op is saying and to what you are posting here, do you know how hard it's to read a local pidgin english do you think you can decode it correctly if I may ask? Most times it's very hard to read pidgin if you are not a native of Nigeria and how do you think others who are not a native of Nigeria can moderate the local board if we don't actually report a post to them. Btw we are requesting for childboard which is normal thing because there are more of different topics from many angles which I know we need a new childboard to move those posts to where it belongs. Maybe next time while commenting on a post always try to read through op thoroughly before posting because you are sending a bad message over here.

Agbe discussed about many things in his post: proposal for sub-board for Nigeria; more merit sources, more source merit, discussions about spam too.

What did I do wrong in my post?
If a board is spam, very spam, admins will lock it, it's reality. I wrote that local members are responsible for what they write and discuss, not the admins.

I did not say I am against sub boards for Nigeria.

Okay.. take a look of your post

If the board is spam, it will be muted, locked. Locals can continue their spamming before the board is locked.

It seems the entire local board should be muted or locked, instead of any topic or post that is spammed should get locked. Most times our writing gives different representation but while the poster meant another thing and from here you would know why I did say your post gives another meaning.

And again op only quoted those merits source application and the increase for already merits source we had, the thing is the allocation is too minimal in a way that the available merits can't go a long way for the board within a month before running out of merits.

[Amphenomenon]

more merit sources, more source merit, discussions about spam too.

That's because it is among the issue we are facing, if not for Hugeblack support how do you think we would have fare? so far definitely he would have known if our LB is full of shit post and I know he understands why we need additional merit source or at least increase CryptopreneurBrainboss merit allocation.

What did I do wrong in my post?
If a board is spam, very spam, admins will lock it, it's reality. I wrote that local members are responsible for what they write and discuss, not the admins.

I did not say I am against sub boards for Nigeria.

But the way you put it, is more likely you are relating it to our local board and if you are not then stop using it relatively to us, we know how important this two we requested for us and is not that the Nigeria Local Board is filled with spam posters like you relating it to, we still have alot of quality posters, sometimes is interesting that members outside our local board are interested, we are among top 4 most active local board here, check this post to see our monthly overview for September since our October overview has not been updated by Igebotz and reason was that he travelled without his pc.
 

[Adbitco]

Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

I still extend my (our) gratitudes to you for reviving the local board since most of the people's interest were lost and lot of people never wanted to put interest anymore but when I came across the post it seems like a dying soul was restored so it's to our local board to fully restored for the kind gesture you decided to show to our LB and I believe to see more people coming and also increase in activities.

Lastly I will have to say that op did a very nice job to have sum up most of the topics and also bring up the most important childboard (subforum) which would allow us to channel every post to where they belongs to since the NLB is growing uncontrollably we need to straighten up to every post to be in places to reduce the rate of spam post.

[Jaycoinz]

Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

I still extend my (our) gratitudes to you for reviving the local board since most of the people's interest were lost and lot of people never wanted to put interest anymore but when I came across the post it seems like a dying soul was restored so it's to our local board to fully restored for the kind gesture you decided to show to our LB and I believe to see more people coming and also increase in activities.

Lastly I will have to say that op did a very nice job to have sum up most of the topics and also bring up the most important childboard (subforum) which would allow us to channel every post to where they belongs to since the NLB is growing uncontrollably we need to straighten up to every post to be in places to reduce the rate of spam post.

And all these are the examples of a growing community just as sir hugeblack have said, Nigerian are known for many things and one of them is resilience to show their excellence in every thing they do and an example is in the community here as I believe we are the only Africa nation that has been active here for some time and although they maybe some minor folks that are from other places but the massive involvement of Nigerian here in the community is something else and also this improvement will certainly draw other Africans here in deed and hopefully they will make such impact too .

[AprilioMP]

OP, I support your proposed local sub board. At a minimum, several child boards will approve the placement of discussion topics that are appropriate to the discussion so that they are neatly arranged like in other existing sub-local boards.

I have opened the local Nigeria (Naija) board, there are 24 pages and there are discussion topics available on speculation, trading, guides and other topics.
If your proposal is accepted, local Nigerians will be even better at producing the best posters.

Sorry if I involve myself in this because I am not local to Nigeria.
Just expressing an opinion. Good luck to the local Nigerian sub board.

Best regards,
AprilioMP

[Adbitco]

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And all these are the examples of a growing community just as sir hugeblack have said, Nigerian are known for many things and one of them is resilience to show their excellence in every thing they do and an example is in the community here as I believe we are the only Africa nation that has been active here for some time and although they maybe some minor folks that are from other places but the massive involvement of Nigerian here in the community is something else and also this improvement will certainly draw other Africans here in deed and hopefully they will make such impact too .

You know whenever I see the activeness of our local board (Nigeria) I come to think if there are no other African countries in this forum, and aside that, looking too well the community is massively growing this alone shows that there is a great improvement and if the subforum are being created then we can moved most of the post to where they belong. We can say mod is also needed to help monitor the cleanliness of the subforum, for the past 2 months I was shocked to see this massive increments and turnover within the period of time.

[Mayor of ogba]

This is a nice development and it will be helpful if the idea is achieved because anyone who wants to create a post that is not related to  Bitcoin discussion can use the subboard to create a post that is not related to Bitcoin. Since our Naija board was created for the spread of Bitcoin in Nigeria and posts that are not related to Bitcoin have been created in our local that serve as spam posts, if this sub-board is achieved I think it will reduce the level of spam posts in our local board because sub-board for creating Naija related news will be there.

[_BlackStar]

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You know whenever I see the activeness of our local board (Nigeria) I come to think if there are no other African countries in this forum, and aside that, looking too well the community is massively growing this alone shows that there is a great improvement and if the subforum are being created then we can moved most of the post to where they belong. We can say mod is also needed to help monitor the cleanliness of the subforum, for the past 2 months I was shocked to see this massive increments and turnover within the period of time.

I completely agree with what you say - Nigeria has grown a lot on this forum and even some of the users have become part of the beneficial contributors to the forum. I tend to hope that Local Board Nigeria will get its own moderator before the child board request is approved - but I agree that child board are also needed so that topics with different categories can be well organized on one provided board.

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

[Adbitco]

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

[Agbe]

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source? I don't know and that is why I am asking and I have not seen such person in the forum. But if it is possible then one of them is good to be but if it is not possible then we have to select another person from the local board to be the Moderator. Well will discuss it locally. There is an another option also, theymos can select from the local board who has the highest accurate spam report statistics in the local board. We really need the Moderator too because the sub-boards have to be monitored as well.

[Adbitco]

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source? I don't know and that is why I am asking and I have not seen such person in the forum. But if it is possible then one of them is good to be but if it is not possible then we have to select another person from the local board to be the Moderator. Well will discuss it locally. There is an another option also, theymos can select from the local board who has the highest accurate spam report statistics in the local board. We really need the Moderator too because the sub-boards have to be monitored as well.

I don't think there is any difficult task to handle merits source as well as becoming a mod, the thing is merits is just like whenever you come across a meaningful post in the local board you can decide to merits anyone that is worth meriting while the mod task is to move any post to the right section where it belongs or any post you sees as spam can easily be deleted and moved to archive.

[_BlackStar]

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For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

Of course - a voting system could be a solution to choose mods among hundreds of users there. But instead of just 3 users - then I would tend to expect there to be more dominant users that could be proposed. Your idea is great and let's hope it actually happens in the Nigerian Local Board.

-snip-

That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source?

Why not - maybe you just haven't realized that most mods are merit source.

Here are some staff or moderator who are also merit source. But you can also find out more in this list. But you can also find more than just the names on this list.

Code: xandry Welsh dbshck EFS Halab OmegaStarScream malevolent Mr. Big

[Adbitco]

-snip-

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

Of course - a voting system could be a solution to choose mods among hundreds of users there. But instead of just 3 users - then I would tend to expect there to be more dominant users that could be proposed. Your idea is great and let's hope it actually happens in the Nigerian Local Board.

I don't know how many mod do you think or suggested for Theymos to approve in our local board, my post was based on assumption if we are to be given one or two mod then that technique could be implore to choose and select from the aforementioned users but if theymos needs more than 2 or 3 then there are more hands which I think can actually handle mod task correctly in our local board. Reason I said 1 or 2 was that some english board do only have 1 mods that is overseeing those board.

[Igebotz]

Let us sort out our priorities! Let's not get ahead of ourselves, getting a Mod on the local board right now is unrealistic. When the time comes, we will request one, but for now, let us concentrate on what is happening on the ground. BTW, mods are chosen based on the amount of accurate reports you as well as your level of activity.

[rachael9385]

However, I know that the both are so dem important but what I am trying to say is that, I don't think that we can have the both at the same time because there have been so many requests from our local board that we haven't gotten any reply ye, but we are still hoping to get positive returns from the requests, so that's why am saying the sub-board is more important for now than the moderator, maybe after the sub-board then we can talk about the moderator.
The sub-board is good and also, the moderator too is good because without the moderator the local board will be full of trash post.

rachael9385 I think the two goes together when it comes to there operation, assuming the subboards have been approved, do you mean we will still go back to beg an external moderator to shuffle the posts that were missed up by their OPs? No! So the best request is to ask Mr Theymos to please give us the two, both the sub board and the local board moderator.

I haven't visited this thread for a long time now but it looks like you are getting it all wrong bro. Try to understand what I am saying, but I am just saying this out of my own. Everything depends on us. However, we can still do well with or without a moderator if we only keep up not posting trash and post every topic to its related board and not do otherwise.
Moreover, our LB is one of the most active boards in this forum, so we do need it, but what we need most is the sub-board.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Some of mentioned sub-boards are not related to Bitcoin, and creating such sub-boards may increase spam discussions that are not related to Bitcoin and without a mod, I do not expect them to be approved. I suggest changing the name of the sub-board for something related to Bitcoin, and collecting +30 topics within Last 90 days, things like technical section, wallets, beginners and help.

That is a nice suggestion, and still not a bad idea if the Naija local board is been given "technical section, wallets & beginners and help" instead of the listed board as O.P earlier listed, because one good thing about Nigerians is that we are good at adapting to change, of which if any of these boards are been given to us, I'm sure our upcoming  newbies will be able to adapt to whatever section and rules laid to guide our local board, as both Bitcoin discussion and others will be given their priority at their different sections.

Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

Yes, and the entire Nigeria local board are very grateful to having someone like you picking interest for our local, and thank you for coming to our aid in terms of "merits" when we needed it the most.

[Pmalek]

A suggestion for the Nigerian local members. Maybe you should have a poll asking the local community which sub-boards they would like to have added to the local forum. I can see that there is a How Many Child Boards do We asked? thread. A good idea would be to compile all suggestions, create a poll, and get a feeling of what the Nigerian community wants. Once the voting ends, check the results, and then request the top suggestions. You should already have a clear idea how you want the local forum to look. It will help you to get there. It doesn't look very good if there is still a discussion going on about which sub-sections to add, but at the same time there is already a thread asking the admins for new child boards. Admins will look at it and think these guys still don't know what they want.

1. Figure out exactly which sub-boards you want.
2. Present the request clearly in the OP.
3. PM theymos and Cyrus presenting your case and explaining why the new boards are needed.

[skarais]

A suggestion for the Nigerian local members. Maybe you should have a poll asking the local community which sub-boards they would like to have added to the local forum.

True, I agree with your opinion. In fact, the local board Bahasa Indonesian has received several additional child board, that's starting with a discussion about what child board we are needed. Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck at: Re: Mungkinkah untuk menambah Sub board lokal?

Voting or suggestions can be expected from local board users and in the end we succeeded in getting approval for adding child boards to the local board. Nigerian users can do something similar, I think it is a right step.

[shahzadafzal]

With over 100+ monthly active posters, the board becomes congested, making it tough to browse through a slew of off-topics and copy-and-paste local news pieces generated by newbies. We are not suggesting that local news is not important, but it should be of general interest rather than personal interest. Because this is a bitcoin discussion topic, all users are required to have a basic understanding of bitcoin. As a result, when child boards are created, other discussions will be on their sub-boards, while bitcoin discussions will be on the board's home page.

Yes, I guess you guys definitely need some childboards. The way you are progressing here, soon you will be one of the most active local boards on bitcointalk.

I can see how Naija's own board has helped the Nigerian community go from merely 200-300 posts/month to 1898 posts in a single month. That's all happened in just a few months.

Remember, Nigeria didn't have its own local board until Dec 2022.

That's a remarkable 652% activity increase theymos needs to look into

I strongly support the request for sub-child boards for Nigeria, as it will further enhance the community's engagement and collaboration. The vibrancy and enthusiasm displayed by the Nigerian members deserve recognition, and expanding the board structure will only contribute to the continued success of the local community. Kudos to the Nigerian members for their outstanding bitcointalk journey!



Charts credit to Rikafip monthly stats.

[Pmalek]

Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck

That was a unique case that applied to your local board because you already had a local moderator to speak to the higher-ups. The Nigerian local community doesn't have their own mod. But it doesn't matter who takes the initiative and sends that PM. What matters is that the admins need to know exactly what it is that you want so that they can check if such a request is warranted. 

[skarais]

Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck

That was a unique case that applied to your local board because you already had a local moderator to speak to the higher-ups. The Nigerian local community doesn't have their own mod. But it doesn't matter who takes the initiative and sends that PM. What matters is that the admins need to know exactly what it is that you want so that they can check if such a request is warranted.

That's right, the existence of a moderator is what differentiates my local board compared to Nigeria. I agree any of the Nigerian contributors can take the initiative to make specific requests to admins about what they want on their local board, but they need to express data-driven reasons for admin to easily consider.

I wish nothing but the best for Nigeria's local board and it would be even better if they had their own moderator. This will clearly reduce the workload of the global moderators assigned there so far.

[Mate2237]

That's right, the existence of a moderator is what differentiates my local board compared to Nigeria. I agree any of the Nigerian contributors can take the initiative to make specific requests to admins about what they want on their local board, but they need to express data-driven reasons for admin to easily consider.

I wish nothing but the best for Nigeria's local board and it would be even better if they had their own moderator. This will clearly reduce the workload of the global moderators assigned there so far.

Really to some extent a local board with a local moderator is not really good because the moderator has to understand the language and the behaviors of the people and from there he can do well though even now the global moderators in the Nigeria local board are trying their best because they are working hand in hand with the local reports. And with their active and tireless efforts there the local board is very clean these days. So I really appreciate their efforts in the local board.

And the major thing we need need is the sub-boards and the moderators too.

[Agbe]

This is a nice development and it will be helpful if the idea is achieved because anyone who wants to create a post that is not related to  Bitcoin discussion can use the subboard to create a post that is not related to Bitcoin. Since our Naija board was created for the spread of Bitcoin in Nigeria and posts that are not related to Bitcoin have been created in our local that serve as spam posts, if this sub-board is achieved I think it will reduce the level of spam posts in our local board because sub-board for creating Naija related news will be there.

Yes it will be very much helpful to the local board. The board was rampantly with local news and non local news and there was a time to make comment in the local board was not interested by people because of the kind of threads that was flowing but to some extent these days the board is getting better though newbies are still creating unnecessary thread but it is minimal and when the local sub-boards are created and the local moderator (s) is given then I believed everything will be working fine in the local board. And I believed theymos will hear our cry and see this thread and grant our demands to celebrate...

[Churchillvv]

Op has a good proposal here but it all depends on admins decision, no matter the argument here whether the sub-board should exist or not it just a one mans decision that counters them all. But it's best to have his proposal approved because the improvement will be very much appealing.

Additionally, I also suggest that Yoruba language under other languages should be included as a sub-board in Nigeria (naija) local board. Although there are over 6 countries that speaks youruba language but in the forum it's mostly or just Nigerians who participates in such language conversation.

This is just a mere suggestions it can be thought of too.

[Agbe]

Op has a good proposal here but it all depends on admins decision, no matter the argument here whether the sub-board should exist

We are all praying that the request should be accepted by the admin let them create the sub boards and the Moderators and the merit sources so that the local board will be nice to see and participate to any board of one's choose. But the other things you said might not be possible at this time and we will not even need it.

[Mate2237]

I was thinking that theymos would say something concerning this thread but what he thinks is different from what we think but we still hope that there will be a surprise news for the request in a time sooner. And probably he was very busy with personal activities in the festival period. And really we need those boards and other requests because the board just jampad with different threads that would have been in different sub-boards. We will be very much appreciated if this grate request is granted.

The child boards will clean off topics from the general board. So we are asking the admin to look into these honourable thread for the up coming most active local board in the forum.

[Majestic-milf]

I was thinking that theymos would say something concerning this thread but what he thinks is different from what we think but we still hope that there will be a surprise news for the request in a time sooner

Well all we can do for now is to keep our fingers crossed because he's got a lot on his plate. I've seen so many requests from other users on their intentions to be merit sources and others asking for mods in their boards, and all these have not been attended to so I feel this request made by the Op will be amongst the long list of to-do for Theymos.
You're right; your thought process and his do not go on the same wavelength hence while you expected a reply from him, I feel he was preoccupied with something else, so I'd just advise the op continue bumping the topic to act as a reminder. Just my two cents.

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Well all we can do for now is to keep our fingers crossed because he's got a lot on his plate. I've seen so many requests from other users on their intentions to be merit sources and others asking for mods in their boards, and all these have not been attended to so I feel this request made by the Op will be amongst the long list of to-do for Theymos.
You're right; your thought process and his do not go on the same wavelength hence while you expected a reply from him, I feel he was preoccupied with something else, so I'd just advise the op continue bumping the topic to act as a reminder. Just my two cents.

Besides hoping and keeping this thread visible - has something else been tried, like sending a PM to one of the forum admin and asking if it's possible to approve this request?

I guess that kind of thing is allowed - but I also wonder who would do it. I don't know - whether anyone from Nigeria has done it or not, but it might be worth giving it a try. One thing is certain – I stand here to support the approval of this proposal.