Proposal For Naija (Nigeria LB) Sub-Boards Creation

[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.
 

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[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

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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.

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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

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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.

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.