Can we contribute accross local boards?

[Sticky Bomb]

Hello all, I'm delighted to be in this forum with so much knowledge flying around and we can only grab as much as we can at a given time. I have come to the understanding that this prestigious forum is one governed my several rules which have individual consequences if not strictly followed and that I wish to abide by while navigating and contributing my own quota as a Bonafide user in this forum. I've taken my time to read the rules and regulations of different board and most of the pinned threads. Now getting over to my local board, I didn't observe one and I have a disturbing question I wish to ask for clarification for not only me, but for others to also take note of regarding the local board section.

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.
I know some of them are not using the same language as mine, but there are translators to the rescue. I still think there are valuable informations there that can be of good benefit to me and help me broaden my horizon

Thank you in advance for your more experienced feedbacks

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Do not translate your post using a translator. If you can communicate in their language, you can post on their local board.

[nakamura12]

I think there's no rules for that matter so the answer is yes as long as you can understand the language of the local board you are going to contribute. I've seen some forum members who is not the same country with me but still this forum member posted in our local board using English language so this forum member doesn't need to write using local language in our board. I could have shared the thread but I forgot the tittle and must have already buried by other threads. Anyway, I won't recommended using translator to post in other local board because using translator isn't accurate where whatever you are going to write isn't the same as the translation.

[Queentoshi]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.
I know some of them are not using the same language as mine, but there are translators to the rescue. I still think there are valuable informations there that can be of good benefit to me and help me broaden my horizon

It is okay to want to learn from other boards by using translators, but I do not think it is good if you start using translators to contribute in those local boards. There is a difference always between a native speaker of a language and an impersonator who uses a translator that may not always be accurate.
Local boards are like family groups in the forum, where members of the forum from the same place and experiencing the same situation can relate and discuss cryptocurrency and bitcoin related issues in their country, you are an outsider to want to get involved in what does not concern you. Stay on the regular boards, do not go about entering people's family meeting because you can use a translator.

[DdmrDdmr]

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What really makes sense is to participate in local boards where you know the language well enough to allow you to engage in a conversation, with a comprehensible output on the created post. This should be the driving spirit.

On some occasions, one may find himself mentioned on a given local board, and feel compelled to participate in some thread over there, despite having limited knowledge of the local language. I may have done so on a (very) few selected occasions, resorting to using some translator as aid to make myself understood, though this feels like something rather exceptional to do (i.e. a couple of posts out of my 13K+ posts).

Theoretically, doing so contravenes rule number 27:

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27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.
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[Findingnemo]

Have you ever used translator for a sentence that is like 300 letters?

It sucks, so you are actually going to make sentences that no one can understand if your only way of posting in local board where you don't understand using translators.

The real reason for the existence of local board is to communicate in a language that they understand so just stick with the boards where you can understand what you read or atleast can get the context of it.

[MegameSama]

Yes, of course, why not, if what you bring is useful new knowledge, why not? However, if you try to use translate, you will find out that you are not from that country, native language speakers usually use a different language to Google Translate, Google's language is more formal than the language they use every day. if you communicate using goggle translate language to them it feels a bit awkward. but according to the regulations it is completely legal, it's just a bit awkward.

[alastantiger]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.
I know some of them are not using the same language as mine, but there are translators to the rescue. I still think there are valuable informations there that can be of good benefit to me and help me broaden my horizon

Thank you in advance for your more experienced feedbacks

I understand your zest as a newbie but hold on lemme ask you a question.

Imagine you're having an intimate chat with a close friend, discussing the state of affairs in your country and its personal impact on you, your family, and friends. Now, consider how you'd feel if a complete stranger, with no ties to your country or firsthand experience of its situation, suddenly interjected into your conversation, attempting to speak as though they were intimately familiar with your country's circumstances. It would undoubtedly come across as rude, wouldn't it?

Yes. Please stick to your local board, it is a sensible thing to do.

[Rikafip]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?

There are no rules against it, but keep in mind that in some local boards you might get your post deleted when they realize (and they will) that you are using google translate/AI chatbots.about. I personally visit certain local boards and use Google traslate but only ocassionally and when I get mentioned for a certain reson and I never meddle into their conversations if it has nothing to do with me.

In short, be reasonable about it and you shoulnd't have any issues.

[Upgrade00]

I don't think knowing the language is enough to participate in discussions in local boards; by the forum rules it is, but I personally feel you need to have at least an average understanding of the happenings in that country to really follow discussions with the locals there.

Indian local board allows English which I can speak, this I don't think justifies me to be able to join conversations in that local board, I apply that rule to all other local boards.

[8rch7]

I don't think google translate helped well for translating difference countries language, I don't think necessary for OP understanding or active with all local board in bitcointalk forum. If you are interested with local board and want communicate with user come from difference countries seems global board is good ideas with your opinion want to share.

Actually seems not efficient when making post in difference local board with grammatically until structure or each difference countries language I think difficult to get google translate result is very well. You have own your local board if want sharing opinion, make discussion and not necessary have to participant in other local board.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

OP, the essence of having local boards on this forum is to enable members to identify with users who speak the same language as them. If you find your local board here on the forum, then stick there and contribute with any good knowledge you have; you never know if someone might really find your post very helpful. If you are a native speaker of other languages, then you can contribute to other local boards, but if you intend to do so with a translator, kindly ignore doing so. 

[SatoPrincess]

All three of your posts have been in your local board, normal posts. Nothing particular about bitcoin or crypto. Now you want to post in other local boards where you can’t understand their language. I think you should reevaluate your reasons for being here. I assume that you’re here to learn/improve your knowledge on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. There’s a whole lot of information here on the general boards on the subject.

I do not see the need why you would want to visit local boards that you have no business with. The gap is pretty wide as you have no relation to their culture. A local board is a place where people from the same community can share information and discuss, mostly those discussions revolve around issues affecting the community.

[Falconer]

You don't need to contribute to all local board if you don't know the language well. There's a chance that your post will be reported and deleted due to grammatical errors that you weren't even aware of when using a translator. You can contribute in various ways, such as sharing your merit in several different local board (not mandatory), especially for posts that you think can increase knowledge, you don't even have to post something there.

I saw some global merit source sharing merit in my local board (Indonesia) without needing to write anything. You can understand the post and its content with translator, but creating a post with translator on local board might make you make grammatical mistakes.

[Abu-Naim]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.
I know some of them are not using the same language as mine, but there are translators to the rescue. I still think there are valuable informations there that can be of good benefit to me and help me broaden my horizon

Thank you in advance for your more experienced feedbacks

This place is called forum, which means you have the right to interact and share ideas with others based on personal opinions, there is no reason for you not to contribute in any section if you have idea about the discussion going on on the board.

Local board discussions are based on languages, even if you are not a member of that board by language or location, you can interact in their discussions if you can read and write the language they are using for communication because that’s the main point.
Avoid using translator it is against the forum rules.

[Saint-loup]

Of course, you don't need to be a citizen or a resident of the main country of the majority of users participating to the local board, and you will certainly be welcomed but you need to know at least the language used in the local section because using automatic translator tools is forbidden by the rules of Bitcointalk, as mentioned by the rule number #27 of the forum in the Meta section.

27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657

[Stalker22]

I don't think knowing the language is enough to participate in discussions in local boards; by the forum rules it is, but I personally feel you need to have at least an average understanding of the happenings in that country to really follow discussions with the locals there.

Indian local board allows English which I can speak, this I don't think justifies me to be able to join conversations in that local board, I apply that rule to all other local boards.

I dont think you have to be so strict about it.  Whether jumping into a discussions depends a lot on what folks are talking about.  If you are clueless about the topic and got nothing useful to add, better to just read instead of barging in, no matter what board its happening on.  But say someone asks a technical question or starts a discussion that interests you - then you can chime in if you want even if it is the Nigerian or Indian board.  I mean if its in English and all and,  as long as you are constructive and not wasting peoples time.  

[sokani]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.
I know some of them are not using the same language as mine, but there are translators to the rescue. I still think there are valuable informations there that can be of good benefit to me and help me broaden my horizon

There's no restriction from the use of one local board, so if you're bilingual or multilingual, you can interact on as many local boards as you can. However, the forum frowns at the use of automated translator, so if you've the intention of using a translator to meander your way through various LB, please don't because you may get yourself into trouble. You can only use it on special occasions, for instance if you get mentioned in a post you need to reply. Some members have done that before.

[uchegod-21]

I wish to abide by while navigating and contributing my own quota as a Bonafide user in this forum.

What should I do to be a bonafide member of this forum. You are a newbie and you are sure that you are a bonafide member but myself that is a Hero member, I am not sure I am bonafide member.
Op, for your question. You can discuss in any local board only if you understand that language and can discuss there without using translators. I do not know any reason why I will go to other people's board to discuss while there's my own board and there is the entire large forum.

[OcTradism]

Are we permitted to engage and contribute across local boards?, I mean being a member of the Nigeria local board, can I contribute in India, German and other local boards?.

Contribute in your local board and in global board with English.

If your posts are not quality, helpful enough for your local board and in English board, they are useless and should not be spread over other boards.

Even prominent users don't post in most boards of forum because it's unnecessary. Local boards have prominent local users to do helpful posts and contributions. Mostly they don't need outsiders to join.

Using translator tools to make post is like spam and not allowed by forum rules.
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