ThemePen - Merit Source Application

[SatoPrincess]

Lack of merit source in Pakistan board as all the member of the Pakistan board have agreed that they need another merit source, and Thempen is very good for this merit source , as they are active and knowledgeable members of Pakistan board, their merit source will be very good for Pakistan board.

If there is already a merit source in the Pakistan local board then I don’t think Theymos will consider adding another to the board. There are other local boards without a single merit source and Theymos is yet to approve any of their applications, the chances of OP making merit source is very slim. If the current merit source isn’t active, the local board should request for a change of merit source. I for one think that Theymos should remove inactive merit sources if there are any.
OP, it would help a lot if this thread got more support from your local board members. Good luck to you!

[JunaidAzizi]

Well, I am fully supporting this application of the ThemePen to be the merit source of Pakistan local board. He is an active user of Pakistan local board and I am sure he will destribute merits according to the needs. In the LB I saw many posts that deserve merits but due to the lack of merits they don't take even a single merit, due to this the post per month is decreasing as shown in the graph in OP post and also the user is disappointed.

If he became a merit source then I think this will be a positive news and this will also encourage other users to share a good and valuable information on the board which simultaneously increases the performance and helps the local board to grow more.

The forum administration must consider the application of @ThemePen for the growth and beneficiary of Pakistan Local board.

[Learn Bitcoin]

I'm not familiar with ThemePen, his posts, or his merit-giving history other than what was shown here but I agree.  I'd say every local board that has a sizeable number of active members needs at least one dedicated merit source--and I've been of that opinion for years now.  It allows members who might not be able to write in English the chance to earn merits more easily and prevents the main section from being flooded with incomprehensible posts.

I am not against ThemePen's application, In fact, I support his merit source application. He is an amazing guy and helped me once with some Solana a couple of weeks ago when the minimum exchange of Solana was too high. Now, come back to the topic. I also think that every local community with a good number of users should have a dedicated merit source. When it comes to Pakistan's local thread, I always thought Shahzadafzal is their dedicated local merit source.

I could be wrong because he is active in the WO thread and he may be a dedicated merit source for the WO section. If so, I guess their community needs a merit source. I will take this opportunity to talk about Bangladesh thread as well, which has almost similar activity like Pakistan thread but we do not have any merit sources.

[GazetaBitcoin]

I am not sure if Pakistani board has or not a merit source already. In any case, by reading the stats provided by OP, I believe that some more merits should be awarded inside this particular local board.

I had the chance to collaborate with ThemePen and, during our collaboration he showed seriousness and professionalism. Of course, these virtues are not the only ones needed in order to be a good Merit Source but, I believe, he has the potential of being one. As a consequence, I am supporting his application.

At same time, if theymos is hesitant about ThemePen's application, perhaps due to the fact that he is somehow new to the forum, at least he could offer him a trial period for acting as a Merit Source and see how things go... Merit Source status is not granted, nor given for a lifetime and it can always be taken back. Having this in mind, a trial period of a few months at least could show ThemePen's capacity in being a good Merit Source.

Good luck, ThemePen!

[Alone055]

ThemePen is one of the most active members of the Pakistan local board and his contributions to his local board and the forum are evident if we look at his post and merit history. That being said, I believe he can be a great merit source if given the opportunity because he is generous, can find and merit constructive and quality posts as I have seen in our local thread/board, and on top of all, he is a good forum member as a whole.

Even though I understand that there are a lot of merit source applications still pending from users from various local and global boards, I support ThemePen's application and hope that theymos considers his application and grants him the status he is seeking.

Good luck, ThemePen. 

[Rikafip]

If there is already a merit source in the Pakistan local board then I don’t think Theymos will consider adding another to the board.

That's not necessarily true.

Before theymos did the last merit readjustment (iirc july 2021) Croatian local board had 2 merit sources, out of which 1 was barely active so when he finally made a big merit source shuffle, he gave two members of our local board merit source status. Another thing to keep in mind is that not all merit sources have the same amount of merit generated each month, its possible that 1  merit source from a certain local board gets more merit than let's say 3 merit sources from another local board.


@ThemePen good luck with your merit source application!

[GbitG]

In any case, by reading the stats provided by OP, I believe that some more merits should be awarded inside this particular local board.

Yep, boss !
First, I really appreciate your thoughts about OP And after that, I have a 200℅ unanimous opinion on what you have done that merit is required in the Pakistani local thread. There are many members who are in favor of excellent posting, but due to the lack of merit in posting, they get discouraged. So if we get a member merit source like Themepen, it is hoped that the members in the Pakistani local thread can meet their deficiencies through merit.
 

I had the chance to collaborate with ThemePen and, during our collaboration he showed seriousness and professionalism. Of course, these virtues are not the only ones needed in order to be a good Merit Source but, I believe, he has the potential of being one. As a consequence, I am supporting his application.

Yes, of course, Sir, you are right. Themepen is a very well-contributed and reputable member who is needed in all aspects, be it forum or Pakistani local thread, He does not spare any effort in his contributions, i.e., he participates in them in a better way.
 
Everyone knows the well-known reputation of Themepen, so if it is selected as a merit source, it will be the best. I have already stated that there are merit deserving posts in our Pakistan thread, but they are left behind due to a merit shortage.

Thempen the Great! ✌️

[Sandra_hakeem]

Pakistanis on this forum should still consider themselves lucky as they have shahzadafzal. I do not think theymos is thinking of increasing the merit source for now.

That's not even the problem. Theymos could decide to add another merit source to the existing once (including the Pakistanis local board).
The thing is - if your local board members are willing to vye for you, you could prolly get lucky. There's been a little dwindling on the circulation of merits althrough the local boards
Personally, I'd support your application because way-back, when the Loyce merit review thread was very active,  you reported several threads from your local board and else where too. Kudos boy!

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I had the chance to collaborate with ThemePen and, during our collaboration he showed seriousness and professionalism.

I like the fact that you collaborated with him at first, so I'd like to ask; how was the outcome? Why don't you pull up like a support - just like what hugeblack does on our local board?

[Rustam Meraj]

Being a community member of Pakistan we really need an other merit source because there are many posts which deserve merits but due to shortage of merits they didn't have any merit. So I support this application and I hope administration will approve this application and make ThemePen a new merit source for our community.

Best of luck ThemePen sir.

[GazetaBitcoin]

I had the chance to collaborate with ThemePen and, during our collaboration he showed seriousness and professionalism.

I like the fact that you collaborated with him at first, so I'd like to ask; how was the outcome? Why don't you pull up like a support - just like what hugeblack does on our local board?

ThemePen helped me with translating multiple topics of mine in Urdu language, hence the feedback I left him. And, as I said above, he showed seriousness and professionalism during our collaboration and I was very impressed by his work. He was also open to constructive feedback and, during some serious discussions we had, he was very understanding.

Of course, the skills of being a good translator are not the same with the ones needed for being a good Merit Source, but seriousness is needed though, same as professionalism. This is why I said that I believe he can be given a chance to show how he could act on such position, also taking into account the fact that Pakistani board would need more merits transacted.

[SamReomo]

After reading most of the posts of this merit source application thread, I feel that the Pakistan local board needs a new merit source.

Shahzadafzal is the only merit source available for that local board and I believe that local board is very active and one more merit source would be very useful to send merits to posts that deserve some merits.

I believe whatever The Sceptical Chymist said is true, each local board should have more than 1 merit sources if they have sizeable number of members.

In that sense Pakistan's local board is also one of the most active local boards and that's why they should get one more merit source. I support the merit source application of ThemePen.

[nakamura12]

Of course, the skills of being a good translator are not the same with the ones needed for being a good Merit Source, but seriousness is needed though, same as professionalism. This is why I said that I believe he can be given a chance to show how he could act on such position, also taking into account the fact that Pakistani board would need more merits transacted.

That's quite true in my opinion. Being professional in giving merits will surely make it fair for their local board and won't allow biased merit giving and merits being sent according to OP's criteria. I clearly understand why OP submitted a merit source application due to less circulation of merits in their local board and I would have done the same for my local board since we also doesn't have more merits in circulation and as far as the data that my local board is almost the same as his board when it comes to merit circulation.

[Hamza2424]

ThemePen - Merit Source Application

Hey admin and prestigious members of the forum,

I am ThemePen and I am a member of Bitcointalk since April 26, 2022. I am applying to become a merit source for our community.

Hmm, First of all, good wishes to everyone, As for this application, I will openly support themepen even though there are several reasons but the point is he's one of the most active members in the community with consistency, There's only one merit source only for our local thread as we still don't have our own board which is disappointing because monthly posts are 500+ and active members as well are ranging between 34 to 40 on average and we are actively working on the improvement such as Post quality and stats compilation to give an overview every moth still there's no action on our request, anyway, we can hope only get our local board soon because there many local boards with much lower activity.

The current topic is merit source, Shahzadafzal is our active merit source only but he's quite busy with his own work as well, still, he manages time to distribute merits twice a month on average or whenever he gets active on the forum, but community need additional merit source at least there should be 3 merits source but as our moderator also contributes in a meeting on the good posts, so with if themepen gets merit source status surely it will be a good development and maybe theymos can also think about our own local board.

Good luck bro___