We all know the rules

[Princess Leah]

 Most times, I get confused over choosing between posting in Pidgin or English in this local board, but then I chose anyone I feel is very suitable or which one I'll freestyle very well in certain posts but then that doesn't mean that anyone is wrong in using either, the only thing I think is wrong as stated by our able moderator is using any of our indigenous language.

 Well, from what I've discovered everyone is right to Air their opinions like Obari just did in the deleted thread and also anyone could disagree with your opinion and try to correct you like Charles-Tim did, but then correcting someone by calling them a spammer is unfair. like Obari said no one is above mistakes in this forum and I believe he's taken his corrections.

 Well you guys are gentlemen and older people in this forum, I see you both as people I could learn from based on your experience here, and If there's any issues among you both, you could settle it maturely as gentle men that you both are, that's my opinion.

[Charles-Tim]

Most times, I get confused over choosing between posting in Pidgin or English in this local board, but then I chose anyone I feel is very suitable or which one I'll freestyle very well in certain posts but then that doesn't mean that anyone is wrong in using either

English and Pidgin are spoken everywhere in Nigeria which makes us to have the freedom to use any of the two languages to post on this forum. You can even have part of your post in English and the other part in Pidgin. You can have all in English or have all in Pidgin.

Well, from what I've discovered everyone is right to Air their opinions like Obari just did in the deleted thread and also anyone could disagree with your opinion and try to correct you like Charles-Tim did, but then correcting someone by calling them a spammer is unfair. like Obari said no one is above mistakes in this forum and I believe he's taken his corrections.

Well you guys are gentlemen and older people in this forum, I see you both as people I could learn from based on your experience here, and If there's any issues among you both, you could settle it maturely as gentle men that you both are, that's my opinion.

There are some discussion you just have to leave for the old members. You registered in January of this year and you do not know the history because the Nigeria local board history is older than that.

Did you read this which is enough for you not to post what you posted:

But this is not even the reason I created this topic. I created this topic because people like Obari knew about this already and knew people chose both English and Pidgin but he continues to post what we have discussed before which is now repetition just to fill his weekly posts of the campaign he is.

Obari knows the rules and we have discussed about this before times without number. What should posting against the rules called? Is it not spamming. Also what is posting what you have posted before called and which you are not winning but repeating the post? Is it not called spamming. He is also trolling.

[Nheer]

English is our official language in the country since there are over 500 languages in the country it will be difficult to understand it all. Pidgin English is just like an unofficial (official) language spoken in the country so it wouldn’t be right to make it the only language spoken here because it is not everyone that understands it properly, it was just added to be the language spoken here to differentiate the local board from the main board because we all have our different native languages and pidgin is the only language we all can understand aside English.

I don’t see how having English and pidgin as our local board language is a problem the most important thing is to understand the message passed.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Is good you came up with this thread my chairman @ O.P, as I'm sure I'm one of those who deliberated and  suggested that both Pidgin and normal English should be allowed here to boast engagement when this issue was raise. Because if I'm not mistaken, I can remember some people on this board were complaining of not been good with Pidgin, which was one of the reasons why they were avoiding the local board, of which we all deliberated about it and came up with a final conclusion to be allowing both use of normal English and Pidgin. And we can all testify that this have actually boast our monthly engagements ever since this was new adjustment was made. So for me, I see no reason why someone should come create a thread to discuss what have already been discussed and permanent solution issued.

Hence, I think this should act as a piece of information to those joining the forum this year who never knew of such amendment.

[AmaGold70]

 Wen I join dis local board as a newbie, I reason am say we suppose to de make posts with pidgin English alone, so dat wen  foreigners wey de visit di board, dem go de see say we get unique Nigerian styled English, I even start topic about di matter.

E get one thread concerning this same matter wey I see and I also said the same thing because I honestly don't like the fact that foreigners find it very easy to understand what we are saying whereas we can't understand what they are saying in their own local board,  I don Waka go other local board Dem and if you don't use translator you will never understand but for naija it is what it is,  as I see am for here no be everybody sabi write for pidgin language but Dem dey understand so make everybody dey write with the one wey em sabi even if na English language nothing still spoil, as long as we are communicating with each other and passing the message across. Let love lead.

[adultcrypto]

English is our official language in the country since there are over 500 languages in the country it will be difficult to understand it all. Pidgin English is just like an unofficial (official) language spoken in the country so it wouldn’t be right to make it the only language spoken here because it is not everyone that understands it properly, it was just added to be the language spoken here to differentiate the local board from the main board because we all have our different native languages and pidgin is the only language we all can understand aside English.

I don’t see how having English and pidgin as our local board language is a problem the most important thing is to understand the message passed.

I have checked other local boards, especially those that have more than one languages and I see the flexibility with which they interact without rancor. The Indian local board, for instance, have many sub languages and users are at liberty to choose which language to post with provided you are communicating and being understood by the community. This post from the Indian local board is a good example, as it was made in English with comments also English although they have a section for regional languages. That is how they organize theirs and there is no fight among them. We too can organize ours to suit our purpose and make here lively for us as one united family.

[Mr.right85]

Una don talk the one una sabi and I no go say anybody no get reason or Dey make sense but, firstly we gats look watin be self moderation forum wise. Self moderation puts the OP in charge of en thread and watin en talk day e go be na em go be. Na so the thing just be, as ugly or bad as it may sound, I no see anything wrong with say, person way create thread say, na watin en hope to see be this, you go con come, Dey do otherwise. That no make sense naw!

If I may ask,
Watin be the rule way en break in particular?
Make person dig am up make we analyze am.

Also, on those deleted posts from self moderated threads, una don try read the default message way Dey follow the deleted post for email? Try read am and read am again, then you go see how much power way OP of self moderated thread get. It’s that simple, allow the rules of self moderation to thrive.

[Liliana1304]

I get question to ask. Whether we communicate for pidgin or English, the message we dey try pass, the target audience they receive am? If yes, then e no matter which parlance we nack am, provided we achieve our goal which be to disseminate information.

I neva know the rules of this place well concerning the chosen or preferred language but from wetin I dey read, the both dey accepted.
Now for the case of the user @Obari, I no go blame am for him actions at all becos he just dey try fight for the right of the use of pidgin for we local board unto say nah that one fit the place.
Baba, @CharlesTim, no see am say the guy wan try spam deliberately, instead look am in the light of somebody wey feel say tins no dey go as e suppose be. I know of one thread wey one of our greats @Mpamegbu open for here and e make am strictly pidgin so that users no go lose sight  and touch of wetin make the local board special. Nah true say this mata don dey discussed tire but look am like this, for the gambling section, people dey spam steady and for Meta, the mata don dey discussed on how to curb spam sotey e don be like broken record but that no mean say pipo no dey find ways to stop am.
 
You fit para change am for me say I be newbie and nothing I Sabi, but I just dey talk am as I see am because you for do the same thing @Obari dey do if you see say something no dey go as e suppose be.

[Charles-Tim]

I honestly don't like the fact that foreigners find it very easy to understand what we are saying whereas we can't understand what they are saying in their own local board

I found it easy to understand what that are posted on local boards.

Translator makes it very easy. Example is this Hugeblack post in العربية (Arabic):



Easily translated into this:



Many people here do not know how easy some translators are easy to use just like you are just visiting the forum with no much extra task.

[Charles-Tim]

I don't think boards should be mandated to use language. Although our mother tongue is Pidgin, writing in English seems easier to us...

This my post is off-topic but I think it is worth correcting this. Pidgin is not our mothers' tongue. Mother's languages are local languages. Pidgin is derived from English and native languages in a way people that are not educated can also easily be able to speak and write English which led to Pidgin.

[Sexylizzy2813]

This my post is off-topic but I think it is worth correcting this. Pidgin is not our mothers' tongue. Mother's languages are local languages. Pidgin is derived from English and native languages in a way people that are not educated can also easily be able to speak and write English which led to Pidgin.

Sometimes una dey make this our LB dey boring to enter, see wetin you dey talk, "pigin is not our mother's tongue" the English nah language wey piple dey use all over the world and many countries get language wey them dey take communicate and na only them dey understand am and make we know say the pigin nah language wey we as Nigerians fit use communicate no matter the tribe you come from. Piple wey no fit use English language communicate fit use pigin and you no go expect some of us to go use pigin for other sections for the Forum, nah only we go understand am that na why I see say here nah the only special place to use the pigin and not English language.
For this posting in English for this our local board no be like this when I first join dis Forum, make we just continue to make here place where we fit call home, you speak abi post in pigin here no means say you no go school or them go come tear your results becos you use pigin post, na wetin piple outside dis naija section go take know say here nah Nigeria piple get here.
Wetin be the need we call here LOCAL BOARD? No be to behave local? Wen we go outside this section we speak all the loads of English wey full our mouth. Make we behave local for this board abeg una English and educated piple.

[Samlucky O]

I no no wetting we dey even argue for here, this thing na no 1 rule for the READ ME!! Unofficial General Guidelines For Posting( Na de koko dem) which we all know about am, so delebrating on same issue dey challenge each other no go solve any problem. Despite say we na still new people wey just come, but atleast we don delebrate on this issues for several occasions and we don die the matter. speaking English and pidgin no go change anything provide the message dey pass across anybody wey dey read am. Make we no come dey behave like small children over issue wey we don pass finish. If ona forget so soon make I remind ona say for every organisation, before dem sign something to  be rule and regulations, the first stage na to bring am as agender or matter of the day. After Much more deliberation and agument, them go com conclude for one thing come pas am to bill and E go come become rule which we don agree on am and this na the rules wey we don gree


So anything or anybody going contrary to a rule that has been signed and stamped is just causing unnecessary drama. If them report this kind case to any authority them go judge am as breaking of rule. Though them dey rewrite rule but no be this way. It must be handled in a more matured way. No need of repeating this talk again I for even sudgest to avoid Spamming make igebotz lock this thread to avoid Spamming make everybody go find where him go make post collect money.

[Callido]

I don't think boards should be mandated to use language. Although our mother tongue is Pidgin, writing in English seems easier to us...

This my post is off-topic but I think it is worth correcting this. Pidgin is not our mothers' tongue. Mother's languages are local languages. Pidgin is derived from English and native languages in a way people that are not educated can also easily be able to speak and write English which led to Pidgin.

Yes, Pidgin is not our mother's language. Our native language is what we call our mothers tongue and it is our first and primary language. I still see a few people who are unable to speak pidgin same with those able to speake pidgin alone and aswell even the better population knows how to speak both. Reading the rules and regulations of the local board, English and pidgin are acceptable so everyone has the right to pick between both to speak, sometimes depending on one's state of mind the person might decide to speak differently with pidgin or sometimes proper English.

This my post is off-topic but I think it is worth correcting this. Pidgin is not our mothers' tongue. Mother's languages are local languages. Pidgin is derived from English and native languages in a way people that are not educated can also easily be able to speak and write English which led to Pidgin.

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Wetin be the need we call here LOCAL BOARD? No be to behave local? Wen we go outside this section we speak all the loads of English wey full our mouth. Make we behave local for this board abeg una English and educated piple.

Pidgin is what makes the local board more interesting, it's like a coded language and people from outside finds it difficult to comprehend compared to English. Despite such, it can only be an appeal as not to always write in English especially when we are discussing something concerning what should be kept private in the country alone, maybe politics or economy related.

[Igebotz]

Wetin be the need we call here LOCAL BOARD? No be to behave local? Wen we go outside this section we speak all the loads of English wey full our mouth. Make we behave local for this board abeg una English and educated piple.

Local boards are where locals communicate and discuss common goals. They are not limited to Nigerians, so you can post on any local board as long as you can communicate effectively in the language and so on. The Naija board is not the only one where people speak in different languages; this also happens on other boards. Have you considered what will happen to other Nigerians who do not understand or know how to write in Pidgin if the board is restricted to only Pidgin?

So many factors were put into consideration before deciding on the language accepted here.

[Y3shot]

Wetin be the need we call here LOCAL BOARD? No be to behave local? Wen we go outside this section we speak all the loads of English wey full our mouth. Make we behave local for this board abeg una English and educated piple.

Local boards are where locals communicate and discuss common goals. They are not limited to Nigerians, so you can post on any local board as long as you can communicate effectively in the language and so on. The Naija board is not the only one where people speak in different languages; this also happens on other boards. Have you considered what will happen to other Nigerians who do not understand or know how to write in Pidgin if the board is restricted to only Pidgin?

So many factors were put into consideration before deciding on the language accepted here.

Accepting the both languages is a good one, because I noticed that most Nigerians are very fluent in speaking pidgin English but when it comes to writing it seems difficult for some to read to understand because we are very used  in writing and reading long sentences in English language. Make we try not to allow language to be a problem since these two languages is what we speak without any discrimination.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Wetin be the need we call here LOCAL BOARD? No be to behave local? Wen we go outside this section we speak all the loads of English wey full our mouth. Make we behave local for this board abeg una English and educated piple.

Local boards are where locals communicate and discuss common goals. They are not limited to Nigerians, so you can post on any local board as long as you can communicate effectively in the language and so on. The Naija board is not the only one where people speak in different languages; this also happens on other boards. Have you considered what will happen to other Nigerians who do not understand or know how to write in Pidgin if the board is restricted to only Pidgin?

So many factors were put into consideration before deciding on the language accepted here.

Mr Igebotz I no sure if I understand your English as no be pigin you take post am. But the thing be say make we no hide from the truth. Ok them say make we only use pigin and you dey consider members wey no fit understand am, wetin con happen to learning? I learn how to write for pigin by asking piple wey dey around wey sabi and understand, nothing spoil if we ask for help for wetin we no get or understand.
I no dey against the use of English to post but e too much, make we tell ourselves the truth. Post in English oh but make we limit am at least for ones make outsiders find am hard to understand our communication for the board, no be small thing them don put one or two together to get the main Koko wey we dey talk about.
So make una no dey see am like say we no want English for this LB at all at all. For the Proverb and Meaning thread you see say English plenty dia? No way, here sweet when the English no plenty, you check am nah. About the factors, my broda if no be pigin how we wan take know say nah naija board be this? Naija board without pigin no be Nigeria Local Board.

[Igebotz]

Mr Igebotz I no sure if I understand your English as no be pigin you take post am. But the thing be say make we no hide from the truth. Ok them say make we only use pigin and you dey consider members wey no fit understand am, wetin con happen to learning? I learn how to write for pigin by asking piple wey dey around wey sabi and understand, nothing spoil if we ask for help for wetin we no get or understand.
I no dey against the use of English to post but e too much, make we tell ourselves the truth. Post in English oh but make we limit am at least for ones make outsiders find am hard to understand our communication for the board, no be small thing them don put one or two together to get the main Koko wey we dey talk about.
So make una no dey see am like say we no want English for this LB at all at all. For the Proverb and Meaning thread you see say English plenty dia? No way, here sweet when the English no plenty, you check am nah. About the factors, my broda if no be pigin how we wan take know say nah naija board be this? Naija board without pigin no be Nigeria Local Board.

Background matters; not everyone grew up in an environment where Pidgin was widely used, and if they couldn't understand or write Pidgin properly all these years, they're not going to do it now just because some local board rules required it; instead, they'll post where they're needed, which is the discrimination we don't want. Pidgin is not our official language, but it is widely used by second and third-class citizens such as myself and you; first-class individuals lack such exposure, and some of them are on this board.

Our board is the most difficult place to read because Pidgin hasn't been added to translation tool yet unlike other Local board where Google translate everything to English the moment you open the board.

If I write my post in Pidgin I bet you say you go no understand one slang inside.

[Bright0515]

Big man nothing spoil for wetin you talk as making that topic a self moderated then secondly him no supposed the post repeatedly for that thread wey him talk there. I don come across topics wey we don discuss about this same related issues but most times those topics are being buried away from the thread and new topics dey always replace am, if you look for beginners and help you go see almost all newbies keeps asking same questions then the senior men them go quote those thread give them to know say see wetin dey supposed know for the section and as a newbie.

Where I go hold you for hand be say as you know this topic don dey already discussed you for no come create another topic out of his own to make yours rather you for always bring that topic up there and quote for am see if him dey always delete your post, as senior man you be you for handle the issues with care and diplomacy.

Bro wetin u talk for this place na so e suppose be na so him as senior man for take follow am up let am know say him Dom too repeat this same post. But the matter be say this bobo him no be newbie abi him Neva read the rules and regulations for this place, abi him dey for for newbie to come correct am before him go take correction?

[Perfectbaby]

Big man nothing spoil for wetin you talk as making that topic a self moderated then secondly him no supposed the post repeatedly for that thread wey him talk there. I don come across topics wey we don discuss about this same related issues but most times those topics are being buried away from the thread and new topics dey always replace am, if you look for beginners and help you go see almost all newbies keeps asking same questions then the senior men them go quote those thread give them to know say see wetin dey supposed know for the section and as a newbie.

Where I go hold you for hand be say as you know this topic don dey already discussed you for no come create another topic out of his own to make yours rather you for always bring that topic up there and quote for am see if him dey always delete your post, as senior man you be you for handle the issues with care and diplomacy.

Bro wetin u talk for this place na so e suppose be na so him as senior man for take follow am up let am know say him Dom too repeat this same post. But the matter be say this bobo him no be newbie abi him Neva read the rules and regulations for this place, abi him dey for for newbie to come correct am before him go take correction?

Him don already explained am since na, say him create am this topic to report that guy wey dey always delete people post. E be like say as him post there op delete him post making it too difficult for him to post there and so him gas to come with this topic to attract mod attention towards that post wey that our brother make there.

[sotelorene]

I believe the victim of this thread has learnt his lesson and I know he won't try it again because he wouldn't want to ruin his reputation in this forum and I think the reason why the author of this thread brings this up here, as a new post it's because the repetition of that singular act has become unbearable for him and I want to ask, is it that our moderate didn't observe this act though he can't be able to figure out everything by himself but I believe he has someone like an assistant or maybe people who report issues to him, is it that they didn't also observe it cause if they have reported this I think this issue wouldn't have escalated to this extent.

Moreover, in as much everyone wants or need money that doesn't mean we should go against the rules and regulations of the forum and if victims are not treated properly the forum will look so bored and annoying. We are like family in this local board and family do make mistake at times and later they reconcile and forgive one another so I will like our able working moderator to handle this issue accordingly and I will suggest we stop this agitation cause we aren't teaching our newbie anything from this agitation.