Topic: Board explanation for newbies (Read 450 times)

There's barely a fact about the happenings in here that hasn't been deliberated about before...lol, atleast sometimes, that's the way I feel.
It's also a beautiful thing that's you're putting it up again too. Newbies have always felt they could be heard by many if they make post in meta,..not even considering whether the content simply matches the board in question; many other times, we've always got a single content that could also match into as many boards as possible, but all you gotta do is post on. IMHO, newbies are pretty much confused I guess; just the way I was when I first got registered.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

This can also be helpful to the question Newbies - Read before posting, I have said it before, your knowledge on the board means a lot. As a newbie you have to read the above thread link so that you will know what and where to start from. At first you will not have too much knowledge on all the boards if really you are a newbie and as you progress, you will know more things in the forum. So feel free to participate base on your knowledge.

The first time I checked this forum, I was highly discouraged. It was not colorful and there are so many sections. I began to wonder how I will be able to get used to all the boards. But the more I kept visiting the site, I began to understand the boards. I also made some mistakes that were also corrected by a senior member. I will not affirm that I have mastered every section in the forum because I am still learning. I suggest that you keep on learning and in no time you will become used to these boards. Also, sometimes without logging in, I usually visit and read posts on some boards to get used to the post content.

It will also be difficult to create a thread on the different posts that will fit into each board because most of these boards are interconnected. Bitcoin discussion can include a policy by the government, while economy is related to politics and society, Bitcoin mining can relate to the economy of a country. There are no clear borders that separate the post content of each board.

Indeed, at first, it is not easy to navigate the forum, and even more so, with the choice of the right section for beginners to publish a topic. Although, by and large, there is nothing complicated or confusing about it. Each section has a name and this is quite enough to orientate correctly. But if a newbie posts a topic in the wrong place, then the moderators can always move it to the appropriate section (which, of course, creates unnecessary trouble for them. I think they can handle this). Basically, most often newbies ask their questions and create topics in Beginners & Help section and if the next newbie creates a topic here, he will certainly not be mistaken (for the most part).

When I signed up as a newbie, I ensured that I navigate the 'Help' button at the nav bar above to read through the lines and understand what it takes to engage this platform. So I believe if other newbies will take their time to go through the help page, they will learn alot on how these boards are and their identify the appropriate boards to engage.

But the names on the boards are unambiguous and simple to all newbies.

Nevertheless, when you create a topic in the wrong boards, the moderators are jovial enough to move your tooic to the right related board.

I think majority of people pass through that stage in this forum and I still believed more to come would still ask same question as well, usually as noob this forum is always large for someone to detects where suitable to place a post, but as time keeps going the more familiar they became used to this forum whereby they can know which sections to post or not.

Most times i always advise the newbies not to be too haste or desperate about this forum, why not they settle down and devote time to read some guidelines on how to become more friendly with this platform., that is why we need to be more friendly with those that newly introduced themselves at the local board as I believe that is the beginning of their journey to this forum.

I encountered the same problem as a noob. It wasn't until I read a post by a very high ranked user then (I think a legendary member) asking mods to move their topic to an appropriate board if it weren't to be where they had posted it that I braced up and stopped bothering myself about such an inconsequential stuff as to where to post or not. I think a simple hack to such a situation is to put a note at the end of one's post, asking mods to move the topic if it wasn't suitably posted in the right board. It's that simple.

There are several answers given to you already but i would love to say the forum has its segments that carries the related places where you should create your post. Naturally, its left for you as the newbie or beginner to locate those sections. For instance the forum has 5 sections and each of them has its own childboard.
1. Bitcoin
2. Economy
3. Other
4. Alternate cryptocurrencies
5. Local.

As the names above implies, is best for you to know what is in your mind to post, if is about bitcoin then chose that section to create your post and so on, I wouldn't like to go further because there are lot replies here so i believe more helps has been rendered to you.

OP, there is no need for that. The forum has done that already,if you look at this board,it is for beginners to learn the basics of bitcoin and there are also people who help them with their questions and put them through in some discussions.

If someone who is ready to learn registers and sees this board beginners and help and he reads the topics here,he will understand that it is different from Economy board when he visits it. The problem is that some newbies finds it difficult to read it pinned thread on the top of these boards to understand what the board is all about and it is these people that their post are moved to off topic because their topics are irrelevant to that board discussion.

In addition to what others above me have commented with their replies to you, I just feel there's nothing wrong with having post on the wrong boards when moving it to the right board is just a report away. When I started on the forum I found it hard to understanding the boards to post as well as some topics that you want to write can fit in multiple boards from your own understanding. For now moving it to the appropriate boards isn't a challenge and what gives you the thoughts that the thread you're asking someone to create will be of help when the newbies don't know how to get the threads to read through. Or are you proposing that the thread also get pinned as well.

The short explanations on each boards has already done justice to that so no need to for a thread on that again. Although the short explanation doesn't give a full details what's demanded on each boards (which I think the forum administration did that on purpose to promote different discussion) but still it gives us a clue also the names of the baords says the obvious. Besides having topics on wrong boards is one sign we can use when identifying a newbie to monitor his progress as he gets to know how to use the forum as he spends time here.

From my own opinion and the boards I have visited so far. I see newbies almost all the boards but what newbies have to do so to create threads and make comments on the boards that they have knowledge about. But whereby the user create threads on technical boards while he has not to talk about anything concerning technicality and that is where the problem comes. If a newbie create a thread in a board that he or she can contribute to the board then I don't see any restriction on him or her.

Wrongly use of board now base on the knowledge you have in the matter on the board. You don't have to discuss wallet issue in the technical board and Bitcoin discussion on the Wallet board. So once you know these then problem solved.

Beginners have even been greatly assisted by the help threads that have been created on each board. You just need to search and don't be lazy to read, so you don't get lost, so that the same questions don't appear again.
I was also a beginner at first but I didn't always ask about the general things that had been explained. Our question will describe how we are in the forum. You need to read more clearly on the forum rules so you can understand that the Explanation board for beginners is available.

This should not be a problem in my own opinion. Each board is clearly described in English that everyone who understands English can be able to know what should be discuss in each board. The issue is that most newbie are not interested in going through the forum to read about it and know but prefer to post everywhere.

shouldn't all beginners also have seen the topics on the board and the suitability of the topics to be posted by them.
I think the key to what the OP is discussing is seriousness and thorough reading. Moreover, if you post incorrectly on a certain board, you can move it to a more appropriate board.
when it's a habit of beginners to instantly create threads with a certain topic without reading first, creating threads on every board as the OP intended is also useless if beginners don't discipline themselves to read first.
if wrong can be corrected. and it can be an experience and a lesson. there is no problem here, everything is part of one's growth in learning.

Beginners & Help isn't the only board newbies rush to post. In fact, there are many newbies who would prefer staying in bounty section in Altcoins board and then Off Topic to any other part of the forum. So, sticking a post in the B&H board to warn them won't solve the whole problem and that's pretending to admit that every newbie even likes to read before posting. Sadly, most of them don't read at all. They just go straight to posting. That's why they seem to miss what's right there before them.

I am not saying it's bad to read those rules, because definitely, as a newbie, it's still their obligation to read and know the important things at that moment and early stage, but believe me, as I said, some lazy ones will not read them. They can procrastinate it for another day, on which they will not still read it. Although some of them don't care about the technical aspects of Bitcoin because they feel all they want to do with Bitcoin is just invest, hold for some years, take a profit, and leave.


It is true that no one will examine if they really read the rules or not, but their comments, the way they communicate, and the ideas they share will tell if they really read those rules. If, for example, a newbie asks a question or wants to know more about the forum and Bitcoin, you will begin to see different reference threads to help the newbie. If that newbie takes his or her time to read through those threads, it will help them, and perhaps if they have managed to rank up, any time another newbie asks about help, if they truly read those helpful threads that they received as newbies, they can be able to refer another newbie to those old threads. That's just how it works.



Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

True that the rule is extremely long and also boring to some extent, but as a newbie that's just getting into Bitcoin or cryptocurrency that's a sacrifice they have to make, if they fail to read the rule of the forum how then do they expect to read the technical aspect of bitcoin? that's even more boring than a simple rule.



I have done this for some threads or articles that seem to never end when you're reading them, just make sure you know what it is that you're searching for, read it, and if there's still time or you still have energy read more but if not save it for later or another day. After all, no one is going to examine you if you really went through the rule or not they only want what's best that's why they recommended it in the first place.

Newbies really need to spend more time in learning about the forum's rules and regulations, instead of jumping into making posts without a proper knowledge of how things work in the forum. Besides I think that every board on this forum is self explanatory and thankfully experienced members and the moderators can easily correct the mistakes of a beginner.

The explanations in the welcome message really throws more lights about understanding the forum's guidelines, especially for beginners.

Newbies consistently demonstrate their inexperience on the forum, which is why they frequently find themselves in difficult situations.  They are constantly eager to advance in rank, and instead of thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the forum before posting, they get caught up in how to earn merit to advance in rank. If they don't want to end up posting in the wrong boards, they should thoroughly research the topic and monitor how other high rank users post there. They should also observe the types of postings they make in particular boards. When people post on the incorrect forums, administrators will either delete their posts or move them to the appropriate board.

It is simple to determine which board to post to because each board's title already contains a lot of information about it and what it is for, making it more or less self-explanatory. For example, the board's title "bitcoin discussion" indicates that it is for discussing bitcoin, "Mining" indicates that it is for discussion about Mining and how to generate bitcoin, and so on. Additionally, a concise summary of the board's purpose is provided directly under the title for everyone to view.



If you're unsure whether similar post has already been made, all you need to do is utilize the search function to see if one is already available. To avoid creating duplicate posts of a topic that may be deleted, it is always a good idea to scan the forum before posting.

There is a post on the forum on how to use the search function. you can use https://ninjastic.space/search to perform a search on this forum to see if a post has been made before. To practice, Use this link to search for the post on how to use the forum search function.

This forum is well decorated with appreciate subforums or boards so that users can discuss and learn easily with on topic. Every newbies should put some effort to know about the forum and their rules and obviously about the boards. If they put less effort they will learn less.

It's sometime a little bit confusing for newbies to know about the appropriate board to post something but if you look at the topics on your desired board and pinned rules on the board then you can easily choose the right board. Why you will choose to discuss about altcoins when there is a specific board for that. Also why you do gambling discussions in other board when forum has it's own dedicated board. So always try to find out the meaning of your Board and read their pinned rules and in local board there you can discuss about anything in your local language.

Some people still finds it hard to identify where to drop a post not because they feel like dropping it any how but how to point out the right place is the problem no matter the pinned threads, it only takes someone who has spent time on this forum that can just say "this is where this topic is suppose to be and not there".
Before I started starting up topics I just pray I get the right place to put it because is really hard to get someone to guide you on where to drop a post, like to get answered immediately. I don't but is it not right to get someone that newbies could ask before posting, that's those who doesn't know where to position their post.

Long lists, paragraphs, and threads are always very boring to read through everything, but mostly for the lazy ones and for a newbie too, I believe it will be very difficult to cover everything at once; they can just take a snippet and leave the rest for another day, and the next day they will not read it, probably because they have a lot of things to read. I don't blame the OP, though, because he did ask a relevant question out of curiosity, I guess. LoL

Even with the unofficial rules on how and what board is the right place to post a certain topic, that won't always be enough. Sometimes even the most experienced members on this forum can be confused about which board is actually best suited for a particular topic.
 
There are times where I see some threads where the OP is as confused as not even knowing the right place for its topic to be kept, for example, in a case where the OP happens to be advising newbies on how to avoid scams and not get scammed by scammers online, and in the content of the OP there are scam histories and all of that, most people will advise the OP to move the thread over to the scam accusations board, but a few might advise the OP to leave the thread in beginner and help, where it will serve its purpose very well, because we only have a few members visiting the scam accusations board.
 
In cases like the above, I'm being reminded that no one knows all; we all have different opinions over something, and each of our opinions looks okay to us based on the point we hold before making them.

Every board has some sort of a briefed summary about it. Any user who isn’t paying attention might quickly pass but, it’s right there in plan site.  That’s why I don’t think having some kind of thread that would carry a compounded summary of the boards and what it’s expected to contain won’t be a need to do. Besides. There is no guarantee that, new users would find and read the thread of created.
Ambiguity is one thing many users avoid and that’s exactly what such thread would be about.

As the case is, you either correct or report to moderator and the thread would be handled if need be.

Besides it has been defined on the Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ  If @OP had read this unofficial bitcointalk rules then he has no reason to create this thread because what he is looking for is on the later part of that pinned post.  I believe many did not noticed that segment since most of us stop after reading the full list and does not care about the following information after that.

Everything about the forum has been simplified in a way that by simply reading the explanatory statements under each board  you can't get lost on where to make a post patterning to the subject of such post. All you need do is to keep your head down and read. Maybe OP didn't know about this so I suggest he goes back and so step by step, starting with the bitcoin discussion board.

To learn how to post in the correct board, you need to spend some time here, and therefore we cannot blame beginners for that, and without a welcome message^[1], even if you create a topic and install it in all boards, beginners may not be able to notice it.
All are things that managers can deal with easily, but these solutions remain useless without applying them within the welcome message.
For example, there are a lot of explanations at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=help, but I don't expect anyone to click on them.

[1] Writing a welcome message

OP, in respect to what others have said, creating that kind of thread you suggest is not necessary because every board in this forum has a small description below the board name. If you carefully read those descriptions,  you will know which board is more appropriate for your topic, but if you can't find the right board, If you post in the inappropriate board, you can be directed to the right board, and from there, you will still learn.


Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

Sometimes, it can be difficult to know, where we need to place a topic.
It can be about a technical aspect but also about Bitcoin general aspect and Beginners aspect, so sometimes we have various sections, where a topic can fit in.

For example a question about Bitcoin halving process.
It can fit in Bitcoin discussion but also Beginners and Help or Bitcoin Technical discussion. Sometimes it is not easy to know.

Maybe we can arrange a topic in Beginners and Help, where new members can ask where a new topic fits in best. 

There are indeed threads that are opened in the wrong section, but it is either somebody will advise the OP to move it or a moderator will do it. But I think this isn't really a big problem because not all topics are that confusing as to which section they should be discussed.

Also, there is already a guide for this as quoted by SeriouslyGiveaway.

I guess the problem among a number of newbies is that they are all too eager to start a discussion. Many of them end up sharing a personal experience, for example, of convincing a workmate, friend, neighbor, or whoever to invest in Bitcoin. They assume right away that since Bitcoin is somehow related to their experience, it is already a Bitcoin discussion. To my mind, it seems it is simply a discussion about their personal experience. It isn't really a discussion about Bitcoin.

As already pointed out by @SeriouslyGiveaway you can check out the thread by @mprep to find the general guidelines on which boards are dedicated to respective discussion but even if you wrongly create them the moderators move them to the specific board for further discussion.But it's not too tough once you get yourself engaged in active discussion learning about forum rules and reading the pinned threads on top of each board when you enter.

There's no need of creating any thread than the board itself and i believe it's self explanatory, "beginners and help", the mistakes newbies do first is that they don't read to learn about the forum before making a post, once you enter any board the first thing you will noticed are the pinned threads, why did you think they keep appearing there always? how many of the newbies click them to read the rules required on that board and the general forum's rules and regulations, the best solution is for you to advise a newbie to move his thread to the appropriate board, report to the moderator, or the moderators discover such an acted appropriately.

I would suggest to beginners like you not to engage in nonsense like compiling Bitcoin poems, but to seriously read and learn about Bitcoin. While you are posting merit requests for posts like this, other newbies are interested in learning and getting merit for good posts and questions.
As for placing topics in the wrong sections where necessary, this will not be a big problem. The moderators, when they get a report about it, do a great job of putting the threads in the right places. It is much more important not to write nonsense, and the place does not matter.

Everything you need can be found in the help page of the forum, where you can find many Boards with Names to make it easier to decide where to start posting. In the Beginners & Help section you can find Threads Newbies - Read before posting, everything you need is well explained there. As long as you are able to surf the forums and never tire of reading the threads that are pinned on each board, you will have an easier time understanding forums.
The forums have been perfectly designed to make it easy for anyone who registers to understand the sections that can help you decide where to start posting.

I don't think that's necessary I know that most of the newbie coming here is not familiar with this forum and maybe even bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general, but this forum is using a common language that is also used in other place like English and some other local language. So, even if you are not familiar with some technical term, some section is self-explanatory, some has a quick explanation on the forum home page, and I think most of it has a detailed rules on each subforum/section page. 

There is already a hint added by the forum moderators to clarify each user's appropriate topic for each board, so I don't see any reason for a member to create a thread outlining to newbies which board section they are supposed to post some certain thread.

If you check the unofficial rules and regulations^[1] of the forum you'll see that the type of post that's expected to be made there was stated so if a newbies goes of to creating a guide or tutorial at Bitcoin discussion then it's clear that they didn't go through the rules of the forum.

Once the forum's rules is shared with a newbie all he does is to check the first few rules or just go with the normal "don't plagiarize, don't spam and don't beg" they forget to read till the end, or exit the age once it gets to boards explanation, it's not difficult to understand just take your time to read it as should other Newbies.

[1] Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ

Everything about each board has been arranged in a way that you can easily locate and talk about things that are in accordance to the board so I think it is the responsibility of every beginner to take out time to explore the forum so that he or she can understand what each board is all about and to make this explanation more understandable, I think the op should understand that the forum is arranged in way that each board is written in a comprehensive language (English) just the way the local boards are written in the local languages that we should understand.

I've never read a suggestion like this before from newbies in the past until your request, even a guest who has no account here and browsing the forum can understand each section here, if you like gambling and you are a casino player you can go straight in the gambling section, or discussion about Bitcoin and altcoin.

If there are posts coming from newbies that are misplaced that's because they aren't yet aware of the other section or they intentionally do it to gain more readers and awareness of their posts, those posts will eventually be removed to the right section by moderators.

I do not think that there is a need to create a thread since each board has already its information or a brief description on what that board is about.  Aside from that some of the board are self explanatory just like this board Beginners and help.

This is the problem with people who like to be spoon fed.  Why not try to read more and work harder to understand each definition of the forum board?

I know something led to this post, Op must have seen threads where people simplified searches and inserted thread links to some specific topics that'll help newbies learn faster with no much hassles. I've seen multiple compilation of useful threads, but as a result, what OP is asking doesn't add up because the boards are simplified  and well explained already. I suggest that newbies should get familiar with the different boards; it'll help them know where to fix a post.

Board explanations are already available when you visit the front page of the forum. I believe that everything is already explained sufficiently, and no additional instructions are necessary for newcomers. All one needs to do is employ logic. For instance, when reading the title of the board "Bitcoin Discussion," what further explanation is required? Moreover, a detailed description is provided below: "General discussion about the Bitcoin ecosystem that doesn't fit better elsewhere. News, the Bitcoin community, innovations, the general environment, etc. Discussion of specific Bitcoin-related services usually belongs in other sections." In your opinion, what else do you think should be included there?

Ibelieve before you opened this thread, you saw some pinned post at the top of this board. There you can read to see all about your question pertaining to this board. As you have said, there are different boards here and each has it own function and post.

Writing or creating a topic in the wrong board would definitely warrant a moderator or an admin to move it to the appropriate board or possibly if other members come across such, your attention would be called to moving it to the appropriate board.

These are the reasons why newbies are advised to take time t read forum policies and guidelines and also read the posts of high reputable ranked members here so as to get more clues how and where  they write as it pertains to the content of their article or message they are passing across.

I don't think it's hard for newbies to know which board is the right board to post the topic. For service, there's the service board, for digital goods, there's digital goods, for gambling, there's gambling discussions and many more. The name of the board will explain what topics are being discussed there and make sure you also read some threads if you are not sure about it but as I have explained, the baord name already explains what board it is all about just like this board called Beginners & Help. Well, you know what beginners means and that's it mate.

I think each board tittle actually explains them selves. For example you can’t start a thread that actually contains tips for beginners and you place them on bitcoin discussion board or you move a speculative discussion of bitcoin price to economics. Even from reading the threads created by reputable members in a certain board will help guide you to understand what each board entails. The forum moderators are even more active when it comes to moving threads to appropriate board. Some threads are actually moved out from where the OP wants it to be most at times based on the the type Subject that thread is giving. In all I don’t see the need to create a thread explaining each board because I feel each board name has done justice to that.



I would say anything outside cryptocurrency and politics and discussion are entirely off topic to the forum. Most at times people feel bad when there threads are moved to off topic board (because it is one of the least boards that reputable members go to), this is most at times due to a bad subject giving to the thread

It's not rock science mate. Many of the board here on the forum has a name and those names are very self explanatory. For example this board in particular is called beginners and help and as the name implies it for primary to help newbies out and also help members that has any difficulty such is the case with other boards.

In addition boards has a quick introduction attached to them that explains to you what the board serves at, all this isn't difficult you just have to read properly

Besides there are rules for various steps in the group ranging from registration to posting and personal messages I'm sure that will also help and it is  already given ... which all newbies are expected to acquaint themselves with to aid important contributions in various forums. Check it out below
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=help;page=post

Check the board before entering
Its written on the front page
Anything that doesn't fall on a specific board
Goes to Off topic

I noticed most newbies make post in wrong section and of course members always correct them  I  don't know if any post like this have been made before but i want to suggest  that a more established member than I who knows these boards better should please create a thread in the beginner section on what kind of posts should be on each boards to assist these newbies
Thanks