Topic: Can we contribute accross local boards? (Read 459 times)

As far as I can contribute to this thread is that Every Local board follows their rules and they talk in their native language if they see any kind of spam, or useless posting from an outsider member they report their post to the moderator so that the moderator can take action accordingly. You should know that if your post is being deleted by the moderators it will not be a good thing for your account health.

Besides all that, if you still want to contribute to any other local board you do not officially belong to go and ask there some rules if they used to follow some, Post there a quality post only if necessary. Do not spam in any other local board well Spamming is a thing that is not allowed to do on the whole form if you get caught doing spamming it can be a bad thing for you.

By posting on local boards which they can't directly speak the language then provably they might notice that they say a bad word that can dismay those people who read their translated post. So much really better for people to step out on the local board if they don't know how to speak the language so that they will not put theirselves on some troubles that they don't wish to enter. Also global or English boards is more larger also there are updated topics there so for sure those guys can contribute more there by knowing what are the topics has been discuss by people.

I don't know the main intention on why these people think about crossing to other local boards but much better if they let native speakers to discuss and don't interfere them by using any translated text.

In addition to this already said by _act_ i will make it a suggestion that there's no need of worrying about going everywhere, you cant virtually be in every board, not even when you set a notification on other English boards, some may still be fast ahead of you in making posts, only contributes to the language you hear and understand, moreover posting on local boards is not compulsory.

I don’t think using a translation app is a good idea to help you convey your message or translate your post. Instead, learn their own language if you really are highly interest to participate in their discussion, that’s the best possible way so you won’t be seen like spamming or using AI generated post.

I guess if you are into hunting merits, you can always earn it most likely in your own local board, without meddling into other local boards. Don’t complicate yourself, just post where you are most comfortable to post.

First, there is no restriction about posting on different local boards, anyone can post and contribute to any local board, the problem is the communication, since people may or may not understand the kind of language one will use if he is not a local of that board.

I don't know if there is an almost perfect translation app available on the store.  So using a translator may often misunderstood as spamming or using an AI app, and we all know that several members of this forum hate AI-generated replies. 

Btw, what is your motivation in thinking of posting across the local board?  Aside from merit hunting, I don't find any reason why a member pursues such an approach.  We have boards dedicated where everyone can participate so why not use that board to help other people?

Correct. Using Google Translate is not effective, we are often confused about the meaning of what we want to convey so that the meaning we want to convey cannot be understood. If you want to provide important information or anything else, asking users for help from their local councils is much better and more effective. This is also what several users I met did.

Moreover, if the goal is to find information on other people's local councils, we only need to monitor and follow, no need to comment. because it will ruin other users' discussions with the presence of useless posts from those of us who use Google Translate. This is what I do when looking for information from other local councils, just come and read and join the discussion but without getting involved in the discussion.

Throughout my time on this forum, I've seen many instances where top forum members strongly oppose using Google Translate to translate into other people's languages. It is not required that you communicate with other local boards, and if what you want to contribute is very important, you can ask a member of the local board to assist you in translating it to their local language and sending it there. That is what I see other forum members do when they have something important to say and want it to be seen on all local boards, as some users are not fluent in the general English language and communication here.

Seriously, I don't think I would do so, even if i could speak the language fluently. I see how they discriminate against a member when he posts on other local boards as if he were coming to steal something. If such a thing happens and the user case is carried to the reputation board, these DT members will not care to know the truth and will tag your account immediately. I know what I am saying, and it has been proven.

Loud and clear, always avoid any local board that is not your LB. It is risky!

I don't see any problem in trying to participate and make friends in local boards.  If you are going to use a translator, don't trust 100% in what is translated, at least try to review the message and see if there is anything wrong or out of context, everything will be resolved with a little effort and good will.

In this case, there is no prohibition on posting on other boards, but there is a prohibition on using the translator directly in the forum. So in this case, if you want to post in the local thread, you need to know their language, if you post directly using Google translator, your post will be deleted, and may your account will be banned.
But if you have knowledge about their language then you can do it, I myself and some of my local mates have posted in other local thread like urdu and hindi language. Because we know fairly about Urdu and Hindi languages. I would suggest you to translate other informative global posts into your local language and post them in your local thread. And if you have an informative post, you can collaborate with other local board members and get their help for translating.

That's not entirely true. As long as you are not using idioms and are capable of writing a proper sentenvce in your native language, translations tools can do a pretty good job. Problem is that people are not doing that an are using bunch of slangs and idioms which then turn out to be nonsense when you use Google translate/chatgpt(which is mho better translation tool).

That of course doesn't mean that people should go into local boards of langauge they don't speek and get into deep conversations/discussions but I see no problem if someone there mentions you so you come and answer.

Contributing to other local boards apart from yours is allowed but make sure you make a contributing remark in line with what they are talking about in English than using a translator to make a post/comment there(local board) when the post is been written in their local language.

Using a translator as a rescue to make posts on other member's local boards is not an encouraged thing to do because the translated word will sound a bit different from how they speak and make sentences in their language.

Having said that, it is better to stick to your local board that you know how to communicate properly with it than using a translator for other local boards post

If you are not native speaker or can't speak the language on the other board then much better not to post anything there as you might encounter a problem especially if you use google translate since not every word shown is accurate and might you will end up in mess if you don't understand what you are posting there.

If you want to help much better if you post more valuable contents on your local boards and help those people to get new or somethings refreshers to the information you know so there's a lot of people will be informed on some things needed to consider on their invest on other important crypto discussions.
Some want to cross to some local boards since they think it will be easy for them to get merits there but actually that's not going to be easy as they think.

Using translation is not actually effective because it might not be the exact point of view that you want to share, so as much as possible stick to English language or learn their medium of expression so that you can easily dive to their topic and share your relevant ideas you have within. However, I suggest to stick to your own local board as much as possible, but if you really are interested to post to their local board, no issues with it but make sure your post will stay on point so that you won’t be regarded having low content or off-topic poster.

There have been users and still are users that continues to contribute to several locale. There isn’t any rule to that, that restricts users from making contributions to a locale that they could understand. There are persons with dual nationality, there are those who simply can understand the language and there are those who are persistent travelers and so, have picked up interest in other cultures as it affects them. You don’t get to stop such persons from participating in a locale that they could relate.
You probably should so long as you ain’t just going about trying to translate posts just to ensure participation.

Of course you are allowed! There are seven some instances where people would use Google Translate in order to translate and learn the respective phrases/statements coming from other members in such local boards. Additionally, there are also some people who are fluent with more than two (2) languages- so it is naturally normal for them to engage into other discussions with the language they are accustomed to.

This forum knows no limits. As long as you can engage in meaningful discussions with others without sacrificing any quality posts on your part, then you are definitely free to comment and help one another across multiple local boards.

Be reminded, however, that if you are going to use Google Translate, there are statements that are not accurate when it comes to translation. Preferably, engage in discussions with local boards to which you are fluent to.

I think its permitted as long as you knew the local languange but using translator might be not good since its considered as cheating or form of copying. Well I think theres might few who can do this probably those profession who are really proficient into languages. But can I ask why you wanted to do multiple languages in terms of discussion? Might as well focus on your own local board for more consistency.

As a newbie, there are more important general discussions in the global board for you to engage in even more than enough for you to learn and contribute to, so what is the need for the hurry of wanting to middle in on local board issues if it doesn't concern you in any ways, this is very important to note and also take responsible for your actions since not many encourages the use of translator to try to communicate with, this is why we have to take a closer look at what local board qe want to engage in their discussion and what the nature of the topics are.


But in general, I think, it fair better to stick to one local board to avoid getting involved in discussions you don't have knowledge and information on

Yes, provided that you truly understand the languages you mentioned. However, don't try to act smart and use a translator to communicate there, because doing so is against the forum rules and will result in consequences. 
You can conduct additional research and translate the information from other local boards so that you can learn more, but if you are certain that you don't understand the languages, don't write anything there, so you won't get yourself into any trouble.

If you don't understand, I'll suggest that you stick with your local board and any other boards you have knowledge of, because all the information you might require in India and the other local boards you mentioned many are available in the main boards.

I don't think think their is any rules that forbid someone from engaging in meaningful conversation in another local board that is not yours, just that the challenge that you will surely encountered is the language, but if you can speak and interact well with the language, I don't think anything is stopping you from engaging in meaningful conversation across all local board.

As for me, I only understand English and my own local language, if I was able to speak and interact with several languages I would have definitely done so, in most local board. I believe that this forum is meant for discussion of things like Bitcoin and other important thing about life, so I don't believe that their is any restrictions, expecially in a case like this which everyone is anonymous, so I believe it's possible.

After seeing this response, a thought came into my head and that is the fact that I might just be bore one day and decide to visit one of the local boards just to see the way they are discussing and interacting. Maybe in the process of that I notice some threads with so much engagements and decide to use translator to follow what is being discussed. Assuming I have something to say or I want to ask for further clarifications from the participants of the discussion or I want to make a contribution that is relevant to the subject, what is am I expected to do? Can he respond in English or he should completely avoid joining the conversation because that is not his local board.

You can just simply try to make it easier to understand and post them in your local section without using any translator because they can detect it and you will be in trouble unless your countrymen understand that you were just helping them. Trust me, there are lots of topics that you could use to contribute to them and make it simple and informative as well. You could also look for a certain topic and make it exclusive to your local language only. Just don't try to post on other local boards because when they detect that you are not one of them, they mostly report you to their moderator and will gonna red flag you without hesitations.

I have not come across any rules like that there, and I don't think there are any rules like that there in this forum that someone in another local board cannot engage in other local boards apart from their own local board. But the question is, do you understand their local language very well? If not, why are you so interested in their local boards when there are many things for you to learn under your local board? 


Local boards are created for the purpose of those who do not understand English but can write and read in their own language. So if that is the reason why local boards came into existence in the bitcointalk forum, but the forum's general language is English, and anything that someone wants to learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is being discussed in English, why will someone try to engage in other local boards where he or she does not understand their languages much but will always try to be using a translator whenever he or she is in those local boards to have discussion? Many discussions going on local boards are mainly about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies or things that are happening in their countries. Instead of someone who understands English trying to engage in other local boards, why them no fully focus on the general board to learn whatever they want to learn? 

The forum does not prohibit anyone from engaging in discussions on other boards as long as you can interact in their language. I think using a translator is not ideal because translator doesn't always give you the exact details information and you'll be mislead and respond out of context. I will just advise you to stay away if it's not English conversation. After all, local board are meant for local discussion about a particular group and their localities. I don't know why you're interested in others affairs despite you don't understand their language. Majorly everything that will interest you to learn are being discussed in general boards and not a specific local board, explore the boards and learn.

You can only make comments in your local board and not in another local board. When you visit the other local boards and when you don't know their native languages then what do you think you can write anything there? Because foe you to write there, the first thing to know is to understand the language then you can do well. If you don't understand it then you can't make comments there. And if you are planning to use google translator to write then will be caught and tag or ban for it. And it is not good to use two local board. It has happened to me in altcoinstalks forum. My name is mentioned in Philippine's local board everything comments and thread they create their so there was a day I visit the board and asked them why they explained to me the meaning of the word. And I am noticing other words that contain my name.

Well I believe any one asking questions seek to know, but is not ideal, basically the purpose of using native language is for easy understanding of the people of that language. But my opinion is that you don't need to be part if you can't speak the language, using the translators for knowledge sake you can still learn what you want and still not partake in the board if really your motive is to learn if not many board with English have all it takes to be granded on the Bitcoin, crypto and trading. Leaving your board to go after another board make you feel yours is inferior, and if the moderator also see situation like that at the end where such person is identify not been of the nationality, he claims, it make you condemn your Nation by making them feel that every body around your nation partakes  in forging.

How can you leave your local board and join other local board to make contribution, if you have important question you want to ask and you don't want to ask your local board, you can ask the question in the beginners and help discussion where you can find quick respond to your question and you will be satisfy.

I believe you know that every local board have their own rules and, if you are not from Germany and you form to be a German by joining the Germany local board based on you are familiar with their language, show that you are not proud of your country .

Thank you all for your replies and your wealth of knowledge shared with me here, I must say I learnt a whole lot from it and I'm better informed now on the patterns of engagement on the local boards.

If what you say is something important and no one has posted it, I don't think there's a problem, even in English I think it's fine. but we have to know why local boards are created, local boards are created for those who have the same language, the same country, the same nationality and other similarities so that a local board community is formed. If you are an expert in their language, understand their slang, their way of joking and communicating, then go ahead. but if you are not fluent in their language and only rely on Google Translate, I don't think it's a good idea, I think the residents on the local board also feel uncomfortable if someone uses their language but in a very strange way.

This is a wrong move you are trying to do. You are Nigeria like me, your business is any other board that communicates with English and naija discussion, you don't have any business with any other languages. The reason why local boards are created is for people who don't understand English to have a place to discuss and understand what is happening and translation is a big no, you will be committing forum offense when you used Google or any other websites for translation.

You should note that using a translator wouldn't help like that, there is no way that you are going to communicate effectively and efficiently using a translator, they wouldn't understand everything directly from English to India and from India to English. If you want to test it, go to any of the local boards you like and switch on your browser translator from the local to English, you will see that you wouldn't have equal 1:1 translation.

I get your point and I see nothing wrong in non native speakers who have not lived in that country chiming into conversations, but I personally would not do that. I do not even read conversations in other local boards except when I am mentioned in them.

Nigerian English is different from U.K or U.S English and would be slightly difficult for a non native speaker to understand, but the Indian local board communicates English which is easily understandable to all native speakers.

Our local board is open and welcoming to anyone who's interested in joining discussions, even if you speak in English - guess there's no ruling about that cmiiw and we'll reply you in the same language. Our local words I think can easily be learned because they're also in alphabet and we don't have a lot of special characters or letters. You're free to contribute but as said by everybody, don't use translators trying to get into conversations, just be yourself as all of us have common interest and that's about Bitcoin and crypto matters.

It's really subjective, there are few campaigns are favor on local board posters.

That's the point why @OP want to join in local board, he want to become a family with the local board posters as you know there are merit sharing in local boards. He might no feel relevant, but he can learn about the culture or anything related to that country.

Even though there are some local boards that are accustomed to using English such as the Indian board and the Nigerian board, I think there are still differences in how English is mixed with their culture. It's not the same as you speaking English on a global board. So it's best not to join other local boards if you don't master their language well.


This is also an important point. Users in local forums are like family. They have such a bond because they come from the same country. They can discuss topics that can be very relevant to them. Maybe we have much better knowledge than them, but when discussing topics in general, it's best not to join other local boards.

Except for special matters such as trade, technical issues or, you are really interested in the culture of their country. Like local Indian boards accept English and you also know the issues in their country and are interested in their culture, then I think it is not a problem because in the end you will become a part of them.  

Did I miss something, but what is the reason of posting in several local boards? Signature campaigns do not favor local boards, and some of them do not pay to post there. You will not be comfortable trying to discuss in a language you cannot understand. A.I. translation for those languages may not be perfect. It would be easy knowing that you do not speak these languages, as it is rare to find someone who speaks more than 5 languages and you will not get merits.

Yeah, you can, but there must only be a few reasons why you do that. I guess discussions in local boards are normally about topics that mainly concern either their countries and their citizens or their local views and opinions. Outside of this, topics can be discussed with the entire community in the forum.

Also, it makes no point regularly joining local discussions when you can't understand their language anyway. Sure, you can have their posts translated, but it's not going to be accurate. Some sense are probably lost. And you're also kind of an unwelcome visitor. Surely, there must be a reason why they're discussing only amongst themselves.

You can contribute to local boards where you can master the language, using a translator does not guarantee a 100% level of accuracy in the content of your intended writing, shifts in vocabulary can make it difficult for users on other local boards to understand the content of your topic.
Maybe you missed this Thread Help me translate my best posts in your Local Board If @GazetaBitcoin wants, he can translate the topic himself on different local boards as a form of wanting to contribute to the forum. But he didn't do it because the local boards whose language he couldn't master were not his area, so he needed help from other users to translate his best posts.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.  

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.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unofficial-list-of-official-bitcointalkorg-rules-guidelines-faq-703657

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

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