Proposal For Naija (Nigeria LB) Sub-Boards Creation

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Quote from: Majestic-milf on January 10, 2024, 11:22:48 AM

Quote from: Mate2237 on January 09, 2024, 06:45:52 PM

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Well all we can do for now is to keep our fingers crossed because he's got a lot on his plate. I've seen so many requests from other users on their intentions to be merit sources and others asking for mods in their boards, and all these have not been attended to so I feel this request made by the Op will be amongst the long list of to-do for Theymos.
You're right; your thought process and his do not go on the same wavelength hence while you expected a reply from him, I feel he was preoccupied with something else, so I'd just advise the op continue bumping the topic to act as a reminder. Just my two cents.

Besides hoping and keeping this thread visible - has something else been tried, like sending a PM to one of the forum admin and asking if it's possible to approve this request?

I guess that kind of thing is allowed - but I also wonder who would do it. I don't know - whether anyone from Nigeria has done it or not, but it might be worth giving it a try. One thing is certain – I stand here to support the approval of this proposal.

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Quote from: Mate2237 on January 09, 2024, 06:45:52 PM

I was thinking that theymos would say something concerning this thread but what he thinks is different from what we think but we still hope that there will be a surprise news for the request in a time sooner

Well all we can do for now is to keep our fingers crossed because he's got a lot on his plate. I've seen so many requests from other users on their intentions to be merit sources and others asking for mods in their boards, and all these have not been attended to so I feel this request made by the Op will be amongst the long list of to-do for Theymos.
You're right; your thought process and his do not go on the same wavelength hence while you expected a reply from him, I feel he was preoccupied with something else, so I'd just advise the op continue bumping the topic to act as a reminder. Just my two cents.

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I was thinking that theymos would say something concerning this thread but what he thinks is different from what we think but we still hope that there will be a surprise news for the request in a time sooner. And probably he was very busy with personal activities in the festival period. And really we need those boards and other requests because the board just jampad with different threads that would have been in different sub-boards. We will be very much appreciated if this grate request is granted.

The child boards will clean off topics from the general board. So we are asking the admin to look into these honourable thread for the up coming most active local board in the forum.

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Quote from: Churchillvv on December 16, 2023, 06:48:14 PM

Op has a good proposal here but it all depends on admins decision, no matter the argument here whether the sub-board should exist

We are all praying that the request should be accepted by the admin let them create the sub boards and the Moderators and the merit sources so that the local board will be nice to see and participate to any board of one's choose. But the other things you said might not be possible at this time and we will not even need it.

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Op has a good proposal here but it all depends on admins decision, no matter the argument here whether the sub-board should exist or not it just a one mans decision that counters them all. But it's best to have his proposal approved because the improvement will be very much appealing.

Additionally, I also suggest that Yoruba language under other languages should be included as a sub-board in Nigeria (naija) local board. Although there are over 6 countries that speaks youruba language but in the forum it's mostly or just Nigerians who participates in such language conversation.

This is just a mere suggestions it can be thought of too.

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Quote from: Mayor of ogba on November 11, 2023, 04:03:29 PM

This is a nice development and it will be helpful if the idea is achieved because anyone who wants to create a post that is not related to Bitcoin discussion can use the subboard to create a post that is not related to Bitcoin. Since our Naija board was created for the spread of Bitcoin in Nigeria and posts that are not related to Bitcoin have been created in our local that serve as spam posts, if this sub-board is achieved I think it will reduce the level of spam posts in our local board because sub-board for creating Naija related news will be there.

Yes it will be very much helpful to the local board. The board was rampantly with local news and non local news and there was a time to make comment in the local board was not interested by people because of the kind of threads that was flowing but to some extent these days the board is getting better though newbies are still creating unnecessary thread but it is minimal and when the local sub-boards are created and the local moderator (s) is given then I believed everything will be working fine in the local board. And I believed theymos will hear our cry and see this thread and grant our demands to celebrate...

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Quote from: skarais on November 14, 2023, 04:13:40 PM

That's right, the existence of a moderator is what differentiates my local board compared to Nigeria. I agree any of the Nigerian contributors can take the initiative to make specific requests to admins about what they want on their local board, but they need to express data-driven reasons for admin to easily consider.

I wish nothing but the best for Nigeria's local board and it would be even better if they had their own moderator. This will clearly reduce the workload of the global moderators assigned there so far.

Really to some extent a local board with a local moderator is not really good because the moderator has to understand the language and the behaviors of the people and from there he can do well though even now the global moderators in the Nigeria local board are trying their best because they are working hand in hand with the local reports. And with their active and tireless efforts there the local board is very clean these days. So I really appreciate their efforts in the local board.

And the major thing we need need is the sub-boards and the moderators too.

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 14, 2023, 12:22:22 PM

Quote from: skarais on November 13, 2023, 01:22:25 PM

Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck

That was a unique case that applied to your local board because you already had a local moderator to speak to the higher-ups. The Nigerian local community doesn't have their own mod. But it doesn't matter who takes the initiative and sends that PM. What matters is that the admins need to know exactly what it is that you want so that they can check if such a request is warranted.

That's right, the existence of a moderator is what differentiates my local board compared to Nigeria. I agree any of the Nigerian contributors can take the initiative to make specific requests to admins about what they want on their local board, but they need to express data-driven reasons for admin to easily consider.

I wish nothing but the best for Nigeria's local board and it would be even better if they had their own moderator. This will clearly reduce the workload of the global moderators assigned there so far.

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Quote from: skarais on November 13, 2023, 01:22:25 PM

Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck

That was a unique case that applied to your local board because you already had a local moderator to speak to the higher-ups. The Nigerian local community doesn't have their own mod. But it doesn't matter who takes the initiative and sends that PM. What matters is that the admins need to know exactly what it is that you want so that they can check if such a request is warranted.

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Quote from: Agbe on November 07, 2023, 06:02:26 AM

With over 100+ monthly active posters, the board becomes congested, making it tough to browse through a slew of off-topics and copy-and-paste local news pieces generated by newbies. We are not suggesting that local news is not important, but it should be of general interest rather than personal interest. Because this is a bitcoin discussion topic, all users are required to have a basic understanding of bitcoin. As a result, when child boards are created, other discussions will be on their sub-boards, while bitcoin discussions will be on the board's home page.

Yes, I guess you guys definitely need some childboards. The way you are progressing here, soon you will be one of the most active local boards on bitcointalk.

I can see how Naija's own board has helped the Nigerian community go from merely 200-300 posts/month to 1898 posts in a single month. That's all happened in just a few months.

Remember, Nigeria didn't have its own local board until Dec 2022.

That's a remarkable 652% activity increase theymos needs to look into

I strongly support the request for sub-child boards for Nigeria, as it will further enhance the community's engagement and collaboration. The vibrancy and enthusiasm displayed by the Nigerian members deserve recognition, and expanding the board structure will only contribute to the continued success of the local community. Kudos to the Nigerian members for their outstanding bitcointalk journey!

Charts credit to Rikafip monthly stats.

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Quote from: Pmalek on November 13, 2023, 12:47:12 PM

A suggestion for the Nigerian local members. Maybe you should have a poll asking the local community which sub-boards they would like to have added to the local forum.

True, I agree with your opinion. In fact, the local board Bahasa Indonesian has received several additional child board, that's starting with a discussion about what child board we are needed. Local board moderators will help make requests to admin regarding addition or changes to board, this has been done by our moderator dbshck at: Re: Mungkinkah untuk menambah Sub board lokal?

Voting or suggestions can be expected from local board users and in the end we succeeded in getting approval for adding child boards to the local board. Nigerian users can do something similar, I think it is a right step.

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A suggestion for the Nigerian local members. Maybe you should have a poll asking the local community which sub-boards they would like to have added to the local forum. I can see that there is a How Many Child Boards do We asked? thread. A good idea would be to compile all suggestions, create a poll, and get a feeling of what the Nigerian community wants. Once the voting ends, check the results, and then request the top suggestions. You should already have a clear idea how you want the local forum to look. It will help you to get there. It doesn't look very good if there is still a discussion going on about which sub-sections to add, but at the same time there is already a thread asking the admins for new child boards. Admins will look at it and think these guys still don't know what they want.

1. Figure out exactly which sub-boards you want.
2. Present the request clearly in the OP.
3. PM theymos and Cyrus presenting your case and explaining why the new boards are needed.

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Quote from: hugeblack on November 07, 2023, 03:44:43 PM

Some of mentioned sub-boards are not related to Bitcoin, and creating such sub-boards may increase spam discussions that are not related to Bitcoin and without a mod, I do not expect them to be approved. I suggest changing the name of the sub-board for something related to Bitcoin, and collecting +30 topics within Last 90 days, things like technical section, wallets, beginners and help.

That is a nice suggestion, and still not a bad idea if the Naija local board is been given "technical section, wallets & beginners and help" instead of the listed board as O.P earlier listed, because one good thing about Nigerians is that we are good at adapting to change, of which if any of these boards are been given to us, I'm sure our upcoming newbies will be able to adapt to whatever section and rules laid to guide our local board, as both Bitcoin discussion and others will be given their priority at their different sections.

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Overall, I am happy with the level of activity in the Nigerian Board and I hope they get a new mod soon. It seems like a community that is growing well and it is an opportunity to see more Africans here.

Yes, and the entire Nigeria local board are very grateful to having someone like you picking interest for our local, and thank you for coming to our aid in terms of "merits" when we needed it the most.

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Quote from: Makus on November 09, 2023, 05:09:42 PM

Quote from: rachael9385 on November 08, 2023, 05:13:16 PM

However, I know that the both are so dem important but what I am trying to say is that, I don't think that we can have the both at the same time because there have been so many requests from our local board that we haven't gotten any reply ye, but we are still hoping to get positive returns from the requests, so that's why am saying the sub-board is more important for now than the moderator, maybe after the sub-board then we can talk about the moderator.
The sub-board is good and also, the moderator too is good because without the moderator the local board will be full of trash post.

rachael9385 I think the two goes together when it comes to there operation, assuming the subboards have been approved, do you mean we will still go back to beg an external moderator to shuffle the posts that were missed up by their OPs? No! So the best request is to ask Mr Theymos to please give us the two, both the sub board and the local board moderator.

I haven't visited this thread for a long time now but it looks like you are getting it all wrong bro. Try to understand what I am saying, but I am just saying this out of my own. Everything depends on us. However, we can still do well with or without a moderator if we only keep up not posting trash and post every topic to its related board and not do otherwise.
Moreover, our LB is one of the most active boards in this forum, so we do need it, but what we need most is the sub-board.

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Let us sort out our priorities! Let's not get ahead of ourselves, getting a Mod on the local board right now is unrealistic. When the time comes, we will request one, but for now, let us concentrate on what is happening on the ground. BTW, mods are chosen based on the amount of accurate reports you as well as your level of activity.

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Quote from: _BlackStar on November 12, 2023, 03:26:01 PM

Quote from: Adbitco on November 12, 2023, 11:41:00 AM

Quote from: _BlackStar on November 11, 2023, 06:37:50 PM

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For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

Of course - a voting system could be a solution to choose mods among hundreds of users there. But instead of just 3 users - then I would tend to expect there to be more dominant users that could be proposed. Your idea is great and let's hope it actually happens in the Nigerian Local Board.

I don't know how many mod do you think or suggested for Theymos to approve in our local board, my post was based on assumption if we are to be given one or two mod then that technique could be implore to choose and select from the aforementioned users but if theymos needs more than 2 or 3 then there are more hands which I think can actually handle mod task correctly in our local board. Reason I said 1 or 2 was that some english board do only have 1 mods that is overseeing those board.

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Quote from: Adbitco on November 12, 2023, 11:41:00 AM

Quote from: _BlackStar on November 11, 2023, 06:37:50 PM

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For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

Of course - a voting system could be a solution to choose mods among hundreds of users there. But instead of just 3 users - then I would tend to expect there to be more dominant users that could be proposed. Your idea is great and let's hope it actually happens in the Nigerian Local Board.

Quote from: Agbe on November 12, 2023, 12:45:40 PM

Quote from: Adbitco on November 12, 2023, 11:41:00 AM

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That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source?

Why not - maybe you just haven't realized that most mods are merit source.

Here are some staff or moderator who are also merit source. But you can also find out more in this list. But you can also find more than just the names on this list.

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xandry
Welsh
dbshck
EFS
Halab
OmegaStarScream
malevolent
Mr. Big

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Quote from: Agbe on November 12, 2023, 12:45:40 PM

Quote from: Adbitco on November 12, 2023, 11:41:00 AM

Quote from: _BlackStar on November 11, 2023, 06:37:50 PM

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source? I don't know and that is why I am asking and I have not seen such person in the forum. But if it is possible then one of them is good to be but if it is not possible then we have to select another person from the local board to be the Moderator. Well will discuss it locally. There is an another option also, theymos can select from the local board who has the highest accurate spam report statistics in the local board. We really need the Moderator too because the sub-boards have to be monitored as well.

I don't think there is any difficult task to handle merits source as well as becoming a mod, the thing is merits is just like whenever you come across a meaningful post in the local board you can decide to merits anyone that is worth meriting while the mod task is to move any post to the right section where it belongs or any post you sees as spam can easily be deleted and moved to archive.

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Quote from: Adbitco on November 12, 2023, 11:41:00 AM

Quote from: _BlackStar on November 11, 2023, 06:37:50 PM

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

That is a good suggestion but can one person handle two portfolio in the forum? That is can one be a Moderator and the same time be a merit source? I don't know and that is why I am asking and I have not seen such person in the forum. But if it is possible then one of them is good to be but if it is not possible then we have to select another person from the local board to be the Moderator. Well will discuss it locally. There is an another option also, theymos can select from the local board who has the highest accurate spam report statistics in the local board. We really need the Moderator too because the sub-boards have to be monitored as well.

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Quote from: _BlackStar on November 11, 2023, 06:37:50 PM

Nigeria Local Board had 13,630 posts this year and they were created by 392 users. Charles-Tim and CryptopreneurBrainboss were the two most active users this year with 764 and 401 posts - so one of the two could probably be proposed as a moderator there. The number of posts and the number of active users has increased by more than 100% compared to last year - so it is fair to say that Nigerian Local Board need moderators to be able to handle some of the issues in the board.

For mod we can have a little voting within our local board to decide who is to be given a mod.
Naturally we have three major persons to be selected among which are Igebotz, brainboss and Charles-tim but the community has to do a manually voting where we can chose and whom ever among the three persons that has the highest vote will be given the mods or if theymos decide to give us two mod then among three persons the first 2 highest in number will given the mod. I think is a right choice to allow the community put the most favorable one but however they are both good anyway.

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