Topic: Request for Nigeria local board (Read 2181 times)

If those be the criteria, I think Nigerians here have a pass mark. We beat some local board in terms of that. To be frank, giving Nigeria a local board even goes beyond the mere gesture of a local board. It transcends into continental which by extension will mean that Africa is now fully recognized on this forum.

But of course, we shall continue to do all that while watch paint dry so to say.

That would definitely be some of the criteria no doubt about that, but the admins would never make any set in stone criteria on how to get a local board request accepted, infact maybe there is no hard-and-fast criteria on that, the forum does not work with rigid rules for example, and that is somewhat the case in other aspects and areas of the forum; issues are handled in the forum on the basis of a lot of things, which are flexible, and subject to different interpretations, this keeps things open and interesting. Thus sending a pm to the admin to ask about that would yield nothing.

Having said that, we should just continue enjoying the forum, discussing about Bitcoin and other whatnots, keep the local thread active and alive with quality discussions, bump our request once in a while and wait for a response, i believe we would get one somewhere along the line, i hope it would turn out to be a positive one.

Why not try to send him a direct message through private messages?
As far as I know, Themos has never released clear criteria for adding a new local board.
This probably means that it's his personal assessment, I guess based on the activity, the number of local members and more.
Anyway, I wish you good luck with this. You have my support 

While it would be interesting to know that info, I don't think that they will tell you some specific numbers because in that case local communities might start stat padding in order to reach the criteria. If your thread has such activity 5-6 years ago you would probably already have your own local board, but situation is different now and forum staff is very reluctant to add new ones due constantly decreasing activity on majority of other local boards.

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@CryptopreneurBrainboss did you get any response whatsoever?

Rather than waiting patiently, can Theymos or the other moderators or admins you mentioned, tell us the criteria for having a local board. If you meet the criteria, we will be expectant and if we don't meet the criteria, we'll keep mute and work hard to meet the said criteria. Tbh, I think this is the best approach to our request for a local board.

The Nigerian community on the forum is growing steadily which is why we deem it fit we need a local board for carrying out discussion that concerns the adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general on the forum. A quick read through started threads on the forum are Nigeria related discussion raising on the forum and this topic are been pitched to the wrong audience since not many know about the activities ongoing in the country. Unlike the Western country that we all can have an idea on any topic raised, that which is concerning countries like Nigeria will always be flooded with myopic views or totally out of context.

I strongly believe we'll get our wish one day, at first it seems like getting the local thread some attention was impossible but we achieved that and even got it to be pinned and from the recent stats, it's one of the active locals even without having a board. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption is growing steadily in the country and as this forum is the center of the knowledge, people will always be draw to it and having a boards to help guide them with the little knowledge we have acquired as individuals would be great and productive. We'll keep waiting patiently until @Theymos hears our cry or others like (@Cyrus @mprep @hilariousandco @Welsh etc) with some advantage over the average user, pick interest in our appeal to strengthen it.

The request for local board for Nigerians and Africans extension is not unconnected to the activeness and lofty height of contributions many Nigerians users of Bitcoin talk have added to the forum in past and presently.

A local board will give a sense of belonging and self fulfilment to the Nigerian comity on the forum and new users when they come in and discover they have a place to identify with even as beginner's.  And more.

Yeah, a lot of things, including inactivity, member ranking up, and bans for some of the members on LorHermes' old list. sharom & abdulodoi got banned and Becky666 died from the old list. Some users from the old list are still active, but they haven't posted in the local thread in the last 150 days, so they weren't included.

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@Cyrus With the number of Nigerians on the forum and the number of Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria, it would send the wrong message to other African countries if the leading country in terms of population and Bitcoin adoption did not have a local board on bitcointalk. Nigeria's local board will represent Africa as a whole! It would also send the message that bitcointalk is not biased and that people of all tribes and cultures are welcome. We guarantee to keep it clean.

It was voted for, over 90% people that were active on Nigeria local thread voted for all languages (English, Pidgin and local languages). A leader should accept not based on his opinion but on the opinion of the local community.

I had emphasized on the need to accept all languages including English while I did also accepted Pidgin to be included. I do not know the exact reason why English should not be accepted. In Nigeria, pupils are taught in English, lecturers lecture students in English, reputed news sites are in English (I can give examples if need be), the largest community in Nigeria which is Nairaland are posting mostly in English, even wallets and exchanges are in English, not Pidgin. Every Nigerian on this forum speak English. I still do not understand why English should not be accepted on our local thread or board.

Indian board is in English. But nobody ever opposed Pidgin.

If I should dig dipper, I can bring out some example of discussions on Nigeria local thread that were still written in English but partaining to only Nigerians. Recently, the discussion is about Nigeria presidential politics which can also be in English, how about the time Binance did not accept NIN slip for verification, a Nigerian brought it up about how he printed the NIN online and turned it to a card and Binance accepted it, also a Nigerian brought it up lately on our local thread that Binance is now accepting BVN. How about discussion on exchanges that Nigerians are highly using that can be brought up on local board, and many like that like piloting and creation of eNaira and Nigeria government crypto regulation.

Local board is not about the language people are speaking, it is about local community to discuss about what is happening in their community, and like on this forum, in relation to bitcoin, crypto adoption in the local community and the likes. Just that local community can have a single common local language they are using which is most likely the case, definitely the local language will be used, but Nigeria is having many local languages, but English dominates, followed by Pidgin.

Pidgin is never a local language, it is spoken in some west African countries (most commonly in four west African countries) that Britain colonized. It was used by local traders to communicate with foreign traders in old time (during Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th and 18th Centuries) to ease trade dialogues. Even from our local thread, we can see its similarity with English. So, Pidgin was also an adopted language which was formed from English in a way it can be more understandable by local people that were uneducated in a way they can be able to communicate with foreign traders at the time.

When it comes to language on the thread I'll still favor our local dialect to English but the community have the final say. If all we want to do is communicate with English then there isn't any need to be asking for a local board but this is just my personal opinion and I'll always voice it as such. Nigeria is a country filled with multiple languages and the used of those languages should be encouraged instead of just English. If our demand for a local board get approval it'll be very encouraging to see different native dialect get their dedicated thread for members interested to join conversation there.

English is an adopted language, although it's a necessity for communication this days that doesn't mean you should throw away your own language. You can't see other countries with their own native language doing that. Pidgin is also vastly been accepted as a universal language to English in the country. Nevertheless the rules will be community driven, instead of putting some users over others.

My people I greet Una.
e done tey wey I show face for here no be really my fault na one or two things. I hope all of us dey alright. Blessings.

The last time I knew we sent Cyrus PM was when we wanted Nigeria local thread to be pinned, CryptopreneurBrainboss did that after/before (I have forgotten if it was after or before but I remember it was exactly during the time and CryptopreneurBrainboss initiated the move) I created the request for the thread to be pinned. I think it is not bad if CryptopreneurBrainboss can send him PM about our activeness on the local thread and the reason we need a local baord and what is required of Nigerians to be given local board.

I hope Cryptoprenuerbrainboss is no more one side about language barrier as you call him a leader, let me hope so. He should always carry us along on the local thread about what is going on.

You're right. Rikafip has been highly sensitive and concerned towards our plea to having a local board.

You missed the post igehhh referred to as outdated. It was the first one you quoted in your comment, and that's true. It's not about wrong spelling of usernames. It's the basic information it contained. That post was done in February 2021 by Lordhermes. Many things have changed with our members since then as many have even stepped up in ranks too.

All the data that has been provided are 100% correct and accurate. The only mistake might be done there is the spelling of username. Those users told me that they believe me to be a Nigerian because most of my post are Africa or Nigeria Concerned, Some of them are living in London, Abuja, Port Harcourt etc. If the users you are saying that are outdated, sir I am very much convinced and 100% sure that are very much active on the forum. And if you are referring to other information that I provided in the comment, I might not argue with you but I still believe that all the information that were provided  are new. Although, I quoted Lordhermes and Igehhh which I believe that the information of Lordhermes has been outdated because from his analysis some of the users are no more. That is why I combined your own and his own to have accurate data. And also most the Nigerian that are in the forum are still roaming around to see their colleagues from Nigeria. So creating a local Board will help them to easily identify themselves in the board. I appreciate the hard working Nigerians and Theymos for kind gesture.

The data you provided is outdated, and it appears that we have lost a few members; I drafted mine from the active members of the local thread, taking into account only those who have posted in the last 150 days.

Thank you for your observations

I continue to appreciate your concerns and contributions to this course. Though not a Nigerian, your sensitive to the fact and gives insights on paths we should walk to archive this and for that I am grateful. Its some useful stats you've put out there and trust me, all that is provided to aid this course would be put to good use and I also wish to beacon on other forum users, non Nigerians that sees some legitimacy to our course to not be idle on the matter. To solicit along side us, in the shadows and public alike in the search for a Locale for Nigerans.

Long have we been operating like scavengers and its our wish and plea that we don't be judged based on the failures of other local boards that have followed same path to its accreditation and yet failed. Instead, we should be looked upon from a different angle and perspective that breaths hope for cryptocurrency.

We didn't want to start sending messages from different accounts on a specific demand, so to be on the safe side, we appointed the leader of the group CryptopreneurBrainboss to talk to Cyrus in Pm instead of going individually. We don't want it to appear as if it's our right, we are only demanding.

Have you ever (by "you" I mean members of Nigerian community) tried contacting Cyrus regarding your request as he is moderating Other Languages section to get any sort of feedback what would be the requirement for getting the local board. He helped us when we asked for more child boards in our local, so maybe you can get some answers from him.

By the way, I released the new brief monthly overview of the local boards activity and you are 11th most active community, ahead of many others that have their own local board so hopefully you can use those numbers as another argument.

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