2015-05-24, 20:18 | Link #1 |
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Split of Manga & Light Novel Section and Policy Changes
Hi everyone,
As you know, the popularity of Light and Web Novel discussion on this site has continued to increase over the last few years, and this has caused our Manga & Light Novel section to feel sort of cramped. So, as we hinted a few times in the past, we are going to be splitting the forum into different sections. We will now have three sections:
1. A fan translation project link will be allowed in the opening post, as long as the work is not licensed. 2. Project links can only go in the opening post now, and not in replies. 3. Translations can't be posted in the threads themselves. 4. Old threads will be locked as part of the move. 5. Active threads will be moved into the most appropriate section. 6. You can help us by tagging threads that need moving, and making project link requests, if needed. Now the full explanation... ---- About the distinction between Light Novels and Web Novels We are making this distinction due to a key difference in the impact of our forum rules about licensing and raws. For our purposes, we will say that: Light Novels are books published and made available for sale (i.e. "commercial works"), and Web Novels are published by the author and made available for free on the Internet (i.e. "non-commercial works"). So, according to this categorization, you will be allowed to link to the original/official project page for a Web Novel as long as it has not been licensed for publication in the native language or in English, but will not be allowed to link to the raws for a Light Novel. In other words, if a Web Novel becomes a Light Novel, you can no longer link to the Web Novel. About links to project pages and fan translations This topic came up a little while ago, and we want to thank everyone for their feedback. After considering all the opinions expressed and also those of the staff and site management, we decided on the following policy:
This approach will allow the links to be visible in the most prominent location in the thread, which should hopefully reduce the amount of requests/"spam" for links. And also, in the event that the licensing status changes, this will streamline the process of removing the links in alignment with our legal/ethical obligations that we enforce elsewhere on the site. About the transition to the new structure One of the big problems with making this change is the sheer volume of threads that need to be moved. Our plan is to handle the transition in this way:
How to tag threads that need to be moved! (Please help us!) After the initial batch of thread moves, some threads will not yet be in their new home. You can help us know how to move them by using the "Tagging" feature on the site.
Conclusion... Okay, I know that's a lot of stuff. Thanks for reading it all! We know that this change is going to be a little bit chaotic, and it might be a bit confusing for a while, but we hope that this will reduce the clutter and simplify the site's organization going forward. We'll also keep listening to your feedback to keep refining the system and make further changes going forward.
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2015-05-25, 21:43 | Link #2 |
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Thanks to everyone for all your tagging so far! All the threads tagged as of now have been moved.
In resolving the thread splits, we tried to choose which medium seemed to be the primary or lead for the franchise. In some cases, we may have inadvertently moved a thread to a section you feel is inappropriate (i.e. moved to Web Novel, but really the Light Novel is further ahead now, or vice-versa). If you feel that is the case, feel free to re-tag and we'll take another look at it. Otherwise, feel free to create new threads for the other medium/media in the respective sections. We won't generally be going through post by post and splitting things out due to the complexity of intermingled conversations, but feel free to start up the other threads and rekindle the discussion. You may also request of the original thread creator, or via the stick threads in each section, that cross-thread links be added. i.e. Link from WN to LN and Manga thread. Just let us know what is needed and we'll do our best to get to all requests as soon as we're able. Thanks again for your help in making this transition a success.
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