How do I add a release, a group, an author...etc?

To add information to this site, you need to register first. Click here to register an account. After registering, visit the User CP by clicking "User CP" on the site menu to the right or by clicking here. Here, you will see the "My Control Panel" box. By reading and clicking the buttons you want, you can add releases, groups, series, and other things.

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How can I help out?

You can help by registering and adding releases to our database (old and new), adding series info where it's missing, adding series, adding authors, adding publishers or correcting the existing information for any of the above.

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I noticed that information for a release, group, series, author, publisher, etc is wrong. How do I fix that?

First, you must be registered and logged in. Try to edit the value by clicking on the "[Edit]" buttons that appear throughout the site. Here, it will ask you to upgrade your account if you have not done so yet. This is FREE. All this does is help us keep people who have no actual intention of editing the database out of our system. Just put the name of the series you want to update and submit the form. After an admin approves your request, you'll be upgraded, and you can edit all the series/etc that you like! Thanks for helping out the community!

For things that do not have an "[Edit]" button, you may fill out the Change Request form which you can find in your User CP or by clicking here.

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How do I get more editing privileges?

By joining the site, you automatically have the ability right away to:

• Add Releases
• Add Scanlation Groups

If you want to add series, publishers, or mangaka (or edit their information), you will need to upgrade your account. Upgrading is free and only requires that you specify the series, publisher, or mangaka that you want to update. Click on any "[Edit]" link you see all over the series, publishers, or mangaka pages to see the request form.

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How do I add a scanlation group?

First, be sure you have at least this information:

• Group Name
• At least one of the following: Website, IRC Channel, or Forum URL

If you qualify the above, go to the User CP and click "Add Group", or go there by clicking here. Fill out what information you have and leave the other fields blank. It will take some time for us to verify that your group exists, so please be patient!

Please note that we currently only accept English scanlation groups

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How do I update the information of my scanlation group?

There are no "[Edit]" buttons for the group info pages, so you must fill out a Change Request form which you can find in your User CP or by clicking here. Just tell us the name of the group and changes you would like to make for that group.

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How come there is no group info for <name of scanlation group>?

In most cases, this is a mistake, and we'd like you to tell us about it. In some special cases, though, we allow a group to not contain any group information. In these cases, you're on your own... There are plenty of resources out there if you look.

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I have some manga-related news that I wish to share. How can I?

You may do so by clicking here. You may leave the author and website fields blank if you wish, but please specify a topic.

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What kind of news is appropriate for the site?

As we are a series information and scanlation information site, we appreciate any information related to noteworthy events in the scanlation community (major groups disbanding, stolen translations, cease and desists), as well as licensing information and industry news. Basically, if what you're posting has wide reaching implications, past just a certain group or a certain manga series (depending on how popular it is), we would like to know about it!

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How come my release wasn't approved?

There are a few possible reasons:

You didn't specify a group and instead placed a "?"
We only allow this for special circumstances, usually when the manga is unlicensed and you specify a download link. We reserve the right to reject these releases, however, for any reason.

The release was fake
We dislike them as much as everyone else. Curse April Fools!

The release contained stolen translations
We do not like it when you take someone's work and claim it as your own, and we're pretty sure you wouldn't like it either.

The specified group does not exist in our database
We only allow releases to be posted (in most circumstances) by groups that exist in our database. You must add your group at the same time you add your new release, or before, so that we can verify that you actually exist.

The specified group has no forum, website, or IRC channel
This is usually the case with releases for licensed series. Because we do not allow download links for releases of licensed series, we require that groups scanlating licensed series have some kind of information in our database besides just a group name.

The release was not in English
We currently only accept scanlations that are translated into English.

The "release" is a scanned volume from an English publisher
We are not allowing scanned volumes of English manga. These are not scanlations.

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How come my series submission was not approved?

There are several possible situations:

The series was already in our database
Please check that the series you're trying to add isn't already there (but perhaps under a different name or spelled a little differently).

The series is not scanlated yet
This applies only to oneshots, doujinshi, novels, and other alternate media. Read this for more details:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/faq.html?cid=7#item49

The series is fan-made
We do not allow webcomics that are made by fans to be submitted as series on this site.

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