I'd like a new field/section to be added to the series' page. The field would be called "scanlating status" (or something similar). And I don't really mean separate groups to write there whether they dropped the series or not - you can figure it yourself by going to their website.
The field would be used to 'claim' the series/say that you're interested in working on it (or plan to work on it). The thing is.. there were several series I started working on, because they seemed dropped/not taken, but unfortunately there were other groups to pick it at the same time, so not having enough people or free time to fight with them I usually chose to drop the series. It's not such a big deal when it comes to free webraws, but the problems starts if you order the volumes to scan - it's just wasting money. This is why I think "scanlating status" section would be nice.
It could also work as a kind of a recruitment section.

It would look for example like this:
[img]http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm252/Gradonil_Ral/MU/MU-new-field-idea-updated.png[/img]
Editing would be possible for people who added the "ad", moderators and (would require upgrading teams) people who are part the group.

Oh, there should be also a date when the ad was made (for example if there's no release after 14 days of declaring that a team is working on the series, anyone can ask moderator to remove the ad/declaration).
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updated the pic - added the date and changed "claims" to "is already working on".

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I think this is a good idea, but does this mean that every manga will have it's own scanlating group specifically dedicated to it?

And I don't think many groups would like the "claiming". Doesn't that mean that only one group can work on it at a time? It may work for some lesser known or unscanlated manga, but the larger ones (for example One Piece) usually have at least five groups scanlating them at once (I don't know about the accuracy of this information, since the list of scanlators on the page has over 50 groups on it)

Lalala~

No, this is only for informational purpose. For example you find a nice series that hasn't been scanlated yet, see that there's a group or people who wanna work on it too, and you either contact them to help them out or just look for something else (if you want).
It's not to prohibit more than one group to work on a series but only to inform them that someone is already working on it/wants to work on it/is looking for help with the series.

The recruiting part should be also more effective than recruiting forum, because you see the ads on the manga page - you don't have to go through the hundreds of threads to check whether some team is looking for help with a series you might wanna work on.

This is especially for series that has no scanlations (or hasn't been scanlated in a really long time).

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
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This won't fly here.
Thing is, MU has a strict policy against claiming titles.

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But it's not actual "claiming" - it's just "leaving info" that you wanna work on it/will be releasing soon.

It wouldn't prohibit other groups from taking up the projects, just help you to make sure you won't waste time working on something that only seems free to take. If you wanna compete with different groups, go ahead!, this is only for those that don't want to do that.

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
[img]http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm252/Gradonil_Ral/Bulsajo/sig2small.png[/img]

I like the idea, and yes, MU doesn't partake in allowing info of groups that claim other projects. Nonetheless, I'd think such a feature would be handy? At least it would be a nice indicator that you can choose to heed or not.

Let's refrain from using any words that imply "claiming". Instead change it to stuff like "scanlation group x is interested in scanlating this manga". That would do it, no?

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I planned using "is interested" when group doesn't have full staff or lack raws for the series, and "claim" when they have full staff and raws for it.

But we can use:
Group "A" is interested in scanlating this series. (in the first case)
and
Group "B" is already working on this series. (in the 2nd case)

This shouldn't make any problems, right?

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Updated the thread.

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
[img]http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm252/Gradonil_Ral/Bulsajo/sig2small.png[/img]

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Group "A" is interested in scanlating this series. (in the first case)
and
Group "B" is already working on this series. (in the 2nd case)

That sounds much better than "claiming."
Though there's not much need for the "first case," imo.
That would do nothing but discourage people from picking it up...

And yeah, I like this idea, and I support it ^^ Needs a lot more brainstorming, though.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/B400485.jpg[/img]

And what in case there's a group with a few translators that are "free" or could work on some more projects, but they don't have enough cleaners to pick something up? And there's for example 2nd group with cleaners, but not enough translators?
This is exactly the first case - it can help recruit people for this project/find a group to make a joint with.

And if there's a group with enough staff to work on it by themselves, then they just ignore the ad and start releasing. What is there to be afraid of?

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
[img]http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm252/Gradonil_Ral/Bulsajo/sig2small.png[/img]

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And what in case there's a group with a few translators that are "free" or could work on some more projects, but they don't have enough cleaners to pick something up? And there's for example 2nd group with cleaners, but not enough translators?
This is exactly the first case - it can help recruit people for this project/find a group to make a joint with.

And if there's a group with enough staff to work on it by themselves, then they just ignore the ad and start releasing. What is there to be afraid of?

Then the first case should only be for individual users...? Anyway, I think it would get confusing.
i.e. Group A has cleaners, editors, but no translator.
The scans get cleaned, edit, but their status is "we're interested in this project," whereas Group B starts working on the project, because they have what they need. So...maybe it needs to be more specific? A more definite word for "interested." Or maybe it just needs to be worded differently \o//

[img]http://i.imgur.com/B400485.jpg[/img]

See this thread. It's been discussed before.

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Then the first case should only be for individual users...? Anyway, I think it would get confusing.
i.e. Group A has cleaners, editors, but no translator.
The scans get cleaned, edit, but their status is "we're interested in this project," whereas Group B starts working on the project, because they have what they need. So...maybe it needs to be more specific? A more definite word for "interested." Or maybe it just needs to be worded differently \o//

IDK about other people, but I don't start working on a project unless I found people to cover each stage of scanlating - why would I sit a few hours cleaning a manga when I don't have the translations or a translator, who's willing to work on it?

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See this thread. It's been discussed before.

1,5year ago, huh? OK, gonna read it tomorrow - if it covers I'll ask a moderator to merge the threads.

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
[img]http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm252/Gradonil_Ral/Bulsajo/sig2small.png[/img]

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IDK about other people, but I don't start working on a project unless I found people to cover each stage of scanlating - why would I sit a few hours cleaning a manga when I don't have the translations or a translator, who's willing to work on it?

You'd be surprised o.o; That was just an example.
It's no different than a group that has a translator, cleaner, but no editor.

I'm interested in this idea because it would help notify people if something is already being worked on, thus preventing people from wasting their money, time, and patience. But when I think about it...there are a lot of scanlated manga that have yet to be updated (I know a lot of hentai is, anyway) so how many people would use the feature, anyway? The only people that would know if it was being worked on would be the scanlators themselves.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/B400485.jpg[/img]