MangaGhost wants to know if you believe in aliens!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Why did you first visit MangaUpdates?
Choices:
To recruit for my scanlation group - votes: 27 (0.5%)
To create my own series list - votes: 513 (10.3%)
To find where to read or download manga - votes: 982 (19.7%)
To find a new series to read - votes: 1130 (22.6%)
To talk to others who like manga - votes: 9 (0.2%)
I was looking for info on a specific series or author - votes: 2122 (42.5%)
Other - votes: 210 (4.2%)
There were 4993 total votes.
The poll ended: July 7th 2018

Just a reminder that most of the series info has been user submitted. So it's up to you to help us maintain our database!

This week's poll was suggested by crossyuuki. Oddly enough, I don't think we've ever asked this question before. We've never really done a survey on who our users are and why they stay

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you believe in ghosts and/or supernatural things in general?
Choices:
Does/Do God/gods count? - votes: 560 (11.1%)
I don't and will never believe - votes: 840 (16.7%)
I believe they exist but haven't seen them - votes: 1374 (27.3%)
I don't believe, but could change my mind if I see something - votes: 1856 (36.9%)
I've seen them - votes: 395 (7.9%)
There were 5025 total votes.
The poll ended: June 30th 2018

Seeing is believing, eh?

This week's poll was suggested by VawX. The original intent of the question was specifically about ghosts and spirits in the sense of a horror movie, or maybe a poltergeist that likes to mess with people. The choice about God is more of twist of turning the question religious. Not the original intent, but I felt it needed to be there to make the choices more complete

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Least important quality of a scanlation
Choices:
Fonts - votes: 792 (17%)
Color (or grayscale) balance - votes: 279 (6%)
Image resolution - votes: 104 (2.2%)
Readability of the English - votes: 142 (3%)
Regularity of releases - votes: 225 (4.8%)
"Clean" images (lack of artifacts) - votes: 213 (4.6%)
Redrawing of the images - votes: 548 (11.7%)
Accurate translation of the original language - votes: 197 (4.2%)
Speed of release between raw and scanlation - votes: 766 (16.4%)
Volume vs. magazine raws - votes: 1404 (30.1%)
There were 4670 total votes.
The poll ended: June 22nd 2018

I'm surprised that the source of the raw is the least important for a lot of people. It actually influences a bunch of other stuff...

achyif suggested that we repeat a poll from a few weeks ago but change the question to the opposite. What's the least import feature of a scanlation?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Got a waifu / husbando?
Choices:
Already have a IRL spouse, but a side waifu / husbando is good too - votes: 234 (5%)
I refuse to participate in having a relationship of any kind - votes: 742 (15.9%)
I have several. Polygamous is fine - votes: 629 (13.5%)
I only seek to pursue IRL relationships - votes: 1250 (26.7%)
Already have one - votes: 632 (13.5%)
Have yet to find one - votes: 1189 (25.4%)
There were 4676 total votes.
The poll ended: June 16th 2018

Someone graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Nico Yazawa pillow in hand

This week's poll from Transdude1996 is a bit strange... The different options reflect fictional characters versus your real life. It does help to do a quick Google of what waifu / husbando really mean.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which interrobang?
Choices:
!? - votes: 2435 (42.6%)
?! - votes: 3280 (57.4%)
There were 5715 total votes.
The poll ended: June 9th 2018

When I was a scanlator many years ago, I exclusively used !?

Our member GodricKharg brought up the question of interrobangs, so here's a poll about them (not the question he asked, but it's related). In case you're curious, here's the Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Many magazine scans have extraneous pieces of text over the actual manga content. What should the translator do?
Choices:
Leave it untranslated. It's not important. - votes: 2424 (56.5%)
Translate everything on the page. Every. Single. Thing. - votes: 1864 (43.5%)
There were 4288 total votes.
The poll ended: June 2nd 2018

If it's not related to the manga you're reading, why bother translating it?

This week has another poll suggested by 8-3. You know how in magazine scans there's usually text on the side that announces news items, new series, or just plain advertisements? Do you think those should be translated?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: A trademarked name is used in the text, but the author blanked it out or altered it. What should the translator do?
Choices:
Change it to a generic (i.e., chocolate snack) - votes: 242 (5.3%)
Change it to the actual name (i.e., Pocky) - votes: 712 (15.5%)
Leave it as the author wrote it (i.e., Poc*y) - votes: 3640 (79.2%)
There were 4594 total votes.
The poll ended: May 26th 2018

Pretty overwhelming results

This slightly odd poll was suggested by 8-3. You know how real life brands are used in stories because it adds realism (or advertising dollars)? Sometimes the author alters the name so that they won't get sued for using it. In those instances, what should the translator do about it?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion about manipulation techniques in manga (mind control, hypnosis, memory manipulation, puppetry, possession, drugs, etc)
Choices:
Come on, fight it! Don't let them control you!!! - votes: 745 (18.4%)
Love reading about it - votes: 638 (15.8%)
Mwahaha just one word and s/he'll betray them all - votes: 249 (6.2%)
Stupid and/or not realistic - votes: 460 (11.4%)
Just another tool in the toolbox - votes: 1577 (39%)
Very disturbing - votes: 376 (9.3%)
There were 4045 total votes.
The poll ended: May 19th 2018

Seems like most people are fine with having it as content in a series

This fun little poll was suggested by jacob66. Do you enjoy reading about manipulation? Or does it make you queasy?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Most important quality of a scanlation
Choices:
Volume vs. magazine raws - votes: 98 (2.2%)
Regularity of releases - votes: 964 (21.3%)
Speed of release between raw and scanlation - votes: 321 (7.1%)
Accurate translation of the original language - votes: 1540 (34.1%)
Readability of the English - votes: 1070 (23.7%)
Redrawing of the images - votes: 37 (0.8%)
"Clean" images (lack of artifacts) - votes: 207 (4.6%)
Fonts - votes: 35 (0.8%)
Color (or grayscale) balance - votes: 23 (0.5%)
Image resolution - votes: 227 (5%)
There were 4522 total votes.
The poll ended: May 12th 2018

Even though accurate translation got the most votes, it's also the least likely quality that the average person would be able to evaluate

PS: Happy Mother's Day

This week's poll was suggested by fruggle. Of the list of scanlation variables, which do you feel is the most important?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on ecchi
Choices:
Hate it with a passion - votes: 403 (6.1%)
Actively avoid it - votes: 1064 (16.1%)
Mostly ignore it - votes: 1407 (21.3%)
Love it! Only thing I read! - votes: 440 (6.7%)
I enjoy it, but it's not the best thing ever - votes: 2502 (37.9%)
No opinion really - votes: 777 (11.8%)
There were 6593 total votes.
The poll ended: May 5th 2018

Mixed bag. Necessary evil, perhaps?