for me its:

Reading list: things that im reading week by week or things that i have read that arent scanlated yet......basically its anything i've started reading...usually i will i have read everything that has come out for it but there are a couple on there i stopped reading
Complete List: anything that i've finished to the end meaning it was completely scanlated as well
Wish List: things that look interesting that i might pick up

I read only completed mangas!

reading list: not completely scanlated but completed in Japan, looks good, never saw it or just few pages.

wish list: ongoing series, looking good... never read it too

i do not use unfinished and onhold lists

many custom lists:
downloaded: you can guess

hiatus: series that are on hiatus and look interesting

no: not gonna read ever

novels: novels (I don't read novels yet)

potencial 1-2 vol: short mangas that looks good and are completed in J. I like long series better.

waiting for sequel: completely scanlated series that have not completed sequels.

wanna: wanted mangas, completely scanlated with more than 10 volumes

wanna pod 10: wanted, completely scanlated with less than 10 volumes.

and now you are gonna think I'm strange:
oneshots: all completed oneshots (not necessary scanlated), not on other of my lists, (never saw them)
1-2: all 1-2 volumes mangas -//-
3-5
6-10
11-20
21-30
30+
it's handy, it took me ages. And I didn't include hentai and doujinshis

and than I have some lists with mangakas whose works i don't want to read and they have quit many mangas... ex: hwang mi ri ...

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Wishlist: A series I'll pick up sooner or later
-Completely Scanned: I can read the a whole new series anytime.
On Hold: A series I started but forgot to be up to date with it.
Unfinished: Series I just can't bear to continue.
-Anime: I watched the anime, no need to read the manga
Complete: Self-explanatory
-Oneshots: Also self-explanatory

Reading lists come in separate parts.
-Light read: 4Komas, Shonen, Shoujo w/ no romance, nothing serious
-Mature: 18+, Thought provoking, Excessive
-Explcit: Series that are sooooo wrong, but so right.
-Romance: Usually the typical shoujo romance.
-Yuri: Self-explanatory
-Lost cause: I'm just reading it to finish it.

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Reading list: Series that I want to read, will read, am reading.
Wish list: Series that I want to read but aren't scanlated, I wish it was scanlated, though.
On Hold: Too many chapters out, will most likely be the the last mangas I read after my reading list.
Unfinished: Got discontinued, I forgot about it and when I remembered, I didn't feel like reading it anymore, will never read ever again.

I don't use these lists anymore, though. I cleaned them all out and made customized lists.

Reading list: Currently reading and awaiting new scanlated chapters. Even those that haven't had a new scanlation in a long time, they sit here.

Wish list: Those that looked interesting from the summary but I have no time to or don't want to pick it up yet. So they are here to remind me what I might want to read in the future.

Complete list: I have read the entire series to it's end!

Unfinished list: I started reading it but I still didn't like it after a few chapters or volumes so I drop it here to never look at again.

On Hold list: Those that I started to read but decided I will wait later to continue reading them.

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"ありがとう...だ いすき...DAISY" ♥

Reading Lists: Series where I have read some chapters of and am still interested in reading.
On Hold Lists: Series where I have read some of it and might pick up again.
Complete Lists: What I have finished.
Wish Lists: Series I am slightly interested in but have not read. (I have 7 so far.)
Unfinished List: What I read some of probably won't finish... ever.

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"Officially, this machine doesn't exist, you didn't get it from me,
and I don't know you. Make sure it doesn't leave the building."

Reading list : currently read series and my main reading priority
On hold : i haven't read it for a long time...
Complete : series i have finished
Wish List : series that i want to read next.. i have so many title in wish list, coz when i saw any interesting manga i put in there.. so i can read them any other time.
Unfinished : Dropped!

and i created another list to classified my manga... i tend to classified any manga in certain list by my priority to read them.

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Reading List : Titles I'm currently reading. x3
Wish List : Unscanlated titles / Scanlated titles I'm going to read~ Or title seems interesting that I may or may not read, but just in case. *wish lists*
Complete List : Titles I've finished! Yay!
On Hold List : Titles I've lost interest in, but might (though unlikely) pick up again. Most likely I dropped it.

Reading List: Currently reading/waiting for further updates on.
Wish List: Stuff I'm interested in reading that hasn't been scanlated at all yet.
Complete List: Anything I've finished reading.
On Hold: Stuff that has available content which I haven't read yet and which I am not actively reading.
Unfinished: Dropped it. Not going to read it.

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"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

Reading : Currently reading. (Which I'm totally behind on several series.)
Wish : Series I'll keep in mind for later. (I haven't looked there in a while because it's overloaded -- I just notice it if it's in the latest releases.)
Complete : Series I've finished reading.
On Hold : Loss of interest / May or may not continue it the future.

Reading List: Series I'm currently reading.
Wish List: Series that I'm planning to read scanlated or not.
Complete List: Series from my wish list that have been completely scanlated.
Archived(Custom): Series I've finished.

Reading list: some currently reading (others are on hold but to many to move -_-)
on hold : mangas i dont plan on continue for a whiiiiileeeee or still wondering if i actually will...
wish list: the mangas i want to read in the future(im surprised u said is ur list for those mangas u wish to be scanlated ) but it makes sense xD
unfinished : mangas i hated lol so i wont continue reading.
Complete list: mangas i finished reading mostly shojo, romance, blah.
BL complete: all shounen ai/yaoi manga ive finished reading.
DJs: all the djs ive read.

someday ill make more so they can be more "specific"

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"It's so warm that, Before the snow has a chance to stick, He melts it for me."

Reading: Anything I'm reading or intend to read.

Wish List: Stuff that looks interesting, but I want to wait until more of it is available, for example, a two-volume work that only has a few chapters scanlated.

Complete List: What I'm up-to-date on reading, even if it's ongoing.

On Hold: Long series that I was reading for a while but took a break from, and intend to go back to.

Unfinished: What I've decided not to finish reading.

Custom lists

Rejected: I mark stuff "rejected" that sounds unappealing and I don't want to read, but keep seeing it turning up in searches and on recommended lists, so I don't have to keep looking at it.

Wanted: Stuff I want to download but haven't yet, which I'll then move to Reading.

It's interesting to me that everyone has different ideas about how to use the same lists, particularly the Wish List. I've gotten some ideas. I think I'm going to be making lists for Doujinshi (because I read a lot of doujinshi and it kind of clogs up the regular lists) and Check If There's More for stuff that has been a long time between releases.

I also keep more detailed lists in a personal wiki, which is probably not necessary but it keeps me out of trouble.

Reading: Series I'm currently reading and awaiting new releases for.
Wish: Manga I wish to be revived and scanlated again.
Complete: Completely read. I put completed oneshots and one volumes in separate lists.
Unfinished: Lost interest and dropped.
On hold: Licensed series that are not scanlated that I plan to check out.

Custom lists:
read later: Completely scanlated series I plan to read.
read later...: Ongoing series with several releases I plan to read.
read later(oneshots): Oneshots I plan to read.
wish 2: Series I hope to be scanlated. I just love when something on here appears on the release page.=)
new series: New series (as in recently started serialization in country of origin) that I plan to read once several chapters are scanlated.
I also have more lower priority lists. I think I have too many.

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One thing I noticed..
If something manages to get into my On Hold List Im probably not going to read it so it will defineately fall into the unfinished list.. Those are both lists that I never open... Graveyards lol

The On Hold: dropped by scanlator, cant find the chapters anywhere etc
The list is STRANGE since it doesnt say if there are more updates.. If i put a manga in this list because it got dropped by the scanlators, I might never notice that someone else picked it up..

Unfinished: everything I dont want to read

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