How save is the future of this website and what would need to be changed to make it last ?

Last edited by residentgrigo at 2:52 pm, Jan 14 2015

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There is one other publicly editable manga database and that is the Mugimugi Doujinshi Database. While it has doujinshi in its URL, this database name is actually "The Doujinshi & Manga Lexicon". It accepts not just doujinshi, but also manga tankoubons and manga anthologies.

The Doujinshi & Manga Lexicon:
http://www.doujinshi.org/

example anthology:
http://www.doujinshi.org/book/2267/Manga-Zettai-Manzoku-1997- 09/

As discussed elsewhere, this site doesn't provide data dumps of its database. It is the lone major survivor out of the many other manga listing sites some of which ranged back into the early 1990's. The site runs mostly on autopilot due to scripts that collect data from various scanlator locations. For a very much abridged and sanitized history of scanlation, see:

http://archive.moe/a/thread/116246644/#116246981
http://www.insidescanlation.com

Below is not my post, but I am rewording part of what is from the above two URLs.

Through the 1990's and up to 2002, there were several competing manga release information sites like Noated, PRISMS, Anime Web Turnpike, etc. After 2002, there was Manga Jouhou and DailyManga.

http://noated.net/
http://www.anipike.com/
http://www.dailymanga.org/

Manga Jouhou (or manganews.net) has been hacked since 2012 and has not managed to come back which is really bad since Manga Jouhou had a bunch of release information listed from times before the birth of MangaUpdates. Since these long dead scanlation groups don't have a forum, website, or IRC channel, it's all lost information now.

http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/
This is a Usenet Manga Guide which has been tracking manga release info since 1992 but went dead back in 2004.

Where in the world do you get the idea that Mugimugi Doujinshi accept manga tankobons? They only accept doujinshi or doujinshi anthologies. That is completely different from MU here where they accept actual published manga tankobons.

You must be kidding me. Covers are everywhere! Databases, reviews, wikis, shops... This is just idiotic. They might as well take down the internet!

Hopefully this gets solved. Who doesn't judge a book by the cover?

Mangaupdates should look for a hosting provider in a civilized country, remaining in the Wildling territory known as the US is getting too costly now.

Man...that's Sick...

First 'The two companies', who sent those notice, really did things that doesn't make any sense...

Second, The Host, who disabled the ip without a notice don't know what "Customer Satisfaction" means, they're totally unsafe, they may even leak precious data given the situation without prior warning...

They're Not A Bit Trustworthy...Hope We'll Be Able To Se MangaUpdates With A Good Host Soon Enough^^

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Keep fighting the good fight MU ! I only bumpet btw. because some are unaware of the behind the scenes drama.

Last edited by residentgrigo at 2:54 pm, Jan 14 2015

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