So, a bit of a meta update from me after the mangadex dust is settling a bit. I plan on making a full post about this in the near future when I get a chance, but wanted to give a tl;dr version now to give people an opportunity to provide some feedback.
Pertaining to acceptable sources to post to this community. Previously aggregator sites were not really allowed because of how they also host scans of official releases. However, in a post-mangadex world, I don't think this rule is really enforcable any longer while still allowing discussion of most of the series that get posted here. So, here are the guidelines to follow going forward:
- Posts can be chapters hosted on aggregator sites, but...
- Posts must be fan translations. Scans of official releases are not allowed.
- Posting a link to the scanlation group's site directly is preferred. However...
- The content must be accessible and not behind a paywall or login wall of any kind.
Basically, don't post scans of official releases or stuff that is behind a paywall.
Like I said above, I welcome feedback on this before making these rules more final and adding them to the sidebar.