I am bit confused with upload restriction

[cooltapwater]

So lets say a group has no upload restriction, does that mean anyone can upload using the group's name to upload or only the members?
https://ibb.co/bvmKLY3

 

[blackyawgdom]

if a group has no restrictions, you can upload THEIR material to that group. You cant upload a thing that you made by using Group X's name.

 

[Kamikoto]

Huh, the post above is slighty confusing me. But anyway, that's exactly what upload restriction is. No upload restriction means anyone is allowed to use the group's name as a source when uploading a chapter.

 

[blackyawgdom]

@Kamikoto No. Thats NOT what it means. It means that ANYBODY who has a copy of XXX chapter, that was released by YYYY group can upload that CHAPTER and mark it as that groups release.

 

[Kamikoto]

...Have you ever uploaded a chapter?

 

[Yatsuki]

@blackyawgdom
Technically:
No upload restriction = anyone, yes, ANYONE can upload whatever releases they want under this group's name. Spammers/Scammers always make use of this to upload fake chapters.

What you said is more like "courtesy", as in people shouldn't abuse the non-restriction and upload random things under a random group. If a group is inactive/disbanded, for example, then you can actually upload their releases under the group's name. Forgot to add, if a group is active, but do not allow their releases on MD, then even if you have chapters by that group, you still can't upload them here.

 

[BestBoy]

@Yatsuki 3.3 covers group uploading. Basically, upload to "Unknown" if you don't know which group is responsible, "no group" if they don't want to make a group, or create a new group if they aren't already in the database. I'd report anything else because it was uploaded incorrectly.