Is it okay to upload Web Novel or Novel in here??

[CoolOtamegane]

A new case in mangadex, someone was uploaded Web Novel with concealment theme. Some people against this and some aren't.
I dont know this is permitted or not, but there is no rules written in there. But i'm afraid this will cause a huge uproar if we dont discussed with elders here
What about your opinion sir??
(I am Neutral here)

Edit : Link to Scene https://mangadex.org/manga/25463/the-latest-game-is-too-amazing-web-novel/

 

[FluffyMittens]

My opinion on the matter can be seen in the comments section linked above, but I'm going to copy+paste it here for the sake of posterity.

I'm not really sure that this is a good idea, as in my opinion it will set a bad precedent to be hosting a novel after the translator removed it at the authors wishes.

Furthermore, it also sets a bad precedent to be hosting novels in general, because if you mirror this novel, why not start mirroring other novels? Eventually you move on to mirroring ongoing series which is a huge malus as far as the novel scene is concerned, as it ends up drawing 90% of traffic away from their own sites to an unaffiliated site. Then mangadex ends up becoming a pariah in that community.

I do see the value in preserving translations, but there was talk over on Novel Updates about a system being developed on their end for handling mirroring of translations that are no longer available due to blog deletion and the like. Therefore I feel that having mangadex also do it is in a way redundant, and while redundancy is a good thing, in this case its outside the scope of the mangadex project.

Basically, what I'm saying is "Don't let mangadex become the mangafox for novels".

As an aside, I didn't know that mangadex had a dark theme until today, so thanks for that.

On the subject of the proposed NU system, the thread about that can be found here.