Forum Rules Forum Rules

[Darling]

Please follow the forum rules while you're at the Novel Updates Forum.

Forum Rules

1. General Forum Rules
2. Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Forum Rules
3. Community Game Rules
4. Community Fiction Rules
5. General Chat Rules
6. "I'm Looking For..." Rules
7. Latest Chapter or Episode Discussion Rules
8. Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Discussion Rules
9. Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) General Rules
10. Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Pickup Request Rules
11. Spoiler Forum Rules

Violation of Forum Rules
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Violators of the forum rules will be given warning points (WP) and possibly have their post deleted. There are no "verbal warnings." Warnings points will serve as their name suggests, as a warning. Warning points can accumulate into a ban.

The user can't view warning points, but a notification will be given every time the user receives warning points. The duration of bans varies, depending on warning points accumulated.

Sometimes a ban could be issued without notification (usually for serious offenses), in this case, a warning points notification serves as a banning notification.

Serious offenses:

• using information on OKF to dig out personal information (privacy infringement, "doxing")
• posting suicidal*, terrorism, and or anything related to criminal activity.
• constantly targeting and insulting a user
• threatening the mods or a user, in a way that tries to intimidate or ends up scaring the receiver

User who disagree with locking/deleting thread are welcome to PM the moderator who performed the action.

Reporting Violation of Rules​

There are report buttons for posts and comments. If you happen to encounter a violation of rules, report them instead of directly replying to the thread/status as it would often lead to off-topic discussion. For the same reason, summoning a mod to lock/delete/edit is not recommended either. Simply report or ignore the post content.

*In the case you are feeling depressed or down, you are welcome to make a thread in general so another user can cheer you up.

Reporting​

• Please report all violators via the report button. Tagging a moderator to report a violator is not the correct way to report it.
• If you have complaints towards a mod, send them a PM. Don't post on their profile or make a thread about it. There is absolutely no need to make it a public affair.

Others​

• Ban evasion will result in your clone being banned and will increase the time on the original ban.
• Don't ask for or give links to pirated content.

 

[Darling]

General Forum Rules
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These are general rules for OK forum, applicable to every thread and post. There might be additional specific rules in the sub-forum.

The general rules for posting:​

1. No NSFW/racist/avatars/propaganda post. Be nice and polite. Respect others and think before posting.
2. Double posting is tolerated, but within moderation.
   - What is double posting? Double posting refers to posting in a thread twice or more in a row.
   - Is there a case when double posting is allowed? There are several cases when double posting is allowed, for example: In original creation and original composition threads. The first poster of a thread might also post two or more posts in to better organize their thread.
3. Respect other member's privacy.
4. Posts should be kept in English only, as managing multiple languages would require an extraneous amount of resources.
5. Do not request or share licensed anime, manga, novel, or drama in threads and/or status posts. Similarly, do not ask for or give links to aggregator sites.
6. Any spoiler should be placed inside the spoiler tag or within the spoiler thread.
7. Do not hijack/derail from topic from a thread with 'serious' or 'no-hijacking' tag. Even without the tag, you could still differentiate which thread is serious or not. Do not hijack any serious discussion, especially if the original poster already gives a warning to not go off topic. Yes, this applies even in the infamous general -> general section.
8. A post consisting of nothing but @ to summon a user is considered as SPAM. If you want to summon someone, please add your reason for summoning them too.
9. Do not necro threads if the thread has been dead for 3 months. Simply make a new one. An exception to this rule would be the thread cannot be remade for reasons or you have a good reason to necro the thread.
10. Threads and posts related to religion and politics are banned. The topic is too volatile.

Making a thread:​

1. The title of the thread should represent the content of the thread. Blank title ".....", misleading, or ambiguous title is not recommended. Similarly, the thread must at least contain an idea to discuss. A thread that is made for SPAM posting will be locked.
   
   How to know if the thread is made for SPAM posting? It generally follows several patterns:
   - No clear main idea/ general direction, with 2 or more changes in topic within 3 pages
   - User only post picture/ video/ link without any discussion/ comment
2. Thread with mature content (gore, explicit/detailed torture, or sexual description) should be tagged 18+
3. Post the thread in the correct place.
   
   • Otaku Updates: is for discussion related to the main site and forum.
   • Anime/Manga/Novels/Drama: for anime/manga/novel/drama and anime/manga/novel/drama translation.
     
     • General : anime/manga/novel/drama in general, not limited to one anime/manga/novel/drama.
     • Anime/Manga/Novel/Drama Discussion : To discuss a specific anime/manga/novel/drama.
     • Latest Episode/Chapter/Volume Discussion: discuss the latest episode/chapter/volume update here.
     • I'm Looking For...: search for an anime/manga/novel/drama or ask for a recommendation.
     • Anime/Manga/Novel/Drama Pickup Request: Have an anime/manga/novel/drama you want translated? Ask for it here.
     • Translator's Corner : Ask/offer help for anything translating related
   • Community Originals: for things that you created. A thread that doesn't contain any works and only discusses ideas belongs to the general section.
   • General: other discussion
4. Use a tag to make it easier for people to find your thread. Please put the main topic of your thread as a tag.
5. No political/religion thread

Other:​

1. Self-reporting will result in a warning.
2. Useless threads with no purpose will result in a warning.
3. Do not harass other users.
4. No NSFW profile or signature pictures (even if hidden under a spoiler).
5. No Videos and GIF's in your signature unless under a spoiler. Picture in signature should not be bigger than 200 px in height. Total height of your signature should not exceed 15 lines of 15px text.
6. Do not advocate piracy
7. Do not offer monetary (RL item/money) in any form.
8. Do not spam/cheat the likes system.
9. Do not use the platform to contact and coerce users.
10. Do not advertise your discord server on OKF.
11. No homework help threads
12. "For Sale" threads are not allowed.

 

[Darling]

Latest Chapter Or Episode Discussion Rules​

• Don't make a thread and not say anything about the series(anime, manga, novel, or drama). Example: Latest discussion, Here we will talk about the latest chapter or episode.
• Don't spam-no irrelevant or hijacking posts.
• Tag and title the thread properly.
• Only one thread for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama). Check to see if there is already a thread for the series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) before making a thread.
• Any and all spoilers must be hidden under
  Spoiler

  this
• If you have nothing nice to say in the opening post, don't make the thread. Do not make a thread for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) you do not like. It deters viewers or readers.
• Watch the anime/drama or Read the manga/novel you are making a thread on. You have to be watching the anime/drama or reading the manga/novel if you want to make a thread about it.

Guidelines:

• Give your opinion about the anime, manga, novel, or drama in the original post.
• Don't make a thread just to make one. Genuinely be interested in it.
• You can ask questions about the anime, manga, novel, or drama as long as it's about something that has been translated (no raw discussion/spoilers)

Some advice if you find it difficult to write a good Opening Post:

• It helps if you actually watch the anime/drama or read the manga/novel. In other words, watch the anime/drama or read the manga/novel.
• Talk about something you like about the anime, manga, novel, or drama, the latest episode/chapter, a little about the setting, give your opinion, etc

 

[Darling]

General Chat Rules​

While general is considered anything goes, there are some basic rules that need to be followed and here they are.

1. The title of the thread should represent the content of the thread. Blank title ".....", misleading, or ambiguous title is not recommended. Similarly, the thread must at least contain an idea to discuss. A thread that is made for SPAM posting will be locked.
   How to know if the thread is made for SPAM posting? It generally follows several patterns:
   - No clear main idea/ general direction, with 2 or more changes in topic within 3 pages
   - User only post picture/ video/ link without any discussion/ comment
2. No NSFW/racist/propaganda post
3. Do not hijack if the thread has a 'serious' or 'no-hijacking' tag.
4. If the thread is serious, put a 'serious' or 'no-hijacking' tag.
5. Avoid double posting.
6. Do not make a thread if you know it will be locked and/or are planning on it getting locked.
7. If your thread gets locked and you feel wronged, PM a mod. Do not start spamming a mod's profile or making a thread about it.
8. Threads created should encourage discussion

Please just follow these rules to minimize the mess. Your efforts are appreciated. If any mod feels like editing this or changing it, feel free.

Some Clarification. Just cause General Chat says "Talk about anything and everything." doesn't mean talk about anything and everything.

• Put some thought into it. Don't just make a thread to make one.
• If you could literally just google something, don't make a thread asking about it.
• Don't say "serious" if it's not serious
• Don't call it a discussion, if you are not discussing something and only made a thread for a quick laugh.
• Here's a tip: Use the bar test. Would you walk into a local bar or coffeehouse and talk about that topic? If not, then your topic is not welcome here. If you wouldn't say it in RL, don't post it here.
• Post with common sense

Important Sticked General Threads:

1. Hello Newbies! A Welcome Thread for You Reader! is for the new people to introduce themselves
2. Daily Laughs~ is for funny memes, pictures, etc
3. Username and Avatar is for talking about your avatar and username

There may be more in the future. Please...Do not make redundant threads. Use these threads for whatever their purpose is.

 

[Darling]

Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) General Rules​

This is a guideline for posting threads, since a lot of people are confused about which thread should go where.

What Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) General is for:

1. Talking about multiple Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama).
2. Talking about a genre.
3. Comparing Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama) written by different authors.
4. Asking for the status of a Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama) (dropped, hiatus, etc.).
5. Pretty much anything Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama)-related except for what is listed in the "Not For's".

What Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) General is not for:

1. For discussing 1 specific Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama): for example, the subforum for novel is: https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/forums/novel-discussion.15/
2. Asking for Recommendations or Title of Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama): for example, the subforum for that is : https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/forums/im-looking-for.18/
3. Asking for someone to pick-up a Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama): for example, the subforum for that is : https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/forums/novel-pickup-request.19/
4. Anything not related to Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama).

Spoilers

1. DO NOT put a spoiler in the title of the thread. Seriously, that defeats the whole purpose of making a spoiler thread. Take other people into consideration before you write something like "X got ntr'ed by Y, when does X get revenge."
2. By entering a spoiler thread, you are accepting the risk you may see spoilers you did not intend to find. So...don't click on a spoiler thread unless you're sure that you can handle unintentional spoilers.

Other Rules:

• No Spamming and/or Hijacking
  
  • Spamming is any irrelevant/unhelpful post
    
    • Irrelevant posts will be deleted and warning points will be given, in increasing amounts for each post deleted.
• Avoid Misleading Titles that could mislead new readers and make them not watch that anime/drama or read that manga/novel.
• If you're going to make a poll, make sure the choices aren't biased and are not random. Don't just make one to make one
• Tag these threads properly. Don't make up random tags.
• Be CIVIL. Do not disrespect each other, the mods, or the community.

Before making a thread, make sure to check for a similar thread to what you were about to make. If there is one, try asking/discussing there, instead of making a whole new thread. How do you search for threads? Use the search bar by clicking the search icon located at the top right corner of the page or this: https://otakuupdates.com/forum/search/?type=post

 

[Darling]

Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Discussion Rules​

What Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Discussion is for:

1. Talking about 1 specific Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama)
2. Comparing Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama) written by the same author.

What Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Discussion is not for:

1. Talking about a genre.
2. Comparing Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama) written by different authors.
3. Talking about a Translator(s)/Group
4. Asking for the status of a Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama) (dropped, hiatus, etc.)
5. Asking for Recommendations or Title of Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama): for example, the subforum for that is : https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/forums/im-looking-for.18/
6. Asking for someone to pick-up a Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama): for example, the subforum for that is : https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/forums/novel-pickup-request.19/
7. Anything not related to Series(Anime, Manga, Novels, or Drama)

Spoilers

1. DO NOT put a spoiler in the title of the thread. Seriously, that defeats the whole purpose of making a spoiler thread. Take other people into consideration before you write something like "X got ntr'ed by Y, when does X get revenge."
2. By entering a spoiler thread, you are accepting the risk you may see spoilers you did not intend to find. So...don't click on a spoiler thread unless you're sure that you can handle unintentional spoilers.

Other Rules:

• No Spamming and/or Hijacking
  
  • Spamming is any irrelevant/unhelpful post
    
    • Irrelevant posts will be deleted and warning points will be given, in increasing amounts for each post deleted.
• Avoid Misleading Titles that could mislead new watchers or readers and make them not watch that anime/drama or read that manga/novel.
• If you're going to make a poll, make sure the choices aren't biased and are not random. Don't just make one to make one.
• Tag these threads properly. Don't make up random tags.
• Be CIVIL. Do not disrespect each other, the mods, or the community.

Before making a thread, make sure to check for a similar thread to what you were about to make. If there is one, try asking/discussing there, instead of making a whole new thread. How do you search for threads? Use the search bar by clicking the search icon located at the top right corner of the page or this: https://otakuupdates.com/forum/search/?type=post

 

[Darling]

"I'm Looking For..." Rules​

These rules are specific to the "I'm Looking For.." section.

• Unhelpful responses will result in a warning and your post being deleted.
  
  • e.g. posting only "I don't know" or "Why?"
  • "+1" or "Camping"; just click Watch Thread if you're also interested.
  • Trolling
• Do not use acronyms when recommending a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama)
  
  • This goes back to being unhelpful. A person who has not watched the anime/drama or read the manga/novel would obviously not know the acronyms for that series(anime, manga, novel, or drama).
  • In general, I don't recommend using acronyms for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) in this forum section at all.
  • Click here if you do not know what an acronym is.
• Wait 1 week from the last post to bump a thread.
• Include the proper prefix for the thread. Ex. "Forgotten Title" if you're looking for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama)...whose title you forgot.
• Don't use "I'm looking for" or "Help" as a title...that's lazy
• Notify mods by reporting your thread when it needs to be locked (that would be when your question has been answered)
• Give details about your requirements instead of one-liners and also do not be rude/brush off replies. Don't be crass.

Remember, people post here looking for answers, not to be messed around with!

 

[Darling]

Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Pickup Request Rules​

These rules are specific to the "Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Pickup Request" section.
You can see the general forum rules here.

• 3 months or more from the latest release is required for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) to be considered stalled or inactive. Threads requesting series that are considered active will be locked. The exception to this is when the translation group has specifically stated they have dropped the project.
• Format your opening post using the example shown here: https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/threads/use-this-template.4/
  
  • You can copy and paste from below to make things easier for you:

Name: The series name goes here
Raw Link: http://www.linkhere.com
OK Link (if available): http://www.linkhere.com
Why It Should Get Picked Up: Reasons go here
Description (if you can find one): Synopsis or description here

• As a courtesy, if you decide to pick up a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama), or if the series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) does get picked up, please post the name of the group or translator that is picking up the series. The OP should edit the thread prefix to "Picked Up". (Or you can message one of the mods to get this done if you are not OP.)
• That said, Otaku Updates does not endorse any form of "dibs" or reservations on projects.
• You may bump threads after 1 week.
• No Blatant Advertising.
• If your thread gets deleted, don't make more. Simply PM a mod.

 

[Darling]

Community Fiction Rules​

• Your episodes or chapters must be posted on the forum. Do not link to the episode or chapter via an external website.
• The work you post must belong to you.
• Your original compositions must be in one thread.

Make sure your thread follows the format below:

Hello, I'm writing a story called "Title Here", you can also read this story at http://www.mywebsite.com

Synopsis (optional but you should have one): If I want something, the Heavens better have it. If I don’t want something, the Heavens better not have it! This is a story that originates between the eighth and ninth mountains, a world in which “My fate is to seal the Heavens like a demon!”

Genre (optional): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Table of Contents (required)

• Episode 1 / Chapter 1
• Episode 2 / Chapter 2

Please just make a table of contents. That's all that I ask for as it'll make it MUCH easier for new watchers or readers to find episodes or chapters. It's a real pain having to scroll through pages of comments to find the correct episode or chapter.

How do you find the link to the episode or chapter? It's at the top right of each post (after you've published the episode or chapter).

Just go back to the first post to edit the table of contents after you post a new chapter.

Keep the conversation thread focused (unless the author of the thread doesn't care lol).

 

[Darling]

Series(Anime, Manga, Novel, or Drama) Forum Rules​

• Don't talk about anime, manga, novel, or drama piracy or aggregator websites.

 

[Darling]

Community Games Forum Rules​

What is Community Games for:

1. Creating a game to play with the community.
2. Any sort of roleplay or sect.

What is Community Games not for:

1. Discussing about a specific game you're playing outside of the forums.
2. Advertising the games you're making.

What are the Roleplaying Games for:

1. Playing games that require multiple threads to run.

Other Rules:

1. Make sure the first post of your game has its rules explained clearly.
2. Don't post random characters in your post for no reason, talk to people instead.
3. While double posting is not encouraged, you are free to do it if necessary.
4. You are allowed to necro threads in this section.
5. General forum rules that don't contradict with those still apply.

 

[Darling]

Spoiler Forum Rules​

• Don't make a thread and not say anything about the series(anime, manga, novel, or drama).
• Tag and title the thread properly
• Only one thread for a series(anime, manga, novel, or drama). Check to see if there is already a thread for the series(anime, manga, novel, or drama) before making a thread.
• This subforum is for spoilers. DO NOT post episodes or chapters. Discussion is allowed if it is related to the spoiled content. Off-topic discussion and spam are not allowed. Spam includes stuff like +1 and thank you’s, and "camping for spoilers".
  
  • apparently, this needs to be stressed. You can just click watch in the top right of the thread to "follow" the thread. There is no need to post that you are waiting for spoilers or that you want more spoilers. This is spam and just clutters the thread for people who were hoping for actual spoilers.
• Large images must be hidden behind spoilers. Also, if you’re going to write long paragraphs, use spoilers to organize them better.
• DO NOT ask for access to translations/raws. DO NOT post discord invites, download links of pirated content, passwords, Instagram, emails, translations of episodes or chapters, or any other way of distributing content. Do not advertise your group or discord, this is not a recruitment subforum.
• Do not misuse Curator-chan, abuse of the public account will result in actions taken, this includes removing content posted by curator-chan.
  
  • Curator-chan is a community account that is meant to be used to create a TOC. Use it to better organize the thread. How to use it:
• Warnings will be given at first rule-breaking. Continued rule-breaking results in:
  
  • a temp ban from the thread followed by a temp ban from the forum if you do it again after being unbanned.
  • avoiding the ban will result in a permanent ban
  • It is your responsibility to read the rules, ignorance of the rules is not a defense. If you see anything that breaks the rules, report it.
• Lastly, be civil. Harassment will not be tolerated.

If you have any other questions like how to use the spoiler feature, this may help: https://www.otakuupdates.com/forum/threads/ok-okf-frequently-asked-questions.2/post-2