Thread:OH&S/@comment-25364614-20201001092837/@comment-25364614-20201023134011

I've got a lot to say on the incident but I think Ollerus and The Lord Reader's responses to you seem to have captured all the main takeaways. But I'll reiterate if needed.

It really depends from which angle you look at it. The incident is bad optics, for sure. When I found out about it, I was mentally cussing. I really don't want the staff and creators who give us material from the franchise to have negative interactions with the non-Japanese fans. Also felt a bit dismayed that js06 also felt he screwed up by translating some of the content. But make no mistake, whoever tweeted it out first is the one in the wrong.

HOWEVER, as bad as the incident is for the non-Japanese fandom, it only feels really bad because we've never screwed up like this before; we've been spotless before this. In actuality, this kinda incident is peanuts when compared to some of the more shocking leaks that happened with much bigger series like those from Weekly Shonen Jump. Here are three examples:
 * 1) Bleach - When Bleach came to an end and the final chapter leaked online and was scanlated before the official release date, some dipshit fans went straight to Twitter to directly congratulate the author Tite Kubo on his Twitter account. Needless to say they were pissed.
 * 2) Naruto - Plenty of controversy here when the Naruto manga was ending. To coincide with manga's ending, a new movie Naruto: The Last was scheduled for release soon after its conclusion. One of the movie animators leaked some designs for spoiler characters before the manga ended. What a shitshow. To make matters worse the spoiler characters were children of the main character and ignited the most toxic shipping war and fallout in anime/manga history with death threats and Twitter harrassment making their way to the mangaka, Kishimoto and some of his staff/editors as well; this coming from the Western fandom. Biggest shitshow I've ever seen (but one I reveled in as the fallout was the most entertaining shit I've ever seen).
 * 3) One Piece - The manga is super popular enough that chapters which are scanlated before the official release date end up trending worldwide on Twitter and reach the top of r/all on reddit. WSJ staff definitely hate when this happen.

So Raildex's limited popularity will probably shield us this time around. As long as dumb Twitter users don't post leaks a week before release and given that everyone appears to have taken this as a moment of learning, we should be okay.

As for what you did in response (deleting offending images and updating the Uploading Guide), well done. Couldn't have done better myself. I think that the wiki never expected to get leaks this early (we usually only get them a day before or right after release). We've been operating on good faith for ages now and the update to the Uploading guide is, in my opinion, the most appropriate response to this incident. Though I believe the act itself is about integrity and honor rather than protecting the wiki from repercussions. Unless the wiki starts hosting the actual source material (translated LNs/manga), they don't care.

As this is not a widespread issue, no further action is necessary.