Forum:Following the official release schedule

I would like to propose extending the ban on spoilers to unofficial chapter scanlations. This would mean that information from new chapters would not be allowed on the wiki until the official chapter release date (normal schedule: Sundays 20:00 UTC).

As you may know, the groups responsible for unofficial scanlations during the past few years have ended their work on One Piece. There are currently no properly organized attempts to translate One Piece scans into English. This is looking to result in a mess of botched translations with varying quality on a weekly basis, possibly retranslated from other scanlations in different languages. I think it is best to disavow these for the sake of maintaining a standard of accuracy on the wiki.

The official release is typically only about 2 days behind unofficial scans now. It won't be that difficult to make the switch and starting waiting a few days. Editors can use that time to prepare for the new content. We would need to devote effort to make this rule clear to the userbase at the beginning, but with the right precautions we can prevent most of the issues. 19:13, January 3, 2020 (UTC)

Discussion
The translations of Chapter 967 made it pretty apparent that if we start putting information on the wiki right away based purely on scans we're bound to wind up with false information in a bunch of places. I don't think we need to consider it "spoilers", like if some piece of information is obvious regardless of the quality of the translation then I don't see any reason to not include it. But I think we should wait until there's reliable sources of information other than scanlations for most stuff. DewClamChum (talk) 19:24, January 3, 2020 (UTC)

I agree with the proposal. After seeing the huge amount of inconsistencies and literal mistranslations and liberties with the initial scans of Chapter 967, we can't be sure about every single piece of information until we can verify them with a "reliable" source.Aguacate (talk) 19:31, January 3, 2020 (UTC)

I agree, I think the time is ripe. If we get more translations that are the same quality as 967 then keeping spoilers off the wiki would probably be easier than fixing the misinformation from those translations lol. We should have the editors to be able to oversee the transition. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 19:37, January 3, 2020 (UTC)

I support this change. With how fast and accurate the official translations are, especially given our lack a quality fan translation, it is a no-brainer. If the issue is about keeping spoilers off of our wiki, we have administrators and content moderators for a reason. During the transition, we will just need to be on higher alert. 13:30, January 7, 2020 (UTC)

Given the terrible translation of 967, I think it is the most logical opinion. At the beginning it will cost the change but it is the best option. Cracker-Kun (talk)

I think it should be noted that the TL team posted an apology and explained that they actually re-translated a Korean translation. So mistakes were bound to happen. I'm not sure if there's a TL team that has access to the raws at the moment, but if such a team exists, I think we could use their TL. I can always double check in case anything seems fishy. • Seelentau 愛 議 21:24, January 10, 2020 (UTC)

There's no sense in the wiki trying to curate inconsistent scanlation releases and clean up after them. The official release is consistent in both timing and quality. It's best to just get everything right the first time rather than fix things in the days following. The wiki has no need to rush out information from chapters that aren't even out in Japan yet. 10:19, January 11, 2020 (UTC)