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I like how Batoto's old mods are basically Mangadex's new mods

I am technically not a mod for MangaDex. There are currently 3 actual mods for MangaDex: Lymus, Robo, Electromaster

While Electromaster is a former batoto mod, Robo and Lymus are not. The other Batoto staff have not really interacted with Mangadex much.

Wrong place for this question, but is there a "mark all as read" function somewhere? 

 

After I imported my Batoto follows, all the old chapters show as unread.  For series with hundreds of chapters, toggling the read status seems to require opening every chapters.  Re-reading is an option for me with some shorter series but for others it is quite tedious.

I agree with that too. A mark all as read function would be nice. A few others have put in that suggestion in the MangaDex Discord suggestions channel.

Hopefully it gets implemented in the near future.

On a side note:

If anyone has any questions for me or would like to report something for Vatoto, it will be faster to reach me through Discord.

The next best thing would be to shoot me a pm here and hope I check my email in a timely manner.

I am in both the Batoto Discord and the MangaDex Discord.

Are we going to be able to import our follows list soon? I don't want to let updates slip through the cracks but it's fine, take your time!

Both sites are working on it. export your follows list in json and csv for now. Having all 4 files can't hurt.

From my current knowledge, mangadex dev is prefering csv and manga.sh dev is preferring json. 

There is some sort of 3rd party method for importing follows on mangadex but its not offical and i heard it takes some time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/7s45q9/import_your_batoto_follows_into_mangadex_with/

Haven't used it myself since 3900 follows would take quite some time, but ppl have said it works for them.

Updates have already been slipping the cracks unfortunately.

Mangadex's batoto data is from Jan 15th or so.

Is manga dex is batoto ex staff who build it?

No, Staff is not involved in any direct development of the site.

I am, however, personally helping out indirectly with suggestions and helping the users on their discord server.

No other staff besides me is involved in any way with mangadex and I am not helping as an official staff either.

Mangadex discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Y2YKXUP

They got batoto's db. No idea if any mods from batoto went to mangadex. I assume mandadex was passed the flame.

Close but not entirely correct. Let me clear some things up!

Mangadex was NOT given the official Batoto database. A 3rd party individual has done a personal webscrap of the comics pages on this site and created a JSON of the metadata.

This is not a DB but contains enough metadata to work with. This is up on the Batoto discord for the public as it is not offical data or up to date.

Batoto discord: https://discord.gg/PxAqQGy

I personally notified Hologfx about the existence of the data and passed it to him while mentioning that it'd be good to merge the database while the mangadex image servers were down instead of later.

However, this is good enough to work with for the meantime and helps smooth the process for importing batoto follows to mangadex which is being worked on.

We are not endorsing Mangadex or any of the other replacement sites at the moment!

We are merely watching from the sidelines for now. Furthermore, there are several other manga site projects in the works at the moment that are not ready yet.

Hopefully this helps give you guys a clearer idea of whats going on. Please feel free to ask me any questions here or on the Batoto discord. Or just come on in and chat

P.S. update from a few days ago: https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/28936-batoto-backup/#entry1858763

I messaged some of the admins and forwarded this thread to them. None of them are available right now so we will have to sit tight and see what happens.

Its closer to under 6 tb. And that is just the images in the image server. We are still waiting for a cleaned db from grumpy, probably after the site is down since chapters are still being uploaded.

We aren't fully done downloading our backup yet.

It won't be a full backup of the site, but hopefully we will have all the important stuff minus the user data.

That is all I can say for now. 

We will be in the Batoto discord.

https://discord.gg/PxAqQGy

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it, Metroxylon. I have plenty more but not off the top of my head right now. Definitely much more in my 3.9k follows that I've forgotten about.

Heres another one.

https://vatoto.com/comic/_/comics/silent-blue-r22465

Silent Blue

Author: ANDO Icori

Group: Lovely Strange Dark

@istinkalot, that just brings me to the old follows link, which doesn't work for me due to the number of comics i have.

It works on my mod account, but not on my regular reading account. 3.8k comics to go though is too for the server to handle right now.

Even when the old follows was working for me in the past, it still took some time for everything to load.

The last complete server downtime that batoto had on dec 19th or so was pretty bad and the servers haven't been behaving well ever since.

I'd advise you to use your browser to ctrl + s and save the html for your follows page for now. Keep it safe.

You few hundred is do-able. I have 3,876 follows, but no time to deal with it myself at the moment.

Please do what you have to while you can, just in case.

I also know someone else also in the 3k range working hard on dealing with this (pic below):

https://i.imgur.com/xxX7eLs.png

Good luck!

https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/28840-batoto-will-be-closing-permanently

Try changing the CDN server, the image servers are in a mess right now due to panic.

Hit the gear and try your luck with another option.

 

 

Why would one get Contributor status?
1. If you're from a group, you may wish to use Batoto as your publishing medium. Therefore, delays caused by moderation would get in the way.
AND/OR
2. You're going to upload a large number of comics. This simply removes the amount of work moderators will need to do.

Qualifications: Goes for Each member-----

   1-A. You're from a group to upload your releases/comics. You should still have at least 4 chapters to show you understand the system. Does Not Mean being  part of a scanlation Without uploading Anything will be granted Contributor automatically . ​

                                         OR

.  1-B.  You Have uploaded at least 5 chapters previously. There are no hard limits as requirement (roughly 10+). But it shows that you're familiar with how the system works. 

    2. Have Read and Understand the global rules and The General Hosting Guidelines/Policies .This is an obvious factor that applies to everyone. But contributors must pay special attention to it as you are making impact which carries immediate consequences. That includes Any Group's Hosting Restriction and their Delays. And here is the guide to uploading.
    3. (Optional) Being vetted/vouched by Contributor(s) will assist with the process.  

From: https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/1525-read-firstabout-contributor-status-application/

Note the "OR" in the statements. 

You can create a new group for yourself if you want, but it its not necessary. 

Also, OchaMeido❣ wants at least 4 to 5 chapters uploaded before even considering giving you the status. 

Please make sure you know how to change sort orders, and properly delete and archive chapters.

BTW, I'm also the one one who has approved the 2 chapters you have uploaded recently.

I'm still a new mod and I don't deal with the contributor requests at the moment.

This is my first day as a mod ...

I went through everything from here to page 47 fixing what everything that needed fixing and wasn't fixed already or was missed.

Stopped at page 47 because I was running into less and less unresolved sort order issues and figured it was a good stopping point.

I have quoted all the sort changes that I made above along with comments and details. I've pm'd the uploaders about the issues when i deemed it nessesary.

I would like to note that personally pm'ing uploaders about recent issues is a valid method of getting these issues resolved more quickly as well when mods aren't free. Please be polite!

The chapter uploader also has the ability to edit the sort order. Again, be polite when contacting them.

On a general note, you can continue to report issues here and or post something in the support channel in Batoto Discord server where I frequent.

Feel free to ask me any questions or pm me for any other issues too.