 MAL Rewrite recently celebrated its 5 year reboot anniversary, while also reaching a new milestone: 3,000+ synopses uploaded! What is MAL Rewrite? MAL Rewrite is a project tasked with the goal of rewriting all anime and manga synopses in our databases. Yes, all. We think that trustworthy, well-written synopses by the community for the community is one important factor when deciding what to watch/read. Towards this goal, we hold two recruitment drives per year to recruit users who are also passionate about synopses, and want to give a little of their time to MAL in a productive way. How do I get involved? Interested in volunteering? MAL Rewrite is currently looking for:
Ready to participate? Submit the MAL Rewrite Application Form. We will evaluate your writing and/or editing skills, and if we find that you meet our requirements, you will be invited to join the club. Please note that MAL Rewrite is always recruiting. There is no deadline. Interested in learning more about MAL Rewrite and following its achievements? Subscribe to our newsletter. We look forward to your submissions :) |
| pls join thanks |
| Are you able to switch positions (from Editor to Writer or vice versa) after you're accepted? |
mistersunday said: Are you able to switch positions (from Editor to Writer or vice versa) after you're accepted? If you are an editor, you can write as well. As a writer, you cannot edit, but you can take a test to be promoted to editor after 1 month. |
| hello everybody and fellow rewriters please make a contract and become meguca |
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POV- You are welcomed aboard by the members of MAL Rewrite |
| pls don't bully me if you join tks |
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| How is the work distributed to the two roles, and what are (if any) the deadlines on synopsis updates? |
| [url=http://myanimelist.net/animelist/DeathSnake180&sclick=1] catgirls FTW! :D |
Rattles said: How is the work distributed to the two roles, and what are (if any) the deadlines on synopsis updates? Writers write synopses. Each synopsis goes through two phases of editing, and then (sometimes) back to the original writer. Then every synopsis is run by a coordinator. Writers can only write. Editors are allowed to write and edit. If you apply as an editor, if we review the app and don't think editor is right, we may still consider for writer. After at least one month of being in the club, writers can take a promotion test for editor. On deadlines, we have an initial quota. When you join, within a month, writers are expected to write 1 synopsis and editors are expected to edit 2 synopses. If there are extenuating circumstances, you only need to notify a coordinator, and we can work around your schedule. Otherwise, after the initial quota, we don't require any amount of work. However, once you claim something, we expect you to finish it within a week. And after 2 weeks, you will probably be nagged a bit. However, if you can't complete something, no worries. |
| Applying for Rewrite was probably one of my top 10 most impactful decisions made in the last year. I have no regrets. At the very least, it's a good way to pass the time until the world goes completely back to normal after coronavirus. There are a lot of great people to meet in our group. 👍 |
Forever a reader, rarely a watcher. Also listens to music. ★ ⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ |
| Pls join. We have our very own hamster mascot who needs more people to play with him. |
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neil said: Pls join. We have our very own hamster mascot who needs more people to play with him. Yep, we have a stingray and a hamster. |
Forever a reader, rarely a watcher. Also listens to music. ★ ⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ |
| This might be interesting. Some synopsis read like a guideline or instruction manual, rather than a tantalising appetiser, offering a factual outline of the story whilst luring you into watching, or reading, the reviewed source material. I've got plenty of free time atm as well. |
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| do you have to be active? i just checked, the: Describe prior writing/editing experience, if any. part of the application. can i write my grades for writing or something. or even mal reviews. |
NextUniverseAug 22, 2020 12:11 PM
NextUniverse said: i just checked, the: Describe prior writing/editing experience, if any. part of the application. can i write my grades for writing or something. or even mal reviews. Yep, anything that is writing will be fine. It's not a super serious requirement so don't worry about it too much. The main part is your actual application entry. NextUniverse said: do you have to be active? For the first month, writers must write one synopsis and editors must edit two synopses. After that, there is no activity requirement. |
| I'd reapply this year since I got accepted back in march but god damn, it's been a really hectic past few months. Can't even find time to be able to get on MAL that often anymore. |
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| Awesome community! Everyone should try to join rewrite its really fun :) |
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| BANZAI! Everyone join! |
| do you have to be 18+? |
| one piece episode 321 15:46 (or 16:33) you're welcome |
| If only you were putting part of this effort towards adding missing characters. |
| AnimeThemes.moe <- the largest collection of anime Openings & Endings on the Web AnimeMusicQuiz.com <- guess an anime from your list by it's Opening/Ending music browser game |
shuu-tsukiyama said: do you have to be 18+? Nope. |
| well do you have to rewrite in ur own words or what? |
Erwin_Danchou said: well do you have to rewrite in ur own words or what? Yes, plagiarism is unacceptable. You can borrow reasonably from existing sources but you must acknowledge that by leaving a comment on the document. |
ShivaanshAg said: "It's preferable that you've watched/read the series you're writing about." I assumed that that was a prerequisite. You're correct—it's a requirement to have watched at least three episodes/read three chapters. That is poorly worded. shuu-tsukiyama said: do you have to be 18+? Only if you want access to the #nsfw Discord channel. |
| Okay, i just sent an application, i hope i get a response sometime in the near future. |
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| I sent an application quite a while ago, which was sadly rejected. (But I totally understand why. I have to work harder on my writing proficiency.) I'm willing to send another application in the near future. Can I use the same manga title I used in my earlier application? Or do I have to use another anime/manga title? If I'm allowed to use the same one, I'm going to bring a lot of changes in the synopsis of course. |
IrrelevantGuy said: I sent an application quite a while ago, which was sadly rejected. (But I totally understand why. I have to work harder on my writing proficiency.) I'm willing to send another application in the near future. Can I use the same manga title I used in my earlier application? Or do I have to use another anime/manga title? If I'm allowed to use the same one, I'm going to bring a lot of changes in the synopsis of course. You can use the same one! :3 |
YT_Anime_Kyng said: I would love to help, but I must ask what's in it for us? Yes. It's important to keep this community alive, but Some of us run YT channels and Make content. The grind is real, which is why I asked. I don't mind helping, but My time is shortened due to my crappy job. You get to meet other writers/editors, collaborate on synopses, and eventually see your contributions published on this site (albeit without your username as a byline). It's up to you what you get out of the experience. If you're too busy, you don't need to apply. A lot of us have demanding real-life jobs too. Edit: Apologies if my response sounds passive aggressive in any way. I do literally mean that you don't need to apply, though, because we all do this voluntarily. |
complexitiesAug 24, 2020 11:40 PM
Forever a reader, rarely a watcher. Also listens to music. ★ ⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ |
| Nice that no one asked yet why it was not paid. You would work for glory, what else would you need? @QuantumVoid Good luck in your application! I remember that I had received a reply pretty soon. Genoard said: If only you were putting part of this effort towards adding missing characters. These are two different duties done by different people although some overlapping is possible. There are 189 members of MAL Rewrite, and trivially, most of them are not database moderators (or even moderators). |
Meusnier said: Nice that no one asked yet why it was not paid. You would work for glory, what else would you need? @QuantumVoid Good luck in your application! I remember that I had received a reply pretty soon. Genoard said: If only you were putting part of this effort towards adding missing characters. These are two different duties done by different people although some overlapping is possible. There are 189 members of MAL Rewrite, and trivially, most of them are not database moderators (or even moderators). I think those people also got sick of it hahaha. You "work" at your own pace and you get to choose what to write yourself and interact with a cool community. Should be enough 'payment' ;) |
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Meusnier said: Genoard said: If only you were putting part of this effort towards adding missing characters. These are two different duties done by different people although some overlapping is possible. There are 189 members of MAL Rewrite, and trivially, most of them are not database moderators (or even moderators). I get this, but still can't help but find it irritating that this effort of applying a minor polish to an existing database entries gets official encouragement, like this one, multiple times per year, while a much bigger database issue is still being present and not really addressed. |
| AnimeThemes.moe <- the largest collection of anime Openings & Endings on the Web AnimeMusicQuiz.com <- guess an anime from your list by it's Opening/Ending music browser game |
TheZilla said: Meusnier said: Nice that no one asked yet why it was not paid. You would work for glory, what else would you need? @QuantumVoid Good luck in your application! I remember that I had received a reply pretty soon. These are two different duties done by different people although some overlapping is possible. There are 189 members of MAL Rewrite, and trivially, most of them are not database moderators (or even moderators). I think those people also got sick of it hahaha. You "work" at your own pace and you get to choose what to write yourself and interact with a cool community. Should be enough 'payment' ;) That is right, you enter MAL Rewrite first because you like to write, so the basic payment is (hopefully) an improvement of your writing skills thanks to our world-envied editors. If you are an editor, well, it just means that you are satisfying your sadistic urges, which is another form of payment I guess. Even the anonymity of the writers and editors is a good thing, it makes me feel as a member of Bourbaki. Genoard said: Meusnier said: These are two different duties done by different people although some overlapping is possible. There are 189 members of MAL Rewrite, and trivially, most of them are not database moderators (or even moderators). I get this, but still can't help but find it irritating that this effort of applying a minor polish to an existing database entries gets official encouragement, like this one, multiple times per year, while a much bigger database issue is still being present and not really addressed. If you just look at all the new anime airing or new manga published every year, I think that Rewrite is doing a good service to the community by helping people to get an idea about an anime or a manga (or a LN) without checking the top reviews that are not necessarily informative about the plot or free of spoilers (sometimes, there are simply no reviews). It is not so much about polishing some existing database of synopsis but rather about writing (entirely) new synopsis with some coherent standards. Actually, some synopsis are so good that they end up being used on other websites! Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the Anime database and Manga database moderators the only one allowed to add characters to the databases? There are only a few of them, and I assume that it takes a lot of work so it may be difficult to increase their number (you need devoted people) to speed up the process if it were too slow, but I would like to hear the opinion of @stinghy about it first. |
Meusnier said: Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the Anime database and Manga database moderators the only one allowed to add characters to the databases? There are only a few of them, and I assume that it takes a lot of work so it may be difficult to increase their number (you need devoted people) to speed up the process if it were too slow, but I would like to hear the opinion of @stinghy about it first. https://myanimelist.net/panel.php?go=characters&do=add is a thing, so, as i understand it, anyone can submit a character to be added, which is then to be reviewed for approval by a moderator. I only started to notice a poor condition a character database is in not so long ago, as all of the manga and even a few animes i've read/watched recently had a great number of secondary characters missing or even worse - would only have a titular main character present. While i would really like to help in improving the situation, my prior experience of submitting changes to MAL db discourages me from doing so - to this day none of my submissions were implemented nor did i receive any comments regarding them, so i suspect that in reality, nobody checks on user-submitted contributions anymore, and therefore fear that all my potential future efforts would also be in vain. |
| AnimeThemes.moe <- the largest collection of anime Openings & Endings on the Web AnimeMusicQuiz.com <- guess an anime from your list by it's Opening/Ending music browser game |
| Congrats! I’d love to try my hands at the editor position. |
| ~ MALrewrite member ~ Manga, graphic novel & book reviews: http://mikoreads.wordpress.com/ |
LiquidMikerrs said: I'm glad that you seem to have removed the need for university degrees to apply for a volunteer position. Haha was that a requirement in the past? Genuinely curious, since I personally only joined last year. Therese217 said: Is there an age limit? You should be at least 13 years old, but other than that, we don't care how old you are in the other direction. |
Forever a reader, rarely a watcher. Also listens to music. ★ ⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ |
| This actually sounds interesting. I first thought about applying when I saw someone from the club, and it's nice that MAL announces it publicly like this. I don't think I'll apply after all though; I'm not that confident in my writing. |
TadanoMariAug 26, 2020 5:53 AM
LiquidMikerrs said: I'm glad that you seem to have removed the need for university degrees to apply for a volunteer position. There was never a requirement for university degrees to join MAL Rewrite. You're probably referring to the now-closed specialized staff positions, which are also volunteer jobs but are entirely separate from MAL Rewrite. |
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Genoard said: Meusnier said: Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the Anime database and Manga database moderators the only one allowed to add characters to the databases? There are only a few of them, and I assume that it takes a lot of work so it may be difficult to increase their number (you need devoted people) to speed up the process if it were too slow, but I would like to hear the opinion of @stinghy about it first. https://myanimelist.net/panel.php?go=characters&do=add is a thing, so, as i understand it, anyone can submit a character to be added, which is then to be reviewed for approval by a moderator. I only started to notice a poor condition a character database is in not so long ago, as all of the manga and even a few animes i've read/watched recently had a great number of secondary characters missing or even worse - would only have a titular main character present. While i would really like to help in improving the situation, my prior experience of submitting changes to MAL db discourages me from doing so - to this day none of my submissions were implemented nor did i receive any comments regarding them, so i suspect that in reality, nobody checks on user-submitted contributions anymore, and therefore fear that all my potential future efforts would also be in vain. I must confess that I saw this complaint more than once, but I hope that you understand that only discussing about it with database moderators may lead to answers to your questions. When did you submit them? It may take some time considering the few database moderators and the huge amount of new manga and anime, and it would be surprising if the submissions were not checked at all in my opinion. |
Meusnier said: Genoard said: https://myanimelist.net/panel.php?go=characters&do=add is a thing, so, as i understand it, anyone can submit a character to be added, which is then to be reviewed for approval by a moderator. I only started to notice a poor condition a character database is in not so long ago, as all of the manga and even a few animes i've read/watched recently had a great number of secondary characters missing or even worse - would only have a titular main character present. While i would really like to help in improving the situation, my prior experience of submitting changes to MAL db discourages me from doing so - to this day none of my submissions were implemented nor did i receive any comments regarding them, so i suspect that in reality, nobody checks on user-submitted contributions anymore, and therefore fear that all my potential future efforts would also be in vain. I must confess that I saw this complaint more than once, but I hope that you understand that only discussing about it with database moderators may lead to answers to your questions. When did you submit them? It may take some time considering the few database moderators and the huge amount of new manga and anime, and it would be surprising if the submissions were not checked at all in my opinion. Penguin's Memories - submitted an ending theme ~2 years ago Yukimachi Tsukishiro - submitted a better character picture ~1 year ago Clarissa Snowflake - submitted a correction to character name (right now real name and nickname are switched around) ~ 1 month ago None of those were implemented and i wasn't contacted about any of them. I understand that messaging a database mod about it would clarify the state of my submissions and likely get them approved, but this really isn't how it should be done. The website's functionality for accepting users contributions serves no real purpose when said users still have to manually message a moderator every time. |
| AnimeThemes.moe <- the largest collection of anime Openings & Endings on the Web AnimeMusicQuiz.com <- guess an anime from your list by it's Opening/Ending music browser game |
ibm30rpg said: do you get paid? We are volunteers, so no, we don't get paid. |
Forever a reader, rarely a watcher. Also listens to music. ★ ⸢There are three ways to survive in a ruined world.⸥ ⸢I’ve forgotten a few by now. However, one thing’s for certain.⸥ ⸢And that is, the you reading these words will get to survive.⸥ ⸢This story is for just that one reader.⸥ |
Trinitrash said: Hopefully, this isn't a really dumb question but can you write a synopsis for any anime/manga on the application. Just wanna make sure I'm doing it right. Yep. You can write even those with MAL Rewrite synopses already. But if you do that, make sure not to plagiarize content. Moreover, as much as possible, don't write for a second season or a special, because you'll also need as much content as you can. Good luck! |
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