@Helepolis: It is impossible to draw hard lines when...

Helepolis
2017-01-05T02:06:02-05:00

It is impossible to draw hard lines when subjective elements such as: 'discouragement' or 'quality' are put in place. It means cherry picking is present.

Also I keep getting the feeling most people here treat Doujinshi as purely fan manga (i.e. comic with multiple pages/chapters). Long running series of 4komas fall under the same category. Or pretty much any form of independent work.

If you make a statement that Danbooru is not a doujin board, then neither should any form of independently created work be uploaded here.

In those linked topics a lot of good arguments are raised from both sides (for and against) but as evazion pointed out: There is no definitive statement, mainly because nobody is also formulating a specific goal. Consider for a moment: What seems to be the actual goal? I keep reading lots of suggestions, tools and things. But nobody formulated a specific goal to pursue.

Just a few examples for Danbooru which are currently present:
Example goal: Prevent upload abuse like spam -> Tool/method: Upload restriction system.
Example goal: Users can search for specific images -> Tool/method: Search system + Tag system + rules to enforce mandatory tagging for uploaders.
Example goal: Users can translate images -> Tool/method: Note system.

TL DR: Rules are methods to aid/sustain a specific goal. Don't focus on the rules first, but formulate a goal and then find the desired methods to achieve that goal.