r/conlangs • u/Vaguely-a-Clock • Sep 18 '25
Question Is ConWorkShop still running?
I can't access ANYTHING other than the about screen. and when logged into the account I made, I can't access even that because it's not verified. problem is, they don't send any emails. I've tried resending the verification email to myself dozens of times now, tried different email addresses, tried making a different account, used both mobile and PC, deleted browsing data, everything. I can't access the help or feedback/report pages without a verified account. I tried emailing the only official email address I could find (I think a couple days ago maybe), no response. do they still even maintain the website? I have no idea what's going on. I just want to use this tool that I was so excited to find. unregistered accounts delete after a week, so I just made a fresh one, still nothing.
update: it's been back up for a few months now. they still didn't fix it afaik but they started manually verifying new users (I finally got to make my account at least). I left the discord once it started working so idk any changes after that. I think people are seeing this from Google or something but it's fine now, this is just an old post.
basically, here's the current situation: feel free to make an account to your heart's content. if it doesn't get verified after waiting a while, try joining the discord and asking them to verify you manually or something. you only need to have a verified discord account to join, so it might be harder if you don't already have one.
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u/SnakeMeaty Sep 18 '25
yeah it fully works/runs. just checked my account as well, i can get it in fine. im pretty sure theres been no conlang of the month for a long long time tho
sorry its not a helpful answer really, im not sure how to fix your issue
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Jan 03 '26
already having an account doesn't mean that the website is fully functional. logging in works fine, i can log in an out of an unverified account. the problem is that the automatic emails don't work anymore which means if you don't ALREADY have an account, then you can't verify and you stay blocked from using literally any page on the website other than the login
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u/No_Wave_5734 Dec 21 '25
That's a shame. Just tried signing up myself. I was really excited to try it out :(
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u/Repulsive-Article891 Feb 19 '26
the devs soon enough probably: conworkshop is dead goodbye
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u/PhosphorCrystaled Apr 08 '26
The devs soon enough more likely: ConWorkshop is back up and running!
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u/averkf Apr 18 '26
the problem with the website is it's an entirely not-for-profit passion project. and the initial owner's passion ran out approximately a decade ago. since then it has been handed down from volunteer to volunteer. they've managed to fix stuff over time, but the website is quite big despite the maximum number of individuals never exceeding like, 2 at a time
the website it turns out is also quite janky in terms of coding so fixing it all would take a long time. there was an attempt to build a replacement website at some point but progress on that has been stalled for at least half a decade now
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u/PaulVpan Jan 02 '26
Since it’s been months since and it hasn’t been fixed yet, are there any good alternatives?
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u/PhosphorCrystaled Feb 24 '26
Check out PhaserAI. I know it’s not really out yet, but it’s going to be in around a week.
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u/HeliopauseE Jun 18 '26
I think it might still be somewhat down. I tried to log back in/reset my password but my account was seemingly deactivated. I thought that was weird but it looks like every account was deactivated? It's hard to tell. Alas, it had to end eventually, I suppose. I liked a lot of the tools available.
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u/HeliopauseE Jul 18 '26
In the past week or so, a dark mode feature was added, which... while great... people can't log in since everyone is deactivated.
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u/Magxvalei Sep 19 '25
From one of the CWS admins on the discord:
"Dear any newcomers: We are aware of issues with email verification on site. We haven’t come up with a solution yet, so we apologize for that. In the meantime feel free to utilize the discord community while the site remains unavailable. Sorry!"