NaPoWriMo 2026 Discussion Thread

[Homer Potvin]

I've closed the announcement thread and created this one for any and all discussions, questions, encouragements, or anything else regarding NaPoWriMo 2026. I had to do it here because the main thread will not allow responses.

You can view the initial discussion we had in the announcements here, but that thread is now closed to responses so we can reference things easier in the future.

Click here to start your own thread for NaPoWriMo.

Did I miss anything? Let me know please.

 

[Tallyfire]

Yay, a shiny new area!

I made a thread but can't post to it yet. Is it meant to be locked right now?

 

[Homer Potvin]

Yay, a shiny new area!

I made a thread but can't post to it yet. Is it meant to be locked right now?

Shit... the no reply means y'all can't do it for your own either.

Lemme look.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Hmm... not seeing an obvious workaround. Any ideas @big soft moose ? It seems the "post reply" permission won't differentiate between "yours" and "others" like some of the other permissions.

I'll do some research, but if we can't fix that, we can:

A) allow replies which may or may not clutter the stream of poems with responses and critiques. Up to y'all whether you would care or not, but it would drive me nuts. I could delete any responses but that's kind of annoying for all involved.

B) I can wire everyone with extended permissions to edit their own thread and they could add one poem after another with a date on it. It would turn into a long scrolly thing, which may or may not be desirable.

C) I could make a user group for the participants that allows them to post replies but that would also extended to everybody else in their as well. Though it would exclude regular members.

ETA: looks like there's an add-on that will do what we need it to. I'll check it out.

 

[big soft moose]

What about each participant gets their own subforum into which they can post poems as threads. We could set permissions at a subforum level so only they can post but everyone can read

 

[big soft moose]

you could also do your C option then use the thread ban tool to exclude other members of the user group from posting on each thread

 

[Homer Potvin]

Boom! Found a free add-on that does it. Works like a diary function, and can be activated to specific forums.

I will mess with it after the nightly backup in case it starts a fire.

 

[Baby Billy]

Try it now. Everyone should be able to reply to their own threads but to nobody else's. It works for Baby Billy, and if Baby Billy jumped off a bridge, would you follow? Damn right, you would.

Hallelujah!

 

[Tallyfire]

Boom! Found a free add-on that does it. Works like a diary function, and can be activated to specific forums.

Works for me now!

 

[Homer Potvin]

Yay!

 

[Socks Fox]

Something not tech related, keep standard settings, and have the basic expectation that members don't jump into another user's threads. A stay in your own lane scenario and reasonable accountability.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Something not tech related, keep standard settings, and have the basic expectation that members don't jump into another user's threads. A stay in your own lane scenario and reasonable accountability.

As we saw repeatedly with the Showcase, members rarely read the fine print to see where posts originate. They see a workshop post and just start critiquing. Not a big deal and easy to guardrail.