why am i having trouble creating a community?

I have been using the website and instance Lemmy.ml to make a community but every time I presstehe create button it just gives an unending loading animation. Am i doing something wrong?

4 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world

11 Comments

WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Be sure to only use lowercase, and no underscores. The UI warning about this is broken.

Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

I'll try again, thank you

Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

How long is it meant to take for the community to be created. Its doing the same thing

WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Wait that's on lemmy.ml? Sorry, I missed that part. I think they don't allow users to make coms, you may need to ask admins. I saw a thread to suggest new coms.

Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Oh ok, thank you for telling me

MBM@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Are you sure that wasn't beehaw?

WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Both I think? I wasn't able to make a community on lemmy.ml either but could on lemmy.world.

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The community likely already exists and has been deleted by its creator. The creators account may also be deleted. Try yourinstance.tld/c/communityname to see if anything comes up. If so you may need to message your server admins from the sidebar

Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There are no same communities

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

Did you do it via url as above? They dont show up from what i can tell with the ! Syntax. If you did the url then i have no idea

pax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

it's because the srv is overloaded probably, it's why i'm here.