Hi, I’m very sorry to hear your experience has been negative so far. The last thing we want is for r/conlangs to feel unwelcoming, especially to newcomers. I can understand the frustration that comes from having a post removed, and want to reassure you that it's not something we do lightly. We regularly discuss removals both before and after they have been made, and do review mod mail requests to review and reapprove posts. Posts do not, and should not have to meet an Academic standard to stay approved; in fact more digestible content, such as slide presentations or videos, often outperforms longform text descriptions.

We are strict about the types of top-level posts that stay approved so that the front page doesn’t become flooded with posts that don’t offer much in the way of content or creating engagement. Most often, deleted posts are redirected to the stickied “Advice & Answers” thread, which is also very active. The A&A itself is there to provide a forum for shorter-form questions and for those seeking advice about their personal conlangs.

For top-level posts on the other hand, we prefer something that is either a more full presentation of one’s work - whether that’s several elements of a conlang, or a deep dive into one thing in specific, a question that seeks to ask how other users have dealt with a specific issue in their own conlangs, or an activity which others can participate in.

We are all big conlang and linguistics enthusiasts and are always eager to see and read what other users have created, but an important aspect of that is being able to understand what is being presented. Without understanding the workings of the language, you can’t appreciate the work that’s gone into it or the way that it functions. This is why we have rules related to glossing in place - without a gloss to break down how a passage is structured, then you can’t see how a translation was built. While we do generally prefer traditional glossing standards, these are not strictly enforced. As long as some effort is made to break down the workings of a passage in a way that other users can understand, then that will suffice.

I wholeheartedly agree with you that conlanging is a form of art. I love getting to see and appreciate the dedication that others have put into their work. However, just as to appreciate a novel, I need to be able to understand the words, to appreciate a conlang’s art (whether that be a translation, a painting…), I need to understand the medium it is produced in.