It's because the page is partially protected and you are just too shiny-new to edit it yet. I think the latency period is three days, so just give it some time, and the option should appear.

The reason for this, if anyone is wondering, is because we had a couple spates of non-Boarders adding a ton of fics in fandoms no one was interested in and cluttering up the list. The list is only really useful if what's being put there is stuff PPCers might actually want to spork.

~Neshomeh

Not everything needs a new thread. I haven't done the math yet, but I'm pretty sure you have the majority of the threads on the front page at present. We like to be conservative about making new threads here: Every new thread you make buries something.

Just... slow down. See if there's already a thread that you can write under. Consider whether we really need to know something. If you've already posted a thred presently at the top of the board, consider hijacking that.

Having said that, this is something people should know, and definitely appropriate to make a thread about. However, I don't have the expertise to help out.