New community suggestion: ~tech.electronics

Isn't ~comp already basically ~programming?

~engineering.electronics is quite a bit more clear. ~tech.electronics might be interpreted as consumer electronics like TVs and dish washers

I think you could just post to ~engineering and tag with electronics (or electrical for electrical work)

Prior art which might be helpful:

If a new group is to be justified, its topic must already be under discussion somewhere in existing Usenet groups. The question is: under what circumstances is a new group warranted?

1. If the topic is consistently dominating discussion in a more general group (e.g. 80% of discussion in alt.books.horror is about one author). Forming a new group because of this reason is called "splitting". If you want to form a newsgroup by splitting from an existing group, you should discuss the idea of a new group in the existing group before coming to alt.config with a proposal. People have to agree that there is a logical way to split the discussion. The old and new group would both be need to be viable after the split.

   Make sure the people contributing to the existing group will be happy moving to a new group. Put the findings of your discussion within the group in your proposal.

2. The topic is being discussed in many different groups (and is being cross-posted to those groups) because people can't decide which group is most suitable. (e.g. a game is discussed in several different newsgroups). Forming a new group because of this reason is called "consolidating". You must be able to come to alt.config with numerical evidence that there is enough relevant discussion already happening in existing groups to warrant the new group. More on this later.

Note: you cannot claim that you need a new group because there is no place on Usenet to discuss your topic. If that were true, no-one would be posting to Usenet on that topic, therefore there is no justification for creating the group!

https://nylon.net/alt/

I've asked for something similar before and would absolutely love to have such a space where I feel comfortable just nerding out about electronics! Last time I brought it up it was shot down as redundant / I think I was told people could just bring up such topics in ~engineering or ~tech, but I've felt uncomfortable doing so.

Maybe it's just my personal mental state / hangups / something, but I feel more comfortable initiating electronics discussion in a space specifically for it, where I know the people in that space are there for that specific subject and I'm not cluttering their space with unwanted / irrelevant topics to them (such as r/electronics back when I was active on Reddit before the great Enshittening) - without such a space here I find myself mostly just... not posting such topics 90+% of the time, feeling as though it would be inappropriate, no matter the 'just post it in location X'. I'm not sure how to explain it, what 'feels' perfectly acceptable to bring up in a space specifically for electronics - if I consider posting such a new topic for discussion in a general space it just feels like it would be unwelcome or inappropriate. Posting about 'I got this awesome eBay score on a multimeter!' or 'I had this major repair triumph!' just feels like it would be unwelcome and jarring in a general space, so I simply... don't.

For reference, here is my home electronics lab and here is a recent triumph I had in repairing a 3458A I recently got for extremely cheap from a gentleman who saved it after a university told him to throw it in the trash. For reference for those who don't know about that instrument, the 3458A is the best metrology multimeter in the world and has been for the last 37 years, they cost $15-$25K new and even broken / scrap ones tend to go for no less than $3K on the secondary market.