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Please can you add ~pets or ~animals?

I'm an absolute newbie and would love to see a sub for animal/pet lovers!

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    I don't disagree, but I don't think this should be a top-level group. If ~misc is Tildes' variant of alt on the Usenet, then it could be ~misc.pets to mirror alt.pets.

    I don't disagree, but I don't think this should be a top-level group. If ~misc is Tildes' variant of alt on the Usenet, then it could be ~misc.pets to mirror alt.pets.

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      I feel like it's more fit under ~life. Its description goes: and I think pets are family indeed. So ~life.pets. Not all animals are pets, but then that content could go to ~news or ~science, with...

      I feel like it's more fit under ~life. Its description goes:

      Topics related to our personal (and professional) lives - work, school, families, relationships, parenting, etc. [emphasis mine]

      and I think pets are family indeed. So ~life.pets. Not all animals are pets, but then that content could go to ~news or ~science, with a tag "animals" or "zoology" (or subgroups like ~news.animals and ~science.zoology).

      @Fosse22: don't think of groups like subs. Subs are about communities and niches, groups are more about categorisations. Have a look at how they're defined. Actually, any newbie should read the entirety of the docs IMO, it amounts to a few pages of text and totally relevant.

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      1. EightRoundsRapid
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        I also think it doesn't hurt for those of us who've been here a while to look over the docs every now and then either.

        I also think it doesn't hurt for those of us who've been here a while to look over the docs every now and then either.

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    1. Algernon_Asimov
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      I think there's a case to be made for a group that discusses keeping pets, including pet health - which is an entirely different beast to a group for posting cute animal pics. (Although, I concede...

      I think there's a case to be made for a group that discusses keeping pets, including pet health - which is an entirely different beast to a group for posting cute animal pics. (Although, I concede it's not clear what @Fosse22 is actually asking for.)

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