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Buffalo questions off topic?

We have allowed questions on other "livestock" type animals in the past, notably chickens and llamas, when they're specifically pets as opposed to stock for commercial purposes. So, on that basis, the …
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Accepting answers on Meta

@JamesJenkins has described one aspect of it, but I will note that some activities we might vote upon here will have times associated with them. The "acceptance" mechanism is a way of indicating the t …
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Deleting downvoted posts

Moderators can delete. Technically they vote, but their vote is instantaneous and binding, so it's effectively the "magic" button in that respect. The delete vote should show up in the review queues a …
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Can I ask questions on the biology of my pet?

My initial view is that yes you can, but I think it's best if it is the kind of question that is more of interest from the perspective of a pet owner rather than a biologist. Your sample would seem to …
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Removing mistaken tag synonym

Mods can deal with them, so when it happens, alerting us to the actual mistake allows us to fix. That may be via a swap or by deleting the synonym so that a revote can happen.
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Is the multi-pet-families tag too similar to the compatibility tag?

I would read them as different. multi-pet-families is about dealing with problems and issues within the home as a result of having more than one pet. compatibility is about how two or more animals m …
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What do you do if a legitimate answer looks like spam to the forum software?

Not sure what you're trying to answer with, but if the answer is basically a link, you might be tripping the filters. Or, perhaps, phrasing or links within have been previously linked to accounts that …
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