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A lot of high-level [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|Wikimedia Foundation staff members, stewards, global sysops]], etc., frequent Meta-Wiki. Many of them use it as their 'home base' wiki, and often ask that any [[user]]s on other WMF projects contact them on Meta-Wiki. As a result of these users being so readily accessible on-wiki, and rubbing shoulders now and then with other Meta-Wiki users in the course of carrying out their duties, participating in the global wiki-governance aspects of Meta-Wiki, and responding to communications; other Meta-Wiki users tend to become at least superficially acquainted with them within the [[wikisphere]]. Accordingly, disputes that occur on Meta-Wiki often quickly get escalated to the highest levels of WMF, with complaints being posted on those [[WikiIndex:Talk | A lot of high-level [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|Wikimedia Foundation staff members, stewards, global sysops]], etc., frequent Meta-Wiki. Many of them use it as their 'home base' wiki, and often ask that any [[user]]s on other WMF projects contact them on Meta-Wiki. As a result of these users being so readily accessible on-wiki, and rubbing shoulders now and then with other Meta-Wiki users in the course of carrying out their duties, participating in the global wiki-governance aspects of Meta-Wiki, and responding to communications; other Meta-Wiki users tend to become at least superficially acquainted with them within the [[wikisphere]]. Accordingly, disputes that occur on Meta-Wiki often quickly get escalated to the highest levels of WMF, with complaints being posted on those [[WikiIndex:Talk pages for wiki people|users' talk pages]], which would not be the case on other wikis. Thus, it is fairly common to see, for example, attempts to drag high ranking Wikimedia [[:Category:Law|legal]] counsel into conflicts that would, on another wiki, be settled at a much lower level. | ||
It is fairly easy to get [[block]]ed or [[Banning|banned]] from Meta-Wiki; often with little explanation, or with a vague and / or misleading explanation. Usually, the blocks for common [[vandal]]ism are for lengthier periods than would be the case on [[English Wikipedia]]. Although there is no [[Wikipedia Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] (ArbComm); the goings-on at Meta are not completely transparent, because there is a great deal of [[revision deletion]] that occurs there. | It is fairly easy to get [[block]]ed or [[Banning|banned]] from Meta-Wiki; often with little explanation, or with a vague and / or misleading explanation. Usually, the blocks for common [[vandal]]ism are for lengthier periods than would be the case on [[English Wikipedia]]. Although there is no [[Wikipedia Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] (ArbComm); the goings-on at Meta are not completely transparent, because there is a great deal of [[revision deletion]] that occurs there. | ||