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===Culture=== | ===Culture=== | ||
A lot of high-level | A lot of high-level [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation people|Wikimedia Foundation staff members, stewards, global sysops]], etc. frequent Meta. Many of them use it as their 'home base', and ask that users on other projects contact them there. As a result of these users being so readily accessible on-wiki, and rubbing shoulders now and then with other Meta users in the course of carrying out their duties, participating in the global wikigovernance aspects of Meta, and responding to communications; other Meta users tend to become at least superficially acquainted with them. Accordingly, disputes that occur on Meta often quickly get escalated to the highest levels of WMF, with complaints being posted on those [[User talk|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 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 banned from Meta, 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 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 banned from Meta, 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 Arbitration Committee (ArbComm), the goings-on at Meta are not completely transparent because there is a great deal of [[revision deletion]] that occurs there. | ||