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'''Meta''' or '''Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki''' ([[meta:Main Page|meta.wikimedia.org]]) is a [[wiki]]-based website that is auxiliary for coordination of all the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects. <br />
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Created as '''Meta-Wikipedia''' in November 2001, it now serves several distinct roles:<br />
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#Discussion and formulation of the [[List of Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia projects]], including [[Wikipedia]], and in particular policy discussion.<br />
#A forum for personal [[essay]]s that are not necessarily [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|NPOV]].<br />
#A place to organize and prepare content, and to discuss [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage]] coordination issues.<br />
#A place to coordinate the development process.<br />
#A help guide to using the [[MediaWiki]] software when the help is not in the [[MediaWiki]] website.<br />
#A place for coordination of anti-spam and small wiki anti-vandalism.<br />
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Meta currently serves as one of the major avenues of discussion for Wikimedians including [[Wikipedia:Wikipedian|Wikipedians]], the others being the [[Wikipedia:mailing lists|mailing lists]], the [[m:IRC channels|IRC channels]], and the [[Wikipedia:talk page|talk page]]s of individual articles and users. Meta is an independent and autonomous project from the English-language Wikipedia, and thus has its own policies and customs, which often differ from those here.<br />
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Originally focused on the [[English Wikipedia]], Meta has, since its upgrade to Wikipedia's custom [[MediaWiki]] software, become a multilingual discussion forum used by all Wikimedia language communities.<br />
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==Referring to Meta==<br />
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Some types of discussion should be referred to appropriate places on Meta.<br />
* '''Issues referred from other Wikipedias''', such as help requests relating to policy, should be referred to [[m:We need your help]]. English editors are encouraged to follow such referrals to Meta and provide input there, as Meta may receive much less traffic than English Wikipedia.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Ignore Meta]] (an essay)<br />
*[[meta.wikimedia.org]] in the [[Wikipedia:Main namespace|article space]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[meta:Main Page|Meta main page]]<br />
*[[m:Meta:About|Meta's "About"]]<br />
*[[m:Meta:MetaProject to overhaul Meta|Meta:MetaProject to overhaul Meta]]<br />
{{Wikimedia Foundation}}<br />
{{Wikipedia accounts}}<br />
[[Category:Wikipedia multilingual coordination|Meta]] <br />
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