Do you have to have reputation on meta?
Votes on meta do not affect your reputation; your meta reputation is the same as your reputation on Stack Overflow (synchronized hourly), though you earn separate badges. You must have 5 reputation to participate on meta.
What happens to your reputation when you delete a post?
All users start with one reputation point, and reputation can never drop below 1. Accepting your own answer does not increase your reputation. Deleted posts do not affect reputation, for voters, authors or anyone else involved, in most cases. If a user reverses a vote, the corresponding reputation loss or gain will be reversed as well.
How does accepting your own answer affect your reputation?
Accepting your own answer does not increase your reputation. Deleted posts do not affect reputation, for voters, authors or anyone else involved, in most cases. If a user reverses a vote, the corresponding reputation loss or gain will be reversed as well.
How do you gain reputation on a wiki?
The primary way to gain reputation is by posting good questions and useful answers. Votes on these posts cause you to gain (or sometimes lose) reputation. Please note that votes for posts marked “community wiki” do not generate any reputation. You gain reputation when: question is voted up: +5. answer is voted up: +10.
How does meta work in Stack Overflow community?
This is not a random discussion area; rather, it’s a place for improving our community and website, together. Voting is different on meta. Like normal Stack Exchange sites, Meta allows members to vote on questions and answers.
What does it mean to have two meta sites?
The meta site is the community’s way of discussing issues and making decisions which pertain to our community. Having two sites allows us to have a common interface for Q&A and also for community discussion, while also keeping the actual content separate from the “meta discussion”