Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29892505-20190731080407/@comment-366087-20190731140920

@Storm… "local" means the wikia you are in at any particular moment. Right now, as you read this post, the "local wiki" is Community Central. The linked above example you provided, EvoCreo was the wiki where User:Smise was blocked, locally there.

"Local" is used to distinguish from actions which span "the FANDOM network", such as global blocks, from those which only affect one or a few wikias. Since STAFF have oversight of the Network, they often have to specify between when they mean FANDOM/Wikia as a whole, and a wiki's local needs. Staff often acts for the good of the network while usually leaving individual "local staff/admins" to deal with their local issues themselves.

Now, I apologize if you already understood the use of the terminology, but your comment suggested a need to explain it.