user29337: When trying to post the question with the topic, Answers with no references which have been contested for a long while, I got a message flagged up saying

This was because 27 minutes prior to that, I asked about  Ligaments at the posterior superior iliac spine on Biology.SE (non-meta).
Because of the 40 minute block on questioning, I had to wait a further 40 minutes after asking the previous question on meta to ask this question also on meta.  This is frustrating when you may be researching a few things and have a few separate questions.
Does this apply between non-meta questions as well as meta to meta questions?
Why would asking a question on non-meta stop you asking a question on meta within 40 minutes of each other?

user28778: Any user with less than 125 rep need to wait 40 minutes before posting a question anywhere in the SE network. It was implemented to slow down spammers from asking questions networkwide.
See here for more information.

29337: <p>When trying to post the question with the topic, <a href="https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3828">Answers with no references which have been contested for a long while</a>, I got a message flagged up saying
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This was because 27 minutes prior to that, I asked about  <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/q/74122">Ligaments at the posterior superior iliac spine</a> on Biology.SE (<strong>non-meta</strong>).</p>

<p>Because of the 40 minute block on questioning, I had to wait a further 40 minutes after asking the previous question on meta to ask this question also on meta.  This is frustrating when you may be researching a few things and have a few separate questions.</p>

<p>Does this apply between non-meta questions as well as meta to meta questions?</p>

<p>Why would asking a question on non-meta stop you asking a question on meta within 40 minutes of each other?</p>
 28778: <p>Any user with less than 125 rep need to wait 40 minutes before posting a question anywhere in the SE network. It was <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/277485/implement-cross-site-posting-rate-limits-to-slow-down-spammers">implemented</a> to slow down spammers from asking questions networkwide.</p>

<p>See <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide">here</a> for more information.</p>
