In
photo.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5786/14253 , a user apparently posted an answer on a protected meta question when he only has 2 points over the assoc bonus, despite that the notice on the question says “To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count)”. It's a good answer, so this is good, but I wonder if the text of the protected notice is incorrect, and whether this happens on main sites too or only on metas.