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I don't think reputation means what you think it means. Reputation doesn't mean you are good at programming, but rather that you've been able to help someone on this site. Reputation is your reward for having taken the time and energy to think about someone's question and produce an answer that at least 3 people found helpful. The fact that it was on the site for 60 days shows that at the time it was likely within the bounds of the site's topic.

Honestly, I'm more concerned that useful, historical information is still be deleted and that leaving the reputation when that happens really serves to hide that fact. The jury is still out, but it's possible that the deletionists have actually won, with the exception of a few notable, historical questions. For example, @casparOne deleted this College DegreeCollege Degree question. I know that I found it useful because I up voted at least two of the answers. P.SE doesn't want it, but it was up voted enough that I think it should fit the historical definition. In this case, perhaps, with a link to P.SE indicating that more relevant information can be found there on career aspirations.

I don't think reputation means what you think it means. Reputation doesn't mean you are good at programming, but rather that you've been able to help someone on this site. Reputation is your reward for having taken the time and energy to think about someone's question and produce an answer that at least 3 people found helpful. The fact that it was on the site for 60 days shows that at the time it was likely within the bounds of the site's topic.

Honestly, I'm more concerned that useful, historical information is still be deleted and that leaving the reputation when that happens really serves to hide that fact. The jury is still out, but it's possible that the deletionists have actually won, with the exception of a few notable, historical questions. For example, @casparOne deleted this College Degree question. I know that I found it useful because I up voted at least two of the answers. P.SE doesn't want it, but it was up voted enough that I think it should fit the historical definition. In this case, perhaps, with a link to P.SE indicating that more relevant information can be found there on career aspirations.

I don't think reputation means what you think it means. Reputation doesn't mean you are good at programming, but rather that you've been able to help someone on this site. Reputation is your reward for having taken the time and energy to think about someone's question and produce an answer that at least 3 people found helpful. The fact that it was on the site for 60 days shows that at the time it was likely within the bounds of the site's topic.

Honestly, I'm more concerned that useful, historical information is still be deleted and that leaving the reputation when that happens really serves to hide that fact. The jury is still out, but it's possible that the deletionists have actually won, with the exception of a few notable, historical questions. For example, @casparOne deleted this College Degree question. I know that I found it useful because I up voted at least two of the answers. P.SE doesn't want it, but it was up voted enough that I think it should fit the historical definition. In this case, perhaps, with a link to P.SE indicating that more relevant information can be found there on career aspirations.

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I don't think reputation means what you think it means. Reputation doesn't mean you are good at programming, but rather that you've been able to help someone on this site. Reputation is your reward for having taken the time and energy to think about someone's question and produce an answer that at least 3 people found helpful. The fact that it was on the site for 60 days shows that at the time it was likely within the bounds of the site's topic.

Honestly, I'm more concerned that useful, historical information is still be deleted and that leaving the reputation when that happens really serves to hide that fact. The jury is still out, but it's possible that the deletionists have actually won, with the exception of a few notable, historical questions. For example, @casparOne deleted this College Degree question. I know that I found it useful because I up voted at least two of the answers. P.SE doesn't want it, but it was up voted enough that I think it should fit the historical definition. In this case, perhaps, with a link to P.SE indicating that more relevant information can be found there on career aspirations.