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Your rep log indicates that you lost 23 point for the deletion, not 25. The other 2 lost rep are from the downvote.

We can tabulate this out by summing the answer's pre-deletion reputation events:

+10 upvote
+15 accept
- 2 downvote
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+23 pre-deletion worth

When the answer was deleted, you lost the total value of the question's reputational worth to you, which was 23 rep.

To put it another way:

  • Suppose I gave you 25 dollars.
  • The next day, I need money to buy my lunch, so I say, "Sorry, can I just get 2 of those dollars back from you?"
  • The day thereafter, I realize I meant to give those 25 dollars to someone else entirely, so I say, "Terribly sorry, but please give all of that money back. That shouldn't have gone to you at all."

When I take back the money, I'm certainly not going to ask for the full $25 back, because you already gave me $2 of it the day before. Thus, on the final day, you give me $23, but your net loss (counting from the first day) was $25, including the other $2.

Your rep log indicates that you lost 23 point for the deletion, not 25. The other 2 lost rep are from the downvote.

We can tabulate this out by summing the answer's pre-deletion reputation events:

+10 upvote
+15 accept
- 2 downvote
------------
+23 pre-deletion worth

When the answer was deleted, you lost the total value of the question's reputational worth to you, which was 23 rep.

Your rep log indicates that you lost 23 point for the deletion, not 25. The other 2 lost rep are from the downvote.

We can tabulate this out by summing the answer's pre-deletion reputation events:

+10 upvote
+15 accept
- 2 downvote
------------
+23 pre-deletion worth

When the answer was deleted, you lost the total value of the question's reputational worth to you, which was 23 rep.

To put it another way:

  • Suppose I gave you 25 dollars.
  • The next day, I need money to buy my lunch, so I say, "Sorry, can I just get 2 of those dollars back from you?"
  • The day thereafter, I realize I meant to give those 25 dollars to someone else entirely, so I say, "Terribly sorry, but please give all of that money back. That shouldn't have gone to you at all."

When I take back the money, I'm certainly not going to ask for the full $25 back, because you already gave me $2 of it the day before. Thus, on the final day, you give me $23, but your net loss (counting from the first day) was $25, including the other $2.

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apsillers
  • 1.8k
  • 1
  • 12
  • 15

Your rep log indicates that you lost 23 point for the deletion, not 25. The other 2 lost rep are from the downvote.

We can tabulate this out by summing the answer's pre-deletion reputation events:

+10 upvote
+15 accept
- 2 downvote
------------
+23 pre-deletion worth

When the answer was deleted, you lost the total value of the question's reputational worth to you, which was 23 rep.