I read in FAQ about daily cap limit and that it does not include accepted answers. However it can be read in 2 ways:
Which way of reading is correct? Could the FAQ be clarified?
It's just the 15 points for having the accepted answer that's immune, but I suppose the FAQ does seem to imply it's all points from an accepted answer. Should it say "accepted answer bonuses"?
The following sentence is the referring to both the reputation you gain when one of your answers is accepted, and the reputation you gain when you accept an answer. I verified that personally, as when I accepted answers, the gained reputation was not counted for reaching the reputation cap.
Please note that votes for posts marked “community wiki” do not generate any reputation, while accepted answers and bounty awards are not subject to the daily reputation limit.
As both the reputations are listed under answer is accepted, they don't count for reaching the reputation cap.
answer is accepted +15 (+2 to acceptor)
+2. I think by The upvotes on accepted answer are not included he means that if you had 40 upvotes on this answer (in 1 day) and he *accepts* it, then you get 400 points in one day. I believe it's a minor point of confusion which could be sorted out with a simple rewording.
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Aug 23, 2011 at 16:56
The FAQ is terribly unclear and in my opinion it needs to be clarified. It is apparently only the 15 points for acceptance that are immune, but one wouldn't know that strictly from reading the FAQ.
I attempted to revive this question by offering the bounty so that it could get attention by some mods that have the power to clarify the FAQ, but apparently that did not work. Mods, I kindly request you to please consider clarifying the language in the FAQ to unambiguously explain this facet of how the reputation cap works.
