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15 questions linked to/from How often is reputation recalculated?
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Should the weight of downvotes be increased?
When we started Stack Overflow, we wanted to make sure that downvotes were more of a visual and psychological motivator than a punitive action. That's why
upvotes are +10
downvotes are -2, and cost ...
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How do I audit my reputation?
If I am concerned that my reputation score is incorrect, how can I audit it, or get a report of a detailed breakdown of my reputation?
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Self-instigated rep recalc [closed]
In a few situations, it's nice to be able to get a rep recalc "on demand." In the past, I've simply pinged Marc Gravell about this, but it would be good not to have to bother him.
As an example, this ...
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Make scheduled reputation recalcs to increase transparency
Users keep raising the same questions on Meta after a loss in reputation overnight and have no clue as to why. It would be helpful to have a clear mechanism for recalcs and to leave a tersely ...
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How can I request a reputation recalc?
The accepted answer to the question, "How often is reputation recalculated?", states that your reputation can be recalculated by a mod on request. Other than posting this question, how can I request ...
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Why wasn't I notified of new privileges I gained as a result of the recent reputation recalculation?
FYI: In the rep recalculation for questions, privileges didn't follow.
Today, a single upvote on this question, which constitutes all my activity on that site since recalculation, triggered the ...
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Show message when rep has been recalculated
We still get whining both on here and on SO when someone notices their rep changes due to a rep recalc.
I suggest to forestall this, (especially for those that don't know the ins and outs of SO) a ...
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Regain reputation lost by downvoting a deleted answer
I downvoted an answer, and it was deleted.
Why don't (or shouldn't) I get the reputation back?
If I don't get it back right away, then how come the Community User owns that many downvotes?
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So many upvotes and so little reputation
Why do I have 224 upvotes, 6 downvotes and only 163 reputation?
Not that I am here looking for points, but it could be nice a few years from now having a good reputation that could at least serve as ...
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Show changes from last rep recalc on the profile [closed]
When you do a rep recalc, that should update effected users' profiles to show rep before, rep after, and the time of the recalc on the profile page.
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Bug in the Downvote Reversal? [duplicate]
Yesterday I was serial downvoted on SO - top four marked answers. So, lost 8 rep and was sitting at #,#22.
Looks like the script caught it, because there's no downvotes for yesterday when I check ...
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Sudden reputation drop by 200pts not shown on SO/reputation
May be I've been on hallucination, but a few hours ago my rep on SO was slightly above 3000 (I even remember getting a message about being able to vote for closing/reopening questions) yet now I found ...
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Are total reputation points adjusted from time to time? [duplicate]
I’ve noticed that, from time to time, my total reputation points are changed, generally for small amounts: 5, 10 or 20 points for instance.
The issue is not the adjustment itself but I wonder how ...
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'Real' and 'shown' reputation differ [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is my status bar reputation different from stackoverflow.com/reputation ?
Currently on Stack Overflow, I have 7102 reputation. If I visit
https://stackoverflow.com/...
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How does an faq-proposed question become part of the FAQ?
There are 131 questions tagged faq-proposed. The FAQ for Stack Exchange sites says:
How can a question be added to this FAQ?
Link back to this index. Paste this at the end of the question:
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