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Reputation gains (+1) due to deletion of posts I have downvoted does not seem to be applied

Some days ago I noticed that, while a post I had downvoted was deleted and the deletion showed up in my reputation tab as +1, the single-point gain was not actually added to my total rep (which ends ...
desertnaut's user avatar
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25 votes
1 answer
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Why was my bounty returned after I deleted the question?

I had asked this question about a week ago (which apparently, wasn't well-received, but that's another story) and had started a 50-reputation bounty. After the question remained unanswered, and just ...
kesarling's user avatar
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5 votes
1 answer
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A few reps still there after recreating a deleted account

It's a little bug I have noticed for some time: I deleted my SO account long ago, and I believe I deleted it more than one time. However, each time I recreate it, I get the usual 101 reps, and an ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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Recent Achievements shows incorrect value [duplicate]

I noticed this a couple of times before asking this question. The "Recent Achievements" notification button is showing incorrect value. Here is a screenshot:
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5 votes
1 answer
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New vote rep sticks after deleting post

stackoverflow.com/reputation is showing me these records: -- 2019-08-25 rep +10 = 50345 3 29749903 (-2) -- 2019-08-26 rep -2 = 50343 The random downvote was received on this old ...
Mathieu Guindon's user avatar
-25 votes
1 answer
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"mostly code" filtering, reputation hiccup

It seems that the "mostly code" filtering is reputation based [src]. As in, low-reputation users are on a stricter post diet than higher-reputation users. Makes sense, kinda ... so far. What makes no ...
MvGulik's user avatar
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5 votes
1 answer
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Unupvote removes rep from the daily cap, but later upvotes don't add rep again

Yesterday, I hit the rep cap around 11:00 UTC. My question kept being upvoted. Then I got the following events: 21:03 upvote +2 21:02 upvote -5 21:02 unupvote -2 20:50 downvote ...
Olivier Grégoire's user avatar
108 votes
2 answers
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Minimum 50 reputation to post comments can be circumvented by posting a trivial answer

A minimum reputation of 50 is required to post comments on questions. This can be circumvented by posting a very short answer (in my case 39 characters or so). Stack Overflow then detects it as a ...
Ozzy Walsh's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
162 views

Quarterly Top User, showing spurious changes

I am not sure if this is known or even if this is the right place post it. However, I think the reputation Quarterly Top User page has a bug in it: His change is 143,200, yet his reputation points ...
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33 votes
1 answer
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Shouldn't voting correction be reflected by the daily rep cap?

Some 12 hours ago someone went on an upvoting spree, well exceeding the daily rep cap. That has been quickly addressed and corrected a couple of hours later. But a while ago I noticed that a recent ...
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8 votes
1 answer
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It is possible to gain rep past your rep cap through a bug/loophole

I discovered that you can still gain rep after you have crossed the rep cap without having your answer accepted. I downvoted an answer, and then undid my downvote later when they edited, and I noticed ...
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5 votes
1 answer
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Is the reputation widget broken?

Earlier now there was a notification of reputation change. It was showing +6: But when I opened it and saw it, it was +10 because of an upvote on one of my answers: Is this a bug or did I missing ...
Manohar's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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No reputation gain for approved edits in "R Language" [closed]

Even though my contributions are approved, no reputation is awarded for R Language Documentation. I receive +2 reputation for other topics such as Latex, but not for R Language.
Lella's user avatar
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13 votes
0 answers
457 views

Reputation notifications not showing after my answer was deleted

Recently, a question that I had answered was closed and deleted (along with my answer) for being a duplicate, and I lost all the reputation (105 points) I'd gained from my answer. That's no problem, ...
samgak's user avatar
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-1 votes
2 answers
112 views

User with very low rep editing questions

I just found this suggested edit. The user has only 15 rep and is totally inactive on Stack Overflow. How is it possible that they can edit a question?
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