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Increase reputation awarded for questions
Yes
I say that we should go ahead with this change.
Apart from simply correctly appreciating the massive amount of effort put into writing good challenges, this would also be a very nice added ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
Absolutely
PPCG is different from most other sites on Stack Exchange in that it is not a Q+A site; in fact, many questions that ask for help (other than "how to golf in ____") are marked as ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
Yes, but only if downvotes scale to -4
Peter Taylor brought up a very good point in a comment: There are many questions which would change from being worth negative rep to positive rep should this ...
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Is code golf going to be opting into the voting reputation requirement test?
No
Code Golf participating would provide minimal useful information for Stack Exchange given our unique format, and it would solve a problem we really don't have (insufficient voting/interaction).
In ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
I'm late to this party, so I probably won't get many votes.
Upvotes +15, Downvotes -5
For each one challenge, approximately 9.9 solutions are written. It seems obvious to me that challenges are far ...
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I Don't Have Enough Reputation to Comment
Comments requiring reputation is an unfortunate situation, but it is (sadly) necessary to prevent comment spam. There is no manual override; the only way to post comments is to earn the 50 reputation ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
One time bonus for Nice Questions
This probably won't be implemented. But it seems to be exactly what all you want:
Easy questions getting a lot of upvotes won't be affected much.
Questions having a ...
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How did I lose 5 reputation on an answer?
A quick glance at your reputation history reveals that your answer was unaccepted (-15) and got an upvote (+10). The sum is the -5 you saw in the notification area.
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How should challenge authors be rewarded for creating exemplary challenges?
I suggested a potential feature request related to this when we were discussing ideas about the fact that we're not a Q&A site. This is of course a suggestion that would require changes to the ...
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Can't add an answer to question Don't google “google” on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf
This is status-bydesign because you have to earn 10 rep on the site, in order to answer a protected question. The 100 rep association bonus doesn't apply towards the rep needed.
From this MSE post
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
As of yesterday, November 13th 2019, this is now in effect network wide:
We’re changing the reputation earned from getting a question upvote to ten points, making it equal to the reputation earned ...
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Rep requirement for asking
No
There are a few reasons I think this is a bad idea, any one of which I think can stand alone. Considered together, it seems like an obvious conclusion to me.
Ask Questions, Get Answers
This is what ...
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2 downvotes + 1 upvote = 1 more reputation
Reddit karma is +1/-1. Why should SE rep be +10/-2?
In short, the voting and reputation structure are optimized for a Q/A site rather than a system that ranks popular opinions.
There is asymmetry in ...
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Is it permitted to upvote only to test submissions?
Absolutely not
In general
Targeted upvoting – i.e., upvoting because of the poster instead of the post itself – is forbidden on the entire network and can have unpleasant consequences both for the ...
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Rep requirement for asking
No
Some users don't answer in PPCG, and yet can be great challenge writers. Why restrict when there's no need to?
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I Don't Have Enough Reputation to Comment
Any user with 20 rep on their parent site can suggest an improvement to an answer by pinging the OP in chat and posting the suggestion there, or a link to a pastebin or something if it's long.
You ...
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How should challenge authors be rewarded for creating exemplary challenges?
Maintain a list of exemplary challenges
We would have a post on meta. In this post, each answer would consist of a summary of an exemplary challenge and a link. Each such answer would serve as a ...
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Does (Should) instituting a bounty count as earning negative rep for the daily rep limit
You can earn a maximum of 200 reputation from upvotes per day. This limit is not affected by either placing or earning bounties.
For the scenario you describe in your question, the final reputation ...
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(When) do my mod tools go away?
Yes, the privilege thresholds increase when sites get custom designs. See Congratulations, you're graduating!. So if you still have about 2000 reputation when we get a design, you'll still have ...
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Do you gain reputation from upvotes from the meta site
No.
I've upvoted your question for you to verify this.
From the What is "meta"? How does it work? page:
Votes on meta do not affect your reputation; your meta reputation is the same as your ...
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When reputation drops to 0, Is asking not allowed?
Reputation can't drop to zero. It never falls below 1.
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2 downvotes + 1 upvote = 1 more reputation
Is this characteristic an intended behavior for Code Golf?
Yes:
You gain reputation when:
question is voted up: +5
(…)
You lose reputation when:
<...
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Why I'm getting reputation for this?
You answer was downvoted twice, once on October 23rd, once today. Your net reputation has not changed as a result of that post.
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Why I'm getting reputation for this?
There is no bug
You can never be sure with downvotes, even mods have somewhat limited information on this. But to get +4 rep like that you would have to have a post with two downvotes (and no upvotes)...
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When reputation drops to 0, Is asking not allowed?
Creating a post is a privilege, because it can be taken from you. If you post too many badly scored questions or you delete them there's a chance you won't be able to post any more.
Because ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
Yes
But not in tips questions.
Tips questions don't fit the classic PPCG question and are also quite easy to write, as compared to a challenge. Just look at the general structure.
This is my general ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible