What happened to the Rep System and the points?

[C0ldf1re]

... Even if all of a member's posts were deleted, they would still retain their full earned reputation.

That is illogical. If all of a member's posts were to be deleted for just cause, then they clearly would not merit a good reputation.

[weegillis]

In some cases, 'just cause' may apply to a thread being sidelined, but some of the innocent posters losing their posts is collateral damage. While it may seem illogical that a person would retain the reputation, it is important to note who gave them that reputation: the members, not the forum admin/moderators.

[kgun]

While it may seem illogical that a person would retain the reputation, it is important to note who gave them that reputation: the members, not the forum admin/moderators.

But what is a forum or community (without members)? In a sense:

The forum = Its members

(at least the human part of it).

I could post a semantic example, but assume that the post would be deleted since it would contain a link to my own forum (more precisely Bulletin Board).

Private copy.

[Clint1]

You have to be logged into your account.

Then

1. Click on the Forum banner.
2. In the upper right corner click at the settings link.
3. There I see the: Latest Reputation Received (5114 point(s) total) and the last 8 given.
   

Oh ok, I thought you were talking about something else.

[Clint1]

I concur with Rah. Post deletion does not affect the accumulated rep, only the links out to the post that are in the member CP. Even if all of a member's posts were deleted, they would still retain their full earned reputation.

Then why have some members experienced a reduction?
http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster...l=1#post624768 (?)
http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster...l=1#post624784

[rah]

When I changed the reputation system it also recalculated everyone's reputation count. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm confident that you saw a drop because the number values you had before were inflated when they shouldn't have been.

That could have been caused by a number of factors.

1) You had accidental double rep by the same member on the same post. This normally can't happen but during our server issues, things like this got through.

2) One of the admin gave you more green by modding your profile and not using the rep system.