How can I earn or lose reputation points?

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The simple way to earn reputation points is to be helpful to a community and its members: ask relevant questions, provide quality answers, post tutorials, and be respectful to others. **You earn points when:**

Expert post type
Action or event	Reputation points
Expert post accepted as correct. It means that your answer to a post was marked as The best by the author of the post. You get reputation points.	15
Expert post upvoted. It means that some of the users of a community upvoted your post. You get reputation points.	5
Expert answer upvoted. It means that some of the users of a community found your answer helpful and upvoted it. You get reputation points.	10
Accept answer as correct for Expert post. It means that the author of the post marked your answer as The best . The author of the post gets reputation points.	2

Discussion post type
Action or event	Reputation points
Discussion answer accepted as correct. It means that your answer to a post was marked as The best by the author of the post. You get reputation points.	3
Discussion post upvoted. It means that some of the users of a community upvoted your post. You get reputation points.	1
Discussion answer upvoted. It means that some of the users of a community found your answer helpful and upvoted it. You get reputation points.	1
Accept answer as correct for Discussion post. It means that the author of the post marked your answer as The best . The author of the post gets reputation points.	1

Tutorial post type
Action or event	Reputation points
Tutorial upvoted. It means that some of the users found your tutorial helpful they upvoted it. You get reputation points.	5

Unfortunately there’s a chance that you may lose your reputation points. It depends on multiple factors: you provided an incomplete answer, the same question was asked many times, or maybe you broke the main rule to be respectful to others. **You lose points when:**

All post types
Action or event	Reputation points
Expert post downvoted. It means that other users didn’t like the post for some reason, they downvoted it. The author of the post loses reputation points.	-2
Expert answer downvoted. It means that other users didn’t find the answer helpful and they downvoted it. The author of the answer loses reputation points.	-2
Discussion post downvoted. It means that other users didn’t like the post for some reason, they downvoted it. The author of the post loses reputation points.	-1
Discussion answer downvoted. It means that other users didn’t find the answer helpful and they downvoted it. The author of the answer loses reputation points.	-1
Downvote post. It means that other users didn’t like the post for some reason, they downvoted it. The users who downvoted the post lose reputation points.	-1
Downvote answer. It means that other users didn’t find the answer helpful, they downvoted it. The users who downvoted the answer lose reputation points.	-1
Delete own post.	-1
Delete own answer.	-1
Delete own comment.	0
Moderator deletes your post or answer.	-2
Moderator deletes your comment.	-1
Tutorial downvoted. It means that some users didn’t find the tutorial helpful, they downvoted it. The author of the tutorial loses reputation points.	-2
Downvote tutorial. It means that other users didn’t find the tutorial helpful, they downvoted it. The users who downvoted the tutorial lose reputation points.	-2

No worries if you lost some reputation points. There’s a way to improve the situation. **You get extra points when:**

Expert post type
Action or event	Reputation points
Post answered within 15 min after the post was published.	5
Answer first to a post.	5
Fulfill these two conditions at one go.	10

Discussion post type
Action or event	Reputation points
Post answered within 15 min after the post was published.	1
Answer first to a post.	1
Fulfill these two conditions at one go.	2

How can I earn or lose reputation points?

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