PKOUG keeps two totals:
| Contribution points | Reputation | |
|---|---|---|
| Measures | How much you contribute over time | How much others recognise its quality |
| Earned from | Every contribution rule | Only rules that carry a reputation value, such as helpful votes, accepted solutions, published Knowledge and verified speaking |
| Decides | Your rank | Nothing — it is a signal |
For example, posting an answer earns points but no reputation; the answer earns reputation when someone votes it helpful or it is accepted.
Where reputation appears #
On your community profile and member cards, in My PKOUG → Contributions, and as the default sort in the forum members list.
What reduces it #
Reputation falls only when an award that carried reputation is reversed — for example a withdrawn helpful vote or a changed accepted solution — or through an audited administrative correction. Ordinary disagreement does not reduce it; there are no downvotes.
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