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Yesterday I answered a question and the answer got accepted and upvoted. In my reputation list I got +15RP for an accepted answer but also -15RP for an unaccepted answer. Apparently the answer got accepted and unaccepted at the same time. However if I look at the post I see the answer got accepted. So I don't understand the reason for the -15RP.

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    Possibly they accepted, accidentally unaccepted, then re-accepted.
    – Mithical
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:02
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    @Mithrandir That seems like the most likely thing, though it's weird that it doesn't have something like "[+15] accept [-15] unaccept [+15] accept" if it's that scenario.
    – doppelgreener
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:05
  • @doppelgreener I agree with you here.
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:08
  • I had an answer to accept, so I did some science - it just showed the accept, without the first accept/unaccept...
    – Mithical
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:10
  • Sometimes rep needs some time to relax, in a couple of minutes tho it should be back to normal. Over a day is long...
    – Penguin9
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:13
  • @RaisingAgent I thought so as well. However it has been like this since yesterday so I thought I might ask what's the reason.
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 13:32
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    What does your reputation audit page is showing for post 41697062? That's what matters for the actual reputation. If you see (15) there, it means you did get the reputation, and it's just a cosmetic issue in the reputation history.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 14:51
  • @ShadowWizard In the reputation audit page there are two entries for post 41697062: (10) and (15). Also the overall RP on the audit page is 15 points higher than the one shown in the reputation history. Thx for the hint.
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 15:03
  • But when will the reputation history be revised and what is the actual reason for this?
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 15:06
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    So it's not a "critical" bug, i.e. your rep isn't affected, there's only a display issue in the reputation events list. This might be fixed by itself by some cleanup script, worth to check tomorrow if it's still showing wrong. As for why, I guess that somehow the "unaccept" event was processed before the "accept" event, which messed things up.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 15:07
  • Alright I'll keep an eye on it. Thank you for your advise.
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 15:12

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This is just a matter of both the unaccept and re-accept coming in at the exact same time and throwing the system off. A simple recalculation of your account fixed the issue.

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  • This also should run daily, right?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 16:08
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    @ShadowWizard It runs every 15 minutes, but only checks profiles which have been scheduled to be checked due to some event (like a deletion or undeletion, etc).
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 16:09
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    So without manual intervention, this would be fixed only on next reputation event?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 16:10
  • @ShadowWizard All I did was delete the post and immediately undelete it so it would get scheduled for recalc. (Anyone can technically do it.)
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jan 18, 2017 at 16:11
  • @animuson Now the reputation points fit the expected. So recalculation worked. Meaning next time I experience this issue I would simply delete and undelete my post, right?
    – MrLeeh
    Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 5:41
  • @mrleeh You can do that, yes. Then just wait 15 minutes and see if it corrects itself. In this case, you wouldn't have been able to delete this answer because it was accepted. But you can always just find aome other random post if you wanted.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 5:43

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