How do I gain reputation?

There are several ways to gain reputation:

  • Post insightful responses that get upvoted, each upvote is worth a specific amount of points.
  • As you earn badges you will gain a reputation bonus for each badge you receive. Not all badges come with a reputation bonus. “Supporter” is one for example.
  • Improve existing content, click the improve button to fix typos or expand questions, answers and knowledgebase topics. If your improvement is accepted by the owner you will gain reputation. The amount you gain will depend on the edit. This is determined by an algorithm.

Thumbs up!

Each response can get upvoted, but the reputation bonus varies. Below is a list of the points you can get.

Questions:

  • An upvote for a response to a question is worth 10 points
  • An accepted answer results in a “Resolver” badge and is worth 15 points. Only a single answer can be accepted.

Feature requests:

  • An upvote for a response on the “discussion” tab is worth 1 point.
  • An upvote for a response on the “design” tab is worth 10 points. This tab should only be used for design proposals, not discussion or workarounds.
  • An accepted design results in a “Designer” badge and is worth 15 points.
  • An upvote for a response on the “workarounds” tab is worth 10 points. This tab should only contain workarounds for the feature request, not discussion or design proposals.
  • A completed feature request results in an “Innovator” badge for the person that submitted it and is worth 15 points.
  • A completed feature request results in a “Dream Maker badge for the developer that completes the feature and is worth 15 points.

Bug reports:

  • An upvote for a response on the “discussion” tab is worth 1 point.
  • An upvote for a response on the “steps to reproduce” tab is worth 10 points. This tab should only include actual steps to reproduce, not discussion responses or workarounds.
  • An accepted steps-to-reproduce results in a “Detective” badge and is worth 15 points.
  • An upvote for a response on the “workarounds” tab is worth 10 points. This tab should only contain workarounds for a bug, not discussion or steps to reproduce.
  • An accepted workaround results in a “Wizard” badge and is worth 15 points.
  • A fixed bug results in a “Reporter” badge for the person that submitted it and is worth 15 points.
  • A fixed bug results in a “Bug Slayer” badge for the developer that fixed the bug and is worth 15 points.

Knowledgebase articles:

  • An upvote for a Knowledgebase article is worth 1 point.

Fan art:

  • An upvote for a response on the “discussion” tab is worth 1 point.
  • An upvote for a response on the “requests” tab is worth 1 point.
  • An upvote for a Fan art topic itself is worth 10 points.

Discussion:

  • An upvote for a response on the “discussion” tab is worth 1 point.

Improve!

Improvements can be made to several kinds of topics and posts. Improving the content that others posted result in better information that’s available for the community.

You can improve:

  • Knowledgebase Articles
  • Questions
  • Answers to Questions
  • Feature Requests
  • Design proposals for Feature Requests
  • Workarounds for Feature Requests
  • Steps to Reproduce for bugs
  • Workarounds for bugs
  • Fan Art

You get a badge for:

  • The first improvement that’s accepted by the post owner. You will receive the “Improver” badge which is worth 15 points.
  • Submitting 200 improvements that are accepted. You will receive the “Radical Reform” badge which is worth ?? points.
  • Submitting 500 improvements that are accepted. You will receive the “Kaizen” badge which is worth ?? points.

By gaining reputation, you get:

  • More wishes. What is a wish and why do I care?
  • If you have 100 reputation or more, you get the ability so send Private Messages to other users. Anything below that only allows you to respond to PM’s you've received from others.
  • If you have 500 reputation or more, you get the ability to upload files to your personal space on the Community Tracker. You can upload files from the User Control Panel.
  • If you have more than 1000 reputation, you get the ability to edit all posts on the tracker. Besides that you get the ability to move responses to other tabs and switch topic types. Use this with respect and caution.
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