Reputation doesn't work quite as simply as:

> 
> Here's how it works: if you post a
>  good question or helpful answer, it
>  will be voted up by your peers: you
>  gain 10 reputation points. If you post
>  something that's off topic or
>  incorrect, it will be voted down: you
>  lose 2 reputation points. You can earn
>  up to 200 reputation per day, but no
>  more. (Note that votes for any posts
>  marked "community wiki" do not
>  generate reputation.)
> 
> 
> 

There are rep recalculations, the cap isn't always 200 if things get removed, per day is not clearly defined. Sure all this stuff is defined in various posts via the meta site. But why not have an official page for the reputation rules? So change it to something like:

> 
> Here's how ***basically*** it works: if you post a
>  good question or helpful answer, it
>  will be voted up by your peers: you
>  gain 10 reputation points. If you post
>  something that's off topic or
>  incorrect, it will be voted down: you
>  lose 2 reputation points. You can earn
>  up to 200 reputation per day, but no
>  more. (Note that votes for any posts
>  marked "community wiki" do not
>  generate reputation.) **If you want the details of all the ins and outs of reputation, which you probably don't really need to know, see the link:reputation rules.**
> 
> 
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