<p>I am posting a possible solution that doesn't address all of the points but may be a solution to mitigating the effects of losing reputation score for having a question become CW. </p>

<p>Would it be possible for the moderators to let those whose reputation would be affected by having the original post become CW know beforehand so that they may decide to use those points as a possible bounty to highlight some other question of interest to them?  I am not sure why you are not allowed to keep the reputation in the first place, but this the reputation would still be taken away and at least used in some "productive" fashion by that user. </p>

<p>I pose this solution knowing that my own post: <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/195034/what-is-a-data-scientist">What is a data scientist?</a> could potentially go CW and now I wonder should I chance losing all that reputation and so instead place a large bounty, or should I roll the dice and gamble on the fact that it may not go CW. So I think a heads up (moderators if you are listening) would be nice :)</p>
