<p><strong>Reputation score is denormalized, so it is expected for it to vary slightly from the "real" value over time.</strong> We periodically recalculate everyone's reputation to bring it in sync, roughly once per year.</p>

<p>Some ways reputation can be affected without being updated live:</p>

<ul>
<li>a user is deleted; this deletes all their votes</li>
<li>a post is deleted</li>
<li>a post is migrated to another site</li>
</ul>

<p>You can always check</p>

<p><code>/reputation</code> </p>

<p>to see the live calculation of your reputation, and optionally recalculate it to reflect the current, most correct, value.</p>
