Question

Dear OS,
So hey if someone gets a medal and that question is deleted, will that medal disappear from the medal count?
Sincerely,
Myininaya
P.S. I think you're cool.

Answer 1

To the best of my understanding, the medal will disappear.

Answer 2

deleting question loses all scores that wouldve been gained..also deleting ALL answers of one person will turn his medal count back to zero so should he post a new answer it's back to square 1

Answer 3

Sincerely
~Dr. House, M.D.

Answer 4

I did a test with this poor boy hector. I gave him a medal for answer and deleted it. Notice the number in the medal count under biology.

Answer 5

It said 3 medals under biology for medalgiven and beforemedalgiven. After the question was deleted, the medal count went down to 1.

Answer 6

So now the medals received for all groups doesn't add up.
Also....if I gave that person a medal why is the medal count the same for medalgiven and beforemedalgiven?

Answer 7

side question....you did an experiment on an innocent answerer??? lol

Answer 8

I am evil :)

Answer 9

She said she was curious and I said OK.

Answer 10

Thanks hector for your participation.

Answer 11

Do you have further uses for me?

Answer 12

I don't need you anymore. Thanks.

Answer 13

uhmm did he receive 2 medals for that question?

Answer 14

Nope.

Answer 15

There were no more participators.

Answer 16

hmm curious...very curious

Answer 17

So just so we all understand...
I posted the question.
Hector answered the question. (Thanks again hector)
I took a screenshot of his profile (called it beforemedalgiven)
Then I gave him a medal
Took screenshot of his profile (called it medalgiven)
Deleted question
Took screenshot of his profile (called it questiondeleted)

Answer 18

The medal count under the biology section of the profile did not change from beforemedalgiven to medalgiven.
The medal count changed when I deleted the question.

Answer 19

But only one medal was given.

Answer 20

But two were taken away from the count.

Answer 21

you were the asker o.O then there is another discrepancy! "Medals for Answers" shouldve dropped!

Answer 22

Shouldn't it have gone from 7 to 8, then 8 to 7 when the question was deleted?

Answer 23

these maths dont add @_@

Answer 24

I wonder what kinda algorithm it is lol

Answer 25

this made me realize that a lot of the information in my profile could be lies :p

Answer 26

Well maybe they know and they are still trying to work out all of the nastiness.

Answer 27

probably...if i know my mods right this is @darthsid 's baby

Answer 28

So now we posted the question again because I really did want an answer:
the results are in the link:
http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/4faf188ae4b059b524fa3268

Answer 29

Hm the change should propagate, but we do have a fix in the next release that will recalculate all these stats and ensure that deletions are accounted for appropriately. fingers crossed :x

Answer 30

maybe i should also mention that my profile has some weird discrepancies too @mattfeury mainly the fan count and the fan testimonial..what does it mean?

Answer 31

Hmm perhaps some people removed their testimonials? The count on the left is a count of the current state, but the SmartScore stat reflects how many testimonials have given you points. The fans count being higher than the stat is strange though...

Answer 32

yeah..my thoughts exactly :/

Answer 33

maybe 4 fans didnt account points? does that make sense lol

Answer 34

that's probably what that means, yea. I'll look into it. We'll get you those points :p

Answer 35

yay! thanks..i care about my 4 fans that are unnoticed <tips hat>

Answer 36

@lgbasallote @myininaya these stats should be accurate finally. If the accuracy degrades, then we've got a problem in our code, but as of now, all fans / group stat counts should be accurate.

Answer 37

If you see anything phunky, let us/me know.

Answer 38

I'm still seeing some small discrepancies on fans/testimonials between the sidebar and the teamwork section in my profile.

Answer 39

good job @mattfeury want some gum :P

Answer 40

awe sunny D, all right!

@KingGeorge, you somehow didn't lose points when a particular user unfanned you. Consider your SmartScore inflated until I fix it :P, which I'll eventually get around to doing.

Answer 41

oh by the way @mattfeury i think you should know that this guy http://openstudy.com/users/akshay_budhkar still has a wrong score

Answer 42

What do you mean it's a "wrong score?" What's wrong about it?

Answer 43

well the fact that akshay was a guru in mmath group before i doubt he only has 3 medals