How points are calculated?
I was just wondering how exactly are the points for things calculated? Do my own answers and comments on my own questions count towards the overall goal? Just wondering... 
And what exactly is being looked for for in phrase book material?
3 Answers
Good question, himself!
So, basically, you can earn reputation here in four ways.
1) You can vote up questions and answers and receive 1 point. There is a limit as to how much you can earn in a 24 hour period by doing this. You can do this only 10 times, therefore receiving 10 points, in that 24 hour period.
2) Others can vote your questions and answers up. When this is done, you will usually receive 10 points. Again, there is a limit here. You can earn a maximum of 200 rep points per 24 hour period, including those 10 points stated in #1. Sometimes, you'll see you've earned 2 points, or 5 points..that simply means that is the amount that was needed in order to "fulfill" 200 points (does that make sense?).
3) If an answer you post is accepted as best answer, you will earn 20 rep points (that is, if your 200 point limit has not been reached already).
4) Finally, if something you sent it to the Phrasebook gets submitted, you'll earn 20 rep points.
Your learning points come from the lessons on the video (the watch, recognize, listen, recall, write, and speak portions) and the parts of the flashcards (recognize, listen, recall). Each "portion" is worth 200 points.
what exactly is being looked for for in phrase book material?
Slang, colloquial words and phrases, idioms...anything really!
For example, in English, when something is easy, we say "piece of cake". Now, if you literally translated this into Spanish to say something is easy, you'd get some strange looks. That's where the phrasebook comes in. It gives the Spanish "equivalent" of "piece of cake".
Please make a search on the forum , this has been discussed many times before and you can read everything about reputation points here.
