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reply to post by raiders247

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I been wondering the same thing!! S&F for asking! Maybe I can finally find out!

W stands for WATS index (way above top secret). It is essentially your 'level', and goes up gradually, as you earn more stars and flags. Up until 1.5, it is measured to the nearest hundreth, but when you reach 1.5, it is simply rounded to the nearest whole number. There is a list of the users with the highest WATS here www.abovetopsecret.com...

K stands for karma, and is basically a ratio of flags+stars per post. However, instead of 1 being the base point, it is 20. 20 karma, or the mid point, is somewhere around 1.25stars average, per post, with flags being worth a bit less. It is supposed to measure purely the quality of what you post, as opposed to the quantity.

So, if you had person A, who'd made only 10 posts, but had received 100 stars, he'd have a fairly low W (<1), but a high karma.
Person B, who'd made 1000 posts, and received 1500 stars, would have a fairly high W, and a mid-ranged karma.
Person C, who'd made 10000 posts, and received 4000 stars, would have a very high W, but a low karma.

Hope that makes sense!

reply to post by ScepticalBeliever

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Perfect explanation, thank you!

reply to post by WhizPhiz

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Sorry bro, I tried but nothing came up.

reply to post by WhizPhiz

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Asking questions is what the Freshman's forum is for.
Thanks to ScepticalBeliever for a good job explaining.

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